Pandora's Casket

Everyone just loves to talk about things that are really none of their business. You know those people that will sit and tell everything they know about some person that is not in the room. Who cares? I am are you seriously going to go around talking about a person to people that do not know them? Oh, that is right you are.

I received an email this afternoon from one of my friends telling me about person A. I barely know this person so I barely listened. How do I know if it is true, and even if it is, do I care? Nope. So I sat and read about what, how and when person A did all these terrible things for no reason at all. Isn't that always the case? The person telling the story is always innocent and pure not deserving this back stabbing event to happen. Yet they are doing the same thing, back stabbing. Oh well, reading the nonsense I sat and laughed. Closed out and let it go. An hour or so passes and another friend writes, and guess what? Now this person is talking about not only person A but person B as well. haha

It started as someone said something about a diet and it moved from that to they were taking diet pill and was addicted. What was my opinion I was asked?

Since not really knowing them I don't care if they are hooked on heroine to tell you the truth. What would you like me to say? I don't know them I won't give any opinion. Most of the time these gossip emails will go away moving on to other topics that are more pleasing for me to read. I just wish my friends would get it through their heads that I don't want to hear what person a is doing to person b and their dog as well. Leave me out of it.

It is funny to read or hear I have to admit that much. I laugh and keep quiet. I can only imagine what they say about me. haha

After a long, and I mean a long day of working you would think that the first thing that I would want to do is relax. Just kicking back doing nothing. I would love to do that but lately there is not enough hours in the day to get the work done.

After shutting the PC off, taking a shower and crawling into bed what do I do? Whip out my laptop and start working all over again. Jeez, just does not make sense to me. Yet there are small things that I can do in the wee hours of the night getting ready for the morning. I check all the inventory totals, sites to make sure that they are all fine and dandy, do my communications to vendors, publishers and clients that I missed during normal work hours. By the time I am completed with all that I am well into working yet another two hours. But I am in the comfort of my bed. haha

After I do all that it is time to move on to updating calendars, corrections for my students and little things that pop into my mind. Tonight though I am turning in earlier than normal. Usually I am in bed by 2 am rising at 645AM but tonight I am going to bed at 1230. WOW! Maybe sleep all the way through the night.

Working for at home, owning your own businesses there is always something that needs to be done. Although a perk is that you can put it off until the next day!

Everyone that I know is trying to do their part in going green. Taking active steps in doing something no matter how big or how small in order to help the environment.

I decided that I would phase out some of the paper invoices that my businesses generate each week and monthly. Sounds easy doesn't it? I mean people are out there doing Green shopping so you would think that by not receiving a paper invoice they would be thrilled that we are all doing our part. Oh, but this is not the case.

I began with my first company and actually that went very smoothly since most is paperless billing and paying nobody really noticed the difference at all. There were emails and a few calls that applauded this decision. Filled with a new gusto the next business began doing the paperless invoices. There was a little confusion and people were asking WHY? When they were told that all invoices would be sent electronically they came around-slowly. Still a few old schoolers that need that paper.

Business three customers acknowledged the change and went about business as usual. Barely anyone contacted me at all. Very happy about that.

Then we get to my eBay store customers. For those that are International I still send the monthly invoices as they have moved on from eBay and are using my web store. Those customers of that have been buying for personal use really did not complain but they grumbled. Some grumbled so loud that I thought there was an earthquake that hit our area. I give an electronic notice stating that if they wish to have an invoice to contact me and one will be supplied otherwise there will be no long, laborious invoice. On the product there is a label with any numbers relating to the item. OK, sounds good? No. People have complained and complained loudly. I asked a few what they did with the invoice after they received their product. The answer? Throwing is away. If you are throwing it away why do you care if there is an invoice or not??? Does this make sense? Maybe in some alternative world but not in ours.

So, I have devised a happy medium. The invoices that are requested are now half the size instead of a full page.

Sometimes trying to do something good just does not work out very well.