Last night I had the most vivid dream I might of ever experienced. The first thing that is odd is that I actually remember it, and it was so bizarre that I want to write it down for posterity. The mood of the dream was panicky, fearful, like I was trying to buy time to escape some impending doom. I was looking for Tyler, trying to meet up with him so we could flee something. I was sitting on a tree stump that was hollow enough that I was startled to find 2 rattle snakes chilling in. My dad was there and he went and got his shovel to kill the rattle snakes (which he used to actually do when I was a kid).
This is where it got weird. An older guy, can't remember who it was, came up to me shirtless and asked me to cut along his spinal column with a box cutter to release a snake that was trapped in his spinal column. I was hesitant, but the guy explained that the snake was causing extreme pain, and he was experiencing numbness and intermittent paralysis because of the snake, so he really needed me to do this for him. So I did. The guy didn't bleed, but there was a snake in his spinal column! It was black and shrivelled with green and blue specks on it. It jumped out of the guy's back and started to chase me and it was trying to bite me.
What does this mean? This is definitely one of those dreams that I would LOVE to have interpreted.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Eureka!
I woke up this morning with some great ideas. I've been joking around about my greeting card business that I'm going to start when Ty makes a zillion dollars as a tax attourney. This is mostly borne of my indignation at how expensive greeting cards are, and shitty greeting cards at that. Throw in a greeting card holiday like Mother's Day or Father's Day and several step-parents and step-grandparents, and I've got a $50 donation to Hallmark twice a year. I refuse to participate in Valentine's Day for that reason.
I've also made the New Years' resolution to send all my nieces and nephews (all step-s by the way) birthday cards this year. I made an xcel spreadsheet with all my family's birthdays, organized by the order they occur through the year, and so far so good. But what if I forget to look at the spreadsheet? I need a reminder. Or a personal assistant.
So it ocurred to me this morning, what if I combined these two needs into one service online? Folks can just click and send birthday cards to all their family members. And the website can offer emailed reminders to customers that a birthday or occassion is coming up with a link to cards they can purchase and have sent for them. OR, for a package price, a customer can schedule all their cards through a year and forget about it the rest of the year, they are covered! Using Paypal, there is the opportunity to add cash or a gift card.
A drawback I've considered is the signature. However, maybe there is some technology I could employ to either upload a signature or have people select from handwriting fonts.
I need to start designing my cards. My first challenge is to do my sister's wedding invitations. That will be fun...hopefully.
Domain name: www.howthoughtful.com? "Your the most thoughtful person you know, specializing in cards for 21st century relationships"
I've also made the New Years' resolution to send all my nieces and nephews (all step-s by the way) birthday cards this year. I made an xcel spreadsheet with all my family's birthdays, organized by the order they occur through the year, and so far so good. But what if I forget to look at the spreadsheet? I need a reminder. Or a personal assistant.
So it ocurred to me this morning, what if I combined these two needs into one service online? Folks can just click and send birthday cards to all their family members. And the website can offer emailed reminders to customers that a birthday or occassion is coming up with a link to cards they can purchase and have sent for them. OR, for a package price, a customer can schedule all their cards through a year and forget about it the rest of the year, they are covered! Using Paypal, there is the opportunity to add cash or a gift card.
A drawback I've considered is the signature. However, maybe there is some technology I could employ to either upload a signature or have people select from handwriting fonts.
I need to start designing my cards. My first challenge is to do my sister's wedding invitations. That will be fun...hopefully.
Domain name: www.howthoughtful.com? "Your the most thoughtful person you know, specializing in cards for 21st century relationships"
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