I often get these "great" ideas, which truly are pretty great, but they also happen to be time-consuming. Having children was one of them.
So my first great idea of the moment is to expand on our very small neighborhood pet-sitting operation. We have two neighbors for whom we pet-sit periodically. One of the neighbors has two cats. N and the boys give them fresh water if needed, love on them and feed them treats while I clean up the litter boxes. The other neighbor has a freakishly long-lived goldfish whom we feed. The kids enjoy their job as "pet-sitters" and earn a little money.
I thought we'd send out fliers to the neighborhood for the summer stating that my gang will pet-sit for $10 a day so that the pets can stay at home and the pet-owner doesn't have the expense of a kennel. We can feed and water them, let dogs outside to do their business, bring in newspapers and mail. N is old enough that I am going to teach her the fine art of litter box cleaning this year. I thought we can divide up the payments between the kids, like $4 to N since she will do most of the work, $3 for G, $2 for M and $1 will go towards a charity, maybe the Humane Society? This would be a little experiment for the kids on earning money and learning how to divide it up into spending/saving/donating. (We already do this but this would be on a larger scale.)
My other great idea is to contact some larger scale magazines about either 1. selling some of my already-written freelance stuff to them for second serial rights or 2. writing new stuff for them. I don't really expect anything to happen, but I'm never gonna know what could happen if I don't try. And it boils down to mailing a letter and making some copies of the stuff I've published.
But that is just one more thing on top of all the stuff I do already which right now is planning 2 Valentine parties for N's and G's classes, making a class project for the school auction, and continuing in my role as Girl Scout troop leader and generalcookie dope pusher.
And I still have to paint the kids' bathroom.
I really think I need to develop a tv-watching habit because all this productivity is tiring.
So my first great idea of the moment is to expand on our very small neighborhood pet-sitting operation. We have two neighbors for whom we pet-sit periodically. One of the neighbors has two cats. N and the boys give them fresh water if needed, love on them and feed them treats while I clean up the litter boxes. The other neighbor has a freakishly long-lived goldfish whom we feed. The kids enjoy their job as "pet-sitters" and earn a little money.
I thought we'd send out fliers to the neighborhood for the summer stating that my gang will pet-sit for $10 a day so that the pets can stay at home and the pet-owner doesn't have the expense of a kennel. We can feed and water them, let dogs outside to do their business, bring in newspapers and mail. N is old enough that I am going to teach her the fine art of litter box cleaning this year. I thought we can divide up the payments between the kids, like $4 to N since she will do most of the work, $3 for G, $2 for M and $1 will go towards a charity, maybe the Humane Society? This would be a little experiment for the kids on earning money and learning how to divide it up into spending/saving/donating. (We already do this but this would be on a larger scale.)
My other great idea is to contact some larger scale magazines about either 1. selling some of my already-written freelance stuff to them for second serial rights or 2. writing new stuff for them. I don't really expect anything to happen, but I'm never gonna know what could happen if I don't try. And it boils down to mailing a letter and making some copies of the stuff I've published.
But that is just one more thing on top of all the stuff I do already which right now is planning 2 Valentine parties for N's and G's classes, making a class project for the school auction, and continuing in my role as Girl Scout troop leader and general
And I still have to paint the kids' bathroom.
I really think I need to develop a tv-watching habit because all this productivity is tiring.
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