When I was at my neighbors over the holidays and everyone was looking at the work I had done for them. lots of people kept asking for my business card.  I didn’t have any and realized I needed to get some.  I checked with some local printers but they wanted a small fortune for just a hundred business cards with nothing but my name, address and phone number basically.  Oh sure I could pick the style of the letters but no pictures or anything like that.  Those cost extra, a lot extra.

Well I started trying to find business cards online and came across a great site to purchase business cards.  They had all kinds of things you could put on the cards like hammers or a level, you know, carpentry tools.  They even had one that was a guy with a tool box.  That’s the one I picked out.  Now get this, you design your own business card or they will design one for you if you like, send you an email with what they have come up with and you can tell them what you want changed if anything.

The best part is I can get 1,000 business cards for what my local print shop would charge me for 250.  They use quality paper just like the print shop and are as good if not better quality.  I ordered some and they should be here in about 2 more days.  Now I’ll be ready the next time someone wants a business card.

Well the Peterson’s just called me and told me that all of the materials are there for the rest of the job.  They wanted me to start tomorrow.  Why not, it’s Saturday and I don’t have anything else better to do.  May as well make some money.  I told them it would take probably 3 and maybe 4 days to get everything complete.  They didn’t have a problem with that at all.

I asked if they wanted me to start with the kitchen since it’s the weekend and that way, they can go out to eat and I won’t be in the way with the kids trying to get some breakfast before school.  So I’m starting in the kitchen first thing in the morning.  I hope they got the stuff to pour on the floor to make sure it’s level.  I hate it when I can’t think of what something is called, oh well.  Plus with that stuff, you don’t have to put down the cement under board.  If they got the under board, there’s going to be a height difference they might not like.  I’ll deal with that when I get there and see what they got.

Well 2008 is finally over and 2009 is starting off promising.  The party was great and it was a huge success for me.  Everyone loved their new hardwood floors and in fact, I got three more jobs to do in the next two weeks.  One person wants ceramic tile put on the floor in their bathroom.  It’s a small bathroom so it won’t take long to do that and they were happy with the price I quoted them.

Another person wants some hardwood floors put into their dining room.  The third one wants a deck built on to the back of their house with french doors put in where a double window is now.  They also want a gazebo put on the deck so they can put a hot tub in it.  This is going to be a pretty big job too.  So far 2009 is starting off great for me.  I hope it will be a great year for you too.