Category: Daily Life

8:00 am Kids are off to school. Oops. Must give medicine to the home schooler and then prepare for my phone interview.

It’s cold as all get out! I so need to fire up the wood stove but none of the wood is split; I can’t afford to buy split wood; and the flue hasn’t been inspected in 2 years.

A New Day!

Let’s start the day off with a PayPal donation link:

* After declaring zzs last night I proceeded to stay up until 1:30 working on my design concept for a site that I hope will produce money for me although I have failed to follow my business plan and launch ahead of my competition

* Woke 10 year old half an hour ago to have her finish her school work. Now grabbing another 30 minutes of sleep against my better judgement. I should be greeting the day with stretching exercise or work.

* pondering zzzs – Should work on a website..

* Went upstairs to help the 10 year old finish a long term project for school. Told wife she was tired and snippy then proceeded to let the tone of her voice set me off at which point I became angry and now I feel like crap.

* Finished marketing brochure for a unique market. Hopefully this is a nice angle.

* Hind quarters getting sore. Have now applied online to one job possibility and signed up with another recruiter. A good friend helped search out several others and has inspired me to barage people with resumes and cover letters at a rapid pace. Must break for coffee and maybe a brief bit of reading. I am disappointed that I did not get marketing materials out today. I’m detecting a pattern since I’ve been trying to get these into the right hands since before Christmas–fear? procrastination? ambivalence? decision through lack of decision?

* Sent 3 marketing emails to other web developers in the area – hopefully this will at least help get my name out a bit

* Did some brain stimulation by helping to solve someone else’s problem online – no avail – tis still broke

* Update domain information and set up 2 more domains with my host and setup email so that I could send marketing email with the correct viral marketing. Tis silly to ask your competitors to use you as a sub when your website says you compete with them.

Beautiful Moments

I love my time with my kids. Getting ready for bedtime is the best with baby in lap reading stories to each other. First I read to her, then she reads to me. I need more such quality time with the older ones. The 10 year old is grousing over an unfinished long term project. I fear we are reinforcing her procrastination. Must work on that. The 13 year old is in the bath going on 1.5 hours now. And the 7 year old is lying in bed reading (and sneaking play time with the Playmobile). He’s an angel!

* MBNA Collectors called. Asked for $100 some odd then reduced it to $53 when I said “no can do”. Then when I said “nothing to give” they also jumped on the “can’t you borrow it from someone” bandwagon. Due date Jan 8.

* kids fed – time flying – not having fun

The next 1.5 hours will be spent getting the kids to bed. No work will get done.

* helping kids with school work, updating laptop, and working on marketing materials

* Several phone calls to area developers to market my subcontracting

* Call to Small Business Development Center for information on new businesses in the area

* Had to take 7 year old back to school for forgotten supplies and to Honey Baked Ham to cash in a gift certificate on food to help us survive until Friday

* Trying to finish marketing flyer

* Worked on a new marketing flyer this morning. Looking good. Plan on mass distributing it beginning this afternoon

* Took son to psychologist for his weekly appointment. Roughly 1.5 weeks worth of medicine left (note to self, budget $35 for refills)

* Several calls to other local developers to market my consulting services to them

* Call to head hunter to see how many people are fighting over my resume–got voicemail

* Lied down to rest and brainstorm (hide). Deep sleep.

* Sears called seeking blood from a turnip. Due date Jan 25 Past due currently $72. Collector asks “Can’t you borrow some money to avoid the late fee?” My thought “No, I may need to borrow money to feed my family!”

* Current fear… NBC will close my checking account if I don’t show activity in it soon

A New Day!

Had some very nice closing remarks for last night but lost them due to scheduled maintenance–sorta my luck. Basically I calmed and remembered the ever logical words of a friend of mine regarding creditors “they can’t eat you.” We will pull through this somehow.

Let’s start the day off with a PayPal donation link:

Time to get the kids ready for school.

Friend comes through! Had an unbelieveable phone call from an online friend. Was our first verbal introduction and I was completely thrown both from the unexpected call and that his voice sounded distinctly like an old friend of mine. He generously is putting me in touch with a client of his that I will be able to help.

* Paid Comcast only to later discover that I could have waited until the end of the month. Someone had simply turned the volume all the way down on the television. That money should have gone to Cingular. It’s interesting trying to keep everyone happy while watching the funds dwindle away.

* Birthday celebration for the father-in-law