… and there I was still snoring at 8 o’clock this morning! Only to be rudely awoken by the nanny ringing the doorbell, bless her. I keep suggesting that she use her key but she doesn’t like to. I think it’s the fear of coming across my beloved in his boxers or something equally scary! Anyway, can’t remember the last time I had a lie-in, I think it must have been the Lemsip Max before bed that did it (I’ll be having another one of those tonight). That extra hour made all the difference and I actually feel quite bright and breezy despite my stinking cold. So I’m hoping to have one of those super-productive days and clear the decks of all those little jobs I’ve been procrastinating about …
Been (via Starbucks!) to the bank, to take in the form they need to complete for my online payment processing account. Once I’ve got that set up, I’ll be able to take money on the website. Membership will be completely free so that as many mums as possible can join, but people will have the option to pay for various premium features if they want to. I’ve spent hours and hours agonising over what to charge for and how much to charge, and I’ve finally got to a solution that feels fair and seems to work. But it’s this kind of thing that brings home to me that, no matter how many people I ask for advice, ultimately it’s my decision. I’m on my own!
Anyway, the developers are apparently going to build me a ‘bespoke’ shopping cart, rather than using something off the shelf – don’t really know why, but it makes me feel special anyway! They’re cracking on with the HTML for the site and are due to start building the database fairly soon. Exciting stuff, although I guess it also means that I’m going to have to fork out the next financial instalment fairly soon as well. . U . . O!
Work seems to be being interspersed with Christmas jobs this week. Crazy, isn’t it? Spent two hours online last night looking for the best price on a Clickstart My First Computer. Of course I didn’t buy it when I saw it at a great price last week, and now pretty much everywhere has sold out … and all the prices have gone up! And then, just when I finally tracked one down, my partner said he’d gone off the whole idea as he doesn’t want the children to grow up too soon. Oh, you can imagine the way that conversation went!
Could write all morning this morning, but then I wouldn’t get those other jobs done … so time to get focused. Thought I’d leave you with a Tibetan saying that I discovered in my latest book and need to keep in mind:
“Seeking happiness outside ourselves is like
waiting for sunshine in a cave facing north.”
Well, it’s a grey old day out there and I’m still managing to create my own sunshine, so that’s an achievement if ever there was one! See you later …
Tags: Clickstart My First Computer, colds, database, HTML, Lemsip Max, nanny, online payment processing, premium features, shopping cart, sunshine, Tibetan sayings
