Busy Busy Busy

I have an extremely busy weekend ahead of me. Packing up and mailing orders, hopefully making more journals. But most importantly, cleaning the house to get ready for an old friend to visit the following week. Oh, and grocery shopping. And a birthday party for a two year old. And target practice. I'm tired already!

I slept so well last night. Finally! Haven't slept well in a week. All I need to do now is get through today and tomorrow at work. Work has been pure hell this week. But I can do it.

I took the picture above while visiting my Dad in Utah. It's one of my favorite photos. I went out with my sister in law and we found this amazing tree... I must say, I really love trees. Soon I should take my camera out again...

Productivity is Good

The week is going pretty well. Got a lot of journal prep work done on Sunday, and yesterday I cut and folded the signatures for 4 journals. This evening, I will sew some. And I'll probably be doing that at a friend's house. I've missed her like mad, but I need to get these journals done, so I can multitask :-).

If all goes well, I will have many new journals to list by the end of the week. I should also be able to list more photos and possibly more greeting cards.

Yesterday evening was obviously a time for me to connect with loved ones. I talked with my Dad, my step-mom, two old friends (one online, and one on the phone), and I had a long talk with my youngest son. It was a good night.

I think at some point this week, I'll write out a list of goals. A self check-in. Yes, I will definitely do that...

Attitude

I mentioned yesterday that things are slow at work. Well, they are, real slow. But it just dawned on me (again) that life's at least 75% attitude. And yes, the days are just going to crawl if I dwell on that. I took photos to work to edit yesterday, but I had a bad attitude so I didn't work on them, instead I sat there, bored.

I have been tired lately. And sitting there, bored, is not going to help my tiredness. So today, I'm taking my photos, I'll be updating my blog with a blog award I won, updating my blog reading list at the bottom of the page, hopefully going on errands so I can buy some new ink, and sketching out some new ideas.

I will also be working on some marketing. I have the wonderful advantage of being able to do that from work, and I will be taking full advantage of it.

Now, if today happens to get busy at work, hooray for that too! That means the day will go by faster and that business is picking up! If not, I'll have stuff to do.

Ugh, it's Monday Again...

So, it's Monday again. And I feel that familiar exhaustion this morning. I slept in over the weekend, so getting up at 4am this morning was difficult.

Sleeping in... it is so heavenly any more. It was a good weekend. Yesterday we went to a friend's house and learned how to make fused glass pendants! Kevin has a shop on etsy, and actually we met on twitter. His pendants are absolutely gorgeous! When we went there, I knew absolutely nothing about how to fuse glass. But last night, I went to bed with the process swimming through my head. If only I had a kiln... Not likely to get one of those any time soon, but I would like to play with the glass some more. We'll see what the future holds.

Today I go to work. I have learned that work is what I make of it, more or less. So this week I hope to make it a peaceful, calm week. I know, I can't control others, but I can control my response. And the level to which I absorb their negativity. I have some photos at work that I can edit. And I have some listings that I can work on for my shop. So, if all else fails, I can get absorbed in that. It's a good escape.

Life is what you make of it... here's hoping I make this a wonderful week!

Only 9 more days TGIF

Wow... this trip is really sneaking up on me! It doesn't help my stress level that I will be out of town all this weekend. But I will be prepared. A relaxing weekend away from home may be just what I need.

I do have a lot to do prior to my trip... but I'll list it out and check it off. Not a big deal.

My friend Connie has been doing an artist's talk radio show for a couple of weeks now. She has all the details on her blog! I have listened to the archived shows, and there's some good stuff going on over there! Hopefully one of these days I will be free on a Sunday and can listen to it live, and maybe even call in and interact! I do urge you to check her out! I think it's amazing that we can listen to her show even if we are not free at the time it airs! Connie is doing a beautiful job of promoting fellow artists. She is an amazing woman!

Today will be spent preparing for my trip... well, both of them. And applying for an art show. And promoting my shop. And talking with the CCA. Yay!!

I hope all of you are having a wonderful day!