Is it really going to be one of "those" days?

Woke up this morning and this song was in my head. Could I have dreamt it because I have a headache? No.  Do I have a secret (perhaps not-so-secret) yen to bash people over the head with a silver hammer? What's the point of lying? Sure. I've considered it many times, with more people than I care to count. Doesn't have to be a silver hammer, either. Did I dream this song because I'm going to be the victim of a mad, silver-hammer-welding-brain-bashing serial killer? Moi? A victim? I think not. Am I going to get a headache? Someday, I'm sure I will...maybe soon if I keep this guessing game up. Regardless of what it means (or doesn't) it's an awesome song and there are certainly worse ways of waking up.

Body Snail Buddies

Really have no idea where these doodles are coming from. I mean, I always suspected that I wasn't indigenous to Earth...apparently these forays into scribbling madness are merely confirmation.

These little Body Snail characters (with the big, black, dead eyes) seem (bizarrely) fashionable. Way more fashionable than moi, anyway.

Preview

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….