Tuesday, September 24, 2002
We are planning Parker's birthday party, and I asked Jeff to help me make some decisions on it. I understand and realize that men just don't (in general) recognize the importance of such events, especially for the mom, but it is still frustrating. After finally harping to the point where I decide to do it myself, he gets involved. We finally agree to a theme, or rather, a cake. I found in this American Baby magazine this cake that is in the shape of the number "1" covered with multicolored Nilla Wafers that I thought was cute. When Jeff saw it, he said, "Let's do that". Great, we finally have something!! So, now the invitations ...
Jeff is a freelance graphic designer, and even has his own business name. I wanted a card for Parker's invitations. Simple logic, right? Well, only when I started designing my own card does Jeff come up with a design. And we decided to go with Jeff's design. It doesn't really even matter when we can up with the idea (though I still think it was last Tuesday or Wednesday), but the fact that I had to again harp to get it done is frustrating! And then, the design he first came home with ... I HATED it! It honestly seemed quite amateurish and I was disappointed. Regardless of how Jeff felt, I knew it needed to change. He was upset that I didn't love it and wanted it changed. So, I get him to start changing it and he stops to do other things (watch TV and bid on E-Lance). Then he fell asleep while getting Parker to sleep.
I had wanted to send them out today once I got the second picture, so I knew I had to finish it. Luckily, by finishing it, I was able to make sure it had what I wanted on it. We never sent out announcements for Parker and I feel really bad about that (we had grand plans and no time to do them), so I wanted to include that information on this card. I had mentioned this to Jeff, but he didn't incorporate it at all. So, I did. I thought it looked pretty good, even though I was sure it could have used different fonts that I didn't think of.
Well, when he wakes up and sees that I've changed it, he gets pissed. He can't acknowledge that I did good, hard work. He stays up to change it. All he does is make the fonts more consistent and add a background on the front to make it more ledgible. But, he's happy, and I'm happy ... it is done. Now to finish it up and send them out tomorrow.
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