[TheForge] My first contract!!!YIPPEE!!!

[Dave Brown]

Hey Dan .... Fan-f*****g-tastic.  It's a great feeling isn't it.  Getting 
your first commission or contract just kinda makes ya feel warm all over.

Dave Brown

At 17:20 02/19/02 -0600, you wrote:
>Hey All,
>        Celebrate with me!!! Guess what?  I just got my first contract! 
> Not a sale at a craft fair or a reenactment. An Architect saw my web site 
> and asked me to submit a bid for 9 porch lights with an Arts and Crafts 
> style.  Real simple design (about 4 hours a lamp).  They liked the demo 
> and they accepted my bid.  The architect said that if I deliver on time 
> there should be more orders later.
>        After a bunch of false starts on other possible jobs and even 
> having some people "promising" big orders and then losing my number, I 
> got a real contract.  I am getting the down payment this week.
>
>(I'll actaully celebrate when I have the check in my hand....no I think 
>I'll celebrate when I have it cashed :)
>
>If this works out I won't need to get another summer job again! (I am a 
>teacher)  I can smith my way through the summer from now on!!!!
>
>Wish me luck!
>
>Dan
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>
>
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