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It Think It’s Time For A Friend Purge

I’m stressed. I’m stressed and feeling rather down and under-appreciated and definitely not respected. See, I don’t have a lot of friends. I have kept my circle small because there has always been drama when I was surrounded by too many. However, the ones that I have are dropping the ball lately. They are treating me like crap and it is finally starting to take its toll.

I am designing a web page for a , um, friend- have been for almost 6 months now. I’m not kidding. Completed sites normally take me about 2-4 weeks, but this one has been in progress for 6 months now. It’s not that I have been procrastinating. I have been working pretty much every day for more the 5 hours a day. Well, that is until recently. See, the friend is not paying me. The friend is not paying me at all. And despite my Virgo tendencies to want everything to be perfect, somewhere in mid August I realized that this person is a taker. I realized that this person is not worth the stress. And while I am not going to stop (I’ve put too much work in this), I just don’t care anymore. The site will not function well because this person does not respect my expertise in a field that I have been learning for the last 10 years. This person does not want to compromise and, so, I will do what is wanted despite what I know is best. In addition, this site is for a business and while I am busting my ass to get this site up and running, I know that the owner is not willing to do what it takes to get the business going. I know that it will never be successful. And so… Continue reading

One Word and Only One Word

This post is being brought to you by  ”If it Isn’t One Thing, It’s Another

PhotobucketI have to answer all of the following using no more than one word. This should be interesting. 

1. Where is your cell phone? somewhere
2. Where is your significant other? work
3. Your hair color? black
4. Your mother? Insane
5. Your father? Dead
6. Your favorite thing? Music
7. Your dream last night? Millions
8. Your dream/goal? Skinnier
9. The room you’re in? Livingroom
10. Your hobby? Blogging
11. Your fear? Planes
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Arizona
13. Where were you last night? Bed
14. What you’re not? Pretty
15. One of your wish-list items? Camera
16. Where you grew up? Bronx
17. The last thing you did? Pee
18. What are you wearing? Jammies
19. Your TV? Old
20. Your pet? none
21. Your computer? Mac
22. Your mood? Annoyed
23. Missing someone? Always
24. Your car? Altima
25. Something you’re not wearing? Bra
26. Favorite store? Apple
27. Your summer? Quick
28. Love someone? Madly
29. Your favorite color? Blue
30. When is the last time you laughed? Before
31. Last time you cried? Wednesday

Now for passing on the award!
The rules of this award are:
1. The winner can put the logo on his/her blog.
2. Link the person you received your award from.
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
4. Put links of those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message on the blogs of the people you’ve nominated

Now…for the nominations…drum roll please…

  1. The Wise Young Mommy
  2. Vivid Description: Fatherhood defined!
  3. Always, Alli
  4. Confessions of a Diet Coke Addict
  5. Mrs. Mecomber’s Scrapbook
  6. Erica B’s DIY Style
  7. Don’t Eat My Buchela!

 

When Bartering Pisses on You

I have been trying to get my business of the ground for a while now. Back in February, when I first realized that I could actually make money designing web sites, I offered my services to anyone who even appeared to need one. An acquaintance is also self-employed and in a field that was very useful to me. He needed a website; I needed his services (and get your mind out of the gutter- I’m a married woman). We decided to exchange services. However, I seemed to have gotten the short end of the stick.

His services are only necessary every six months and do not cost nearly as much as I would charge for a web design. Once he completes his services, I cannot go back and request changes. It is a done deal. And it only takes on day. Web Design, on the other hand, can be a very long and tedious process. And it’s hard to set limits when most people don’t understand the process.

So, the first site that I did was good. Despite the fact that I did not agree with some of the choices he made for the site, I complied because the customer is always right. There were some other minor issues in that he did not get information to me in the alloted timeframe (very bad) and he is somewhat of a know-it-all. But, alas we got things done and I was more than happy to add this job to my portfolio.

Over the course of this time I used his services twice. The first time I was very satisfied. The second time, he kind of pushed me into a direction that I was not 100% comfortable with, but I went with it and was satisfied. The the third time never happened… Continue reading

KidSlapped!

So you know how you have that one friend who is competitive with you about everything and tells you that her child, at 2 years 5 months, can write a paragraph, mow the lawn and cook a 7 course meal? And you know how she is supermom because she tells you that she is and you know how no matter how many times her child has fallen and knocked her head up, he does not take her to the doctor because the doctor won’t do anything that she herself can’t do? And you know how the child is actually pretty advanced but is being held back because every time she tries to speak the mother puts a pacifier in her mouth to shut her up so that now all she sounds like is a mumbling fool but despite this, she continues to try to out do you on everything. Like how when you share that YOUR child has developed a new skill, she has to tell you that her child has been doing that since she was in the womb? And you know how when she tells you that her child knows the alphabet because she can sing the song from start to finish you start wishing that your child would show others all of the things that she can do? And then suddenly, your child walks over the the wall with the alphabet border and points to a letter and says “i” and it is an “i” and then she says “m” and she is pointing to a “m” and she does it AGAIN with a “y” and and “x” and then your friends asks her daughter “what letter is this” and her daughter looks as confused as can be and when she asks again, your daughter says, without… Continue reading

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