To Pillager: I haven't tried to build the original circuit yet, as I was unsure of what transistor to use, and didn't want to risk damaging the reed relays.
To fcb: I am using the inverters to power small pieces of EL panel, which will be used as a light source for two irregular-shaped cutouts in a project I am working on. They would be at power up; left panel on, right panel off. When the flip-flop circuit received a single pulse, the left panel would be off and the right would be on. They would only change when a pulse is received from the timer circuit. That part of my project is already figured out. I have a single shot delayed timer circuit that would send a pulse to a reed relay built into it that would provide the simulated button press to activate the flip-flop circuit. The flip-flop circuit was the problem as all the solutions I could find in per-built circuits all used a standard relay that turned on or off a single output. I hope this helps. Thanks.