Well

Well things never seem to go as planned all the time. I did not get to lip balm today. I know I will get to it but I am thinking not until Sunday. I have to take Natalie to her BBF house because she is staying there over Spring Break and I am also going to see my in laws too.

Not to mention I have been working my butt off with my Etsy orders over the last couple days and i am still behind. I need to still come up with more cute items to put on and make up more of the items that I have sold.

Overall I feel like I am moving in the right direction and I think this aimless soul is coming to be content with the decisions that have been made lately. Well back to work.

Lip Blam tonight Hopefully

So I am thinking that after class this afternoon, I will try my hand at lip balm. Yes folks I am going to be going into the lip balm business and I will be using all natuarl and organic ingredients to make my lip balm.

I feel so accomplished this afternoon. I have already listed more items on Etsy and I have even added some vintage items on there too. I am going to be doing whatever it takes to have a successful business.

My husband says that making stuff is my calling. It is something I could do for hours and have no complaints about it. It is a joy to create and making a little bit of money is just a bonus to me. I have a few things that I have to get finished before class so I will be back to update later tonight on the lip balm. Keep your fingers crossed.

I also wanted to note that I am so happy that I took up blogging it is a great way to clear the mind and soul on a daily bases.

Awww

Today has been a nice day. I feel great. I sold more bunnies today and I got all the ingredients that I need to make lip balm which I hope to start tomorrow. I spent a good part of the day going through some books and will be listing them on Amazon and hopefully we will be able to make some extra cash. I honestly feel great.

I started purging stuff from the house and that always feels great. I am also going to visit my brother this weekend and I am always happy to do that. I miss them and any time I can spend with them before we move will be precious.

Busy Busy Busy will be me but I know I will have a successful business if I put in the effort for it. Well enough blabbing I need to get back to work.

I feel Kinda Productive

Again I have to say that I have wonderful friends. Etsy sells are getting better and my friends have been very supportive and that means the world to me. I am hoping that the rest of my lip balm ingredients come in tomorrow. I really want to get started on that venture.

I manage to make and drop in the mail cute little bunnies for Ann and I also have made a hand full of items that I will be listing tomorrow. I will had a photo or two tomorrow when I get them taken.

So here is a sneak peek list of the new items.

Panda Bears with and without hats, turtles, firehouse pups, kitty Cats, Koala Bears, cowboy horses, and cute little penquins.

I think I am also going to make birthday party invitations to go along with my cupcake toppers and I might even try to make a banner too. Who knows I have many ideas and it seems like I will have lots of time this week to work on them.

I was able to pick my summer classes and I am taking photography and another fine arts class. I think this summer session will be great and I will be finished mid June until the last week of August when fall classes start. I am not sure what I am taking this fall but I am sure whatever I take will be geared towards having fun while I am still here.

Florida Move count down will start in August and I will keep you posted.

Aww Making Progress

So I am making progress today. I have listed 5 new listings on Etsy today and I am about to begin making more projects. I am also getting ready to start some Spring Cleaning and pre moving liquidation.

I know we have many months before we move but I hate to wait to the last minute to start packing, cleaning and liquidating items.

I scored a sofa/futon for Natalie last night. It sells for $ 150 at Target and I got it for $ 25 last night. She was super excited. Gotta love college student prices. I am looking to get all the items Nat wants for her new room before we move.

So here are the pictures that I promised.

Another boring day

Today will be another long and boring day. I have to open the office at work and then go to an updated training session for most of the afternoon. At least they are providing pizza. I managed to get some pictures taken and cropped last night but ran out of time to upload them to etsy or here.

Hopefully I will be able to do that this afternoon. Nothing else really going on this weekend. The weekends we work we have to remain at the apartment so no going out for us until Monday. Natalie is going to visit her BFF for a week next weekend, what am I going to do with a quiet house. Go crazy probably. We the clock is ticking away this morning and I still have a few things to accomplish before I head to work.

TTFN

Thank Goodness its Friday

Well another week has almost come and gone and that means I am one week closer to moving to Florida. I am so ready. These gloomy days are so awful and bring down my mood which is generally happy.

Things to do today:

1. Go to work from 1 to 5

2. Take Pictures of new items for Etsy

3. Go back to work at 6

4. List items on Etsy

and the times in between play on Facebook and come up with new ideas for Etsy.

I hope everyone has a great weekend and I will be sure to share the pictures once I have them tken and loaded to my computer.

Just another Day

Well I got another custom order from my Etsy shop today. That would be two in less then a week. I am pretty happy about that. I will be making 35 monkey's this week. I am also going to be listing some cute circus cupcake toppers and other die cuts that could be easily into cupcake toppers. My friend Ann reminded my that I should think about a Facebook page for my Etsy shop. I think I will be looking into that this weekend.

The gloomy weather is making it hard to get motivated to get many of my projects started. I would really just love a couple sunny days in a row. I order the items I needed to make my new line of products. Well it is going to organic lipbalm made in a variety of flavors using only organic or all natural ingredients. After I get the hang of lipbalm I am going to be making soap and body lotion. I think that to be successful you have to get trying anything that pops in your mind. I have a goal to reach before we move and I believe I can achieve that goal.

I know that it is going to be a lot of work and dedication and I am ready to be successful, so watch out for my new items coming to my Etsy store soon. I will be a link to my shop in the blog in the upcoming days. I better get to bed I am going to be listing all day tomorrow.

Getting Organized

Well it is officially time to get everything organized. Since we will be moving in a year I need to start the dreaded weeding through the boxes and thinking about what I am keeping and what I am selling. You would think that since I just moved in here last July I would not have to do this again but there are a lot of things that I never did unpack and now I can start to weed out 80% of our winter clothes and coats. Only keep the nice stuff and a few items to make it through this next winter.

I also need to get my new lip balm business started and get more paper products listed on Etsy. I would love to have my business making roughly $150 -200 a month before we move. This would mean I could work less hours to start off with. Only time will tell and hopefully word of month and having my friends send people my way might help the cause.

I feel as if I have so much to say right now and I know that I have only a few minutes to blog at the moment. It's funny how some days you are more chatty than others. This just means that I might be blogging twice today. It's almost time to head to class so TTFN

Loved Spring Break

Well it is back to the grind of things now that Spring Break is over, but we had a lovely time. We enjoyed the parks to the fullest even though it was considered to be one of the busiest times to go and we also went to look at a couple apartments.

We found the one that we think is a perfect fit. The only bummer was the kitchen was all white and boring but other than that it had everything we were looking for. I mean spanish tile roofing, high ceilings, 2 master bedrooms with baths so all in all a great place.

Now the other apartments we looked at the newer one fell short on the outer appearance to me but the inside from the photos we seen had everything else.

It is going to be a long wait until we move next year since we are all so ready. It felt good to go apartment hunting and Natalie had a blast looking too.

Now let's talk about Disney. Well the Magic Kingdom now has a dance party area located close to space mountain and miss Natalie spent 5 nights dancing away she just loved Stitches Club 626. It rocked and we are going to be making a video of her at the dance party. Nate and I spent a lot of couple time walking around and talking, riding the rides that the wait times were reasonable. We really enjoyed the warm weather and sunshine. Its kinda sad to think that in two days it will be back to 40 here in Bloomington and the sun will once again go into hiding.

I have major business plans and I need to get some research done so I am off for now. As Tigger would say "Ta Ta for Now"

Sleep where are you?

I have to catch a shuttle for the airport at 10:40am and not to mention the fact that I have to turn in paperwork at 8AM and here I am sitting here blogging. I think it is the excitement of going on vacation not to mention the fact that I am flying for the first time.

So I figure I should sit here and blog and hopefully my mind will slowly calm down enough to sleep. Its funny its not just me it is all of us. Everyone is still up and I also think that time change has something to do with it.

I received a request for a custom order on Etsy today and I made the cutest black and white moo cows and got them in the mail already. I think I have gotten a custom order the last two times the day before we leave on vacation. I think I should plan a vacation all the time and maybe I will keep getting those orders.

I am really hoping I can get my business to make at least 200 a month by the time we move next June. I have plenty of time and I know I am creative enough. Well I am going to try to go to sleep again. Wish me luck. I will be sure to blog sometime this week to let everyone know how I like flying.

Be safe and enjoy your week ahead.

The longest Weekend ever

This weekend is dragging on. I know it is because we leave out on Monday for Disney but I mean it is only 11 pm on Saturday night and we do not catch the shuttle to the airport until 10:40am on Monday. I am packed and ready to go. It is quite here so work is very boring and normal I will be jumping for joy but since tme is slipping by so slowly I would rather be busy.

I am still kinda of nervous for flying for the first time. I will be posting form the plane it has wifi and that totally rock.

I think I will goof off on the computer for a while and then I will head to bed. Remeber to Spring forward as daylight savings happens tonight at 2 am.

Got my Hair trimmed

I went to Great Clips to get my hair trimmed and I have to say that they rock. I was so disappointed the last time I got my haircut at Jcpenney and the stylist today fixed what they last person screwed up and now I am one happy camper.

I am so ready for our upcoming trip. The days are kinda dragging on and I know its because we are all so excited. I am also going to be ordering some stuff from Avon from my friend Ann and I am so excited about that too.

Life right now is pretty darn good. Have a great weekend.

Lazy Days

I love lazy days. I am really doing nothing to much today. I have class at 2:30 and then work at 5:00 but neither is all that taxing. I mean I work in the same building that I live in so that rocks and I really love ASL.

I will be in florida in six days. I am so excited. I do have to say that I am a little nervous to fly for the first time. I think it will be cool but a little scary. But getting to Florida in just over 2 hours instead of 14 hours. I need to finish packing but all in all I am so excited.

I have been making cute little die cuts and I am so behind on getting pictures posted and I really should get them on here. Maybe tonight.

I really slept in.

I really slept in today. It almost feels like those days as a teenage when you could sleep most of the morning away. My daughter is the one that said mom you are really sleeping in today LOL. Normally its the other way around.

I finished my final exam paper for my 8 week course yesterday and now we are in the waiting game for the final grade for the course. I am thinking it should be an A hopefully, the class was pretty easy. I am preparing myself for the long year a head and the loaded semesters. Nate tells me that I will be very proud of myself when I am done. I think I will be grateful that its over and really will not appreciate it until later that summer once we have moved.

Speaking of moving we have narrowed down the apartment search to 4 apartments and are planning a small weekend trip this summer to check them out. They all are located within 5 miles of Disney and they are really nice.

So what are my plans today, the usual mom stuff.. grocery shopping, cleaning the house and cooking. Nothing too excited. Oh I also plan on taking some pictures of the new stuff that I plan on listing in my Etsy store. They are so cute.

A pain in the Neck

It has been almost 3 weeks since I kinked my neck the first and I messed it up again this past weekend horse-playing with the kids. For some reason it is taking longer to heal this time and I am really over it. Today is not nearly as bad as Saturday was but this is affecting my sleep and that is no good since I have a paper due today by midnight. I am going to put a themra wrap on and hope that helps.

The pot roast turned out amazing and like usual Natalie wanted to eat all the leftovers. Silly girl what I won't gift to have her metabolism. To be able to eat like a horse and still have a killer figure that would rock. I think she is going through another growth spurt and I know this means she will be even taller than she is now and I already have to pull her down to my eye level. That is a real bummer. I think she might be 5'9 by the time she stops growing.

Well that paper is not going to write itself, although I wish it would. TTFN

Mmmmm.. Pot Roast

Sitting here waiting for the pot roast to finish cooking and the house smells wonderful. It has been a very lazy day. I am enjoying the quiet before work starts tomorrow. I will be packing and cleaning all this week to prepare for leaving for Disney on March 14th. Natalie watching movies and Nate is watching Nascar. Family all together doing what everyone enjoys and that is very blissful.

So let's talk more about the upcoming year. I am very anxious about the next year and couple months. There is a lot of classes that I have to fit in and it is going to be very hard. I know that I will not be doing much crafting because of this new change to our plans. I am not looking forward to moving again. I hate packing and unpacking but I am super excited about moving to the Sunshine state.

I know that my mom hates the idea and I am really not on the best terms with her but I hope she does not make Natalie feel bad about moving because this mama will not have that. I am know that my baby brother is excited but sad that we are moving further away. But we all agree its what is best for us.

mmmm. That pot roast is really smelling good now, I cant wait to eat.

Good Visit

Well my baby brother and his wife are expecting baby number six. I am very happy for them at least one of us are fertile LOL. We also told some family members that we will be moving to Florida next June. I know its about time. I will be graduating next May and leaving after my last classes in June. Although I will miss my family and friends more than I currently do I know Florida is where we are suppose to be. Natalie is very excited about going and she is even starting to tell some of her friends about it. I think this might be the move that helps plant my feet firmly on the ground. Well thats all folks off to bed I go.

another weekend in the Bend

Getting ready to head to South Bend for the next two days. Natalie has a Birthday party Sleepover tomorrow and we are just going to hang out and visit those we can. I am super excited a week from Monday I will be getting on a plane for Florida.

I know most people will think that we are crazy for going so much but to be honest that is where we all want to be. I think it will come sooner than we thought and for this I am truly happy. I have been living in denial for far to long and I really am past whose feelings are going to get hurt. I have now realized the road goes both ways and everyone can visit.

Man I woke up being a little pissy. I am not sure why. I think I am really just trying to do whats best for me for a change and in the process I am realizing some people are not going to like it. In the best I would have really thought about that and now I realize this is my life and I have the right to live it.

Natalie is super excited about the Bday party and Leaving for disney soon so here is to the count down. Let's hope for a relatively fast week ahead.

One Class down..

Today was the last day of my 8 week course this semester. I have to say taking 8 week course rock and the amount of work was not bad at all. I will be happy when the prof posts the questions for the final exam so I can write the essay and be officially done with the class.

Well I think I have completely lost my mind. I am going to try to graduate next May. That is about one year ahead of schedule but I am ready to move on to the next chapter in my life.

It will mean all work and almost no play and Nate and Natalie have agreed to pick up the slack so I can accomplish this drastic goal.

But enough with the future let's take a min to talk about today . I am going to make a birthday card and some die cuts to go along with the birthday gift.