It’s a Boot Life

Here’s a link to my Monday video.

It’s a Boot Life

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Parachutes, Parents, and Pants

This is a fantastic article about the necessity of being both an artist AND a business person. Plus, it’s written by my daughter Morgan.

Parachutes, Parents, and Pants

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Inlaid eyeballs

This makes me chortle.

I’ve never gotten to inlay an eyeball before.

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New purple shoes

Someone’s very proud of her new purple shoes! This is only the second pair of shoes she’s made with a welt and she did a great job. Plus, she says they fit perfectly.
Paige and shoes

Purple shoes

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New project

New project. It’s complicated.

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Shoemaker muscles

Like mother, like daughter.
Paige finished inseaming her shoes and she’s feeling pumped. She hasn’t done as much inseaming as I have though!
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Horse wings

It was a long hard day of skiving and there are wing pieces everywhere.

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Thank you note

I strongly believe in writing thank you notes and this is the notecard I print for my notes. Today it occurred to me to add my name and contact information to the backside of the card. I typed that in and flipped it upside down so it would be correctly oriented when the card was folded. Unfortunately I failed to notice that the print was also backwards, so all the notes I sent out today have my name printed backwards. It’s very professional.

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Much sadness

This is what accounting looks like when your hard drive crashes and you lose 7 months of business data. I’m keeping track of everything on paper in the desperate hope that my data will be recovered and I can just enter the last few days. Then I will press on, sadder, wiser, poorer, and with better backed-up information.

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It’s a Boot Life

Here’s a link to my Monday YouTube video. I feel very virtuous uploading a complete video on time even though I’m still traveling. Dale and I are staying in Seattle for a few days after the cruise we took to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary.

It’s a Boot Life

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