Monthly Archives: December 2010
personal project #1 is complete!
I’ve had a few personal web projects planned for a while and I’ve finally completed one of them.
Introducing…
I came up with the idea for this blog a few weeks ago and my friend Corrinne readily agreed to be a co-author. It’s kind of silly, maybe—a blog about cats. But I think it could become pretty popular, because there are a lot of cat-crazy people out there and we’re going to make it fun and entertaining. There will be lots of pictures of our own cats, sure—we’re cat ladies, so it’s in our nature to gush over our “furbabies.” But the main purpose of the blog is to collect all sorts of cat-related things from around the internet, such as pictures, videos, comics, arts and crafts, decor, and so on. I’m hoping at some point to even have a store to accompany it.
The design is fairly simple and I tried to give it the look of a Tumblr theme. It’s not the most creative design, but I was really eager to get the blog up and running and I think it’s fun.
things are looking up!
Lately I’ve been feeling pretty overwhelmed by things (as you could probably tell from my last post) and Saturday was pretty much the last straw. Working full-time and not having enough time to get everything else that I want/need to get done stresses me out, thereby making me unhappy, and this has put a strain on my relationship. Things had to change, or else they’d only get worse. The biggest problem was working full-time.
I asked for less hours at work the other day and my request has already been granted—yesterday I started a new schedule, with only about 28 hours a week (might fluctuate depending on how busy it is). Even though this means less money, I feel like a huge weight has been lifted from my shoulders. I can finally get things done, I can start working towards my future, and I think I’m going to be generally happier.
I’m feeling fairly optimistic right now, which is a nice change. It doesn’t hurt that I’ve had quite a few sales lately from my Etsy stores. Hopefully I will be able to have more time now to crochet and try out other crafts. I don’t make a lot of money from my crafts, but it makes me happy to have people buy things I’ve made.
I’ve also got plans to improve my web design business. I’m going to start working on a new website which will eventually take the place of Deerie Me. There are things I like about Deerie Me, but it’s not going to cut if if I’m really serious about turning this business into a career. The site itself is not laid out as well as it could be, and while I like the name, it’s not really a good fit for me. A bit too cutesy, you know. I’m also going to start expanding my skills and learn some programming languages like Javascript and PHP. I’ll be asking for a lot of books this Christmas. :)