New Addition to the Family

Here at Alleluia! LLC there's always an eye out for a new product to add. While most embroidery shops are busy adding screen printing or direct to garment printing, we have decided to add cosmetics to our family. Most, if not all women wear makeup and would benefit from this addition. We are now independent Avon distributors.

When you place an order for a nice looking, custom designed shirt you can also place your order for your beauty needs. Our Avon website is not up and running yet but will be shortly. We will let you know when it becomes functional.

We are proud to be able to be a little different from the rest yet continue to offer you great products.

New Shirt Combination Package

We have introduced a new business product which is a combo package. It consists of six (6) T-shirts and two (2) dress shirts.

We feel that our customers will benefit from this combination of shirts because they've ordered this combination before. This combination package reduces the price of purchasing T-shirts and then dress shirts thus making it a good buy.

In this package the T-shirt offers a rainbow of colors while the dress shirts offer a choice of short or long sleeves and his or her styles. We're sure that you'll like this offer and that it will be just right for your crew.

Foolish Fears that We Haven't Put to Bed! Yet!

Well I hate to admit it but I have a crippling fear of horses. I realized this fear for more than 10 years now but did not realize how bad it was until today.



Instead of being in my embroidery den working, I decided that I wanted to work away from home for a short period of time. I've worked for this employer in the past and did not have a problem with any of the assignments. The employment is seasonal and we have less than two weeks to go to the end.



Well! yesterday my team was assigned to a new project and for the life of me I couldn't "get it". Each time I tried to make sense of the new information I just went blank. This morning I tackled it again and the same thing happened. I thought "What's the matter with me? It's never been so hard for me to grasp a new concept before." Finally I realized that the assignment related to my fear. Needless to say, that was the end of my day at work. My brain totally shut down and I panicked.



I was totally embarrassed to admit to my co-workers, and to myself, that my fear reduced me to a state of emotional paralysis. Even though I know that FEAR = False Evidence Appearing Real, I haven't been able to put this particular fear to bed yet. I look forward to the day when it will no longer have this hold on me.

It's Almost Over

Well the new business name is now official as of yesterday, 5/4/09. Of course I'm still in the process of updating paperwork with this one and that one but it's almost over. I'm seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.

I am extremely glad that I finally went through the process. I feel the weight off of me regarding the vulnerability of my personal property should one of my customers decide to go into litigation against me. All the paperwork and the cost to facilitate the change is worth it too.

Sole Proprietors who intend to continue in business for a while should consider the legal benefits of a forming an organization that suits your needs.

Lots of Paperwork and Time

I am certainly glad that I finally accessed the state's web site and completed the paperwork to form my LLC. That was the easy part; the part that intimidated me most. Well the work had just begun at that point. Little did I know what lay ahead. For the past week I have been completing paperwork to notify, it appears to be, the entire world of the status and name changes. I expect to spend a good part of the coming week finishing up the mountain of paperwork that's yet to be done. Inspite of it all, I am glad that I finally took the plunge. Every time I think that I have everyone notified, I remember a bunch more.

Change and Fear -- A Part of Life

When I started my business some time ago, I wanted it to have its own identity but wasn't sure when I would take it to that level. I know now that I should have done it the first day. I was nervous about forming a corporation because of the enormous amount of reporting involved. After researching the options, I decided that a Limited Liability Company was what was right for my situation.

After my decision, I thought some more and some more and the years came and went. Finally in 2009 I decided to take the plunge but did not muster up the courage to do so until this month (April 2009). I have come to the realization that what kept me from completing my decision for so long was fear. I'm not sure what I was afraid of but now that I have completed the process I'm relieved and proud that I completed what I set out to do so long ago.

Now that the process is complete I have the job of notifying "everyone" of the change. I keep reminding myself that I will remember to notify "everyone" of the change because, in the back of my mind I think that I'm forgetting "someone".

I know that I am not the only person who is, at times, paralyzed by fear. I wish that there was a magic potion or something that could stop the effect of fear in our lives. Don't you?

By the way, on May 4, 2009 my company will become Alleluia!LLC/ Custom Embroidery. Yeah!!

Is English Composition Still Taught in Grade Schools?

when I enrolled in a graduate course, some time ago, I was appalled at the writing ability of some of my peers and wondered why their writing skills lacked so much, after all they were graduate students. I now know why.

I have recently had an opportunity to read the responses of eight graders. I have been shocked by their lack of ability to construct a decent sentence. I have had to sit for a few minutes re-reading their sentences to figure out where one sentence began and where it ended. Once I got that far, I had to figure out the meaning of each statement because their thoughts appeared scrambled.

It appears that some of our children are not being taught how to construct effective sentences nor are they being taught proper grammar. Is it because some teachers have chosen to accept poor quality of work from their students? Could it be that some teachers don't have a good grasp of the English language themselves so they are in no capacity to correct their students? I say this because I have read letters from teachers and school faculty with incorrect grammar.

The problem has been presented, in a nut shell, from my vantage point. What's your response to this?