Timothy Adam Told Me I HAD to Blog

Sounded simple enough.  In his book, "How to Make Money Using Etsy" he gives some great advice.  Starting a blog sounded like a simple first step ... NOT!  Who knew it would be such a harrowing, mind-boggling experience?  Oh, you can laugh ... but let me tell you, just trying to do the simplest thing led to a horrible domino effect of ... do this (I link to it), do that (I link to that, too), now do this other thing (yet another link to yet another explanation).  By the time I clicked, and clicked, and clicked and ... well, honestly, I couldn't even remember just exactly what it was that I was trying to do to start with.

Really, now.  I'm a patient person, not given to temper tantrums, diatribes, crying fits, wild gesticulations ... that's just not me.  But last night, after four grueling hours of working on my blog design and all its requisite accompanying links, buttons, gadgets, widgets, and urls, my right eye began to twitch and my jaw was aching from all of the violent teeth grinding.  Then started the insane eye-rolling, huffing & puffing, Italian sign language, foot stamping ... well, you get the picture.  My whole look and demeanor underwent a most unbelievable and horrifying transmogrification ... truly, a sight to behold.  My sweet greyhound, Ranger, was terrified.  I had to sit down and drink several mimosas last night to calm down.  Oh, and watching the first Bourne movie helped.  What is it about Matt Damon in that particular role?  I feel certain that if he had actually been here last night, he woulda had me blogging in no time at all!

But I digress.  After two days of such unprecedented aggravation and subsequent awful behavior, I have taken a deep breath and now find myself sitting here feeling all sorts of relieved.  Know why?  'Cause I am realizing that a blog, this being my first one, is a great place to vent.  By the time anyone actually starts finding me and, even better, bothers to read the thing, this particular rant will likely be waaay back in the archives ... what will one day come to be known as the infamous Lilah Broxton annals.

But wait!  I am here to promote my jewelry/artwear designs, right?  Talk about my craft, art-filled journey, right?  Well, just bear with me because life does have a way of happening and it will constantly intrude and overlap into all areas of ... well, life.  Whew!  I feel better now.  I know Timothy Adam would've advised me to start off differently.  I'll try to do better, really I will.

Here's a photo of me & The Range-Man, relaxing after a grueling day of blog design.