Everything, *everything*, is time I don't have.

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Real snow. Overall, more than they predicted, albeit not all at once; about five inches this morning, then some of it melted off, then we got more most of the day.

Whatever, it's welcome.

Of course, the winds are back this evening, at least at the moment, and therefore so is the cold, and between that and the shoveling, we're both feeling the effects now. It doesn't help that I didn't sleep most of the night again, because yesterday lupus decided to attack my esophagus again, and I am absolutely wiped out now. And I don't have time for any of it; this year has me so far behind on everything, not the least of which is making any sales.

Oh, and I have to spend tonight getting that fundraiser thing up for the local need. Everything, everything, is time I don't have.

Of course, it's also tax season, which means that the loss of sales is going to kill us that much more. I don't have time, in the first place, and if I don't bring in some soon, we're screwed. Last year was a nightmare, all year long: expenses of the sort you can't plan for that were astronomical, combined with one of our worst sales years ever. The really bad part is that we still haven't recovered from it. Meanwhile, new expenses mount [taxes, the well pump, the security system, a lot of other things I had no way of anticipating, but there's no one else to do it], and we've made a grand total of three sales all year so far.

That won't even begin to cut it.

Wings has been rocking in the studio for weeks. There's a ton of new work, but posted just last week alone are two new pairs of Red Creek jasper earrings, plus four new necklaces [one vintage-style oval and three hearts, the latter all made with some really unique materials]. And, of course, there are all the other new works from the past two months, a couple of bolos, a new buckle, endless cuffs, I don't know how many pairs of earrings. If you're in the market? Now would be a really, really good time to buy. I really, really need to sell some of his work, and soon.

Links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here (Amazon cards, Soapbox soaps, Black KN95 masks are most useful at this point); 
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

After such a grim year last year, and this one beginning at least as badly, we urgently need to move 2025 onto a better footing before taxes take every last cent, so please share all of the links. 

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