Thursday's Thoughts

• Does anyone keep a diary anymore?  Like a real, honest-to-God, paper-and-pen diary, not a blog or even a Scrapbook.  (I say that with a capital S because it differntiates between buying fancy stickers to decorate and simply putting scraps into a notebook for your grandchildren to remember.)  I ask because, Nicholas bought me Moleskine notebooks for Christmas after my mom recommended I keep a diary of our first year living together, something she regretted not doing.  But they just sit on my desk with all my pretty pens and other notebooks.  I have a problem with being authentic in a diary.  I've always had this problem, where I don't want to be embarrassed if anyone, including myself, reads it at a later date, so I tend to skip over anything that may not be hunky-dory--depression, angst, worrying worrying worrying--and instead just say "We had such a great walk today!  Here is a picture of a flower!" or something similarly benign.  Does anyone else have this problem?  Am I a crazy person?
• I realized today my favorite things are cherry: cherry limeade, Cherry 7Up, cherry-dipped cones.  I blame the red hair.
• Nicholas started work this week and I have turned into a working housewife, leaving before 7 AM (or even 6:30 AM sometimes) and getting home in time to make dinner and do laundry before he gets home.  What have I become?
• When you have a really good idea for a business name, but know you won't have the resources to open said business for 2-3 years, when is too early to register the name so no one else steals it?
• Letterpress business cards are expensive.  I wanna support the little people, but at nearly $1 per card, I gotta support this little person first.
• I may join the 21st century soon and get an iPad.  Watch out world, Emily's on her way up!
• I started buying clothes again.  I mean, it's only Target, but still, I haven't bought anything non-thrifted in months.  I must make sure it doesn't become an obsession though.

Hmm.  Some of these are more like Thursday's Questions instead.  What's on everyone's minds today?

Will this become regretsy?

After much thought, I've (kind of) decided to open an etsy shop, once I'm a little more confident in my skills.  I enjoy sewing so much, and there are programs and patterns and things out there that will sell/give you a license to make and sell in a shop.  Why not?  Etsy seems to be the thing to do.

I've contacted my state's business administration but who knows when I'll hear something.  Does anyone have an etsy shop?  Can they give me any pointers?  For instance, did you apply for a business license, or just decide to do it one day?  I'm still a little on the fence about this (mostly I'd like to do the Oliver + S boutique sewer program, and I think I need some practice on those outfits before I declare myself a businesswoman) but it's something that's in my short-term goals.  I like to have as much information as possible before going into something, so any help would be much appreciated.

Wish me luck!  Oy.  I'm going to need it.