Small joys.

Photo copyright Aji, 2023; all rights reserved.

Get a load of that sky. It's an absolutely beautiful day, or at least it has been up to now; the wind keeps trying to kick up, though, and if it manages it, then it'll get cold again. For now, though, it's actually warm, and it's possible to believe in summer.

Anyway, as terrible as this week has been, as god-awful as this whole month has been (and it's not done yet)? We'll take our small joys where we can find them.

Because right now, I have so much to worry about. The taxes, always, and other expenses, and lately my pain levels and limited mobility besides have been exceptionally bad, making the rest harder to manage. I badly need to bring in sales, and this is all on top of the fact that I have to figure out this secondary solution for Wings from a wholly different provider, and I have no fucking idea how, but at some point it's got to be done. His knees also need to be done, to the tune of almost $2 grand in cash, up-front, in June. And it's just endless with the tax bullshit. With the two big tax payments we've already sent in, I've got to start making up for it somehow, and that means bringing in sales. Like right away. In the best of times, we need to average one sale a week (any amount; it eventually averages out) just to break even. We're nowhere near that right now, thanks to this colonial government.

However, if things go well today, I might have two new works to post by tonight: one cuff and one pendant, both all silver, no stones, but the silverwork on both is exceptional. In the meantime, all of our links are here; BIG emphasis on sales for now, for obvious reasons. Basically, we need to bring in roughly one sale a week to cover everything anyway; if I can bring in just a couple more sales before month's end, we'll be okay until it starts all over again in May (but there are only two days left in the month, so we're probably screwed, especially since tomorrow's the weekend, and I am SO tired of this constant battle). Here are all the links:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here (new priority, because this week I've been forced to eliminate another staple from my diet just to function rather minimally, and someone mentioned that perhaps our old non-stick pans, which are in fact long since well beyond their useful date, are making the matter worse, so there's a non-PFAS replacement set at the top that would help with cooking/cleanup/my hands/my illness; and yes, the Zero-Odor sprays are still useful right now, although these days it's dusty dogs, not wet ones); 
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

There's lots of fabulous work on the site, so please share all of the links. 

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