Whistle While I Work...

For the last two weeks I've been working on a reorganization of the website for Bodybuilder Hubby's bodybuilding contest (http://www.ngaidaho.com/).  There's a new division being added ("Bikini" - more on that later) and a few other changes that I wanted to have finished before the on-line application goes live.  Which should happen the middle of next week.  Hopefully.

A friend suggested that I start keeping track of the hours that I spend working on various stuff for Bodybuilder Hubby's contest and small business.  I'm the webmaster, copy writer, copy editor, graphic designer, social media manager, and random task completer for both.

I often think I should make up some business cards with that listed as my job title.

Since I started keeping track 11 days ago, I've put in 26 hours on the contest website (and 7 more on the contest itself).  I don't know if that sounds like much, but consider that the vast majority of that time has been at night after our kids are asleep. 

Last night I got to see snow falling outside my office window at 1am, because I happened to still be working there at the time.

Also last night, and for reasons I cannot explain (I blame sleep deprivation), I ended up picking "High School Musical" to listen to on Netflix Instant Streaming to help me stay awake while I worked.  I haven't been able to get those songs out of my head all day.  It's making me a little crazy.

But now it's done.  The updated website is live, and I've corrected all of the errors that I found.  I'm sure there will be other things - a misspelled word here or a funky graphic there, but hopefully not.  It just looks so unprofessional to see spelling and grammar errors on a business website.  According to me, a former classroom teacher.

I'm hoping to get some feedback, but really what I think will happen is that no one will notice.  People will get on the site, they'll quickly and easily find what they need, and they won't think any more of it.  I think that's good web design, when it just works and makes sense to most people.  (There are always those few...)

But I'm pleased with it, and already planning the next revision...