I was pondering a vacation home (I dream big) over the weekend. Where would I want it? If I were to invest in property, what view would I want to wake up to? He’s land-locked with his job, but I’m supposedly free to move about should he want to pick up and go somewhere else….
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It’s About You
Here’s an interesting thought – can your business survive if you do all your marketing virtually? That’s what Kimberly Ben at Avid Writer ponders this week. Here’s the link. Short synopsis – a writer who markets face-to-face claims she knows why a writer who doesn’t is struggling. She thinks with no direct contact, the writer…
What’s the Buzz?
That would be my head. If I could’ve made up a great St. Patrick’s Day celebration, it would’ve looked a lot like yesterday. Gorgeous sunshine, warm, and the car didn’t break down (it’s the little things). He came home from work and met me at the bottom of the driveway. I jumped in and off…
Happy Anniversary to me…..
That’s right – today is my fourth anniversary here at Words on the Page. It’s totally appropriate (in my opinion) that I chose one of my favorite holidays to build a blog. It was unintentional, but subconsciously? Who can say? Four years. Wow. I thought I’d run out of things to talk about ages ago,…
Making Time
I spent Friday afternoon with my tax forms. It’s grim, but not as grim as last year, so I’m getting a little better at both the forms and the payments. The first forms are always done in pencil, and I don’t commit to ink until I’ve located every possible deduction. Even then I have him…
Assessing the Need for a Client Meeting
Susan Johnston had a great post on making the most of client meetings. It came at a time when I’d just turned down a client meeting that would’ve sucked up an entire day (travel time and meeting time). Her tips once you get the meeting scheduled are super, but if you’re on the fence about…
Feels Like the First Time
Thanks to a car that decided not to start at the grocery store yesterday, I’ll be a little preoccupied today. But since it’s Friday, let’s have some fun. Random questions: 1. What was your first freelance sale? How much did you earn?2. What one grammar rule do you most often break? Is it intentional on…
Random Thursday Ramblings
We had a bit of a full house over the weekend – all but one kid came home. At one time, all bedrooms were full and there were phones ringing all over the place. The last one left yesterday. When they’re around for a short amount of time, it makes for some disjointed work schedules….
Terror in the ‘Burbs
I sat there yesterday morning avoiding email. I’ll be honest – I was a bit terrified to see who was bitching about what given the last few weeks I’d had. I thought I’d exorcised the agony twice, but when the agony returned three times, the temptation was to throw up the hands, wave the white…
Worthy Tip: Time for Service
The message came onto the display panel of my Saab yesterday – “Time for Service.” Since cars have somehow become smarter than people, I took it seriously enough to look it up online. Seems the car has been pre-programmed to give service notices at particular mileage or date points. Since we just turned over 56K,…