Dogs are filling up the television screens this morning. Tonight the winner of the Westminster Dog Show will be chosen. I can't help but watch each of the breeds as they walk around that area. I find several breeds I would love to have each and every year.
The only problem is I already have dogs. Two of them - sometimes three! Everyone knows about our Abby dog. We got her from a friend in Irvine who couldn't keep her. The first week .... adorable. The second and third weeks .... ready to give her away! I hadn't had a dog in years, since living in Oregon. And Abby was such a cute puppy. We took her to the vet for her shots and found out she was part beagle. Oh, so that explained her need to run every time we let her out the door. She's a leash dog. Yup, runs off every chance she gets.
Then there is Gracie, our great white pyrenees. What a big ole' lovable thing she is. All 85 pounds of her. She was actually another rescue .... her owner had a heart attack and couldn't keep her. We got her when she was about 6 months old. She lived in a kennel for several months while we waited for the sale of the farm to go through and then she lived in the barn with the critters.
Well, she lived in the barn until her first big shock at hearing thunder. She's the biggest chicken. I think she would come through the front windows if she could when the storms hit. And we're pretty sure she heard a pretty big boom in the barnyard because she doesn't like it out there anymore. She's perfectly content lying on the front or back decks, out in the yard, down by the pond. Just don't lock her in the barnyard. She'll find a way out every time. She's climbed over bull gates, snuck under woven wire fences, we've even caught her squeezing her body through a 4-inch woven wire. She's just spreads the wire out to allow her body to get through.
Our third dog, Sheba, actually died a couple of days after Thanksgiving last year. She ingested some type of poison while ---- wait for it ---- running off! Yep, she was another of our wonderful dogs that wouldn't stay behind a fence. We certainly aren't very good at training our dogs, are we?
I did mention that we sometimes have three dogs. And we do. The neighbor's dog, Boomer, seems to have fallen in love with our Gracie dog. He hardly ever leaves. He's a good dog, just not ours! He runs down the road every day when the bus runs, since there are three kids on there that actually own him. He walks them down the road .... and then comes right back to our porch. Boomer's 'dad' drives by in his big red Dodge truck and the dog's ears perk right up. He follows him up the road too. I guess just to make sure his master gets home okay, because he comes right back to our house.
He's taken up residence in our back screened in room, taking full advantage of the couch back there. He stays comfy, that's for sure. We aren't sure whether to feed him or not. Gracie certainly doesn't let him eat her food. We sneak him food once in a while ... not really knowing if his 'owners' feed him. I'm guessing that we should head down to the neighbors one of these days and talk about visitation and support!
Well, have a great day everyone! Enjoy every bit of this wonderful sunshine as you can. My friendly weather-blogging dude says snow may return tomorrow.
Blessings, Pam
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Monday, February 11, 2013
February is always a weird month
February is always just a weird month for me. I guess because it's shorter than the rest of the months of the year. In my business, it means less time to get the next edition ready to print. And to make matters worse, the printers need the book on the last day of February to get us printed on time! So...... the rush begins.
I'm excited that we can actually print before the end of the month. Delivery will begin on the 4th, about as close to the first of the month as we've gotten with the new printers. Maybe we can slowly adjust to where we come out before the 1st each month.
My original idea for All Things Country Magazine was to pick up ads for the next edition when we delivered! That didn't work. For a couple of reasons. We are in a bit of a hurry when we deliver. It takes alot for two of us to deliver a good 10,000 magazines in three days. If the weather is good, we can get it done in two VERY LONG days. During the winter months, it's a bit tougher. So, that kind of hinders picking up ads due to the time constraints. If we picked up the next month's ads along the way, it would take even longer to get the magazine out to 20 counties.
The second reason? Advertisers are never ready a month in advance. I'm not quite sure how they do it when they advertise in Kentucky Living or Southern Living. The deadline is months in advance. And the prices? OMGosh. A full page in Kentucky Living is well over 5,000.00 per month. A business card in Kentucky Living is costly too.
All Things Country Magazine is not nearly a Kentucky Living or a Southern Living and I readily admit that. But we're getting pretty darned popular in the areas that we deliver to. And for that I'm very thankful. Going to the mailbox after the book comes out is alot of fun (maybe not for the mail lady). And this month there will be even more mail due to the kid's Abby Track drawing. I can't wait to read all the great comments about the publication. Even the critical ones I receive from time to time. At least I try to learn from the critical ones!
The March book kicks off Spring for me. I guess that's the exciting part of rushing to get it ready. We're rushing right along into the best season of all for me. I love the re-birth that happens each March and April. The trees start budding out and giving us brilliant color. The red buds. Oh, what can I say about those beauties? Daffodils and early blooming bulbs start showing their colors to welcome back all that springs brings.
As I look out the front window this morning, it's breezy and clouds are dotting the blue sky. The days are getting longer and more and more activity can be seen out there. More birds are out and about. I've even seen a robin already! I hate wishing my life away, but come on Spring.
Have a great Monday .... wherever you may be. Remember to count your blessings and give an extra hug to those you love.
Pam
I'm excited that we can actually print before the end of the month. Delivery will begin on the 4th, about as close to the first of the month as we've gotten with the new printers. Maybe we can slowly adjust to where we come out before the 1st each month.
My original idea for All Things Country Magazine was to pick up ads for the next edition when we delivered! That didn't work. For a couple of reasons. We are in a bit of a hurry when we deliver. It takes alot for two of us to deliver a good 10,000 magazines in three days. If the weather is good, we can get it done in two VERY LONG days. During the winter months, it's a bit tougher. So, that kind of hinders picking up ads due to the time constraints. If we picked up the next month's ads along the way, it would take even longer to get the magazine out to 20 counties.
The second reason? Advertisers are never ready a month in advance. I'm not quite sure how they do it when they advertise in Kentucky Living or Southern Living. The deadline is months in advance. And the prices? OMGosh. A full page in Kentucky Living is well over 5,000.00 per month. A business card in Kentucky Living is costly too.
All Things Country Magazine is not nearly a Kentucky Living or a Southern Living and I readily admit that. But we're getting pretty darned popular in the areas that we deliver to. And for that I'm very thankful. Going to the mailbox after the book comes out is alot of fun (maybe not for the mail lady). And this month there will be even more mail due to the kid's Abby Track drawing. I can't wait to read all the great comments about the publication. Even the critical ones I receive from time to time. At least I try to learn from the critical ones!
The March book kicks off Spring for me. I guess that's the exciting part of rushing to get it ready. We're rushing right along into the best season of all for me. I love the re-birth that happens each March and April. The trees start budding out and giving us brilliant color. The red buds. Oh, what can I say about those beauties? Daffodils and early blooming bulbs start showing their colors to welcome back all that springs brings.
As I look out the front window this morning, it's breezy and clouds are dotting the blue sky. The days are getting longer and more and more activity can be seen out there. More birds are out and about. I've even seen a robin already! I hate wishing my life away, but come on Spring.
Have a great Monday .... wherever you may be. Remember to count your blessings and give an extra hug to those you love.
Pam
Monday, February 4, 2013
Another edition put to bed
The February edition of All Things Country Magazine is at the printers. Took a whole 4 minutes to send it from our little farm in northern Estill County to Dayton, Ohio! I sure wish we could have 12,000 copies delivered in 4 minutes.
Times have sure changed over the years in publishing, although some things still remain the same. When I started in the newspaper business, I worked on a big old machine that didn't have a screen. My copy sat directly in front of me and I had a little bitty window that showed about 4 words, maybe 5 if they were short ones. And they disappeared every time you 'returned'. If you made a mistake, too bad! And you didn't know if you had even made a mistake until you took a film canister out of the big old machine, walked back to the darkroom and developed the 'galleys' - long strips of film that the type was printed onto.
You then took the galleys and read through them. Using a blue printers marker you crossed out lines that had errors. If you were lucky there were none. This rarely happened! You then had to sit back down at the big old machine and type JUST THAT LINE. If it happened to be longer than the line you were correcting was, then you had to keep typing until you caught up, so to speak, on your galley. Once corrections were typed you then had to repeat the developing process to get your galleys again.
The next step? The one that had me thinking my very first day on the job whether this was the job for me or not! You ran your galley through the wax machine, laid it on your light-table and using a pica pole (a printer name for a steel ruler) and your trusty x-acto knife - you cut your lines of corrections out and placed them over your error on the original galley. And of course, it has to be perfectly straight so you don't see a crooked line when the paper is printed.
Whew! Did you get all that? How many of you remember those days? This was only the first step in a very long process. I spent hours standing in front of light boards laying out pages of type. As straight as possible. I got pretty good at it by the time I started on my first 'apple' computer and didn't have to do it anymore. Another thing you got good at? Keeping a firm hold on that x-acto knife. You wouldn't believe the times I've dropped one and it just missed my foot. Trust me, an x-acto knife falling from about 4 feet straight down puts a pretty good puncture in the top of your foot! May not seem like it would, but the sharper you kept your knife the better, so it was very sharp - with a very sharp point!
So many changes, yet so many things remain the same. Delivery is one of those things. We've gotten pretty good at it, but still can't get it all done in one day, two days is really pushing it sometimes. The winter months are much harder obviously. I guess it has changed in some ways - we don't have to deliver it by horseback! Although when the gas bill comes in, it makes us wonder!
Another thing that never changes .... putting an edition out without some kind of mistake in it. I try. I try my hardest. But it never seems to happen. When we pick up the book, it usually doesn't take me long to find an error. A good part of the changes that have come around down the road ... the ability to correct my errors and upload it to our website. I can't fix the printed edition .... but I certainly can fix the online version!
I try not to look at the book more than a couple of times when it comes out. I get too disappointed. And heck, I've seen enough of it by the time it prints. By the time it prints and is all delivered, it's time to start on the next edition anyway!
So, February has been 'put to bed' as they refer to it in the printing industry. It's time for a nap .... and then to enjoy my one true time off each month! The day before delivery begins. And I say a day off, but I'm never too far from my emails .... or the critters outside, which is our other non-stop job!
Thanks for following along ... and have a beautiful day!
Pam
Times have sure changed over the years in publishing, although some things still remain the same. When I started in the newspaper business, I worked on a big old machine that didn't have a screen. My copy sat directly in front of me and I had a little bitty window that showed about 4 words, maybe 5 if they were short ones. And they disappeared every time you 'returned'. If you made a mistake, too bad! And you didn't know if you had even made a mistake until you took a film canister out of the big old machine, walked back to the darkroom and developed the 'galleys' - long strips of film that the type was printed onto.
You then took the galleys and read through them. Using a blue printers marker you crossed out lines that had errors. If you were lucky there were none. This rarely happened! You then had to sit back down at the big old machine and type JUST THAT LINE. If it happened to be longer than the line you were correcting was, then you had to keep typing until you caught up, so to speak, on your galley. Once corrections were typed you then had to repeat the developing process to get your galleys again.
The next step? The one that had me thinking my very first day on the job whether this was the job for me or not! You ran your galley through the wax machine, laid it on your light-table and using a pica pole (a printer name for a steel ruler) and your trusty x-acto knife - you cut your lines of corrections out and placed them over your error on the original galley. And of course, it has to be perfectly straight so you don't see a crooked line when the paper is printed.
Whew! Did you get all that? How many of you remember those days? This was only the first step in a very long process. I spent hours standing in front of light boards laying out pages of type. As straight as possible. I got pretty good at it by the time I started on my first 'apple' computer and didn't have to do it anymore. Another thing you got good at? Keeping a firm hold on that x-acto knife. You wouldn't believe the times I've dropped one and it just missed my foot. Trust me, an x-acto knife falling from about 4 feet straight down puts a pretty good puncture in the top of your foot! May not seem like it would, but the sharper you kept your knife the better, so it was very sharp - with a very sharp point!
So many changes, yet so many things remain the same. Delivery is one of those things. We've gotten pretty good at it, but still can't get it all done in one day, two days is really pushing it sometimes. The winter months are much harder obviously. I guess it has changed in some ways - we don't have to deliver it by horseback! Although when the gas bill comes in, it makes us wonder!
Another thing that never changes .... putting an edition out without some kind of mistake in it. I try. I try my hardest. But it never seems to happen. When we pick up the book, it usually doesn't take me long to find an error. A good part of the changes that have come around down the road ... the ability to correct my errors and upload it to our website. I can't fix the printed edition .... but I certainly can fix the online version!
I try not to look at the book more than a couple of times when it comes out. I get too disappointed. And heck, I've seen enough of it by the time it prints. By the time it prints and is all delivered, it's time to start on the next edition anyway!
So, February has been 'put to bed' as they refer to it in the printing industry. It's time for a nap .... and then to enjoy my one true time off each month! The day before delivery begins. And I say a day off, but I'm never too far from my emails .... or the critters outside, which is our other non-stop job!
Thanks for following along ... and have a beautiful day!
Pam
Thursday, January 31, 2013
What a temperature swing!
Man, what a temperature change! Just a couple of days ago we were outside in T-shirts. Today? Coats, gloves and hats. Kentucky sure has wild and wacky weather. From tornadoes to slick roads in less than 24 hours.
The weather blog says we may even get another inch or two tonight. Oh, my! I sure do love snow, I'm just not too sure if I like it in Kentucky. Everything just kind of shuts down when it snows and that surely doesn't help our little home-based business one bit. It's a toss up about whether to get out and sell ads or not. Some business owners just shut down when it snows and that makes it hard. It's not really worth the gas - or the danger - of getting out.
Thankfully we have a great family of advertisers and we always manage to get the magazine out, no matter what. And sometimes we just have to take it at what it is and put out a smaller magazine. The winter months are really tough on small businesses, businesses that depend on even a few sales each day to keep going.
This month we've had more days of not a single sale than we have had with good sales days. And a snowstorm on the very last day we can get ads in is not ideal. But, hey, we'll just keep on going with the flow and do what we can! We've never been one to give up, and I don't suppose we will just yet either.
Through the bad months, we always have to think ahead to the good months. And thankfully Spring is just around the corner. A bit of a re-birth that we are granted each and every year. New things popping out of the ground. New leaves on the trees. Oh gosh, I'm so anxious.
It's funny because living in the West - and being snow skiers - you just hate the thought of spring. Spring signals the end of skiing season. Spring skiing can be fun, but by noon the slopes get pretty sloppy. The upside? You get a head start on your tan. Yep, you can get a suntan skiing. I was never brave enough to ski in shorts, but have seen many people do it.
Gosh, how did I get onto skiing? I guess it's the drastic temperature change, going to my head!
Have a great evening everyone. And be safe overnight and in the morning during the commute.
Blessings, Pam
The weather blog says we may even get another inch or two tonight. Oh, my! I sure do love snow, I'm just not too sure if I like it in Kentucky. Everything just kind of shuts down when it snows and that surely doesn't help our little home-based business one bit. It's a toss up about whether to get out and sell ads or not. Some business owners just shut down when it snows and that makes it hard. It's not really worth the gas - or the danger - of getting out.
Thankfully we have a great family of advertisers and we always manage to get the magazine out, no matter what. And sometimes we just have to take it at what it is and put out a smaller magazine. The winter months are really tough on small businesses, businesses that depend on even a few sales each day to keep going.
This month we've had more days of not a single sale than we have had with good sales days. And a snowstorm on the very last day we can get ads in is not ideal. But, hey, we'll just keep on going with the flow and do what we can! We've never been one to give up, and I don't suppose we will just yet either.
Through the bad months, we always have to think ahead to the good months. And thankfully Spring is just around the corner. A bit of a re-birth that we are granted each and every year. New things popping out of the ground. New leaves on the trees. Oh gosh, I'm so anxious.
It's funny because living in the West - and being snow skiers - you just hate the thought of spring. Spring signals the end of skiing season. Spring skiing can be fun, but by noon the slopes get pretty sloppy. The upside? You get a head start on your tan. Yep, you can get a suntan skiing. I was never brave enough to ski in shorts, but have seen many people do it.
Gosh, how did I get onto skiing? I guess it's the drastic temperature change, going to my head!
Have a great evening everyone. And be safe overnight and in the morning during the commute.
Blessings, Pam
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
A Rough Start to the Day
It's been a wild morning for Kentucky, at least weather wise. The line of bad stuff is past us here in Palmer .... but it's still moving eastward and I'm sure many people will be affected by this in the next few hours, not just in Kentucky but the entire East Coast as it travels that way.
The weather in Kentucky can sure be crazy. Tornado warnings this morning and then snow for the weekend. The same thing happened last March when that crazy tornado outbreak happened. All the many people who lost everything dealt with snow just a few days later. As I'm typing this up, West Liberty is in the eye of the storm again and I'm sure there are more than just a few nervous people down that way.
Our weather alert radio went off at 4:30 this morning. Woke us right up, let me tell ya! But they are certainly a good thing to have. At least they make you aware of weather headed your way. From watching the radar on Lex18, you could tell it was going to hit us right about the time that the buses ran with all the Estill County kiddos.
What a decision the superintendent must make when weather happens. It's never going to be right for all of the people. If nothing hit the county, then he was wrong for keeping them out. And vice-versa. Since we have a scanner, we were listening to the bus drivers reporting in. They had a rocky ride getting the kids to school. They deserve many, many kuddos. They were just doing their jobs. And they kept all the kids safe - with several of them pulling over to wait it out. I'd say there were some panicked kids on some of the buses and the monitors had their hands full also.
Personally, I am not sure I would have sent my child this morning - delay or no delay. As a parent, it's essentially my decision to send them or not. With a bus being a high-profile vehicle and the warnings for high winds, it just would have been my decision. Sure, everyone can't choose that option. But, hey, if you have a car and can get your kiddos to school, why not keep them until it's over.
I'm guessing they figured they could get everyone delivered before the storms hit. Which means, had a tornado hit .... the kids would have been in the school and who knows what could have happened then. Chaos for sure. I was never known to be too protective of my kidlet when she was growing up, but we never dealt with tornadoes in Idaho, Washington or Oregon either! Just snow storms. And school never closed for a snow storm, not back in my days of school. You just added another layer of clothes before heading out the door.
Well, enough of my crazy thoughts for the morning. Have a Blessed day - and stay safe where-ever you may be!
The weather in Kentucky can sure be crazy. Tornado warnings this morning and then snow for the weekend. The same thing happened last March when that crazy tornado outbreak happened. All the many people who lost everything dealt with snow just a few days later. As I'm typing this up, West Liberty is in the eye of the storm again and I'm sure there are more than just a few nervous people down that way.
Our weather alert radio went off at 4:30 this morning. Woke us right up, let me tell ya! But they are certainly a good thing to have. At least they make you aware of weather headed your way. From watching the radar on Lex18, you could tell it was going to hit us right about the time that the buses ran with all the Estill County kiddos.
What a decision the superintendent must make when weather happens. It's never going to be right for all of the people. If nothing hit the county, then he was wrong for keeping them out. And vice-versa. Since we have a scanner, we were listening to the bus drivers reporting in. They had a rocky ride getting the kids to school. They deserve many, many kuddos. They were just doing their jobs. And they kept all the kids safe - with several of them pulling over to wait it out. I'd say there were some panicked kids on some of the buses and the monitors had their hands full also.
Personally, I am not sure I would have sent my child this morning - delay or no delay. As a parent, it's essentially my decision to send them or not. With a bus being a high-profile vehicle and the warnings for high winds, it just would have been my decision. Sure, everyone can't choose that option. But, hey, if you have a car and can get your kiddos to school, why not keep them until it's over.
I'm guessing they figured they could get everyone delivered before the storms hit. Which means, had a tornado hit .... the kids would have been in the school and who knows what could have happened then. Chaos for sure. I was never known to be too protective of my kidlet when she was growing up, but we never dealt with tornadoes in Idaho, Washington or Oregon either! Just snow storms. And school never closed for a snow storm, not back in my days of school. You just added another layer of clothes before heading out the door.
Well, enough of my crazy thoughts for the morning. Have a Blessed day - and stay safe where-ever you may be!
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Another big weather day
Goodness, have you seen the weather forecast for central Kentucky? We've got a roller coaster of a ride for the next few days. But, it's not just Kentucky that is affected. The storms are starting today clear down in Texas. They'll sweep across the plains today headed right for us.
Those of you that know me, know that I love watching the weather. I subscribe to Chris Bailey's weather blog and follow along each day as he makes his predictions. They are usually pretty accurate and that's because Mr. Bailey loves the weather about as much as anyone! You can follow along at http://kyweathercenter.com/ if you like weather too.
The Facebook world has opened up weather for me all that much more! You see, I have friends all over the United States and weather affects them too. For instance .... cousin Doug Atkinson lives in Texas and they have some wild weather. Today, Oklahoma is in the bullseye .... classmate Brad Duncan and his wife live there. Not to mention, the storms will eventually reach Nashville and I've got several FB friends down there. Not to mention my MaMichele - tonight is an Opry night!
Of course, I still keep up with the Northwest's weather too since the kidlet lives back there, not to mention all my former classmates and many friends and family that still reside in the West. The kidlet has a 40 mile drive up the Clearwater River each morning to get to her teaching job and it worries me to death. It's a pretty wild drive on dry, clear roads. Throw in snow and it becomes very treacherous. But, hey, that's where I learned to drive so I have to remember that!
It's almost been a year since the horrible tornado outbreak that wiped out several small towns in Kentucky. I'm just hoping today's weather doesn't produce nearly the outcome that we experienced last year. Be safe everyone and have a great day.
Those of you that know me, know that I love watching the weather. I subscribe to Chris Bailey's weather blog and follow along each day as he makes his predictions. They are usually pretty accurate and that's because Mr. Bailey loves the weather about as much as anyone! You can follow along at http://kyweathercenter.com/ if you like weather too.
The Facebook world has opened up weather for me all that much more! You see, I have friends all over the United States and weather affects them too. For instance .... cousin Doug Atkinson lives in Texas and they have some wild weather. Today, Oklahoma is in the bullseye .... classmate Brad Duncan and his wife live there. Not to mention, the storms will eventually reach Nashville and I've got several FB friends down there. Not to mention my MaMichele - tonight is an Opry night!
Of course, I still keep up with the Northwest's weather too since the kidlet lives back there, not to mention all my former classmates and many friends and family that still reside in the West. The kidlet has a 40 mile drive up the Clearwater River each morning to get to her teaching job and it worries me to death. It's a pretty wild drive on dry, clear roads. Throw in snow and it becomes very treacherous. But, hey, that's where I learned to drive so I have to remember that!
It's almost been a year since the horrible tornado outbreak that wiped out several small towns in Kentucky. I'm just hoping today's weather doesn't produce nearly the outcome that we experienced last year. Be safe everyone and have a great day.
Monday, January 28, 2013
Why, yes, I do have a blog.
The blog has been speaking to me lately. Wondering where I've been I guess. I get up every morning with lots to say, I just fail to sit my butt in this chair and type it up. I guess I don't figure many people read it anyways, so no one is missing me either. But, I'm going to correct this little dilemma by being more diligent in staying in touch!
Sure, I do Facebook. Lots of people do. I've found out recently that lots of people don't use it too! In fact, I've learned lots of my readers don't even have an email. Hard to believe in today's society, but it is the truth. No everyone is hooked up to a computer like it's an IV in their arm. I find it harder and harder to be on Facebook anymore anyway! It's all advertising and political views. I joined FB to stay in touch with my family and friends, not to read ads and trash talk regarding our beloved United States.
I've been trying out Twitter a bit lately. I can't say I understand it. How on earth does anyone keep up without sitting right there with the window in front of you? There are millions of 'tweets' going on and I'm pretty sure mine get missed in all the hub-bub. Oh, well. Not much of a success there either!
Another social site I'm having problems with is Pinterest. I just don't have the time! I've went there several times and tried 'cruising' around looking at ideas. Next thing I knew hours had passed and I hadn't gotten a single thing accomplished. I've kind of stayed away since. If I've got to be on this computer, I may as well do my work and be done with it.
It's deadline week here at the magazine. Always a bit rushed and hurried the week the magazine goes to the printers. Last minute ads are always a kink - yet I'll take them! I'll put your ad in the book right up to about 12 hours before I send it north for printing. That's the way it is with a small business with few employees. Between the two of us, we can't possibly hit everyone every month for an ad. Thank goodness the internet does work in that way. I'd be lost without my email.
Speaking of that, I've got about a dozen emails I need to answer so I'd best get to it! Have a great day everyone. Be safe in the stormy weather heading our way. Rain is just on the other side of Lexington as I type away..... I'm sure it'll be in beautiful Palmer, Kentucky before too long!
Sure, I do Facebook. Lots of people do. I've found out recently that lots of people don't use it too! In fact, I've learned lots of my readers don't even have an email. Hard to believe in today's society, but it is the truth. No everyone is hooked up to a computer like it's an IV in their arm. I find it harder and harder to be on Facebook anymore anyway! It's all advertising and political views. I joined FB to stay in touch with my family and friends, not to read ads and trash talk regarding our beloved United States.
I've been trying out Twitter a bit lately. I can't say I understand it. How on earth does anyone keep up without sitting right there with the window in front of you? There are millions of 'tweets' going on and I'm pretty sure mine get missed in all the hub-bub. Oh, well. Not much of a success there either!
Another social site I'm having problems with is Pinterest. I just don't have the time! I've went there several times and tried 'cruising' around looking at ideas. Next thing I knew hours had passed and I hadn't gotten a single thing accomplished. I've kind of stayed away since. If I've got to be on this computer, I may as well do my work and be done with it.
It's deadline week here at the magazine. Always a bit rushed and hurried the week the magazine goes to the printers. Last minute ads are always a kink - yet I'll take them! I'll put your ad in the book right up to about 12 hours before I send it north for printing. That's the way it is with a small business with few employees. Between the two of us, we can't possibly hit everyone every month for an ad. Thank goodness the internet does work in that way. I'd be lost without my email.
Speaking of that, I've got about a dozen emails I need to answer so I'd best get to it! Have a great day everyone. Be safe in the stormy weather heading our way. Rain is just on the other side of Lexington as I type away..... I'm sure it'll be in beautiful Palmer, Kentucky before too long!
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