Etsy Update

I realized that I hadn't mentioned my progress on Etsy on LJ (I've been posting it in FB, but not here). As of, oh, about 15 minutes ago, I've posted 16 cards on there. It turns out that, with practice, I can make one card in about 10 minutes; I doubt it'll get much faster.

Feel free to take a look: http://www.etsy.com/shop/unforth

And, ya know, if you like what you see, why don't ya disseminate the link? I'm still hoping to make my first sale (which, it sounds like, is going to be to mom, who wants an 8 x 10 of one of the images I haven't made into a card yet, and who is talking about getting 5 of the Big Ben's that are up...but hey, a sale is a sale... :) )

Edit: I'm super excited! fireun is my first buyer. I thought I'd mention, when I did my cost analysis, I forgot that Pay Pal charged a fee, which appears to be 8.5%. That'll cut my profits a bit. Ah well. :)

A Tale of Diet, Weight Loss, Exercise, and Ups and Downs

I've been planning to write up a post about my history of diet and weight loss and such for a long time, but I'd been putting it off. However, yesterday I passed a milestone: for the first time since the summer of 2007, I stepped on to a scale and it said I weight less than 155 lbs. (it was only a shade under, but hey, I'm still really happy about it.) So I think now is the time...

( An Inactive Youth )

( Undergraduate )

( Grad School )

( After School )

And, dammit, it's still not snowing. I'm starting to give up hope. :(