Hurricane

This was an exciting weekend.

Hurricane Irene terrorized the entire east coast and everyone was in a panic. Living in southern New Jersey made it quite interesting. People in this area tend to be ill prepared for natural disasters and when one comes knocking on the door, everyone panics.

The stores were packed with people stocking up on batteries, flashlights and junk food. Honestly, I am amazed at the number of people that did not have flashlights. Doesn't everyone have at least one?

My preparation included moving my art and supplies to higher ground. I would have been devastated if the works in progress I have were suddenly soaked in a flood. Luckily, my house is still standing and nothing bad happened. In fact, the crawl space didn't even flood, which it usually does in heavy rain.

So here I am on a cool sunny Monday. I worked a bit on some writing assignments. Took the kids to the store and played outside. Tonight I hope to get some pictures online of some of my work and will be updating accordingly.

Also keep an eye on my Etsy Store for new listings and a special sale. I plan to have that done by the end of the week.

Get Your Priorities Straight

When it comes to works in progress and other projects, be sure to keep your priorities in order. A lot of the things I talk about on here I do to earn a paycheck. So here is my list...

Do the projects that currently make money first.

Do the projects that will be making you money second.

Do the projects that don't make you money last.

Now I just need to apply this all the time instead of some of the time.

Vacation's Over

The vacation is over. Literally.

A long overdue vacation has come to an end. It was an extended weekend down the Jersey shore. The real one, not that crap you see on MTV. My shore towns of choice are Ocean City and Wildwood. This time we chose Wildwood.

It was a good weekend. Relaxing on the beach. Getting buried in the sand. Teaching Tyler how to swim in the pool. Walking the boardwalk. Spending lots of money on food and games.

So now it is back to work.

You can check out some pictures on my Facebook page. If you are not a friend, go ahead and request me. I will be creating an album on my Flickr page soon.