Monday, May 23, 2011

Severe Thunderstorm!!

Okay, so we have had some crazy weather lately.  I am sure most of us have.  We had a really nice few days a couple of weeks ago and then it has rained almost every day since.  Well, today it was very stormy this morning and then cleared up into such a beautiful day that I took the girls to the beach for an hour to play.  But then this evening the Severe Weather kicked in.  It was really neat watching it actually.  We sat at our patio doors and watched all the lightening and watched the trees blow in the wind.  Some of the wind gusts were bending out big trees behind our house almost sideways.  It was pretty crazy.  Well, Ryan just went out to go to a soccer game and he called and told me to go take a picture of this:

This is a tree across the street and down a little bit, and it is definitely a good size tree.  As you can see, it is completely split.  It was laying across the road and blocking both lanes of traffic.

Here is the crew pushing it out of the road:

This was a crazy storm.  There were a couple tornadoes that touched down, but they weren't near us, so I am glad. We are safe though its still storming!

Oh sorry the pictures aren't that great.  It was still raining and the clean up crew wouldn't let me get very close.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

NEW BUSINESS!!!

Okay, I have decided to start my own business.  This is really funny seeing how my brother put a quote on his website about starting a business and I thought it was quite funny.  If you would like to read it go HERE.  But anyway, I am starting a Vinyl Sign, Letter and things business.  I am in the process of coming up with a creative business name.  As many of you know my parents owned a sign business that my siblings and I worked at while growing up, then my brother started a sign business himself.  Well, I am now starting one as well.  I am not going to focus on the selling to other businesses as much as individuals for crafty type things.  I have been using a small vinyl cutter that my mom got several years ago, and have just been doing small projects and crafts for me and my family.  Ryan has been telling me I should really start selling it, so here I go.  I took part of our tax return and bought a bigger plotter and more vinyl.
Now here comes my problem.  I am putting together a website so people can go on, see what I have and buy online, as well as send me custom designs they want done.  I just need a business name.  Any suggestions?  Some of the suggestions I have so far are... Better Letters...Create A Scene... Words of Wisdom... Quicky Stickies... Word Up!...    I am not completely in love with any of these, but I might settle on one if I can't come up with a better suggestion. 

Here are some of the designs I have made so far.




What do you think???
This is only a few I did for a neighbor last week. I am working on more, and have done some for family members already too.  Hopefully I will have my website up and running by the end of April. 

If anyone has a creative name, please let me know.