It’s Official: We Are Moving

After some confusion earlier this month, it is now official that we’re moving. We’ve packed up books in my office that I don’t have to have and are going to move them into storage for now. Since we’re moving in town and have an entire month to carry out this move, we’ll be taking our time.

The first thing we did after we signed the papers, is get the electricity turned on at the new house. We have a well and the house is all electric, so that’s the only utility we needed to worry about.

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Should We Move, Or Should We Not

So, everything is still up in the air with The House.

I still love the inside, love the landscape, and can live with the shop.

My husband assured me back in May, when we first found The House, that he’d be able to make The Internet work out in The Boondocks. That we might need a 50-foot pole, but we could get the good service, as opposed to the terrible satellite service.

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We Might Be Moving — Again

So, we might be moving again. Yes, I said again.

Anyone who knows me for longer than a year, knows that we tend to move often. (Of course, thanks to the Internet, my business just packs up and moves with me.)

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You Have A Good Voice For TV And Radio

I found this “What American Accent Do You Have?” quiz on a colleague’s website and thought I’d give it a try.

Now, the funny thing about this is, I grew up in Oklahoma. We moved here when I was three and I have lived her since then for all but nine months. Those nine months were spent in Missouri. I’d just had a baby, so I didn’t spend much time getting out picking up other people’s accents.

One thing to consider though — my Mom is from Nebraska and I was around her the most during my early years of learning to talk. So perhaps this is what is influencing me. However, this still doesn’t account for an accent from Pennsylvania, Ohio or Illinois. LOL!
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Information In Cyberspace Lasts Forever

I just found a breastfeeding story I wrote in 2000, a few months after my son was born. Talk about bringing back memories…

BTW, I gave birth to Aimee three years later. She first nursed less than 30 minutes after she was born, like she’d done it all her life. hehe

No supplements, no pacifiers.

I nursed both kids until they were about two-and-a-half years old.

Finally Friday: It’ Ain’t Over Yet

Whew! What a week!

I redesigned my church’s website, started planning a couple of summer internship programs and started a project to consolidate two of my websites. I know there was more than that… ahhh…yes! I interviewed two new guests for Product Seller’s Talk Radio. One guest was Jennie Willis, and you can listen to her interview about a bad web hosting situation.

My guest for next week is Regina Baker from WAHMcart. We’re both excited about our interview and I can’t wait for you to hear our ideas!

Tonight, I will most likely go scrapbooking with friends from church and tomorrow I’m photographing a friend’s wedding. Church is all day Sunday and then CW has a double header for baseball Monday night.

I’m worn out just thinking about it!

So, how did your week go? Are you experiencing the end of school craziness?

One More In The Haircut Series

We’ve talked about Aimee’s haircut, so now it’s my turn.

You’ve seen my current hairstyle at the top of this website. But I recently decided to have it highlighted. I decided to go with a warm subtle look — unlike the blonde ones I ended up with last year. (Too many jokes about how the blond streaks were a public warning….LOL!)

Anyway, here you go:

Tears Over Hair, Part II

So, everywhere that Aimee goes, people exclaim over how adorable her new cut is.

Haven’t heard her complain about it since Sunday.

hehehe!

So, I promised you all that I’d post pictures, so here they are.

This one is a side view:

And, of course, we had to get a back view. I love how her hair bends naturally. Mine has NO bend.

So, there you have it. The girly haircut that is somewhat like Momma’s but not exactly. But it’s OK now because everyone loves it. LOL!

Tears Over Hair

So, Aimee decided that she wanted her hair cut like Mommy’s. Yes, take a peek at that picture at the top of the page and you’ll see what she wanted.

In case you’re curious, this is what she looks like now:

Now, let’s consider this for a moment.

First, I have somewhat course, extremely straight and thick hair with a mind of its own. Aimee has very fine, thin, wavy hair.

What does this mean?

Well, for starters, it means that if she did get her hair cut like mine, it would look a thousand times better than mine does. LOL!

Yes, I am green with envy.

I’m also not ready for my baby girl to have a grown up haircut, so I told the stylist to please give her a short cut like Mommy’s but with a girly flair.

Which is exactly what she did.

Boy, does Aimee look ADORABLE.

Unfortunately, she is mad because it doesn’t look exactly like Mommy’s.

*sigh*

Oh yeah, she’s asleep right now and I am NOT going to wake her up to take a picture. I will post a picture as soon as she is awake and will stand still long enough…

Finally Friday: What Did You Do This Week?

Yes, it’s finally Friday and I’m ready to close up my office, head outside and bask in the sunlight. Yes, it’s a bright, sunny day out there.

Sigh.

Still have too much work to do. I need to record a new video presentation that will explain how categories, products and pages work in the Shop Kit Plus. And I need to create a few more video tutorials. Also need to update my Facebook profile. We’ll see.

In the meantime, I’m going to follow in the footsteps of Tamara Wilson and post a review of my week. I’d love to hear about your week, too.

Here is what I managed to accomplish:

1. Went live with the redesign of Shop Kit Plus.
2. Worked with a design parter on a design for a new site. Will tell you about it later.
3. Camped out at the local school administration building to enroll my daughter in full-day kindergarten. Was there for six hours with about 60 other people on Tuesday.
4. Worked with a copywriter to see about overhauling the content on one of my sites.
5. Hired a project manager for vbMojo.
6. Created an editorial schedule for projects I will be working on every week.
7. Wrote a lesson for SEO Power Up.
8. Attended ballgames and practices for each child.

That’s what I can remember off the cuff, and with a minimum of notes. How about you? What were your accomplishments this week?

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