Great Business And Great Friends :)

I've been busy making aprons, and I'm in the process of listing a few of them now. 

I love making aprons.  I use a "non-pattern pattern" that I was taught as a child, and which I have plans to write down, copyright and sell at some point.  For the pattern I use my ironing board, a ruler and a straight edge.  Making these make me happy, and hearing about how happy they make others, or how well made they are, and getting more and more happy customer feedbacks, make my day.  I am really enjoying this part of my business.
I hear about a lot of people going to work in their pajamas.  I'm not quite that informal, as I've found my attitude towards working is not serious enough when I try that.  I have things to do, projects to plan and execute, photos to take and edit, listings to create, research to do, bills to pay, marketing plans to work on, sales data to study, etc.  While I write often about my roots and how they influence what I'm doing today, I am running a "real" business, with all the responsibilities.  Now, I will work in leggings or my favorite loungers, (which I won't wear out of the house lol), but that's more a comfort/flexibility issue, since I do a lot of standing at the ironing board, or getting down on my hands and knees to arrange things for photos, and until I've lost the next set of 20 pounds on my goal list, doing that in jeans isn't going to be comfortable.  I do believe in dressing for success :)

I have great friends too :)  Most of them are also busy, and a few of them also work from their homes.  We'll talk in im's, but with some basic rules, like being afk is not an issue, conversations can take hours or be ongoing that would normally only take a few moments, and schedules are very flexible.  It's how we stay connected, and we do it with the understanding that the businesses have to come first.  If we don't hear from someone for a few hours in the middle of a conversation, it's not cause to panic or get hurt feelings--they just got busy, and I do the same from time to time.  We also give each other important business world feedback, such as finding a new venue for expression (blogging), solving business issues, support in customer service areas, etc.  Even my friends that aren't working from home or running their own businesses understand and work with the "rules", which is wonderful. 
Ok, I've spent enough time writing today.  Time for me to get back to work :)