General update, Monday
Sep. 27th, 2010 14:01![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mapsedgeLast night I posted to Facebook, "It was a good weekend."
Michelle fussed at me a bit for that. She said, "You could have taken a little more time and care in telling our friends about the last two days, providing some entertaining and useful details, my Love..."
Actually, it sounded more like, "Jeeeez, honey, could you have been any more vague?"
So here we are.
I went to bed last night feeling rather accomplished. To start, with one exception which I'll see to tonight, all our tights orders are done and shipped or ready to ship. That may not seem like a big deal and two years ago it wouldn't have been, but dyeing fabric adds easily two and a half hours of work to every pair. Getting that much done is a big deal.
Of course, all orders done means there are none in the queue, but I can use the catch up time. I've got a couple of ideas I'd like to pursue - a new design for the tights foot, a couple new shirt designs, including Victorian/Steampunk - and having a break would definitely provide the opportunity.
We went Saturday to what I can only think to describe as an "autumn thing-y". It was an event (to stretch the meaning of the word almost to its breaking point) put on by a homeschool family with a cornfield who cut out a couple corn mazes, installed a zipline, had a cow and calf as a "petting zoo", with a hayride and "barrel train" pulled by an ATV. All this for $11 - or free to homeschooling families. Yea free, since it certainly wasn't worth the $11 we might have paid. We packed PB&J's and water and drove forty-five minutes so the kids could run around and be kids for a while. The best part (at least for me) was something called "The Corn Crib" - think giant sandbox, but filled 4" deep with corn instead of sand. Undressing for the evening, I collected 1/4 cup of corn from the rolled up sleeves of my shirt. Not much for the grown-ups to do, but that wasn't really the point.
I posted pictures here: http://picasaweb.google.com/billTheTailor/AutumnFun#
I'm very glad to see Autumn here, finally. I saw my breath this morning as I walked to my car. I love the cooler weather, although it's hard on my old arthritic joints. It's afternoon now and in the sun the office is heating up - I'll get it's still a nice day outside.
This weekend I was very glad not to be out at Renaissance Festival. It rained Saturday, and temperatures dropped into the low 60's. I can't imagine what it must have been like to be out in it without appreciable shelter. Note to self: must add a waterproof interlining to my cloak - any lining at all would be a welcome addition. I'm hoping for dry weather on sixth weekend when I go out again, but one never knows.
The day job has decided that I am only to be paid when there is cash flow, a new state of affairs but not wholly unexpected. It will go back to regular salary as the company's money situation improves but in the meantime it makes things a mite dicey. There are a few debts we may have to stop making payments against for a little while until things improve, which they should once our current product truly gets off the ground. Another reason to expand Seamlyne a bit.
Michelle fussed at me a bit for that. She said, "You could have taken a little more time and care in telling our friends about the last two days, providing some entertaining and useful details, my Love..."
Actually, it sounded more like, "Jeeeez, honey, could you have been any more vague?"
So here we are.
I went to bed last night feeling rather accomplished. To start, with one exception which I'll see to tonight, all our tights orders are done and shipped or ready to ship. That may not seem like a big deal and two years ago it wouldn't have been, but dyeing fabric adds easily two and a half hours of work to every pair. Getting that much done is a big deal.
Of course, all orders done means there are none in the queue, but I can use the catch up time. I've got a couple of ideas I'd like to pursue - a new design for the tights foot, a couple new shirt designs, including Victorian/Steampunk - and having a break would definitely provide the opportunity.
We went Saturday to what I can only think to describe as an "autumn thing-y". It was an event (to stretch the meaning of the word almost to its breaking point) put on by a homeschool family with a cornfield who cut out a couple corn mazes, installed a zipline, had a cow and calf as a "petting zoo", with a hayride and "barrel train" pulled by an ATV. All this for $11 - or free to homeschooling families. Yea free, since it certainly wasn't worth the $11 we might have paid. We packed PB&J's and water and drove forty-five minutes so the kids could run around and be kids for a while. The best part (at least for me) was something called "The Corn Crib" - think giant sandbox, but filled 4" deep with corn instead of sand. Undressing for the evening, I collected 1/4 cup of corn from the rolled up sleeves of my shirt. Not much for the grown-ups to do, but that wasn't really the point.
I posted pictures here: http://picasaweb.google.com/billTheTailor/AutumnFun#
I'm very glad to see Autumn here, finally. I saw my breath this morning as I walked to my car. I love the cooler weather, although it's hard on my old arthritic joints. It's afternoon now and in the sun the office is heating up - I'll get it's still a nice day outside.
This weekend I was very glad not to be out at Renaissance Festival. It rained Saturday, and temperatures dropped into the low 60's. I can't imagine what it must have been like to be out in it without appreciable shelter. Note to self: must add a waterproof interlining to my cloak - any lining at all would be a welcome addition. I'm hoping for dry weather on sixth weekend when I go out again, but one never knows.
The day job has decided that I am only to be paid when there is cash flow, a new state of affairs but not wholly unexpected. It will go back to regular salary as the company's money situation improves but in the meantime it makes things a mite dicey. There are a few debts we may have to stop making payments against for a little while until things improve, which they should once our current product truly gets off the ground. Another reason to expand Seamlyne a bit.