Ugh. I just lost an entire post and now I’m too tired and unmotivated to recreate it. I guess I’ll have to save my “bloom where you’re planted” entry for another day.

I’m starting on my client’s quarterly newsletter layout this weekend. Deadline to press: Wednesday, November 7. Oy! Needless to say, I was a little preoccupied with other projects last weekend to even think about starting this one, so now I’m scrambling. It appears that a restful weekend is not in store for at least another week. Thankfully, next weekend is a 3-dayer. Hallelujah for holidays!

Sorry, tangent. Back to the newsletter.

This is a low-budget project for a non-profit group; so, spending $500 on Adobe Pagemaker to create the layout for a quarterly newsletter is completely out of the question. So, for the past several years, I’ve been doing the newsletter in Microsoft Publisher. As I’m trying to migrate everything to my Mac, this newsletter is the last remnant of “need for PC” in my blood. If I can find a suitable (cheap) solution on the Mac, there will be no need to hold on to the PC (now Hubby’s primary computer) and maybe we can upgrade him to a Macbook instead. Perhaps iWork’s Pages will be just the app I’m looking for. Of course, the learning curve is going to slow me down, but I’m hoping the end result will be worth it.

I’m still very much a Mac newbie, only one year old in the cult of Mac. My Twitter friends have been so gracious to help me along and guide me into the way of enlightenment. Many mahalos to Kimonostereo and rsuenaga. And, thanks to zztype for helping me discover that I actually had InDesign (Pagemaker’s replacement) installed on my Mac with the Adobe CS Suite. (Doh!) The kindness of people so willing to lend a hand just blows me away! You guys are the best!

Now that I’ve completed my NaBloPoMo obligation for the day, I can start on the newsletter. Oh, joy.

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