Cats & Wet Paint .... Grumble!

How to turn Agitation into Innovation. 

Where was that "For Dummies" book on Saturday??!?

I decided to paint a fun CanadianRAISED"EXPRESSIONS" shirt for a friends birthday this past weekend. All was going well, or so I thought.

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I had penciled on my Braille Dots, all was aligned and centered. So then I clipped my shirt to my favorite painting table in prep for Painting.

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I then Painted the Braille on.

 
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Looks good Right? That is what I thought too. So I set the Wet Paint shirt aside (and within view) to dry. This drying process normally takes no more than an hour in front of a fan, allowing me to flip the shirt to work on the other side of the garment.

The shirt had been laying flat to dry for no more than 25 minutes, when my youngest son (6) whom was riding his bike out back, came into the yard to talk.
Assuming (this is typically where things go wrong) that the Cats had paid no attention to the garment while I was sitting in the room, would manage to stay away and off of it while I was outside. 

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Not 10 minutes later, this is what I came in to...

 Not quite how it looked 10 minutes before hand :(

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So even though I knew that finding the "culprit" wasn't going to fix the shirt, I decided to chase down all 3 cats and flip them to find out which one was guilty.  I did find the Paint-on-Paw evidence needed to bring this kitty in front of the Courts .... but really, what would that accomplish? They would get off on their cute looks anyhow. :)

So as stated, I knew this Adventure of chasing would not result in a neatly completed shirt on it's own. (Although in the end it was beneficial.) Read on .....

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Aside from the exercise that I accomplished chasing up and down stairs, I was able to brainstorm a way to not have the shirt be destined for the Garbage pail.

Step #1: Fix Braille
I had to go over the Braille I had originally started which in turn made the Dots so much larger than I would normally have. (Very hesitant)

They don't look like I would like them to, but this is part of "problem solving". Right?
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Step#2: Cover Paint trail/splotches

So the Cats wanted to paint on the shirt ... and conveniently my friend does like cats.
This is where the "Innovation" part comes in...

That's right! Cover the splotches with Tactile Cat Paws :)

It did take a lot of Fan-dangling but the Shirt was then finally complete. What should have taken 3 hours to complete, turned into 5 hours (incl. Cat chasing activity).

1.5 hours in I was so worried that it was not as nice of a gift as I had initially intended it to be, but by hour 4 I began to believe in myself and the integrity of the gift again :)

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Here is the finished product. 

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                HELLO 
           MY NAME IS
               TWITCH

When the gift was given to my friend, her reaction made me (almost) totally forget about the effort that went into the creating. She was so happy, Loved the cat paws, and posted pics of her wearing the Shirt on Facebook by that evening :)

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We all need to overcome "hurdles" in life. These obstacles, whether expected or not, give us Goals to overcome. When the "hurdle" is leapt over (even if you grazed your tush on the wood), it gives such a satisfied sense of Achievement and Accomplishment!

Fool me Once ..... shame on you,
Fool me Twice ..... shame on me :(
Step #3: Build a Work Space away from Cats! .... With a closing door!  :)

Cheers, and Thanks for Reading ♥
- L

Twitter me this, Twitter me that ...

WOW, Has this ever been an eye opening week in the realm of untraveled territory on the World Wide Web.
First off ... It seems no one calls it the World Wide Web anymore lol
It seems that anything to do with the Internet is now referred to directly pertaining to the website the person was on. You will rarely hear "So I was surfing the net the other day and came across this site."  Instead you will hear "So I was on Google and I saw," or "I was on Facebook," Twitter, Blogger  etc...

Note To Self: Change how I refer to my actions on the ..... Internet.

So I have now fully submersed myself into the world of Blogging, Tweeting, Posting, Surfing and oh yeah, the App stores :)

This is an overwhelming atmosphere and a whole new side to my use of the resources offered on the Internet. So I am grabbing a Life Jacket (painting it all sorts of Fun and Motivating colours), Reading more books, and getting educated enough to survive the Sharks in the waters of the Web

I will keep you posted on my learning how to Swim instead of just Surf.
..... and Survive :)

We all have our First ....

Well here I am.

Like so many others, I have decided to jump into the giant whirlpool of entrepreneurship, (Ahhhhh!) and have finally decided to join the blogging world.
A place to put my Thoughts, Successes, Failures, Agitations and Delights of going forward with being a Business Owner, as well as being a Mother of 2 and a Wife.
***And doing all this while owning 3 cats. (Ya'll WILL hear about them later)

 I have had so many of All of those things occur already throughout the transition of having a hobby and having a business, but have kept them within the "walls" of family and friends up until now.
Now ... I feel that I can openly share my Experiences, Trials, Errors, Tears and Smiles with anyone who would like to hear.

This has been and will continue to be a JOURNEY of LEARNING.  Learning to not GIVE UP!

With the help, kind words and love ♥ from Incredibly Amazing Friends and Family I have learned that I have all the support in the world.

So being comforted by that, here I go ....



.... Are you along for the Journey?? :o)