Over the last few months, I've discovered a few sellers on etsy who have almost identically copied my designs. But what can I do, right? I just let it go.
Tonight, I found a seller who hasn't copied my designs, but uses the same wording (almost word for word) for her item descriptions. And she charges $1 less than everyone else out there. It's so frustrating to me. What do I do? Call her
This is going to be my first "vent post" on being a working mom since I cut back on my working hours (work outside our home). I was so thankful that I was able to reduce my hours from 36 hrs a week to 25 hrs a week that I actually did not talk a lot about being a working mom since then. (OK, I vented once but took it off line after a day.. just because...)But tonight ... I am feeling the "stress". I feel a bit frazzled. There are 3 important projects/tasks at work that I am handling and they are all urgent. Since I work less hours now, I have less hours to accomplish these at work and I guess it piled up. I was planning to go to work this weekend to catch up but I didn't. There were just too much going on.My son G had his Taekwondo testing last Saturday, so we were at the Dojang for
I have had it. I have been self-employed for most of my adult life and I like it that way. I like being able to take off when I feel like it, come in late, and reap the benefits of my own hard work. I like not having to answer to someone who is less intelligent, organized, or just has no people skills. And I don't mind taking responsibility if everything goes wrong. I thrive on that and see it as a challenge.I have been working for someone else recently though because it was necessary to accomplish a few goals. It's been good. I learned a lot, but now it's time to go. I absolutely cannot deal with other people's drama! I don't have time to figure out personalities and tiptoe around stupid stuff. I don't like guessing whether I was just complimented or insulted. Life is too short for BS.
Here's the clip.First it's Daft Punk with Kanye and now Klaxons with Rihanna?! WHY?!?! The music I like with music that I think sucks?! Am I the only one who thinks this is totally crazy? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills! BBQCHICKENROBOT! What did you ever do?! Nothing! Nothing!!!!Um, don't get me wrong friends. I don't hate Kanye, he has some great songs, and he looks cool doin' it up but I just think it's lame squad that when you're big you can just pick out a duo like Daft Punk to do whatever you want with them. And sure there's mutual artist comradery and respect. But just watching that Grammy's performance with Daft in the pyramid brought no justice to the amazingness of Daft Punk alone. This is coming from someone who saw Alive in the front row! When I want to see Daft, I want to s
A few months ago I blogged about my sister-in-law (Title: Catching Up) and how she collided head on with a car on I-95, intoxicated, traveling North in the South bound lane, ultimately taking the life of an innocent man from Florida. What a big surprise that was.It never fails ... it's time for another surprise, drum roll please (just imagine it!). This is about one of my husband's other brothers and his new girlfriend.(BACKGROUND)Probably near the end of October we found out that my hubby's youngest brother had a girlfriend, her name is Amanda. This was big news because we'd never known him to have a girlfriend before. My grandma died on the 5th of November and on our way back from Kentucky my husband got a phone call, two brothers were in jail.Half way across the state of Tennessee, well
Sorry y'all, no Five For Friday today. I just need to get something off of my chest today.So my dad Googled himself and found that some people had made some negative comments about him. He had a role in this movie, "The Spook Who Sat By The Door", where he played a young gang member who joins a Black militant group that launches an attack on the city of Chicago. Some ignorant folks who didn't understand the film, obviously, or who are too stupid to realize that there are Black folks who are pale skinned as Whites, had some nasty things to say about a "White" man playing the role.Mind you, the character is asked to pass for White, so obviously he is a pale-skinned brother:Of course he goes on to do the robbery, which was the right thing to do, LOL. But the words in that little monologue, wh
I've had all this pent up frustration in me this week because of last week's show. In this video post, I just wanted to get it all out in the open and out of my system. I didn't want to contaminate Thursday night's show without (kind of) resolving in my own mind what happened last week. So, I apologize for the whinnyness (is that a word?) of this video post, but at least I feel better and I can really focus on having fun again on The Doctor Anonymous Show.....
I never thought I would be saying this before I had kids, but I love cloth diapering. I love that I have an excuse to knit up tons of cute wool diaper covers for my boys. I love that they are wearing something that is reusable and can be passed down to our other, theoretical, children. I find it very satisfying to fold and organize my cloth diaper stash. Yeah, I have an occasional lazy day and fall back on disposables. Yes we do do disposables at night, mostly because I am too lazy to figure out a night time diapering system for them (although, Evan could probably keep a diaper dry all night if he wanted to. In fact he could be potty trained if he wanted to be, but that is another post altogether).
What gets my dander up is all the snide comments I get from my family about my cloth diapering. My mother tired cloth diapering in the 80s when all you had was pinned prefolds and rubber pants. She used to soak the poopy diapers in the toilet and one ended up flushed down the t
It seems a lot of people I know are now single. Few, I thought it was just me.
I talk to a lot of girls and it seems that their number one complaint is that they want a guy that is there for them. A guy that listens, or at least takes 10 minutes out of their day to pretend to listen. (Hint: Guys, master the nad and agree look) A guy who brings a girl flowers just because.
College break ups can be hard. Its like “I hate you, I never want to see you again. Blah blah blah…” then you end up seeing them at dinner, in the hall, in class, washing clothes. Becareful with college relationships, you still have to live near this person, go to school with this person, and eat in the same place.
Today I felt like a five year old today. It sucked. I know how to use the library. I know where to find books. If I had a problem, I would ask. I felt like lab today was turning me into a little kid and treating me like I was one very slow little kid. Just give me a hand out and I will r
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Daily, we seem to mention 'when we move' 'if we move' 'when you get promoted' and 'in our next house'. It's so common place that we hardly notice it. I've been frustrated over the last 2 years because the promised carrot being dangled in front of my husbands nose never materialized. The 1 year that we were to live in this city and state passed... and they conveniently forgot about him and of
I just want to say that during the final month of pregnancy I hate being in public. I want to choke the Walmart stock boy who seems to always pull his stupid cart behind me. It is like the stock boy takes his cart and follows me where ever I go expecting ME the customer to move!!! Does he not see the enormous stomach I have? Does he not see that I have trouble walking?? Does Walmart even hire gentlemen?I hate lines at restaurants, especially if I just walked in from the 100 degree heat. I really hate it when kids run down the hallways without looking up and come close to hitting me in the stomach. I will yell at that child! Sorry if that offends you mothers out there. I will honk you if at the green light you sit there as if you are admiring the tint of green on the light. Be lucky I am Christian because otherwise there might be some obscene gestures too. I especially hate it when driving 65 on a 55 and some redneck in his gigantic red truck still feels like I am still going to slow an
I'm doing everything I am "supposed" to be doing to help myself get through this. I have lots of wonderful friends and family. I have work to do. I have causes to help. I have books to read and places to go. I KNOW what to do, or what they "say" to do, to get through this. I AM doing it. But it isn't working. It isn't working at all. It LOOKS like it is working, to everyone else. But it isn't. It isn't at all. The fact is, it's empty. And lonely. And seems without purpose. I need another message from Lou. Maybe that will help.
