Let's start at the holidays and move forward...
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2.29.2012
W-O-W.
Where do I even start? It's been months, and I need to be more diligent about posting. Well, here's the last chunk of time in pictures...
Let's start at the holidays and move forward...
Jaxie received an inflatable log house from Santa which has since become somewhat of a slip and slide sans water.
Prime example of why I take all of the photos.
Going to see the Lion King musical at the Orpheum in January...
Jax and Jessa having a playdate
A quick weekend trip to the Dells in February...
Jax swimming at the Dells
Yep, as of February 14th I have a new last name...
Busy developing Fall 2012 for b&b
Lookout Ridge - one of the ways to entertain Jax on snowy days
Tickle time with "beans"
My obsession with vintage
Mama's vintage obsession rubbing off on Jaxie
Let's start at the holidays and move forward...
7.15.2011
Here we go...
So folks, it starts to get a little crazy now. Our Zulily.com sale is tomorrow. The store is down to the final pieces being put together. Market is one month away, and we are in a mad rush to get everything put together. I'm swamped to say the least.
I've decided not to release any more pictures of the store until we open...I want the rest to be somewhat of a surprise.
I spent last night at the ER with Jaxie - he had a fever of 104.4 most of the day and I couldn't get it down, even with a couple double doses of Tylenol and Motrin. We got home around 2:30am, and I had some work to finish up, so I didn't get to bed until 5am. Needless to say I'm pretty exhausted, but have to head to the store shortly to do some POS training on our new system...
Hence, this is a short post. I'm killer tired. I can't wait for the opening - mostly so I can sleep again.
I've decided not to release any more pictures of the store until we open...I want the rest to be somewhat of a surprise.
I spent last night at the ER with Jaxie - he had a fever of 104.4 most of the day and I couldn't get it down, even with a couple double doses of Tylenol and Motrin. We got home around 2:30am, and I had some work to finish up, so I didn't get to bed until 5am. Needless to say I'm pretty exhausted, but have to head to the store shortly to do some POS training on our new system...
Hence, this is a short post. I'm killer tired. I can't wait for the opening - mostly so I can sleep again.
2.10.2011
Bad Business Practice
Sometimes I can't believe the lack of basic business knowledge and basic business courtesy in the professional arena. It just amazes me sometimes, and I will absolutely not deal with vendors and businesses that lack common sense and common courtesy. This is a great example - I sent an email to a textile company inquiring about their organic fabrics yesterday. This is a copy of the email I sent:
This is a copy of the email I got back:
First, all of the questions this vendor asked could have easily been answered had he clicked on the link to our website that was sent in the original email. Isn't it HIS job to do his homework considering I would be the one paying him?
Second, I clearly inquired about organic fabrics. How do you not know what I am referring to as organic? How is that confusing? Organic is organic - there is no varying definition.
Let me tell you the most amazing experience I've ever had with a vendor. To this day, it absolutely blows my mind. Some time ago, I was a buyer for a swim company. One of our sales reps for a rather large swim line was very pushy and someone I tended to avoid as we often butted heads - I normally let someone else deal with her, as I didn't liker her and didn't do well hiding it.
While at fashion week one year, I got extremely ill and had a rash covering my entire body. My skin was swollen seriously like a half-inch high, and I was starting to run a high fever. I woke up one morning feeling absolutely terrible, and had to let my business partner handle our appointments that day to view different collections. One of the appointments that day happened to be with this specific sales rep that I wasn't very fond of.
When my business partner got to this appointment with this sales rep, she asked why I wasn't there. My business partner replied to her that I was sick and couldn't make any appointments that day, and that I was at the hotel in bed. Her reply to this was that "maybe she shouldn't have been out partying all night - then she could've made her appointments today".
Wow.
Now, to those of you that know me, you know that I have been sober for several years, so this was a low blow. I had had dinner the previous night with the owner of a high profile swim company, but to say that I was out partying was a ridiculous statement. Who says things like this? And then wants you to pay them? It just amazes me.
I hate to end my posts on a bitchy note, so we'll end with some highlights of my swim career - sometimes I miss the swim industry dearly...
Hello,
I am interested in obtaining samples and pricing on your organic fabrics, as well as lead times, min orders and information on how long you stock your fabrics.
Thank you,
Ann Evans
Ann Evans
President & Founder
butters&beans, Co.
www.buttersandbeans.com
This is a copy of the email I got back:
Ann-
Thank you for your inquiry.
First of all, we do not stock any finished production fabric. All is made to our customers orders. We run a variety of organic cottons; Bamboo and Bamboo/cotton; Hemp and Hemp organic cotton; Tencel; modal/poly; bamboo/poly; modal/acrylic; ProModal........all knits, so I don't know what you refer to as :organic". The only fibers we certify as organic are the organic cotton and Bamboo's
Our production minimums are 650 yds/color for 7 oz fabric and 1200 yds for 4 oz fabric
Tell me a little about your company. What do you make? Whats your distribution? How long are you in business?
Advise
Michael
First, all of the questions this vendor asked could have easily been answered had he clicked on the link to our website that was sent in the original email. Isn't it HIS job to do his homework considering I would be the one paying him?
Second, I clearly inquired about organic fabrics. How do you not know what I am referring to as organic? How is that confusing? Organic is organic - there is no varying definition.
Let me tell you the most amazing experience I've ever had with a vendor. To this day, it absolutely blows my mind. Some time ago, I was a buyer for a swim company. One of our sales reps for a rather large swim line was very pushy and someone I tended to avoid as we often butted heads - I normally let someone else deal with her, as I didn't liker her and didn't do well hiding it.
While at fashion week one year, I got extremely ill and had a rash covering my entire body. My skin was swollen seriously like a half-inch high, and I was starting to run a high fever. I woke up one morning feeling absolutely terrible, and had to let my business partner handle our appointments that day to view different collections. One of the appointments that day happened to be with this specific sales rep that I wasn't very fond of.
When my business partner got to this appointment with this sales rep, she asked why I wasn't there. My business partner replied to her that I was sick and couldn't make any appointments that day, and that I was at the hotel in bed. Her reply to this was that "maybe she shouldn't have been out partying all night - then she could've made her appointments today".
Wow.
Now, to those of you that know me, you know that I have been sober for several years, so this was a low blow. I had had dinner the previous night with the owner of a high profile swim company, but to say that I was out partying was a ridiculous statement. Who says things like this? And then wants you to pay them? It just amazes me.
I hate to end my posts on a bitchy note, so we'll end with some highlights of my swim career - sometimes I miss the swim industry dearly...
With Cindy Taylor at the Custo Barcelona show at Miami Fashion Week
This picture speaks for itself... :)
With Christian Audigier...
My favorite dress EVER - at the La Perla Mar party at the Gansevoort.
2.02.2011
Handmade Olympics at The RikRak Studio
All,
b&b is trying to get on the "short list" for something called the Handmade Olympics! This is a cool little contest run by a blog called TheRikRakStudio. Nominations would be super appreciated - all you have to do is either nominate our brand or a specific item (in the kids category), put a link in the our website and/or the item, and state why you are nominating us! Judging will be done by the fabulous editors of CoolMomPicks.com (we heart them). The only issue we've had with this is that some days the nominations are showing up as "closed", and some days they are showing up as "open". Why, we're not sure, but your attempt would be appreciated!
This is the link:
http://rikrakstudio.blogspot.com/2011/01/handmade-olympics-event-2.html
b&b is trying to get on the "short list" for something called the Handmade Olympics! This is a cool little contest run by a blog called TheRikRakStudio. Nominations would be super appreciated - all you have to do is either nominate our brand or a specific item (in the kids category), put a link in the our website and/or the item, and state why you are nominating us! Judging will be done by the fabulous editors of CoolMomPicks.com (we heart them). The only issue we've had with this is that some days the nominations are showing up as "closed", and some days they are showing up as "open". Why, we're not sure, but your attempt would be appreciated!
This is the link:
http://rikrakstudio.blogspot.com/2011/01/handmade-olympics-event-2.html
12.28.2010
Aspies ask the most interesting questions...
"Mom, how do they get toothpaste in the tubes? The holes at the top are awfully small..."
Most of the questions Logan asks me, I just can't answer. We love Google at our house. Aspies think differently than the rest of us...they have their own little world. They change topics on the drop of a dime. They also have no filters. Whatever comes into their brains tends to come right out of their mouths...it's often funny, but it's often embarrassing and leads me to have to make apologies. Logan talks incessantly. Unless you have an Aspie, you probably can't understand how going through your day NOT listening to your child is a very valued skill. It's either that, or go crazy. Aspie's tend to have one or two things that they are very interested in, and that's normally all they want to talk about. They do not know how to have a two-way conversation. Logan receives speech therapy at school to work on this. He is unable to tell when somebody is uninterested in what he is saying as he cannot read facial expressions or social cues. He assumes that if HE is interested, you must be interested as well. Logan's interests are video games and Yu-Gi-Oh. Listening to him discuss these two things in detail all day long is both tiring and irritating. Yes, my child is irritating. I am not afraid to say it. I play the "Uh-huh" and "Yes" game often. I have learned to tune him out, but appease him enough to make him think I am listening. I really don't think he cares that I am listening most of the time - he just wants to talk, and get out of his system whatever it is he has to say. Again, not something most people can understand unless they deal with an Aspie.
Butters slept through the night. I, however, did not. When I crawled into bed around 11, I heard him moving around and was convinced he was going to wake up. Therefore, I couldn't sleep because I laid in bed just waiting for him to stand up in his crib and start crying. He never did...but because I have been so accustomed to getting up with him, I just waited...awake.
I have a b&b list a mile long...sewing, photography, sketching for spring, samples, wholesale packets...this will keep me busy all week. My goal is to cross everything off of this list by Friday.
b&b on Kare 11 - woo-hoo!
Most of the questions Logan asks me, I just can't answer. We love Google at our house. Aspies think differently than the rest of us...they have their own little world. They change topics on the drop of a dime. They also have no filters. Whatever comes into their brains tends to come right out of their mouths...it's often funny, but it's often embarrassing and leads me to have to make apologies. Logan talks incessantly. Unless you have an Aspie, you probably can't understand how going through your day NOT listening to your child is a very valued skill. It's either that, or go crazy. Aspie's tend to have one or two things that they are very interested in, and that's normally all they want to talk about. They do not know how to have a two-way conversation. Logan receives speech therapy at school to work on this. He is unable to tell when somebody is uninterested in what he is saying as he cannot read facial expressions or social cues. He assumes that if HE is interested, you must be interested as well. Logan's interests are video games and Yu-Gi-Oh. Listening to him discuss these two things in detail all day long is both tiring and irritating. Yes, my child is irritating. I am not afraid to say it. I play the "Uh-huh" and "Yes" game often. I have learned to tune him out, but appease him enough to make him think I am listening. I really don't think he cares that I am listening most of the time - he just wants to talk, and get out of his system whatever it is he has to say. Again, not something most people can understand unless they deal with an Aspie.
Butters slept through the night. I, however, did not. When I crawled into bed around 11, I heard him moving around and was convinced he was going to wake up. Therefore, I couldn't sleep because I laid in bed just waiting for him to stand up in his crib and start crying. He never did...but because I have been so accustomed to getting up with him, I just waited...awake.
I have a b&b list a mile long...sewing, photography, sketching for spring, samples, wholesale packets...this will keep me busy all week. My goal is to cross everything off of this list by Friday.
b&b on Kare 11 - woo-hoo!
11.15.2010
"Pigs in a Blanket" Facebook Giveaway!
Who doesn't love baby feet? I absolutely love this...make SURE you have *liked* our Facebook page and entered this giveaway! Here's the deets: go to our Facebook page, post the cutest picture you have of baby feet, and whoever has the most comments on their picture by November 25th at 9pm wins a travel blankie, bib and pant or dress of their choice! Make sure your friends are commenting and not just liking your picture! Direct all of your friends to our Facebook page by tagging our page (put the @ symbol in front of buttersandbeans) and telling your friends to *like* our page and comment!
11.07.2010
Two pieces of b&b news...
First, the wonderful Ali Kaplan wrote up a great little ditty of an article about us in today's Pioneer Press! We so much appreciate her support!
Second, Butters has found a new favorite play place - the bathroom. Specifically, the bathroom next to the toilet. This skeeves me a bit for obvious reasons. He loves to unroll the toilet paper and attempt to flush the toilet. Yesterday, he managed to pull what looked like a snotty tissue out of the garbage and put it in his mouth...
Second, Butters has found a new favorite play place - the bathroom. Specifically, the bathroom next to the toilet. This skeeves me a bit for obvious reasons. He loves to unroll the toilet paper and attempt to flush the toilet. Yesterday, he managed to pull what looked like a snotty tissue out of the garbage and put it in his mouth...
11.01.2010
Halloween
Halloween is always interesting...kids hopped up on sugar, dressed up as either scary little goblins or pretty little princesses. We always go to my Mother's house for Halloween because she lives in a neighborhood where there are a lot of kids and all of the houses celebrate, which means lots of candy for the little ones. My oldest loves it. He's 11, and loves being as scary as possible. My nephew on the other hand (he's 3), ran and screamed as soon as the first kids came to the door and had to go home. It was Butter's first Halloween - he was a dinosaur...
Also make sure you check out the Emmy Collection, on sale now at buttersandbeans.com!
Also make sure you check out the Emmy Collection, on sale now at buttersandbeans.com!
10.24.2010
Love my little Elliot!
And yes, his eyes really are THAT blue - they are not Photoshopped! The new b&b pattern is pretty cute too... :)
8.27.2010
Fall 2010
Just a few pictures of what is to come! Media - please contact Lola Red PR @ (612) 333-1723 for pictures and more information. All items are made from organic and eco-friendly materials and will be available at buttersandbeans.com in October of 2010.
Photo by Teryn Glenn Photography
Photo by Teryn Glenn Photography
Photo by Teryn Glenn Photography
Photo by Teryn Glenn Photography
Photo by Teryn Glenn Photography
Photo by Teryn Glenn Photography
Photo by Teryn Glenn Photography
Photo by Teryn Glenn Photography
Photo by Teryn Glenn Photography
Photo by Teryn Glenn Photography
Photo by Teryn Glenn Photography
Photo by Teryn Glenn Photography
Photo by Teryn Glenn Photography
Photo by Teryn Glenn Photography
Photo by Nancy Hauck, Liz J. Design Company
Photo by Nancy Hauck, Liz J. Design Company
Photo by Nancy Hauck, Liz J. Design Company
Photo by Nancy Hauck, Liz J. Design Company
8.23.2010
Buzzing Week
A week of buzz - photo shoot in t-3, first pieces of production due tomorrow (dresses and pants finally coming in), PR, screenprinters, website programming going on...
Butters heart appointment today with the pediatric cardiologist - hopefully we'll have some answers about the hole in his baby heart. Feeling a little somber until we get through this appointment...
Butters heart appointment today with the pediatric cardiologist - hopefully we'll have some answers about the hole in his baby heart. Feeling a little somber until we get through this appointment...
8.19.2010
Break before craziness...
Well, almost a break. When I say a break, I mean my web developer is off today and I do not have any meetings or appointments. I have some media things to work on (media is hearting us already!), and some writing to do and some numbers to crunch, but that would be considered a break.
Tomorrow on the other hand is going to be one of "those" days. My Mother-In-Law gets in from Jersey (actually a wonderful thing - I adore her) at 1:30 so I have to pick her up from the airport, I have a meeting with my merchant account company at 3:00, and then we have the last of our cutting to finish up at 6:30. I also have to approve the final web design - just the basic design aspect of the home and secondary pages - so we can stay on deadline and move into the programming phase of development. This will mean a lot of emailing back and forth with my developer and constant checking of updates she makes to the current design. This may not sound like much to the average person, but you need to factor in all of the in between stuff like, um, kids? And having an extra person in the house. Janie is easy to have here - she is not one that needs to be entertained, but I know I'll want to sit and chat with her after she gets in and I won't really have the time to do that. Chatting will have to wait till Saturday...
Personal note is that my fat cat, Miles, thinks he's a dog. He's a huge Maine Coon, and is an indoor/outdoor cat. He does everything a dog does - meows to get outside and inside when he wants to, follows us around the yard and the house, hops up on the couch on our laps when we are watching TV, sleeps on his "bed" (a blanket on the chaise in the living room), rolls on his back so you can scratch his belly...I wonder if he was raised with dogs? He's the best cat ever and is huge but is so docile. "Beans" comes over and has tried to ride him on several occasions - failed every time unfortunately - and he just saunters away like it's not a big deal, but he's just not having it. Oh - and he chases and meows at the squirrels. And walks around the yard and pees on everything to mark his territory. Hilarious.
Tomorrow on the other hand is going to be one of "those" days. My Mother-In-Law gets in from Jersey (actually a wonderful thing - I adore her) at 1:30 so I have to pick her up from the airport, I have a meeting with my merchant account company at 3:00, and then we have the last of our cutting to finish up at 6:30. I also have to approve the final web design - just the basic design aspect of the home and secondary pages - so we can stay on deadline and move into the programming phase of development. This will mean a lot of emailing back and forth with my developer and constant checking of updates she makes to the current design. This may not sound like much to the average person, but you need to factor in all of the in between stuff like, um, kids? And having an extra person in the house. Janie is easy to have here - she is not one that needs to be entertained, but I know I'll want to sit and chat with her after she gets in and I won't really have the time to do that. Chatting will have to wait till Saturday...
Personal note is that my fat cat, Miles, thinks he's a dog. He's a huge Maine Coon, and is an indoor/outdoor cat. He does everything a dog does - meows to get outside and inside when he wants to, follows us around the yard and the house, hops up on the couch on our laps when we are watching TV, sleeps on his "bed" (a blanket on the chaise in the living room), rolls on his back so you can scratch his belly...I wonder if he was raised with dogs? He's the best cat ever and is huge but is so docile. "Beans" comes over and has tried to ride him on several occasions - failed every time unfortunately - and he just saunters away like it's not a big deal, but he's just not having it. Oh - and he chases and meows at the squirrels. And walks around the yard and pees on everything to mark his territory. Hilarious.
8.18.2010
A little overwhelmed.
There is a lot going on right now, a lot to keep track of both in my head and in my planner. Bank stuff, budgeting, website stuff, media stuff, writing the bio/organics info, obviously production, the photo shoot, PR...a lot to handle. And then there's the kiddoos (priority) in between all of this. Lots of meetings...my phone rings constantly. I went over my phone plan last month by 2800 minutes - time for that unlimited plan. Luckily AT&T backdated my plan (one of the few things they've done right in the last five years).
Eight days till photo shoot!
Eight days till photo shoot!
8.15.2010
More cutting...
I think this is going to be the news for the next week or so. It's quite a process, and there's four bolts of fabric that haven't even been touched yet. Yikeroos. We're going to be in a time crunch soon which is exactly what I didn't want. Photo shoot is in 11 days, and we need a least one of every piece in every size for pictures. I was cutting last night (with one wonderful friend that came over to help me) and got a few pieces done. I'm going to get as much as I can done today, and just keep plugging away at it by myself until we have another cutting night where all my seamstresses are here. We should be able to get the rest done at that point.
On the upside - the weather is MUCH nicer, the humidity broke and it cooled down. Only in Minnesota can you have a 40 degree temperature swing in a matter of 24 hours...feels like fall and is absolutely beautiful outside.
On the upside - the weather is MUCH nicer, the humidity broke and it cooled down. Only in Minnesota can you have a 40 degree temperature swing in a matter of 24 hours...feels like fall and is absolutely beautiful outside.
8.13.2010
Cutting, cutting and more cutting...
SO much cutting last night. All of us were on the floor cutting. My body is sore today from being squished into a corner to make room to spread the bolts of fabric out and cut at the same time. We were able to get 45 dresses, 36 pants and 12 bibs cut. Some has to wait as we haven't gotten the organic sherpa or the organic fleece in yet. The sherpa should be here today or tomorrow, the fleece next week (I'm hoping, they are behind on production). Now, it's finally time to start putting everything together. Thi had a few upcycled items done and LOVE them...super cute dresses. One she did out of an old flannel shirt, one out of an old pique polo mixed with a cotton t. A-dorable.
8.12.2010
Shipments!
Got our tags and LOVE them! Perfect. Also got our fabric stamp - we are using our scrap fabric for our outer tags and stamping it with our logo to be as waste conscious as possible. I had to try it out right away and ADORE it. I also got our industrial snap press, which is exciting for me, but probably not as exciting to read about... :) I'll forgo the details and pics of that.
Where to even start...
On a personal note or a professional note? The professional side is fairly fun and light-hearted, so we'll start there.
Everyone will be here at 3:00 (T-minus 2 and a half hours) to start cutting the organics. We've already started the upcycled items, which I am SO looking forward to, but the organics are the big dog of our business. Elizabeth should have some sample herringbone dresses put together for me today, so I am absolutely STOKED to see them. I'm going to try to get a model over to the house so we can take some pictures and post them on FB and Twitter. It'll probably be a long night...we have over 200 pieces to cut.
Personal side is a bit harder to discuss. Butters' echo didn't come back positively. He has a small hole in one of the valves in his heart. It's called ASD, and is apparently fairly common and often heals itself over time, however it is obviously scary from my standpoint. We moved him back into our room last night - just more comfortable for me. Shed some tears yesterday, but try to think about the aspect that it is normally not a huge deal, and normally something that corrects itself. It also sounds though, like often they DO patch the hole through open heart surgery to prevent later problems. We see the Cardiologist on the 23rd and will find out more then.
http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/CongenitalHeartDefects/AboutCongenitalHeartDefects/Atrial-Septal-Defect-ASD_UCM_307021_Article.jsp
Everyone will be here at 3:00 (T-minus 2 and a half hours) to start cutting the organics. We've already started the upcycled items, which I am SO looking forward to, but the organics are the big dog of our business. Elizabeth should have some sample herringbone dresses put together for me today, so I am absolutely STOKED to see them. I'm going to try to get a model over to the house so we can take some pictures and post them on FB and Twitter. It'll probably be a long night...we have over 200 pieces to cut.
Personal side is a bit harder to discuss. Butters' echo didn't come back positively. He has a small hole in one of the valves in his heart. It's called ASD, and is apparently fairly common and often heals itself over time, however it is obviously scary from my standpoint. We moved him back into our room last night - just more comfortable for me. Shed some tears yesterday, but try to think about the aspect that it is normally not a huge deal, and normally something that corrects itself. It also sounds though, like often they DO patch the hole through open heart surgery to prevent later problems. We see the Cardiologist on the 23rd and will find out more then.
http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/CongenitalHeartDefects/AboutCongenitalHeartDefects/Atrial-Septal-Defect-ASD_UCM_307021_Article.jsp
8.10.2010
Not so bad.
Today wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. It never is as bad as you imagine it to be right? Your mind builds things up to be terrible, but they always seem to work out okay.
Butters's appointment went great. He slept in a bit, which pushed his 1st naptime back a bit. Worked out golden. He waited so patiently during the echo, spending most of it sucking away at a bottle. We should find out the results tomorrow. I just keep telling myself that everything HAS to be fine.
Meetings went well. The web meeting was amazing - I actually got to look at a bunch of options for the home page that were based on my initial ideas. I feel like she took my ideas to another level and put a great spin on them...the artwork was beautiful and I loved the layout. It will be both visually stimulating yet simplistic at the same time - very boutique-y, which is exactly what I wanted and expected. I adore it when people meet my expectations as it doesn't happen all too often (the higher my expectations, the lower my serenity). We discussed the elements that I wanted to keep, and we'll look at a few more options next week. I'm loving the direction we're going in.
Outside of writing this, no working tonight. Eating za, watching The Office and going to bed early. I haven't done that in weeks. More meetings tomorrow, and Thursday production and cutting starts on the organics....that'll be a HUGE day!
Butters's appointment went great. He slept in a bit, which pushed his 1st naptime back a bit. Worked out golden. He waited so patiently during the echo, spending most of it sucking away at a bottle. We should find out the results tomorrow. I just keep telling myself that everything HAS to be fine.
Meetings went well. The web meeting was amazing - I actually got to look at a bunch of options for the home page that were based on my initial ideas. I feel like she took my ideas to another level and put a great spin on them...the artwork was beautiful and I loved the layout. It will be both visually stimulating yet simplistic at the same time - very boutique-y, which is exactly what I wanted and expected. I adore it when people meet my expectations as it doesn't happen all too often (the higher my expectations, the lower my serenity). We discussed the elements that I wanted to keep, and we'll look at a few more options next week. I'm loving the direction we're going in.
Outside of writing this, no working tonight. Eating za, watching The Office and going to bed early. I haven't done that in weeks. More meetings tomorrow, and Thursday production and cutting starts on the organics....that'll be a HUGE day!
8.09.2010
Can I just sleep through tomorrow, please?
Normally I'm good with being busy, but I've been dreading tomorrow for about a week. I think it's the heat...it's just TOO hot for anything besides lying on the couch watching Law & Order reruns. I normally love heat; but this is that icky, swimming, muggy, sweaty heat. It's just gross and seems to put everyone, not just me, in at least a little of a foul mood.
Butters has a doctor's appointment at Children's at 10:30 - which, of course, lands smack dab in what would normally be the middle of his nap. In addition to that, they are checking his heart as it seemed to be a little enlarged on an earlier x-ray taken during an issue we had a few months back. So stressful it will be, both emotionally and physically. Probably not the best day for me to have piled on more stuff.
Then I have some IRS paperwork to sign, and then off to a PR meeting, and then rush back to a web meeting. All of that before 7. And, I have a stack of business insurance paperwork calling my name that I keep starting but easily get sidetracked from because it just isn't fun or interesting in any way.
So I should be in bed, right? Right.
Butters has a doctor's appointment at Children's at 10:30 - which, of course, lands smack dab in what would normally be the middle of his nap. In addition to that, they are checking his heart as it seemed to be a little enlarged on an earlier x-ray taken during an issue we had a few months back. So stressful it will be, both emotionally and physically. Probably not the best day for me to have piled on more stuff.
Then I have some IRS paperwork to sign, and then off to a PR meeting, and then rush back to a web meeting. All of that before 7. And, I have a stack of business insurance paperwork calling my name that I keep starting but easily get sidetracked from because it just isn't fun or interesting in any way.
So I should be in bed, right? Right.
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