{"id":2112,"date":"2026-07-22T18:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T22:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/natter-i-got-some-things-done-last-friday\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T12:14:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T16:14:06","slug":"natter-i-got-some-things-done-last-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/natter-i-got-some-things-done-last-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Natter \/\/ I got some things done last Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Friday turned out to feel pretty productive. Wrote some personal correspondence (I love letters), filled a wholesale order, sent samples to a potential stockist, emailed an illustration job proposal and set up a consulting meeting, requested a couple of quotes on wooden and enamel pins (not that I have the right art for these today, but.. ) and one for color note cards (I love my printer but it’s not, y’know, good for BULK orders), updated my inventory list (don’t have to re-order cards\/stickers YET), drafted a social media post…<\/p>\n

And then… it was time for more coffee and the Paying Of Bills. Always grateful when that’s doable and done.<\/p>\n

Often, Friday is housekeeping day, but not last week! Saved it for Saturday.<\/p>\n

We followed this up with a concert at a vineyard<\/a>, and my ElderKid (no longer a kid) was playing! He’s a drummer and played with a small jazz-plus orchestra<\/a>, while the audience enjoyed wine tastings and picnics.<\/p>\n

p.s. Happy birthday GS and KP. Even if you don’t see this, maybe some of your people will.<\/p>\n

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Filling orders,paying bills, enjoying music at a vineyard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2111,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[193],"tags":[28,641,640],"class_list":["post-2112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-natter","tag-birds","tag-journal","tag-stickers"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phmexg-y4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":570,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/natter-busy-with-travel-workt\/","url_meta":{"origin":2112,"position":0},"title":"Natter \/\/ busy with travel, work","author":"Kir","date":"5 June 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Thinking of you all! 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