Re: EDIT title edited to SLATHERAGE ~SLATHERAGE~ :)

Lol, I thunk I knewd what you meant - it just struck a funny chord :)

>>our days of *fun* are not over, U. this is TRULY growing pains here. This info is HUGE....
...seriously... :) we're all blessed:)<<

Oh, I agree entirely with yer point - HUGE and BLESSED. But the fun part (having the time to respond 'in kind' with jokes, humor, videos and banter that's the sweet part of CZ is simply out of reach in my time frame/schedule.

Being self-employed is like having two jobs; being a self-employed artist selling on the internet (with the economy as it is) is NEVER ending, and does not offer the luxury of even one or two free hours a day to 'do the social thing'. Every post I make (of any length of course), takes time directly away from something I really should be doing (or my 'one hour window' in the evening before bed to read a book or research something I really want to learn :( And 'oh my', if someone provides two or three links to read before I can respond with an intelligence, I'm totally sunk (if I want to answer the 2-3 other responses to posts I made).

Sigh - this too shall pass - Happy Sigh. We're on the verge of two MAJOR rock/gem publications doing a huge spread about a new rock find in North Africa for which we've been contracted/commissioned to do the cutting of rocks for their display/booth/promotional tour. The articles won't be about us, specifically...but all the images will picture our work and provide links to our website (which we have yet to build & publish)...but it really looks like our years of 'slave labor' & 'paying dues' might be close to over come next spring :) :) :) Happy Happy Joy Joy!

Alrighty then, time for me to get to work! Betalkin'atcha soon :)

Uny