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It’s been a busy summer!

The kids have been taking riding lessons, and loving it! Mr. Campbell is a great role model for both of them.  They’re learning SO much, and gaining confidence. It’s going to be harder to work into the schedule during the school year, but I think we need to find a way to make it work.

We found a sitter/mother’s helper—Jessica—who is a godsend!  She comes for several hours a day, during the week, and entertains Christina for us so we can get some work done.  During the summer, she’s also been getting lunch for Angelina and Alexander, and taking them to riding lessons, so we don’t have to interrupt our work-time.  She pretty much feels like part of the family now!

I’ve been taking lots of pictures and working on our website.  Once the website is ready, I plan to jump into marketing mode and try to get our schedule filled up.  I’m very much looking forward to that. . . .  It’s funny: I’m fairly certain that we’ll have MORE free time once our work schedule is full.  All this prep work is stuff that has no definite time assigned to it, and it seems to expand to fill all available time.  Once I start shooting more, I’ll be on definite timelines, and I’ll feel more comfortable defining work/play time.

Also this summer I learned that I have a thyroid problem.  Hypothyroidism, caused by Hashimotos disease, to be more precise.  You might think I would be very upset to learn  this, but you would be wrong!  I’ve been so miserable for so long now, and not feeling like myself, that I’m happy to find out that there’s a definite reason for all of my symptoms—not just “getting older”—and a definite course of treatment.  It requires a couple of pills per day, and some bloodwork every month or two, to keep track of things, but if that’s as bad as it gets, I’ll take it.

Observation: I’ve been feeling much MUCH too busy to come play over here, or even on Twitter, but I actually feel that maybe I can be a bit more productive, for having done so tonight.

Maybe I ought to do this more often. . . .

• This is just hilarious! (I feel bad for the poor guy, but it’s funny anyway….) http://tr.im/v16S #

• Question: Does anyone who’s following me have anything to do with book publishing? Anyone who can give advice to a newbie? If I say please?? #

• We’re giving away shirts at a show Wednesday, & we’re trying to decide which design(s) to go with. Help? http://tr.im/r2eK #

• Tucking kids in and getting ready to fix tacos for dinner. Exciting life I live, huh? : ) #