…and the rest is history

…finally, I can get some WORK done.  Sick, isn’t it?  I actually look forward to time off just so that I can get things done on my own schedule–work things.
Tomorrow, I mail a stack of orders, clean up the house, get pumpkin carving organized, invite a friend over and… hopefully, relist a lot of labels. [...]

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Somewhere between all the crazy, long weekend and nights of design, shopkeeping, packaging–and now photo-editing–there is J.
It seems like he’s been neglected around here, doesn’t it?  Well, maybe I haven’t talked much about him, but he’s there, front and center, every morning and evening, and he’s been developing some interesting habits.
Like the bug thing.  I [...]

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Are you supposed to be upset?  Angry?  Raging about the incident?
I don’t know–all I know is that J has been bitten, and more than anything I’m fighting feelings of uncertainty. Let me explain: there’s no mark and J doesn’t seem to worried about it himself, but now I find myself thinking more and more about [...]

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Important lessons learned between 6 p.m. and midnight last night:
1.  Don’t slack off for a full day.  Ever.  This weekend, I had a lull in orders and by Saturday I only had three orders to print off for yesterday.  I decided to wait to print until an undefined later. So, when on Sunday I galavant [...]

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It’s the end of a busy weekend, and for once, I feel GOOD about staring Monday in the face. Yes, I wish I were independently wealthy and that Monday meant I could wake up, head to my office in my jammies and dabble with some designs while sipping a Diet Coke laced with the barest [...]

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Well, actually, Bohtieque is, but that’s beside the point :)  Minefull, who has a great Etsy shop that happens to carry the cutest bucket hat in the world, interviewed me and posted the results up at the the Wisconsin Street Team’s blog.  It’s me in all my rambling glory.  
Blush.
Now, onto my update:  I was [...]

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This is the little stinker at our private celebration:  cupcakes, pizza and leftover presents. How much better could it get for a kid?

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