This last week in review

Wow, this has been a busy week. I retook most of my pictures for my etsy. My youngest daughter and oldest granddaughter were my models when needed. They did such a good job, both are very pretty and enjoyed the picture taking. That took an entire day. Then the 2 days, I put them on the website. All in all I think that the light was better this time. The pictures were taken in a different room with lots of windows. If it had been sunny, that would have been better too, but then living in Southeast Alaska sunny days are not always when you want them. Let me know what you think of them--www.thegoldenthimble713.etsy.com--Right now I am in the middle of some new projects for my store. I will let everyone know when I put them on. I was going to open up another store for just my baby things, but decided not to. Geez, it is hard enough keeping up with one, and all the marketing for it, so scrapped that idea.

My family and I drove out to the south end of the island last Saturday morning. It was so pretty out there. That is when I took the waterfall picture. We saw two black bears. The first one was a baby. Just kept on going, as we did not want his mama to have a fit. The second one was a 2 year old. He was on his own. Unfortunatly, both were to fast to take pictures of. It was still cool to see.

Yesterday morning we had a unusual thing happen. The neighbors friend landed a helicopter behind our houses. That was alot of excitement. The first thing I thought of was --alrighty who is going to get arrested, then of course, I thought--maybe I won the publishers clearing house--naw- knew that one would be to good to be true, but was very happy the first thought was not there.

For this week and next-- the younger 2 kids have swimming lessons. There are 6 levels here to pass. It is great for the kids, with all the water around here. There are two sessions in the summer and then during the winter, there is a program in the school.Speaking of school, trying to get ready for that now. The new thing is for the first time in our schools history, we are going to have hot lunches available in all 3 schools. Now, I know that for all the people down south, that may sound very wierd, as you guys have had school lunch programs forever. The island is small, and the problem as always been how to provide the food. This year the funding came through-money is always an issue--so one of the local diners is going to do the cooking and delivering. Not sure how much this is going to cost us. Funny that part was not in the local paper when the article came out...makes me wonder how expensive this will be.

I did figure out how to fix the whole--2 blog thing--when I write, I will paste and copy so both blogs have the same thing on them. That way not one gets left out. Another exciting thing is that I was able to put Sarah Palin on my blog and my twitter yesterday. For some that might not be a big deal, but for most Alaskans, it is. And we are very big Palin supporters.Well on my way out the door for swimming lessons.

I hope that this helps my followers for the award

Ok--I am having a horrible time with this blogging thing. Upset does not even begin to define this. When I was making the blog, I ended up with 2 of them. Well the one that is for my business has my personal name on it, the one that is personal has my business name on it. All I wanted was one blog not 2. And certainly not the names the way that they are. UGH!!!!! So I am coping the award info that was put on my other blog. Then I will contact them when Etsy is back up, as it in in maintance mode...go figure...If anyone knows how to fix this mess please let me know. Thanks....

Thursday, July 16, 2009

The Premio Meme Award
Since I am new at this, I will try and follow suit with my award--Thanks to Cutie PatootieBeads and Stitchnmomma, I have been awarded "The Premio Meme Award".. I am very honored to recieve this and will continue to try and stay one of their favorites. Both of these ladies have wonderful stores that should be hearted by all. Please check out their blogs and stores on etsy.According to tradition I must share 7 things about myself in order to accept this award... so here goes...this is not in any order..1. I love to do geneology.2. My favorite season is spring.3. I hate to cook. I am good at cooking, but it is just not my thing.4. Love to travel and see new things.5. I want to restore another old car.6. My goal is to grow my hair down to my knees, it is almost where I can sit on it. Why??because I can..7. I have a smart answer for everything and am extremely funny. No matter what my kids think..Ok-- now for the rest of the requirements, I am bestowing this wonderful award to 7 other bloggers--http://ajscountycottage.blogspot.comhttp://eiriel'seclectics.blogspot.comhttp://yystudio'sdesignerhandmadecustomwomenclothes.blogspot.comhttp://mechelledesigns.blogspot.comhttp://craftythisandthat.blogspot.comhttp://alygatrseverywhere.blogspot.comhttp://countrywindows.blogspot.comAgain, thank you for this honor.
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2 blogs and I wanted one.....

Well, when I got done with "The Golden Thimble" blog, I found that I have 2 blogs. I really only wanted one. Now I do not know how to combine them or even if I can. So, I guess I will talk on both until this is figured out. If by chance someone knows how to fix this, please let me know.

a beautiful day in Alaska

It is Thur, and so I have 2 of the grandkids with 4 kids home of ours. The sun is shining, not to hot, and not to cold. Just right for playing outside. We have a huge swingset in the yard, with a slide, so the kids are occupied. Or maybe not. Today seems to be one of "those" days, you know where no one is happy, and nothing is right. So, after numerous time outs, we are now watching a movie with popcorn, a quiet time moment. I am taking advantage of it and writing this.

The challenge for the day, besides laundry, cleaning, taking care of the kids, making a grocery list, wondering what to do for dinner and figuring out my quarterly taxes--is to try and get all of my websites threaded or linked together. I do think that I am making progress. If I can get all of them on my --myspace, I might be done. I wanted to link them to my yahoo, but couldnt find out how to do it. Linking my msn messanger isnt done either. Ok, well now that I think about it, I guess I have alot more to do. I am not sure where to link my webshots account to this one. Or my twitter.

I am almost done with the "hannah montana" quilt. When it is done I will have a pic on my webshots.

Well, they are almost done with the popcorn and are going to want to go back outside. I will write more later.

a google profile

Well, after I got done with my etsy store, I read some more advice on how to get my store known. So, I made a google profile. With links to my blogs. Will see how much traffic I get from that. It should be interesting. I am sure that there is more ways to promote my store, just have to look for them.

Well, I have 2 of my grandkids. Their mother is promoting Melaluca ( probably spelled that wrong). The products are great, but the promoting is not my thing.

I had better get going and see if I can find my husband and youngest--they are outside somewhere. As soon as it cools down, I need to water all of my plants that are outside. Gotta check my potatoes too.

working out the bugs of a business

I have spent the last two days rearranging my etsy. One thing that did help was that I asked fellow store owners to critque my store. Their imput was wonderful. Very well needed. So I changed things. It looks better now. My next thing is the avitar. I have my pic with my husband now. Not sure if that is a good thing or not. I am going to ask. I want the personal touch, but maybe that is to personal. We will see what the rest of the people say.

Also I am twittering..that is interesting. A bit boring too. It is suppose to help with sales, so will see. I did sign up for a 5 day course on how to sell better with Etsy. That was in the middle of my grandson passing away, so I had forgotten that I put all the information in a file and have just left it there. Need to get on to that. I am finally feeling that I can handle it again.

I have some ideas for my store. That is my project for the week after I get done with my daughters "Hannah Montana" quilt. Just got done with my states quilt. That took 16 years to finish. If anyone would like to see it and some others that I have done, I have a webshots page. Just look for "The Golden Thimble". Please let me know what you think.

It is time for me to go onto something else. The 5 year old is having fun playing with my hair. I am growing out my hair. Right now it is at my bootie, when I am done, I want it to my knees. Why--because I can and for the heck of it to see if my hair will go that far.

computers Ugh!!!

All right, I have spent more hours than I can count trying to get my website in Etsy out there. First I have discovered that I am not very good at marketing and advertising. I am better at making the things. I did get a google analytics profile. Not sure how much that is going to help, as there were things to go with it, and I am not that smart. In a nutshell, I am frustrated. Guess I am going to have to get help. Not even sure where to go for that.

One good point--I made a "Crown Royal" throw. It was auctioned off locally, made 400.00$ for charity. I was happy that it could be useful in more than one aspect.

Past that things are going fine. The kids are doing fine, just dealing with things that life hands everyone in time.

Birthdays are coming fast. Mine is already over, my husbands and now the kids are starting in. So far one girl and today a grand daughter.

It is snowing and I have alot to do, so I will save this and write more later.