Just Half An Hour

The original plan for today was to edit the product photos I took for the crafting books that I will be listing in my Etsy shop.

I actually scanned them using a Canon CanoScan LiDE220 Scanner because I found that I get much better photos of the crafting books and sewing patterns I sell when use a flatbed scanner than when I use a digital camera.

With a camera, I have to be more conscious about the time of day I take my photos and deal with lighting and exposure issues. But once I realized that I could use this flatbed scanner and get even better product photos… I was sold!

So now I scan them in, then do some touching up, some cropping, and some editing just to get the best images with the best resolution etc.

I go this extra mile with editing because it has been pounded into the heads of us ecommerce/online sellers that product photography can make or break our sales, so I don’t mess around when it comes to showing my products in the best light… Pun intended 😉

All that to say… That was my goal for today. That was what I had scheduled time to do because I do all my online selling stuff in batches.

Well… If you read my Writing Challenge Day 12 post, you’ll know that we lost a family dog a couple of days ago… That resulted in us getting advice from folks with two different schools of thought…

1. Get a replacement right now… The fastest way to heal from the loss is to get a new one to immediately start loving on
2. Take a break and just mourn for now… When you’re ready you’ll know and then you can start looking for a replacement

I don’t know which side of the fence I fall on but some folks thought they’d feel better if we at least went “pet window shopping”… So that’s what we did today!

We didn’t end up getting a new dog but the excursion was actually quite therapeutic for everyone 🙂

In Other News…

I got a new job offer yesterday and I’m happy about it! 🙂

Have I mentioned that I’m a pharmacist yet…? Well if not:

Hello, my name is Ijeoma and I’m a pharmacist

I like that this job is very clinical and I won’t be standing all day behind a counter in a community/retail pharmacy getting yelled at by angry or impatient customers.

I could go on and on about some nightmare pharmacy jobs but I won’t because this isn’t one of them, thank God! 🙂

I’ve had some great jobs as a pharmacist, and I’ve had some horrible jobs as a pharmacist… I’m sure stories of both will come out as I do more blogging here 😉

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Catch up on my previous posts for this challenge:

• Day 1 – Why I’m doing this challenge

• Day 2 – 10 random facts about me

• Day 3 – The story behind the name of this blog

• Day 4 – Quotable Quote… Why it speaks to me right now

• Day 5 – Recent random act of kindness

• Day 6 – Three current guilty pleasures

• Day 7 – Collections… What I collect and why

• Day 8 – Throwback Picture

• Day 9 – Recently read book recommendation

• Day 10 – Three Favorite Blogs

• Day 11 – Wishful Thinking… If I won the lottery

• Day 12 – Purpose of this blog and future blog goals

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To see the complete list of writing prompts, go here.