{"id":13,"date":"2008-08-02T10:07:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-02T15:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bhlwebdesign.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/2008\/08\/02\/12\/"},"modified":"2008-08-02T10:07:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-02T15:07:00","slug":"12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/bhlwebdesign\/2008\/08\/02\/12\/","title":{"rendered":"Just an ordinary day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just an ordinary day.\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Slept in late this morning, up at 7 AM. Poured that first lovely cup of coffee (God bless programmable coffee makers) and started checking email. Yippee, my go-to guy for computer glitches sent me a reply and it\u2019s an easy fix for my internet problem.<\/p>\n

I unplugged my router, waited a few minutes, plugged it back in, restarted the computer, and voila! my wireless is working again. It was very frustrating to be trying to get my husband, Clay, to play on his new laptop when he couldn\u2019t go online from the other room. I hadn\u2019t realized there even _was_ a problem since I\u2019m almost always directly connected and don\u2019t know whether I\u2019m using wireless or ethernet to connect to the router, it just works. One problem solved, and it\u2019s not even 7:30 yet.<\/p>\n

I received a phone call from a woman who saw us at Graeagle and she hoped that I could get a Celtic cross to her in Reno by Tuesday. She\u2019s flying out to see her son graduate from boot camp and wanted to give him the cross. I went online, checked out shipping, and was able to assure her that I could make it up, ask for package pickup from the Post Office, and by using Express Mail, she would have it Monday. So, the next thing was to make the cross. Luckily, I had plenty of rings in stock, so got it made up. Those last 4 rings are still a sticking point, so I made up 2 just to try and figure out where I was going wrong. Finally realized it was that I was putting 2 rings in the wrong spot, inside rather than outside the previous links. These will now go much faster in the future. Hurray!<\/p>\n

Next, back to the web, print out the shipping label and order package pickup. It\u2019s now 9 AM; two problems solved, a little money made, one extra Celtic cross done for stock, and also replied to two new requests for link exchanges (one I linked to, the other denied).<\/p>\n

Received a FAXed proposal for installing new windows, signed it and FAXed back an acceptance. Don\u2019t like to rush into things. We\u2019ve been talking about getting new windows for about 10 years now.\u2026 installation date, Aug. 21.<\/p>\n

Client called to confirm that she would be out about 11:00 or a bit later for web work. Got phone calls from 2 people who want my strawberry plants. I had placed an ad on freecycle.com<\/a> that I was going to Roundup my strawberry bed on Monday, (putting in a cutting garden instead) and any who wanted strawberry plants could come and dig \u2018em up. Terrific response. I really recommend freecycle to anyone who wants to find or get rid of stuff. I\u2019ve seen everything from computers to trailers to full size organs on the list, all free!<\/p>\n

My web client came about 11:30 and rather than just scanning some images for her. it turned out to be quite an interesting learning experience. She has her site hosted by Godaddy and does all the work online. It took me a while to figure out how to use their site to edit, kept double-clicking to edit an image, as I do on my Mac, and which was the absolutely wrong thing to do online at Godaddy! Finally just did all the editing off-line, then did a copy\/paste into the HTML of her site. It looks nice, she was pleased, and I have a much better understanding of why there are so many \u201cnot so great\u201d sites online. There is a huge learning curve to these hosting site, and each one handles formatting differently. Word of advice, if you are going to use online tools to post and edit your website, be sure to read all the instructions and tutorials, and don\u2019t be afraid to call tech support. That\u2019s what they are there for. It would be almost impossible for a beginner to post a professional looking site in \u201cjust a few minutes,\u201d as some of these sites claim.<\/p>\n

Now it\u2019s 3 PM. I got the web site fixed; scanned, edited, and uploaded all her images; and had 2 ladies come out to dig strawberries (+ had 4 phone calls asking about the strawberries). Both women brought their very young children with them. The kids were, mostly, well behaved, but “eager.” I had to stay out and keep an eye on them while the moms dug: one child almost uprooted my newly planted Rose of Sharon, and another was trying to climb on the not very sturdy fence. I’m so glad my kids are grown!<\/p>\n

Now I can get to work on my jewelry order. Oh yeah, think I\u2019ll grab a quick sandwich first. Clay has already eaten, so just had to get something for myself.<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>The necklace for my customer is turning out to be very interesting. I was a bit skeptical at first when she said she wanted such large cabs, all different sizes, shapes, and shades of black and white, but it\u2019s going to be quite stunning. I\u2019m excited to see it coming together.<\/p>\n

Five PM and time to end my \u201cofficial\u201d work day. I join Clay on the deck for a drink (his is scotch, mine flavored water) and conversation. I sure do love Summer. It\u2019s so nice to sit out on the deck at the end of the workday and just enjoy my garden. About 7 PM, I get another call about the strawberries. She\u2019s been waiting all day to get her car back from the auto repair shop, so I don\u2019t have the heart to tell her to wait till tomorrow. She\u2019ll be out in 1\/2 hour. I start dinner (so glad Clay made spaghetti sauce yesterday). When she arrives, I show her where the strawberry bed is and tell her to take what she wants, but to please leave some for the others who are coming tomorrow. By the time she is done, it\u2019s getting dark and dinner is just about ready. Put the final touches on and finally get to eat (it\u2019s now almost 9 PM).<\/p>\n

Now I get to sit and read. My stack of magazines is getting pretty high, even though I\u2019ve canceled several subscriptions, I still can\u2019t seem to keep up. Tonight it\u2019s MacWorld magazine from June. There are some fabulous tips \u2014web based applications, a new widget for tracking multiple To-Do lists, email cleanup tips, video sharing, and Mac OS X tips\u2014 that I\u2019ll need to scan onto the computer and index so I can find the info again when I need it. I used to just clip articles, but now that I scan them onto the computer using OCR software, I can actually _find_ the articles I want when I want to review them.<\/p>\n

About 11 PM, can\u2019t concentrate anymore, but not quite ready for bed. I take out my trusty Palm, and play a few games of Pilot Lines and Solitaire to quiet down the brain. 11:30 and it\u2019s time to call it a day. Just another day in the life of a wirewrap jeweler.\u2026 Life is good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"