Recently married, and thrilled about that, but there are a few obstacles here- new obstacles- making it more difficult to have success with "Operation Craft Business."
Perhaps one of the most frustrating is the lack of money.
My union rep assured me, when I decided not to fight my lack of re-hiring, that I would be able to get uncontested unemployment insurance.
(After all, I'd payed in for over seven years, and only anticipated needing a few months.)
He also told me that I should write a letter of resignation so that the letter indicating the lack of re-hiring would be expunged from my record, thereby enabling me to apply for teaching positions with less angst in the future, should I want to.
Apparently this was not the best advice. The state of Connecticut informs me that, even though I have registered online, applied for part-time positions, and attended a job fair, since I am "pursuing self employment" I am ineligible for coverage. I find myself wondering if there's a lawyer anywhere who can help me... having my start-up fees covered would really make this easier!
Being able to help the new Hubby pay the bills is also rather important.
Deciding that I therefore need to make some money as soon as possible, and that the room containing my best and biggest loom required extensive re-organization before it would be a viable studio space, I tried to think of things that I had made fairly quickly and easily in the past.
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| When we met them- 8 weeks old :) |
Given that as wedding presents we received a pair of beagle-mix puppies requiring tons of time and energy- and being in the same room as them keeps the level of chaos down a bit- I also wanted to think of something that I could do in the kitchen (to make house training less messy) that would not require a food license.
Eureka!
Soap and candles!
Time to get my tush in gear, make some merchandise, get an Etsy account, and register for local fairs in October.
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| 3 weeks later- they grow so fast! |
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