Busy Busy Day!

Well, I am moving forward on our thoughts for a business.  Registered our name in Virginia today, "Quilted Solutions."  Got an EIN number from your friend and mine, the Internal Revenue Service.  Registered our name as DBA in Shenandoah County.  Got a Home Occupation business permit from the Planning and Zoning Board in Shenandoah County.  Almost made it through the Virginia Department of Taxation Website when something went "flooey" and couldn't finish getting my number.  We are making progress.  I am setting up a business spreadsheet.  I am reading books; Guy is reading computer manuals.  Research on marketing, advertising, good business practices, and the like.  I'm having fun; now I just want to get my longarm quilter and start making lovely things.  Have to wait a while, though.  Off to Scotland on the 17th and back the next week; no sense planning training sessions right now.  But, a thoroughly satisfying (and only slightly frustrating) day.  Posted some new pictures.  Enjoy!  Enough of Winter; spring is almost over, too, given the temperature tonight.

Where does time go?

It's been a month since I published anything.  What have I done?  Well, I finished a bunch of quilts, with the help of Jane Moll.  I also revisited my "wishes and desires" list and decided my life had to take a new direction.  So, Guy and I are thinking seriously about investing in a long-arm quilter (big bucks) and starting a home-based business.  I want to take my quilting to another level.  I want to finish what I've started (myself) and help others turn their notions and ideas into a finished product.  I want my husband to be integrally involved in my day-to-day hobby.  A computer-aided quilting machine is right up his alley (I know lots about graphics, but CADD design is not in my vocabulary).  Anyway, more to come soon.  Life is a changing for my whole family.  New daughters-in-law, new expectations for life---these are good.  I want to participate and not fall behind.  Wish me well.  More to come later.