Random stuff, catnip, bathroom interruptions, Haiti relief

I really couldn't be any more exhausted. I honestly didn't conceive that operating a business from home would require this much work, but I know you get what you put it so I'm putting in all I've got.

Yes that includes monetizing my blog. I don't like it anymore than you do. Shush, I have bills, too.

My daughter has taken to a new word, or phrase I should say. "I can't". If you ask her to do something, she says it. Tell her to do something, she says it. Demand something of her, she says it. This one confused me, because it's not a phrase we use often, if ever really. We aren't an "I cant" household. We really are a couple of "can do" parents. The -only- place she may have nabbed it from is the same place where she got "I'm busy". Every once in a while she'll ask for something at the worst moment and we utter the phrase "Can't right now honey, I'm busy, gimmie a sec".

You know, like when I'm taking a crap and trying to read and Emma walks into the bathroom with some stuff from her tea set and says "here dad, drink coffee!"

"I cant right now honey I'm *GRUUUUUUNT* busy". You're laughing because it's happened to you, don't lie.

I digress. We got the "Im busy now" for a little while, and we were able to curb that one (despite being guilty of it) now I think she might have switched tactics in stalling. She's effective also. She's learning that I won't swat her or hit her with large objects (like a car) for saying something that we say to her. Afterall, in soviet russia, child punish -you-

Sorry, viral media joke. Couldn't resist. Oh the catnip thing in the title, yeah I almost neglected to mention that. My largest cat, leo, has decided catnip is better when it's eaten. He doesn't bother playing in it, or rolling in it, he just eats it. The result is a state of mind similar to eating a hash brownie

Or so I've heard.

Speaking of hash brownies! (segway - fail) It is seriously time to consider sending some aid to Haiti. I never cared for the Haitians in Grand Theft Auto (I ran over them a lot and took their money) but this real event is very serious and this country needs our help. If you think we shouldn't be helping, for any reason, then you're a poor representation of what America stands for in this world. If you'd like to make a donation, go to The American Red Cross. They're even transporting blood into Haiti for medical aid.

For the record, my company Thunder Bay Media will be donating 10% of all earnings through the end of February to the relief effort in Haiti.

If I can do it, so can you.


Derek Cromwell is a freelance copywriter, generating expert, quality content and online marketing campaigns for businesses on the web. For information on copywriting and ghostwriting services, head to Thunder Bay Media