Too many things at once

I skipped Kim's etsy workshop last week because this website building takes a lot of time. Just photographing things is a chore...I'm getting better at it though. At least I know how to manipulate the photos a little finally.

The Facebook page was a good idea but I'm spreading the sauce too thin. Now when I make a new Jell-O piece I have three or four places to post the pics, after I remember to take them. I had to iron all the scarves and then take two sets of photos; the first ones were too bright. I didn't even haul out the other scarves but I'll have to do that too. The Weebly site is taking shape, but I have a long way to go to be really online in a functional way.

I'm having a hard time deciding what to put up for sale, since it means I have to have some steady supply of them, at least it means that to me since I don't want to put up things that will soon disappear. Probably etsy would be great for that but I just can't add one more variable right now. My shirt stock is getting spotty and I have to build up a few things for HM, even though it seems early for that. It all adds up to overwhelm.

My son and his gf are coming down for a friend's wedding, and they want to work for money, so I will have some help getting things tied down for winter around the place. I have painting to do, work on the sidewalk still, and lots of projects I've considered but don't have the energy to launch. One of the houses needs a new roof pretty soon, thanks to that raccoon that tore it up. I don't think the patches I put on will leak, this winter anyway, but they will at some point, because roofs leak. Skylights too.

Everything breaks down, and having two houses means something needs fixing all the time. Just remembered one thing is my vacuum cleaner. Guess I had better do that one first. With every project I think "I'll save that for John, he'd enjoy it." In past times he usually didn't even like the idea of my projects, but he is much more game to try now and I'll let him have the pick of the list. Some things are a lot more fun than others.

I'm hoping we will even do some of that famous "spring cleaning" that I never do in spring. Everything needs a good wash and wipe. I haven't really thoroughly cleaned in many years, and I used to be so judgmental about other people's housekeeping habits. Now I would like the surfaces to be clean, but I'm not very interested in making it happen. Oh well.

Need to work a little hiking or something in there too. I almost never vacate when the vacating is good. I got a little trip up and down the coast a couple of weeks ago and it had been maybe two years since I had gone. I know it was before my surgery in 2008. Pretty bad for such an amazing place that is only an hour away.

At least the wedding is out at the Fair site, so we can get in a little walk out there. It's always a pleasure.

And Market keeps me going week to week. What a great routine to sell twice a week. I really like being able to have clients meet me there to see what I have, or to drop off art or whatever. Convenient. And seeing friends is easy and casual there, except when it is too busy to visit.

Last week Rich came by and we had music again, getting to be a fun thing. Too bad his schedule usually means he comes right when buying is hot, if it is a buying day. I hope customers enjoy it, even if it means they have to wait a minute for the chorus to be over to exchange money. I know my neighbors on the Park Blocks enjoy it, or else those smiles just mean they're grinning to bear it. Willy even joined in on harp last week, on his birthday. That was a special moment indeed.

Board meeting tonight, oh boy. Have to get away from the keyboard and let my neck muscles relax for awhile. Yoga would be good, if I would have fixed the vacuum cleaner so I could get the cat hair off the rug where I would do the yoga. Maybe it will have magically fixed itself...I'll go check.