The Week

During the week I was sitting in the Scotch Malt Whisky Society in Leith. It was miserable outside and nice and cozy inside, though the fires haven't been lit. It was fairly quiet, a few people having lunch and that's it. Perfect for me to sit and think, about notebook designs, my business, my life. Things are so much better these days, despite the pain getting worse. My thoughts are happy. It was a really an amazing feeling when I realised what was happening. Ricardo was busy studying for an exam, so I had to go out so he wouldn't get distracted. Hey, I didn't mind, I had a lovely dark Archerfield fine ale (4.7% a malted chestnut toned beer with notes of roasted barley and chocolate) and a wonderful Islay, very peaty cask strength whisky. Yuuummmmmm.

The cat fostering thingy fell through unfortunately. At the beginning they said they could take the cat back for a week when we were on holiday. Then a week later, they said they wouldn't. It's wasn't possible for us to proceed with this. Our lovely friends Noel & Gillian, who looked after Max and Tabitha, live too far away for us to ask them to do it, really out of their way, wasn't fair. They were so great for doing it though xxx. Since then I've contacted an emergency pet fostering service, who help primarily help older people who cannot for any reason (hospital stay, ill health) take care of their pet for a period of time.We are happy to take care of any pet, except for birds (I'm allergic) and large dogs (small flat). We'll see how that works out, I'm really looking forward to it.

Laptop

I need a cover for my Lenovo laptop. I've had a look in the place where I bought it. Nearly bought a pink cover with handles, but it didn't really grab me, it was a case of 'that's the best of what they have'. I would end up looking for another one. I'm thinking about needle felting one. I'd need thicker pre-felted merino wool as the base though, don't have any in my stock. What design to put on it? My instant thought would be to go for a tree design. Don't know if I want that. The new designs I have in mind for the notebooks would be really good, haven't seen anything like it so far online.

Now I've had my hair cut again, I need a new photo. I went along to Lia at Moda in Bernard Street in Leith with a photo on my phone of what I called a 'Sharon Stone haircut'. Lia did a wonderful job, I love it. The photo that I'm using for my blog etc. isn't really very good. It is a passport size photo that looks a bit pixelated when enlarged. Not sure how I'm going to go about this as Ricardo doesn't like taking photos. I'll think of something though.

Talk soon
Love & hugs
Angela
xxx

McLean Book Arts Launch

Today is the big day for McLean Book Arts (MBA). Champagne is chilling in the fridge and a dinner reservation has been made. We are going to combine 2 celebrations, the launch and our 13th wedding anniversary (13 is a good number and it will be our best year yet).

Today the website goes live along with the Etsy shop. I'm putting a few notebooks on today and then there will be 2 or 3 notebooks added per week and after that, as I make them. Nettie has kindly offered to display some brochures at H.W. McLean engravers in Paisley (big hugs) and my hairdresser Lia at Moda in Leith has kindly offered to take some of my flyers (also big hugs). Also a big thank you to friends who have offered to take some flyers/brochures and thank you so much for the beautiful flowers sweetie.

Talk soon

Love & hugs
Angela
xxx

P.S. Big thank you to Nettie & Hamish (MiL/FiL) for the beautiful flowers, very much appreciated. xxx