Green Rascal Design

Where do even begin? There are tons of things to do, but not a lot of $$$ attached to the items on the list. I feel like its mostly okay because the projects I'm working on now will help in the future. Of course, that's not going to pay the mortgage in January!

Anywhoo, it's Friday. I built a little shelf for the cat to sit on in the window this morning. And he ignores it. It's just a little bit of wood with some brackets, and carpet is stapled to the whole thing. I think the cat got so freaked out by the stapling procedure that he won't go near the thing for days. sigh! Guess I should not have used the hammer type stapler, haha.

I stopped by a local CSA today. (It's the one on my route home from PhilaU) Now I'm all excited for spring. I can just imagine coming up with a little drawing for their future farm stand out on Henry Ave. They really need one, too. And it's not like it would be difficult to build... Whatever the case is, I hope they stay there for a good long time since they just got started.

And I was looking into the No Impact Project. I think it'd be really great to go and try to be even more of an environmental nut than we currently are. Seriously! I was looking at filling out the application earlier. The only thing I think we'd have a problem with is the transportation. It is very hilly around here, and I couldn't possibly bike my groceries home!

And of course there are more competitions to enter. Seems like I need somebody to go do all my networking for me, because I haven't gotten a single competition started! sad :( If I had any money to pay somebody to do it I would.

Oh, and I had a nice chat with an artist friend about websites the other day. I really hope she gets hers up and running so I can share her work with everyone. She really got the message of what I'm trying to accomplish with this little thing. Thank the Universe! Somebody understands! Although I'm still afraid to show her my painting I did for the living room. For some reason criticism on my architecture is fine, but on my art not so much. I guess its because I'm not really an artist.

When I get a little device to plug my camera's memory card into the new beast computer, I'll put a picture up so everybody can rip my painting to shreds. That'll make me feel better. hahaha.

For the rest of the evening though, we're going to a swanky party. So THERE!

So on Tuesday evening I was at Reading Terminal Market grabbing a pop before the Philadelphia Business Journal's Cocktails and Networking event across the street at the Field House. I had arrived really early, and it's always good to grab a snack before a networking event. There is a big seating area in the middle of the market, and my super high heels were killing my feet already. (the price of looking good?) There I was sitting at a table munching fries and guzzling a Pepsi and playing spider solitaire on my phone, when this homeless man sat down at the table next to me. I thought nothing of it, naturally, because there are lots of homeless in the area. He didn't have a foul odor, and looked pleasant enough, so I smiled politely at him and continued with my spider solitaire. I could tell he was sketching something, but didn't really think about it. Then when I started to pack up to go over to the Field House, the man ripped out the sketch and handed it to me. It's a pretty good drawing, so I decided to share it here. He said his name is Conrad, I think. And he told me how he's there all the time sketching families and people with a certain light about them, how he can see beauty in everybody. I gave him a donation of all the quarters I had in my coin purse without feeling too bad about not having a dollar because he said at the end of the day he will always have enough to live off. He had a good way of looking at his life, and I felt good about talking to him.

Later, at the networking event, I was talking to a wonderful lady from Smith-Felver & Prime, Ltd. advertising, and she was just a joy to meet. She said some really nice things about me. We discussed the homeless man at the market, and she said something about how I'd always remember him when it came time for me to help somebody else. She's probably right. She seemed to have a lot of knowledge.I got a feeling like business would turn out alright for me after talking to her.

Last week I had another encounter with an angel of sorts as I was leaving PhilaU to go to the business etiquette course. She was an older professor, and on the way down the stairs in the parking garage she said I should be in the modeling business. Not too many people say that, but it's something I've heard before. I just think I'm way too old and plain for that now. But then she asked me what I teach, and I had to laugh because I said Advanced Modeling actually. I never thought about it that way, haha. Maybe that discussion was a way for the universe to say I'm right where I need to be. That's what I think anyway.

I'm so glad to have met these angels. It makes a lack of work easier to bear. At times like these, when my biggest project is just finished and I don't have anything waiting for me, thinking about these people helps a lot. I'm reminded of the handwriting analyst who said I was surrounded by angels many years ago. This is my shout out to the Universe today. Thanks.

I hope you enjoy the sketch of me that Conrad made. If you're ever at the market and you see him, go say hi.