And by “taking a breather” I mean writing here instead of here, here, here, here and here.

In other words, things have been a little busy to say the least. How’s about some updates? OK. You asked for it:

Life at home

Things are hectic around the house with me being so busy but with three wonderful girls surrounding me, I certainly can’t complain. Ok, so two of those girls aren’t humans but still, they’re great. Not as great as this one, though. Not even close.

Wonderstate Media

Things are chugging along smoothly for the company Dustin and I started a few months ago. We’ve both been creating content for our two sites with the help of a handful of incredibly talented contributors. On top of that, Dustin has been running all over town learning the ropes of a salesman while I’ve been acting as bookkeeper and admin for both sites. Running a business is no easy task, folks. At all.

Fayetteville Flyer

The Flyer has been getting bigger and better with each passing day. As mentioned above, we’ve got a team of contributors who graciously donate their talents and passion for Fayetteville on a daily basis. But that’s not all. The Flyer has also managed to round up nearly a thousand unique daily visitors who, according to our analytics, check in 3 to 4 times per day.We could not do it without them.

Besides surpassing the 1000 post mark a few weeks ago, we finally settled on a logo and have begun the process of branding everything that was, to this point, pretty faceless.

We had our first writer meetup last night and we’re very excited about our team.

Local540

The Flyer isn’t the only thing on a roll lately. Our county-wide business directory, Local540 is picking up steam and really starting to make a name for itself in terms of traffic and adoption by many of our local businesses. By creating a tool that is useful to both the consumer and business communities, we’ve found ourselves in a truly unique situation where when asked “What’s your demographic?” we can honestly say “Pretty much everyone.”

The Good Fear

There’s not a whole lot to report by way of the band. We’ve been pretty quiet lately. We did manage to nab a couple of NAMA nominations but weren’t the least bit surprised to find that we didn’t win. Those who did were much more deserving this year.

The Flowers

Our front yard is starting to bloom again. This time of year is pretty bittersweet. It’s so beautiful outside but in about a month, it’ll be two years since my mother’s death. I planted some lilies from her funeral in the front yard but they were kinda cheap and they’re mostly gone by now. We do, however, have some much fancier lilies planted by the door and they’re coming on strong this year. Needless to say, lilies make me think of my mom and probably always will.