My 4:30 AM List

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I have one month until my next big deadline for book #2. (Dun, dun, dun.) The first draft deadline! I have to have all 30 patterns written and pretty by February 28th, so you can imagine how freaked out I am. It doesn't help that it's the end of the month and I haven't crossed off all the items from my January to do list! (Ugg)


Before I dive down my little publishing rabbit hole I had to make a stab at my 4:30 AM list today. You know that list don't you? It's the list that has you laying awake at 4:30 in the morning. The list that makes you stare at the ceiling in wide-eyed panic, wondering if it's best to get up out of bed and get to work! If only the people on your list were awake...

I accomplished wonders today:

• New insurance policy complete, check! 
• Workman's Comp policy underway, check! 
• Appointment with my new book keeper, check! 
• Emailed my biz consultant with desperate plea for new website, check!
• Fabric bills paid, check! 
• Fabric orders made, check! 
• Massive spread sheet for book, check! 
• School classes paid, check! 
• 3 loads of laundry, washed dried, folded AND put away, check!
• 1099 forms printed and ready, check! 

I hope this clears my mind so I can get creative and work a little magic, there's a lot to do in the next 31 days!!

What's on your 4:30 AM list?

January To Do list

Yep, my mental to do list for the winter has long begun, so now it is time to get it written down...

LIFE
1) work on the 1000 piece puzzle again.
2) hang out with my kids A LOT MORE (this=sewing less)
3) find 30 minutes to cover up my gray hair.
4) take yoga classes (and not just one)
5) take kids to pool on Thursday afternoons
6) start dating again...my husband of course...silly people! : )
7) start doing family game night again, BOARD GAMES ONLY!
8) start taking bubble baths again!
9) have more on my life list than my work list... i.e. get a life : )


WORK
1) send out a newsletter
2) redo my flikr site
3) redo my blog roll
4) go back and leave hundreds of wonderful feed back for all my great customers!
5) finally get someone ( I am not mentioning names, honey) to finally get ModernJune.com PRETTY
6) look into more wholesale at brick and mortar boutiques.
7) check into have that store on Paterson and Libby that has all the cool stores in a store. Always dreaming!
8) look into simplifying shipping, check in to UPS???
9) get new tags, and finally get Modern June labels.
10) buy a proper dress form
11) go to the gift market in Atlanta, just to check it out! Someday I will take Modern June to market, in the mean time I would like to see what it feels like at a big market. I need to see it first.
12) Pare down my products.
13) re-work the art smock! It is my only product that is not my own pattern and to be honest that really bugs me! I have an idea brewing!
14) re-do photos for oilcloth addict.