First, an update on Thumper. She is still with us. She has a hard time holding up her head, so she bumps into things, but she is still eating okay and her bodily functions are fine. We had a scare when a bump on her head released some blood, but the vet said that is normal considering how big her tumor is. We are just taking one day at a time with her.
I have been very busy with getting ready for the new school year. School starts here on Monday and I'm anxious in a nervous way. I've been at school all week between trainings and getting our store ready, I managed to get the room ready as best as possible. No matter how much work I do, I never feel that I am ready. The regular ed. teachers have been busy trying to create units based on new guidelines and they feel like they're unprepared as well.
Not only is school keeping me busy, I've been making revisions for our project with the local newspaper and we got paid for it! Yea! Our side business did the graphic design for a supplement that will be coming out in a few weeks that deals with teenage suicide prevention. The paper gave us the information and basically, we put it together with graphics. I can't wait for it come out so I can see what it looks like on paper.
On the book front, I sold 28 books at the church and they are being shipped to me. The youth group will be getting $100 once I get all the money from the customers. I will be selling the book to faculty at my school in a couple of weeks, so it should be interesting how it will do.
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Saturday, August 11, 2007
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Updates
Thumper seems to be doing okay appetite wise. The blood test results indicated that her thyroid is fine, so the vet has placed her on high calorie wet food that we are mixing with dry. She devours the food, so we know she's eating well. I think we will weigh her once or twice a week from here on out just to make sure she doesn't lose anymore. It's been a stressful time for me and my wife since we treat her like our baby.
The book is doing well at church. I am up to 12 orders and the deadline is next Sunday. After church next week, I will order the books online. After shipping, we are close to making $45 for the youth group which is nice. I hope we can get 3 more sales so I know we will go over the $50 mark in profits for the kids.
I decided that I will be going up to my school on Tuesday and Wednesday to get my classroom in order and work on lesson material. School starts here on August 13 and the week of the 6th will be packed with professional development, so I need to get the classroom in order. Starting a new year is always stressful since you don't know how the kids are after the summer off and just starting in general. I look forward to getting back into the routine. I know my wife is ready for me to go back (heh). I plan to write more tomorrow on a more religious nature because I have so many things to say.
The book is doing well at church. I am up to 12 orders and the deadline is next Sunday. After church next week, I will order the books online. After shipping, we are close to making $45 for the youth group which is nice. I hope we can get 3 more sales so I know we will go over the $50 mark in profits for the kids.
I decided that I will be going up to my school on Tuesday and Wednesday to get my classroom in order and work on lesson material. School starts here on August 13 and the week of the 6th will be packed with professional development, so I need to get the classroom in order. Starting a new year is always stressful since you don't know how the kids are after the summer off and just starting in general. I look forward to getting back into the routine. I know my wife is ready for me to go back (heh). I plan to write more tomorrow on a more religious nature because I have so many things to say.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Checking In
Sorry for the lack of blogging. I've been working on getting Scorched Earth ready for the next issue. (Submission deadline is July 30th) and we have a graphic design project that I've been working on. Until it comes out, I have to keep it under wraps, but I can say it is going to do a lot of good here locally. It is a paid job, so I've been devoting a lot of time to it. I am going to get back to getting school work ready tomorrow. I don't have too much more I can do here at home and I plan to work next week up at school.
I've started taking orders for the book at church and after the announcement, I have 5 orders already. I'm taking orders until August 5th, so I am hoping for more. I would love to get 26 orders so I can get a discount and give more of the money back to the youth group. I'm also planning to set up my own web site soon to advertise the book and I'm going to go to the local paper and get a story about the book. I'm thinking about asking the public library about doing a poetry reading, but Becky thinks that it would bomb. It won't hurt to ask the librarian if they've had any in the past. I know I won't sell a lot of books. Most poets, unless they are the giants, are lucky if they sell hundreds. My goal is to sell at least 50 books between local and online. If I can do that, I will consider myself a success.
I've started taking orders for the book at church and after the announcement, I have 5 orders already. I'm taking orders until August 5th, so I am hoping for more. I would love to get 26 orders so I can get a discount and give more of the money back to the youth group. I'm also planning to set up my own web site soon to advertise the book and I'm going to go to the local paper and get a story about the book. I'm thinking about asking the public library about doing a poetry reading, but Becky thinks that it would bomb. It won't hurt to ask the librarian if they've had any in the past. I know I won't sell a lot of books. Most poets, unless they are the giants, are lucky if they sell hundreds. My goal is to sell at least 50 books between local and online. If I can do that, I will consider myself a success.
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