Thursday, October 26, 2006

I'm a Square

No coffee, no music--just the sound of J's whuffling breath as she sleeps in the room next door, and nothing written either. But I did a square melt. I wanted to run a couple of tests. First I wanted to see if I could force a melt, excuse me, coulee (pronounced coo-lay) into a cornered shape. The answer is yes. It didn't hurt that I used 3 lbs of glass for an 8-inch square (I was doing a test for the sink). It is still too hot to take out yet, but I have High Hopes (and I can sing it for you if you would like). Second, I wanted to see how the colors I picked for the sink work together. Maybe it's not too hot after all... let's go see if I can get a picture... nope. Tomorrow.

The sky begins to lighten. Where does the early morning go now? I have been up since 5:30 and haven't done anything but putz. At least I have coffee now (thanks to Dave--he not only made it he brought me a cup) and music--nice, soothing George Winston. Today a run to ULine to pick up packing materials, a slump load, and A BOX (really, really, really this time). Oh yes, and the dogs to the groomer (ever tried to bathe a hydrophobic 130 lb, 3 ft tall *at the shoulders* dog? Don't try this at home), J to gymnastics (and writing for me there), and... since Jodi got to get one... A PEDICURE! (And writing during the pedicure. It almost makes it work.)

Finally I have to begin making some phone calls. Why can't people just pay on time? WHY do I have to call and say, "Look, I gave you 30 days after I shipped your glass to pay me, and you STILL didn't get a check to me on time. What's THAT all about?" I got a check from one place Saturday--on the 30th day exactly--and it was $800 short. Another that was due Monday--for only $150, you'd think they could manage that--hasn't come yet. *sigh* this may be one of the first positions I hire out. I'll get a guy named Vinnie...

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Perhaps you shouldn't ship until you receive payment? Hmm?

Brenda Griffith said...

Oh yeah, Like that works! Standard in my business is net 30. When I am more in demand, I can start being demanding. Until then, I nag.

Jodi said...

Great new site look...and yay for pretty toes and smooth heels! What color are your toenails? I went with orange myself.

Brenda Griffith said...

I like the idea of taking the credit card number in advance, but I am unwilling to give them 30 days credit and then have to turn around and take the hit on the credit card fee at the end of 30 days. The terms I offer up front are Net 30 OR a credit card, not both--which doesn't mean I shouldn't still get the card as insurance. What really ticks me off on this one is that the customer has really serious penalties for late delivery of goods (5% discount in price for a day late). I would've thought they would also be good with payment. *sigh*

Jodi, the toenails are a dark sparkly CRIMSON makes me think wickedly sexy thoughts like Laurell K Hamilton! Dave seems to like it too. ;-)

Jodi said...

I'm not very knowledgeable about authors, so I Googled Laurell K. Hamilton. Well, I didn't even know she was an author. But, they sound really pretty!