Thought for the day...

I may not be making money, but I'm having fun godd**n it!

Generally, I don't think of "fun" as paying those pesky bills; however, in this case I just may make an exception. Why the h*ll not?? Don't answer that.  

Big Flipping Business Day for Cards for a Gloomy Day!

Our FBN statement printed in the newspaper (only week one, but still!), we mailed off our application for business bank account, AND most huge of all, we finally found the perfect paper for the cards. YAY!! It’s a light gray, not peach or cranberry or almond or lettuce, G-R-A-Y! It’s the perfect shade for our purpose. It took a month of searching and honestly I was beginning to despair that the color I wanted existed! So, it’s been a big day for Cards for a Gloomy Day. We’re that much closer to getting ourselves off the ground and into the wild gray yonder!

I’m doing my happy-gloom dance right now. And no, that is not a contradiction. Hah!

Shiny, shiny…

I feel like I’m working in the Dark Ages (without the pestilence, of course). Yeah, I have a computer, but I am surrounded by scraps of paper: doodles, ideas, lists, and files chock full of more lists, ideas, and doodles. I really must get organized!! I am the epitome of the joke, “yeah, I’m working on getting organized and I have a list of everything I must do; however, I’ve lost the list.” I’ve actually always been very organized at “work”…the job. However, now I am working full-time on our business from home (since I was laid-off just before Christmas).

I have space at home, we even have an extra bedroom. I have a filing cabinet, file folders, shelves, all the makings of having (and keeping!) an organized space. So no excuses there! My theory for my non-organization boils down to two things:

1) I am simply accustomed to being disorganized at home. It’s always been my retreat, you know? Work, you have to be on your game. At home? I’ve always had a tendency to slide a bit. Okay, that’s understating. I’m actually more like floor polish spillage…all over the place.

The above, however, is no excuse. I’m working from home now and I need to get with the program! I know that I will get into a groove, I just need to keep at it and be a little patient with myself. Below, is my real issue:

2) Shiny, shiny.

What do you mean, “what’s that?”?? Gees and I thought it was so self-explanatory. Let’s go back to me being like floor polish spillage. The reason I’m “all over the place” is because I get distracted so easily. There are a MILLION things to do. A BAZILLION things to think about. And so many interesting things come along at any given moment. Remember the dog in Up? Yeah, I’m a bit like that.

Good news? I am capable of being organized. I just need to find my organizational skills. Bad news? My skills are probably hiding in one of these folders…somewhere…

I’ll start looking for them right away. Well, maybe after I draw this idea I have for a greeting card, and I really should get back to that fifth chapter of my third book, but then again, I need to edit those two short stories...shiny, shiny….

Happy NBC (Nightmare Before Christmas) and the Merriest of New Year's

Just wanted to share a little of my bizarre holiday cheer and wish everyone a Happy Christmas and whatever else you may celebrate! This year, we decided to have a Nightmare Before (and During) Christmas. Why the heck not? I also wanted to send out best wishes for everyone's New Year. May 2012 bring us all happiness, prosperity, and that much closer to our dreams coming true...

Argh!!

Where is all the quality gray (or is that "grey"?) note card stock??? I'm finding pink, green, yellow, blue, peach, pumpkin, lettuce, almond, raspberry, and cherry. I'm not making a freaking salad!! Okay, maybe gray (grey) isn't people's first choice in card stock, but "lettuce"? "Pumpkin"?? My greeting card line is called Cards for a Gloomy Day, not Cards for Happy Bunnies Blowing Sunshine Up Your A**!!!! Argh.