My preferred yogurt was on sale - 2/.89
I have plain for cooking, fruity for the girly people in my house, honey almond and vanilla for the boy.
I also bought popsicles (entirely Trixy's fault).
My preferred yogurt was on sale - 2/.89
I have plain for cooking, fruity for the girly people in my house, honey almond and vanilla for the boy.
I also bought popsicles (entirely Trixy's fault).
We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe.
A while back I applied for a business course at a consultancy company, and I got an invitation for an interview
And it's in Rome
Keep on keepin' the beat alive!
Nice pics lolli !
Originally Posted by Steely Glint
Nice pics Timbuk, the last 2 in particular.
My happiness?
Well...
Ice, Ice, Baby!
Not mine unfortunately. Courtesy of Google Images ...
That is a great looking ring. Dayum! Can I buy a house with that?
I could have had class. I could have been a contender.
I could have been somebody. Instead of a bum
Which is what I am
I aim at the stars
But sometimes I hit London
Not a house. A car. A real nice car.
I have health insurance again! Now let's go do dangerous things together.
Fla-Vor-Ice?
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Didn't see any Fla-Vor-Ice.
We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe.
SO
MUCH
WORK
TO
DO!!!
This is insane!
Employ an assistant.
Easier said than done, Tim.
At best I could use some part time help, but how many jewelers are out there, at the calibur I need, willing to work part time?
Someone to do the invoicing, parts ordering, and dealing with customers? Well, again there is a level of experience needed. Customers will still want and need to talk to me, I know whats parts work, and is something not easily trainable, and doing the paper work isn't much time.
It's an interesting pickle.
Right now my focus is raising my prices. I should (personally) be making more money for the hours I put in.
I am taking home more than I was at my last job, but for the hours...I am really making less.
I am not really complaining about how much I have to do (hours), because I absolutely love doing this. I am happy again.
I love my job again.
I am also not sure I want to get "bigger". To hire a full time jeweler, and pay insurance, taxes, I figure I will have to almost double the work coming in. Then theres the hassle of having an employee. How it effects the work environment. The worries... I dunno. My plan was to go a year, and re-asses the situation. I am still working out some kinks.
Raise a clone and transfer your memories.
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My strawberries tasted as good as they smelled.
We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe.
So not very?
This is the happy thread, Icky. I am never happy about bad fruit.
We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe.
Damn, that's some serious bling there.
Lots of thoughts here.
It's a business you've built up, very successfully thusfar, with your own sweat and toil. It is personal to you; it is your child; it is your life.
It's also a type of business which stands or falls based on a reputation, a reputation which takes a long time to nurture and build, but can be lost in an instant - just one bad job.
Bringing someone else in introduces an element of risk to that repuation, in whatever capacity you would choose to employ them; whether that be in more of an admin role to look after invoicing etc, or more of a direct assistant to your craft work. Naturally you are very reticent.
However.
1. You are extremely busy.
2. This may not necessarily be expanding your business, but perhaps helping to refine it, ironing out some of those kinks you speak of.
3. It may be a huge plus to have someone else there at your side in your employ, to bounce ideas off, to discuss future plans, complex jobs, give you peace of mind if you are worried about something.
4. You could advertise a position and interview. Be as fussy as you like about which applicants you bring to interview, and those that you do interview really strike them with challenging questions and see how they respond. You may just find someone with whom you strike an instant rapport, and you can really envisage them bringing something positive to your business and your baby. If nobody fits the bill, then consider advertising a position again at some future point ...
Lots to think about, and as you say it may be early in your business's development to consider another employee.
What's making me happy is I have been assigned some new resources on my next project, one is a lady in India called Vanilla, and another is a fella in China called Sonic.
My daffodils are poking up!
Spring is in the air ...My daffodils are poking up!
mmm... freedom... peace & quiet, grilled salmon, couscous, fried mushrooms, good wine, amarula, my latest delicious bananabread experiment, 2 eps of how i met your mother and one of scrubs... ahhhh...
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
I was alone and bored this afternoon. Found out you can flip out the keys from a keyboard and clean them. My keyboard looks like new again, where only days ago I thought I should really get a new one.
Congratulations America
McDonald's down here is doing Buy Order Today, Get Same Order Free Next Week. Which is pretty cool. They also had 50 nuggets for $12.00.
So over the course of 4 days, I'm getting 100 McNuggets for $12.00. That. is. awesome.
Their new Sweet Chili dipping sauce is also really good.
In before "Ewww, McDonalds!"
I'm happy that I'm nearly through with Aeneid. Despite being over 2000 years old, it's still captivating. Actually, maybe I should be posting this in the Groove thread since the story is starting to come to a close.
You work for an international escort service?
There's a reason why it's so cheap.
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Last night I rediscovered something wonderful...
And today, I've discovered something new!
Lazy saturday, with fresh, crisp spring air and soft sunlight coming in through the window... this is a good soundtrack
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"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
@Minx...
Dear Rettib,
Since you chose to go home before I finished my thought about the consistency of the cheap amaretto (I knew I should have bought the DiSaronno instead of the Amaretto di Amore, so no lectures from anyone else - I don't typically like sweet drinks, just wanted amaretto this evening so bought some while I was at the liquor store) really being the problem. I made a simple syrup with less sugar than one would normally use, juiced a lemon, and made myself an amaretto sour. It's good. I no longer feel like I am swallowing honey, and the flavor of it wasn't so nearly as off-putting as the texture. I may have to drink another of these tonight.
Love you (and so fucking told you so),
the queen of everything
P.S. For the non-mafia, the actual highlight of my trip to the liquor store was being carded.
In non-liquor related happiNess - my daughter's report card pleased me quite a bit. She now has As in math, science, and health (the science is the new part). She made Bs in English and social studies, and Cs in reading and spelling (I'm really not sure how she makes a C in spelling).
His was just as incomprehensible as the standards based ones have always been.
We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe.
Busch Gardens!
Except I somehow hurt my toe and back in the middle of the night, so the walking around sucked, but I haven't been inside the park in about 3 years, and a lot of stuff has changed. It was cool.
We went because Brent brought home a permission slip to get tested for high academics or whatever they called it. He was the only one in the class to get a slip, and it could really mean anything. Just as many daydreamers get tested as do smart students, but he was excited nonetheless. Started the year with the teacher requesting medication, to getting high honor roll twice in a row, to possible testing. Can't complain about that.
I can breathe!
The price for this miracle is near-incoherence, though.
We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe.
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