Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Monday was Gabe’s birthday. He got a ping pong table and those three have been having ping pong battles this week while I’m at work. That’s good. Other than that, he likes to play video games (in between hockey practices).

Monica’s been sorting my beads. We’ve decided to switch categories. Instead of keeping things sorted according to medium (pc, Lampwork, gemstone, etc), we’re sorting by color. Should be interesting.

We managed to catch Blackie (pregnant feral that we feed) and she is currently being fostered by a wonderful woman in Berkeley who is awaiting the birth. Will keep you posted on that.

The boys and Cal (the rest of the feral gang) are scheduled to be fixed July 15^th (assuming I can trap them all the night before).

Sunday was Father’s day and I kinda blew it… was down in the basement almost all day, trying to set up the ping pong table and didn’t end up calling my dad until 9pm. L Then I just got his answering machine. Wwwwwwwwwwwaaa!

Saturday was my nephew’s birthday… blew that one too.

Friday was my MIL’s birthday… yep, you guessed it.

Anyway, between hauling ping pong tables across the bay bridge and catching wild animals, I did manage to make a few pieces of jewelry (see top of screen).

I guess I don’t have much else to discuss… did a focus group last night so I’m kinda tired at the moment.

Oh, discovered what Gabe and Mike are paying in eBay fees for their findings so decided to sell them on this site for less than we can sell them for on eBay. I hope the word gets out.

I have a few friends that aren’t doing as well as I (or they) would like, so they’re on my mind too.

Okay, on the whole, things are good. I hope everyone reading this is at a somewhat good place in their life.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. “Albert Schweitzer”

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Wow, sorry about the long absence. Let me try to cover some of the basics in catching up.

I just realized what eBay’s fees are for the findings Gabe’s been selling, so I’m going to see how it goes with listing them here at a lower price. If I don’t have to pay eBay’s selling fees, then I can keep costs down for Gabe’s customers.

Don’t get me wrong, I am not dissing eBay… I love that site. It’s just that the findings are so small that to have to pay such big fees doesn’t leave any profit. It’s different for items that are more than $1 each.

Saturday, Monica went to the SJ tryouts for the U12 team (that's girls 12 and under, which is her age group). And as we were leaving, one of the coaches came up and asked if Mon could stay through the next session (the U14's... the older girls) as they only had one goalie and it's kind of hard to do tryouts "game style" with only one goalie, so we said "sure" (thanks Alex and Patrice for being understanding!).

Then this morning they asked if Mon could fill in during the U10 tryouts as well since they were short a goalie.

So today, she did U10, U12,and U14 all in a row.

Then she got the biggest surprise. She went to see if she'd made the U12 team (they post the roster after tryouts)... but she was instead on the U14 roster.

Turns out, they need two goalies on each team, and if there is no one in the right age, they can get special permission from the league to pull from the next age group down.

She's so excited... she was on cloud nine all day.

What else? Oh, I made a necklace… it’s up there at the top of the screen. It’s on eBay at the moment.

I have some TOTALLY exciting findings I’m getting ready to list… I’ll try to photo them tomorrow and then get them up.

Gabe's bangles are almost sold out again.

Here, btw, is a Shark attack

Sunday, June 03, 2007

First things first…

Got the above-shown items listed at eBay (just click on one if you want to see a larger image).

Then I got these ones into the store here…

Finally had some time to do some menu-planning. Yesterday, I made BBQ pulled chicken sandwiches with onion rings and cole slaw from scratch. Mmmm. Right now, I just started some enchiladas for tonight. After I get those in the oven, I'm anxious to get back to the living room and create some more jewelry. I keep procrastinating on necklaces because: A) They take longer (sometimes two days each) and B) They aren't as easy for my customers to buy because they are usually pricier.

I spent about two hours yesterday fixing the dryer vent (don't ask) and then did massive grocery shopping and cooking… so I felt fairly "accomplished". I actually made four bracelets, but one of them didn't "feel right" so I'm re-doing it tonight (gotta follow that intuition!).

Gabe had a scrimmage in SF this morning, but he forgot his new glove… poor thing… he's so excited about playing with his new gear. Still, he had 71 shots, so I'm guessing that constitutes a good practice nonetheless.

Saw a friend from my past… we see one another at hockey once in a while. She's a very cool and nice lady… and her kid is HUGE. Monica's age, yet scrimmaging with the midgets.

Well, I'd better get back to stirring the ground beef… can't think of anything earth-shattering to say at the moment…

"Once a year, go someplace you've never been before."

TTYL!