Just don't tell my husband

Projects come in and finished pieces go out. I love it when I land a new client or get a new project from an established client. I never thought I would enjoy freelance design work. I don't know why I thought I wouldn't like it, maybe it was a confidence issue or maybe I thought I wouldn't be able to find enough clients locally. Whatever the reason, I'm glad it didn't completely paralyze me.

I was slow to find clients in the beginning. A friend led me to my first client and that one contract lasted nearly six months, not because it was supposed to but because I was getting my feet wet and he was incredibly busy. I had one or two other contracts during that time period. Slowly more jobs started appearing, an old friend from college needed a logo for her husband's landscaping business, my uncle needed a price sheet for his photo lab and so on.

Now jobs arrive at a steady pace, so steady that I have to keep track of what's come in, what's gone out and who still needs to pay me. I am having such a good time with all of it that I want to do more. Every job is different and that makes everyday different and that keeps me motivated. So motivated that I want a MacBook so I can sit on the couch in the evening and do EVEN MORE WORK.

12 hours of rain

An unbelievable phenomenon happened today, it rained! Usually when drizzle is on the forecast the local TV meteorologists break out into StormWatch 2007. I don't think I watched any 'live' television yesterday to have been informed about the unusual deluge that planted itself over our house today.

Thomas found this little slug, apparently awakened by the wet weather, crawling up our sliding door this afternoon.

Calculating his demise

"I had Lola on the couch with me last night, and she was just staring at me."

"Oh, yea? What do you think she was thinking about? Was she gathering intelligence?"

"Like, when she's going to kill me?"

"Yea."

"'He's still too strong for me. He could still take me down. I'll wait about two years then kill him...

Wait, I have no sense of time!

Has it been two years? I don't know!

Could I kill him yet?

No, he's still too strong. I'll wait about two years then kill him.'"

Creature of habit - Part 2

I'm at it again. I just went to make some afternoon tea and look at my spoons!

You can click here to view my previous spoon exploits.

Colorful sky

We had a fantastic sunset last night. My house faces east so mostly enjoy sunrises, but last night the whole sky was brilliant shades of pink, orange and red.

When I first stepped outside the sky looked like this:

I played with the dogs for a while. They were being so cute bouncing all over the garden.

Everything had an indescribable reddish glow:

Probably because the sky was doing this:

And then I broke the news that it was time to go inside...