“The RoseBouquet”

First off, I need to share some corrections my friend Shirley sent me to what I wrote last week. What I had called a de-clawer tool is a special toenail clipper for cats. Furthermore, cats should be spayed (female) or neutered (male) at 6 to 7 months, not 7-8 months as I wrote. Thanks, Shirley.

Well, I did get that taken care of last week. I found an animal hospital in the next block west on 22nd St., and a very nice lady vet. Not only was Snowflake confirmed to be a male, but he got his surgery on Friday, and they also took care of his ear mites. So he has now stopped scratching at his ears too.

When I brought him home on Friday, he was still rather groggy, but his head bobbing and his eyes crossed, he struggled to get to his feet, and in about an hour and half was leaping up to his favourite haunts, except that his rear end was hanging a little low. He appreciated extra cuddle time. By Saturday he was doing everything he usually does, including eating more often, and racing like he’s on fire from one end of the house to the other. (They told me that his hormones would slow down some in a month).

I’m trying to change from the nickname, Buschji, meaning cute girl charmer, to Busy Bengel, meaning cute boy who runs around barefoot mostly.

Business? Well, I’m still trying to juggle my office and at home working hours. I have a feeling with these home renovational projects interrupting my life throughout this summer, it is going to be hard to get a regular pattern going. But already, I can see God’s wisdom in my not having students/interns at the office yet over these months.

I have been reading more on out-sourcing and hiring others to do some of my work so that I can grow my business. I see how smart that is, and realize that my plan to train students and use them as interns during that training process fits in wonderfully with this new trend and advice from those further ahead with their businesses.

Just think, if you do all the work for your web business yourself, you will hit a wall when you are working all the waking hours you can spare, and can’t do any more. You can raise your hourly wage only so high - then you run into a ceiling there. The only way out of that box is to delegate if you can, or hire others to do some of the work. If you use your workers well your business can expand in many new directions.

Makes sense, right? Even for creative types and writers like you and me!