WHERE THE HELL AM I....
Not sure myself...
Last post was a missed Easter and that wasn't all...
Celebrated my son's 29th birthday on the Easter Sunday but missed posting about it....sorry BillyRoo!
April is not such a great month for me and it's only highlights are my son's birth on the 5th and my business anniversary of being the sole owner on the 16th...6 yrs. Other than that, it SUCKS!
It's a death month for me...
A girl friend died on the 4th [1999], my stepmother on the 9th [2003] and the worst...my dad on the 25th [1972].
Of all of them, I miss him the most!
He is my inspiration to stay busy!
I still remember watching the life go out of his eyes when he had to retire and stay home...the step mother wasn't the best to have to live with day in and day out! Bowel Cancer and heart problems were really the culprits but if you have nothing to live for...fighting to exist is even harder!
April just so happens to be the slowest work-wise for me...always has been! But lately the work has been slow since December of last year and things aren't looking too much better! I did just land a new account that seems to be looking good but I won't hold my breath on much more from them. My dependable oil company has been in a holding pattern for over two years now with rumors of it being on the "for sale" block? So no hope in it's direction. Found that I can't depend on town folk business!
Not one for being beat down for too long I have been searching my brain for new avenues...
Like these fortune telling balls...an answer to fancy gift packaging
BillyRoo even liked his on his birthday, mostly because I had filled it with things that he liked. It's amazing how much fits in that sphere. He now uses it to collect all of his loose change.
Another one was made for the Gala Evening held on the 24th and it took 20.00 in chocolates to fill it! They used it as a door prize and the lady that won it had no plans on sharing the chocolate...;)
Since then they have multiplied...
The Gala Night was also a time when I tried to launch my "Wall Talk" designs...which has proven to go nowhere? A lot of it depended on how it was presented. I had donated over 200 dollars worth to their cause and I guess I have to be happy with that as my donation, but still feel miffed that they were presented as a joke. It wasn't done intentionally but one shouldn't have the comedic act do the presenting of prizes...everything is a joke to them! Not happy about that!
It was a toss up for me whether to advertise what extra things that I do during that event or spend the 200 on the up coming trade show? The Gala didn't work, so now I have to fork out once again and try for the trade show! Huge signs outside my place doesn't work...I still get the question..."what is it that you do?" So I need to do something about it...thus the second attempt! Will try to launch those spheres again there!
Another little thing that caught my attention were these...
I had come across these cute little paper shoes on the net.
They're cute but of what use were they?
Being one that has to have everything useful, I decided that they could be fancy business card holders for women that have their own business! All they need to do is be widened...here's my attempt...
I LOVE paper projects! These ones were a challenge as I couldn't afford to buy the patterns designed by others. I love the architectural structure of them and before long I was hooked...
Business card designing is another thing that I do and usually make a simple box to house them for easier customer pick-up so now I can add "card holders" to the list.
Seeing as the majority of my customers are men, I decided to make some for them...
these are still works in progress. The cowboy boots are open it the front and I use them to hold my "sweet" samples of advertising. I'm working on making running shoes, dress shoes and work boots. As of yet they haven't been seen so I'm hoping that the trade show will do something?
These projects also help to keep my hands busy in the evenings instead of stuffing my face while watching re-run movies.
The lack of work has done nothing for my mental well being and eating for comfort has always been a problem. My not working has also affected my daughter too as she feels that she should keep herself open to helping me so she's not working either...it's a mad vicious circle for both of us!
One day things will soon work out...?
Wish that I could be all jovial and happily blogging but I have to record the bad too...
Mother's Day was great for me cause I have a wonderful supportive family who give me the best gift of all...themselves!
But to say a Happy Mother's Day to my mother would have been better...if she had lived! Sadly that happy day's wishes ended 49 years ago [July 13]!
The step mother never filled that gap in my heart...granted it's her that I have to thank for forcing me to be the strong willed person that I am today! Yet I feel that I don't want to honor her as a mother due to the fact that she slighted all of us in her will for her daughter only! No final words for us...so I give none back! She got my thanks when she was alive!
As of this moment I am working on grad decor for here and a small town south of us. I get the usual stop-ins people but that pays nothing...should ask for a consulting fee for the "free advice decoration"...ha, ha, ha on that one! Like that would work! Not! Only in small towns do they think they have the right to do that! My ex was good at that...not me, I work it out on my own!
One thing about free time is getting the books in order...filing is all done!
This Sunday my kids/grand kids came and did my yard work so I have no excuse not to do the rest of the outside stuff...only I now have to wait for the sun to go down as it doesn't work well with my medications...whine, whine, whine....
This is all I can stand for now as all it does is bring up more misery when I'm trying to think positive...
Writing is usually therapeutic to me but not this time...
Warning.....don't hold your breath waiting for the next blog...
3 comments:
sorry you are feeling down. And also sorry I have not been commenting or reading, mainly due to the darn computer here blowing up big time. We had a Vampire Virus, which nearly destroyed the whole system. For a while I thought all my precious (but not backed up) photos were lost.
Thankfully, a Knight In Shining Armour came to our rescue and we are up and running once more.
Also 'cos the weather is improving vastly, I have been working on my allotment too.
I hope you manage to blog again, I always find your posts interesting, and it is nice to read about life in a different part of the world.
Loved the shoes by the way!!
Jeannie xx oh and Marvin xxxx
Playing catch up here. First of all, glad to hear your grandson is all better. I'm sure that's a relief. And I'm lovin' the new card holders! Very cute! You are soooo craft!
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