Peaceful Sunday

Yesterday was a lazy Saturday, had a Pampered Chef party in the evening which was a nice distraction. Met a bunch of really nice ladies. This morning we all went to church. The weather is a bit drizzly with the sun trying to peep thru. After church I took my daughter out for lunch, which we seldom do. We tried a new restaurant that served BBQ - it was delicious.

Lounging around right now, waiting for laundry to finish, to start another load. Plan to work on my work area in a bit - need to finish up my work surface and organizing my crafting/beading materials so that I can be more productive in the coming weeks. I have so much stuff I need to get listed on eBay and Etsy. Tonight I will getting together with my girlfriends and playing "Nerds" (card game).

Hope everyone else is having a peaceful Sunday as well.
Thanks for visiting my blog.

Etsy

I am up way too late, especially after recovering from some kind of bug...however I have not spent much time on Etsy in the last few days, so I thought that I would read messages, catch up on forums and join some new forums. I also was getting "advice" about my blog. Part of this was viewing the blogs of other Etsians. This is really interesting.

One of the suggestions is to cross reference other shops on the site to encourage activity. So you will find a link to my friend Laurie's shop, Cutethings6. She and I "met" on eBay (where I also have a store, sweetcindylou62) and we just sort of clicked so we have maintained a relationship for quite a few months.

We enjoy keeping up with each other's lives and when I chat with her, I almost feel like we have always known each other. This is one of the awesome benefits to this type of business - the networking and fellowship that can develop between people that would have otherwise never met.

So take a minute and look at her site...she is really creative and has great vintage stuff...I have been a customer, myself, a number of different times and have always had excellent experiences!

http://www.cutethings6.etsy.com

A day of errands and such

Feeling a bit discouraged about lack of sales on Etsy.
http://sweetcindylouwho.etsy.com is my URL. I want to list more items but don't want them to sit stagnant, so I guess my next move is to list some stuff for auction on eBay. I love the philosophy and community of Etsy and would like to be successful on that site. I have read numerous articles about success on that site and am hoping that it will pick up soon, as I try some of these interventions (having this blog was one of the suggestions). I requested to participate on one of the teams and the input I received was to take better pics and need to have more of a presence on Etsy...that is hard to do without selling stuff! I shall keep on keeping on, prayerfully hoping that my work will pan out.

Time management is certainly an issue for me. On the days when I feel great and can get alot of things done, I am encouraged. Then there are those days where I get the basics done and that is it. But I tell myself, and my counselor reminds me, that things got out of sync over the years, it will take more than just a couple of days to resolve it all. Hmmmm, sounds good, eh?

It doesn't look good for racing tonight. It has been steadily, gently raining all afternoon. This morning started cool with sunshine, the overcast appearance moved in and then the rain. Darn, I was going to try mow the lawn today also. Perhaps the rain will hold off for racing tomorrow in Little Valley. I would like to go there since I haven't been there in a couple years.

Palpitations...still having them. It makes me a bit uneasy but no significant sequelae at this time, so I am just monitoring them at this point...nurse heal thyself, right?

I have almost finished the Mulvaneys book, couldn't put it down this morning. Should probably finish it in a day or two.

Met with the counselor at the alternative education academy for Steven today. It sounds like an excellent program and I hope that Steven will grasp this opportunity and run with it. He really is quite gifted in many areas and this is a wonderful venue for him to be involved in. I doubt he would agree to go back to mainstream public school again. It is a shame that his experience was that bad, for him to feel that way.

No profound realizations to share today. Hope you will visit here again.

Time for Etsy

Today I sent out 3 eBay packages...nice to have a little business flow. I really need to post some new auctions, that seems to drive the most business to my store. Certainly a good idea to cover over the next couple days.

Currently I am taking a break from posting on Etsy. I am just itching to make some new jewelry but I have made a pact with myself that I WILL NOT until I get all this current jewelry listed. Although I must create fairly soon because I will need new items to display at the quilt store for consignment.

Todd is working on the race car, Steven is out with his buds, Kate is at Young Adult Small Group bible study and I get some time by myself. No TV, just the noise of the traffic - vehicles and pedestrians --- and the dogs charging the door everytime they hear an extra sound. Also heard is the expressway, now the interstate. It evokes sweet memories of my youth when I would stay at my grandmothers. You see, I recall when they constructed the expressway. Hacked away some of our hills for the thing. I remember staying over at her house when the road was starting to be used and then after. Windows open on a summer evening, hearing the cars hum by and then off into the distance...some how brings peace.

Occasionally a train can be heard. The tracks aren't real busy but it is nice to hear them active again after being dead for so many years. When I stayed at grandma's that was another common sound, as the tracks were less than 1/2 mile out behind her house. Then the tracks were much busier than today. It seems so much more is trucked by the semi trucks that pass along the interstate.

So enough for the thoughtful break, time to get back down to business and get those postings going! Wish me well with sales!