Friday, February 20, 2009

And so begins Mardi Gras weekend...

We have a new routine. Our plan was to start trying it out on people today. But today we got an exciting phone call...

We get to walk horses in a Carnival parade!!!

On a whim, we responded to an ad in the back of the Gambit calling for horse walkers. When we went to sign up, the 5 pages of poster board were all filled to overflowing. We marked out a tiny spot and wrote in our names. We thought for sure, as we were on the end of a very long list, they'd never get to our names... but they did, and today we get to both walk in a parade and get paid. Two very exciting things. (We'll Twitter which parade once we know ... click the link in the andjuggling.com sidebar to go to our Twitter.)

Speaking of finances, I haven't done the figuring lately, but we're feeling much better about our situation as the end of this month approaches. Thanks to our generous donors, we hope that writing and performing radio plays can become a supplement to our income... if our stories are worth a donation of even a dollar, and a few dozen people listen (so tell your friends if you liked the radio play), they can help us stay on target with our budget. We plan to roll out a new radio play once per month or so. Big donors ($10+) will get access to several in a row.

In addition, Stina will get a sizable chunk of tax refund, and our new busking routine should net us bigger hats than our old routine did.

Wish us luck!