Emily Marie is Me

68. Read a manga (1/26/19) This goal was made possible by my cute husband! He got me the Land of the Lustrous manga for Christmas and it was total surprise, the sneaky mom. I LOVE this anime and I had tons of questions after it ended, so I was very excited to read it. I finished all the books I got and then, because we plan to buy the rest as they come out, I read a possibly illegal fan-translation of all the rest. It's still coming out month to month, but I'm caught up now so I'm counting this as done! I had never read a manga before and it took me a little while to get used to it. Reading panels in the right order and figuring out what was happening during action scenes was the hardest for me. I had to reread some pages multiple times. At some points I think I only understood what was going on because I remembered what had happened in the anime. Eventually I got the hang of it and I don't have to reread as much anymore :) I've enjoyed entering into this new...

ME THIS MONTH New Year! I know I posted an update for December just a few weeks ago, but I tried to not say anything about January while doing it. Our first two weeks were pretty uneventful - we even got to bed around or before 10:30 every night! Then we started watching a few shows, did a game night or two, I got a bunch of work, aaaaaaand...I became a business owner! With a big, possibly recurring, job coming up, I decided to finally set up an LLC. I won't go into all the details, but it has all worked out so nicely that I know this was the right time to do this. The name came to me pretty quickly too: Early Bird Design. And it is exactly what I wanted in a name - simple/clean, professional, and happy. Last year when I did my Etsy shop, I was so caught up in making sure I had the logo and everything in order that it took me forever. For this new business, I don't even have a logo yet but all the most important things are in place. We'll see what happens! Another big...