Believe - November's Calendar

Believe in the person you
are and the person you are
becoming. Don't let hurt
feelings or misunderstandings
stop you from reaching
out for your great dreams.
Love each day and cherish
the moments that make up
your days. Change the world
for the better.

Friends

I am very lucky to have made so many special friends. I have a benchtop calendar with daily sayings reminding me of the importance of friends - but honestly I don't need the reminders. To have friends to listen to you, to talk with you, to share their lives and yours, is a pretty special thing in life.

The last couple of days I have been out to functions, non formal, with a group of friends and it has been great.

Friday we went to the Food and Wine Show in Brisbane. It was great fun to see the celebrity chef - Ainsley Harriott and to share all the taste and drink sensations with people who love food and love trying new things.

Then on Saturday a group of us went to a friend's place - their new house. It was a type of housewarming. They are not moving in straight away, rather they will rent it and move in when their children leave home. We all sat and chatted and ate the lovely bbq that was prepared for us. Isla had a superb time playing with the older children who were all incredibly caring and responsive - great to see and a credit to their parents.

So, remember to be a friend :)

Christmas Cards

I'm quite pleased with how this looks.

Renee and I work well as a team - I can do, she can design :)

What a Week!

Good grief, what a week! I don't seem to have stopped.

The momentum is really moving with World Wide Talent Quest - wwtq.net and it is exciting to be part of that. I was listening to some of the music last night, it's interesting to see the variety that people are submitting. I particularly like "Betrayed" by Shannon Kennedy - what an incredible voice, wish I could sing like that. Just checked her profile, great how now we can see the image submitted by the artist and their profile, along with email and website if they want to put it. Shannon's profile is very well written, obviously - given her emotive lyrics. Gosh her voice is truly amazing. Hope she does well, it would be great if through our site she had a 'big break' and got well known - certainly a voice I could listen to.

But life hasn't stopped there. Renee and I have been busy with the Fine Art Photography business too. We have made a huge collection of Christmas Cards - really nice original ones - people must get so sick of the same old styles each year. Today I created an advertisement for Personalised Business Cards, which we will email to local businesses. Hopefully that will get some orders in.

My little girl has been unwell again, so that is a worry. We have had trips to the doctor, and now we have to wait for test results and get an appointment for the pedaetrician - how do you spell that? Anyway, just something that has to be done.

Time to go and listen to her fabulous reading, she just loves her books!

1 million hits!

Wow, just heard that the music site - World Wide Talent Quest.net - wwtq.net - has had 1,000,000 hits. There's a landmark! I do hope people are enjoying it as there are so many motivated music industry professionals involved and keen to use it as a way to discover new talent. We all want it to be a success! I love seeing people are loading their music, it's fun to see how many times something has been listened to or voted for.

It isn't even 6am and I'm tired and hungry. What a start to the day. Have been up for quite a while trying to get ahead of the projects needing my attention. Today is Melbourne Cup day but the thought of spending money and sitting in some average pub watching horses run around a track doesn't exactly inspire me! I will be home creating Christmas cards for our Fine Art Photography range. We have quite a few orders for sets of Christmas cards. Some people have seen the images on our website and chosen those which they really like and emailed us for custom orders.

In addition I have been sourcing a supplier for other custom printing items, like placemats, coasters, tablecloths, mousemats and bookmarks. All of these sorts of things will look stunning with Renee's images and be perfect for gifts.

Isla is having trouble settling at night again, so I think I will completely change her night routine. I think she is reading too much before bed - reading too much - did I really say that! Like me she gets involved in what she reads and the can't calm her mind. So I will replace the bed time reading with bed time music and see how that goes.

Well I still have an hour before she wakes up, so I should try and achieve some work, plenty to do!

A Day of Achievements

A very warm and windy day here today! Miss Isla spent the day with Mama and Bapa, while John and I went to get a new microwave. That's pretty exciting isn't it! We did a couple of other chores before coming home for lunch.

I then spent a couple of hours cleaning out my wardrobe, wow I was hoarding some old stuff! It is much clearer now, much more sensible, just the things I actually wear.

I'm excited to note that our music site www.wwtq.net now has a new look. It looks so much better I am rapt. Instead of the red it is now black, much groovier looking and more in fitting with the music scene - I think.

I hope everyone finds it easy to use and is willing to have a go. We have paid out over $10,000 in prizes in the past month, so anything is possible!

Off to dinner now, Thai tonight.

Invitation Done!