"I am All Right This Minute"

So little Stella is sick.

All signs point to a lymphoma and as I wait for blood tests and new appointments, I can do nothing except obsessively Google for alternative medicines (found some!)

and pray.

and work.

I am committed to my "summer of fun", but right now things feel a little less "fun" and whole lot more serious. Still, I no longer allow single events to define who I am, and as I navigate the next few days/weeks/months,

I will just be living in the moment.

I was going to participate in Troll's newest culinary throw down, but I lost track this week with Stella and work and just realized it was today.

Right now I need to decide the best course of action for my dog. Do I proceed with treatments? Allow nature to take its course? Try alternative medicine?

I'll probably do them all as long as Stella's quality of life remains good.

So perhaps my "Summer of Fun" is really more

The Summer of Love,

Love for my family, my friends and my animals,

and that's something I can look forward to.

xoxoxo.

Wednesday

In one last ditch effort to find someone who not only WANTS to work, but is able to work, I posted (yet) another ad on Craigslist.

I love Craigslist. Not only did it reunite me with Lucy three years ago when she escaped from the back yard but within two hours of posting my newest ad,

I received a resume from a person with experience and he hadn't worked for the competition,

he worked for one of our customers.

"Ward" started today and he's a mellow guy who has kids and a car payment and I'll be happy to hand him a check tomorrow. His laid back personality melds well with my biz partner and that's always a good thing. "Ward" combined with "Bambi" (22 year college student) is working well and my hope is to have things continue to move "smoothly" until our last temp of the summer "Cousin" (son of cousin) arrives next Tuesday.

Are you having a good week? I have worries over Stella's appetite, 4,000 brochure to build and a trip to S.F. that falls right in the middle of our bizzy production schedule (a trip OBVIOUSLY planned back when things were slow.)

I'll back on Friday.

Have a great Thursday.

The Post Native Minnow Doesn't Want to Read

Moviemaker is killing me tonight by not accepting transitions and freezing up every time I change a frame.

It does that at times and it's not pretty when it happens.

I have two versions (so far) of the American Idol Concert. One is short and features what every great concert needs,

A Cougar (and it's not ME.)

The second version is LONG and if you truly love Idol, you'll want to watch the entire six minutes. That link will be up once Youtube will accept it. (The shorter version is below.)

If you're Native Minnow, then you're going to pour bleach in your eyes if you watch even a second of either of them.

I have more pictures/etc and those will come later this week. It was a long twenty four hours of trains/taxis/walking/etc. to get my nephew and I into our seats,

but it was all worth the effort when during "Hey Jude" I looked over to see him waving a glow stick and smiling.

Right now, I am entering "Hell Month" (July) and I have 4,000 brochure holders to have built in the next twelve days and the only person answering my ads for experienced help (I have enough temps) is the same guy who worked for us (and I fired) or the competition needing work.

I'm screwed.