Monday, April 11, 2011

Well, it's been a while since I updated. A whole heck of a lot has happened since that time. First, we ended up getting a house. Not the one we were looking at at the time of my last post, but a better one! I really like it. It needs some work, but hey, it's ours.

I'm doing a ton of different projects right now. They're keeping me busy, but not necessarily sane. >.< I'm still doing freelance writing. I love it, but the company that I mostly work with is, quite honestly, being stupid. Sometimes I hate them. But at the same time, I absolutely love them. They haven't been giving us work lately. In fact, this month so far, I've written ONE article for them. A whole whopping $7-ish! I've gotten a somewhat decent number of editing projects, but not nearly enough. Thank GOD I don't completely rely on them for my income. It's dropped significantly. I'm really hoping they pull through this slump that they're in, so I can start writing more.

I'm also working for a company that a friend works for. It's a small company, so there are only like five of us. I absolutely LOVE it. Right now, I'm only working about four hours a day, so it's not intense. The company makes practice tests for the Microsoft Office products. Along with answering phones and emails, I also help test the tests, along with whatever else comes up. I've decided my title (since I don't really have one at the moment!) is Office Manager. :-D

I've taken on a writing project for a salon in Salt Lake. Basically, it was supposed to be that I write their blog posts. It has not turned out this way. I did write a few blog posts, but then last week, I wrote an ebook for them. Now this week, they want me to do the landing page for the ebook. *sigh* All this to get my hair colored and cut. Yeah... they're not paying me; it's a project for trade. So, I get my hair done every 8 weeks. If these huge projects keep up, though, I may ask for a "raise".

Lexi was born January 5th. She's 3 months old now, and everyone absolutely adores her. She's a smarty pants already. And, she's her big brother's favorite person in the world. Dalan absolutely adores her. She can hold her head up, and she can roll over, but she is a stubborn little girl. She hates her tummy time, and instead of rolling over, like I know she can do, or even pushing herself up to look around, she lays there and screams until someone picks her up. We're working on it... :-/

Dalan is really excited about school. We registered him a few weeks ago, and he can't stop talking about it. That, and the fact that he gets to go with Grandma and Grandpa and his Aunts to California this summer, before going back to their house for a month. He's REALLY excited about that! He can't wait to go to the beach.

Things have been a little crazy around our place for a while. Though I always have hope that it will eventually slow down, most likely it won't.