New Car!

Got a new car yesterday... check it out.

Hot.

Hot. In my house. A/C is out - Trying to work on my business site and finish it this weekend... but I shouldn't speak too soon. I won't be able to FINISH it entirely this weekend. I can get all the content up but some of my order system stuff has yet to be coded by someone that isn't me. I'm not smart enough yet. Maybe I can do some research and find something online. It's coming together, though. Pricing is close to all figured out, if not already figured. Design style is figured out. Have yet a few more pages to go, but that's it.

At any rate, yes I did mention the a/c is out, right? Won't work. Not at all. Fun stuff. The unit worked, because it started pumping hot air out all over the place, but not cold. Trying to decide if we should pay out the a-s-s to get someone here tomorrow or wait it out 'till Monday. It's actually not that bad because we have windows open and it's like 73f out. I'm more worried about the afternoon + humidity tomorrow.

If it's not one thing it's always another. Let's just finish this website. Now I gotta buy stock images, too. DAMNIT.

I've been dealing with this for the past week! Better believe it!

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Sneak Peak...

Business plan is starting to come together... I cannot yet see the light at the end of the tunnel but I am thinking it will begin to show itself in a matter of days. My hurdle now is sitting down to get 2 of my web pages prepped then designed, shortly followed by my biggest challenge... getting the order form and upload form to behave correctly... ON A BUDGET. Somebody halp!

I am hoping I can figure this one out. I got my FIEN and State Tax ID today. Two very important things. Getting all the paperwork is probably the most stressful thing. Can't wait for this years taxes...

August Update

I've been slackin' on the postin'.

And I apologize for that. Makayla is crawling up the stairs quite successfully these days. She goes exactly where she wants to go. Plays with exactly what she wants to play with. She's very precise and very adventurous. Stands more often now on her own.. kind of. Not many more new developments.

Work is stressful at times. So is creating your own business. I've got to admit, I've been slacking. Losing motivation but I want to pick it back up. Actually, I NEED to pick it back up. If I let it collect dust nothing will get done. I have "designer sickness" and I am struggling to design my own page or commit to 1 logo. I keep feeling like the page doesn't fit the logo and I start fresh.  Then I realize "I still have to make up content!" - Then I just get discouraged. I know what content I need, but I don't know how I want to implement it yet. I was hoping designing the page will give more insight. 

In other news - I read the graphic novel "Watchmen" last week. Freaking awesome. Move comes out March 6th, 2009. I still need to see the Dark Knight :( - Need a babysitter. 

Cool Cool. That's it for now.

Working Hard!

Sorry I haven't posted lately.

I'll update you on little Makayla after I get the bulk of this post out of the way.

[BULK]

So I'm starting an online based business. Stressing out a little. So much to think about and I'm just trying to plow through it.

I registered my business name on Monday with sunbiz.org I'm not going to give away too many details about the business yet. I had to price a lot of things out and look into some other companies and services etc. for the business plan. So, like I said, got registered on Monday. Still haven't gotten my TAX-ID because I don't have a certificate yet. I'm hoping to get that tomorrow. Before I even registered I consulted some friends and family about starting up a business. I got all my plans together, made some changes, got things back together and made some more changes. I feel changes I made we're smart for the company. I figured out what all needs to be on the website and how the order page and payment process needs to work. Priced out a coder for that. Started some black & white layout roughs for the website and finished the logo tonight, after throwing it around for a bit with friends to get opinions.

I feel like I've hit my creative wall for the night and hoping to alleviate that because I feel I need to be further along by now. I have a lot of original assets to create. A lot. I can't complain because I got myself into this. We need this. My inner entrepreneur is burning.. hehe

So in the world of Makayla:

She is crawling... everywhere. Went all the way up the stairs today by herself (I was behind her of course) - She doesn't know how to go down yet, which I think is scarier. She will stand on her own every now and then.. but usually supports herself on a lot of walls and couches and things.

Things she says: Hi, MaMa, DaDa, BaBa and puts Hi Dada! together. She will crawl after me when I leave for work in the morning saying dadadadada and it's really sad. Man. I'm getting tired. I'm going to push for 30 more minutes...

wish me luck!