Computers and Scheduling - We'll Get it Done Somehow

Today will be a tough day for DH. He's got a large file of photos and a file of documentation that he's sending off to a single vendor. We worked at getting his PDFs set up last night. Things were a bit annoying for a time there - we'd know there were PDF files in his listings, but they weren't showing up. Then, as I took a closer look, I realized he had checked the box for documents only. Once he unchecked that box, voila! The PDF files reappeared. He's not too great with computer stuff, but I think he'll manage - he just won't be super happy about having to do it. 

I'm quite sure DH will feel like this several 
times today as he tries to get his files sent 
out to the vendor. He might even be in tears. 
But he's got to figure this stuff out. The 
document files are ready to go in PDF format, 
and his photos are also ready - although they 
might be a bit large. I was going to suggest that 
we put the photos into another PDF file, but he 
was too tense as it was. I'll have to see if he's 
been successful when I get home tonight. 

I have my own computer issues at the same time. I'm trying to get a mailing list together for product, and I was slowly getting addresses into my file using a split screen on my laptop. But the laptop's screen isn't all that large to begin with, and working split screen wasn't working very well. DH has a tablet computer that I bought for him (cheap) a couple of years ago. It's very slow, but it might be just what I need - a second screen where I can enter or read data. It may not be what I need, I may use my phone instead, but I'm hoping for a larger screen to get the data from. 

I know I can split the screen on my laptop - I've done it 
for this file before. But the actual size of each of the 
half-screens is just too small to be of use to me. I need a 
much larger monitor to work that out successfully on this 
file. For this, I think it would be a lot easier to just have one 
screen on a totally separate device - thus, the tablet came 
to mind. It's DH's tablet, however. He doesn't like it, says 
it's really slow, but if I can either get or enter my information 
on it, that might be just what I need. 

I'm 90% set on my what I'm making for my project for this year's holiday cards. Of course, 90% is still not quite there. I'm quite close, though, and think I can figure out the rest with colored pencils and graph paper. I also have a large mail order to pull today. I know I won't have everything she's looking for, but hopefully I'll have at least 80% so that she won't have to hunt for too many items. She wants me to fill the requirements for three large projects, so it's going to be a lot of beads. They're fun projects, though. Beading is her way to decompress after a hard day at work. I totally understand - I've had my times of doing exactly the same thing. 

Just like these samples of wood types/stains, I've been making 
small samples of what I want to include in my holiday cards 
this year. I'm just about on time. In those years when I've made 
intensive "gifts" to accompany my cards, I've usually started 
working on them by the time of Le Tour de France. Well, that 
starts in July, and we're in the last few days of June. I'm just 
about on time with this project. 

We're winding up June - it's rather frightening how quickly it came and went. Of course it's far from done yet, but what a month it's been so far. We're all working exceptionally hard to get the store closed down, but DH admitted last night that although he's trying for the end of the year, that it might be a firm date of April 1st before we can close the doors. Actually, I'm fine with that. I've moved in the winter more often than not and I HATE it. There's nothing much worse than moving in the dead of winter. Since this year's schedule has been toast for a while, I'm fine with April 1st. 

 

So I'm off to the pool. Then I'll think about how I want this beading project to come together in the final run-through, and get it down on paper. Then I can start the production work - and that's exactly what it will be - a way to make multitudes of the same design. I have most of the rest of this year to get them made and ready to mail, and the clock is ticking. But, as usual, I'll be working on my holiday cards while watching Le Tour de France. There's something comforting about being on schedule for a change, unlike the past two years. 

Have a wonderful Tuesday and I'll be back tomorrow. Slava Ukraini.