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Through facebook, many of you know that our dear sweet Blondie suffered a stroke on July 4th. She is definitely a part of our family and we have been completely saddened by her illness. Fortunately she is showing some progress and we are somewhat encouraged.
As I was looking through some of the items that I was going to list in the eBay EALC Challenge, I came across an adorable Lhasa Apso Christmas Ornament. Blondie is a mixed breed that looks like a cross between a Golden Retriever and a Corgi (when she is not shaved). Do you have that picture in your head? It sounds horrible, but she is just a cutie. Anyhow, I was getting this ornament ready to list, I began to think how nice it would be to have a Christmas Ornament that looked like Blondie. With her uniqueness I suspect that we will be hard pressed to find that special ornament, but I am hoping that this Lhasa Apso ornament makes its way to a good home filled with love for their little darling. I know that if I ever DID find the perfect Blondie ornament, I would spend a pretty penny to get it.
Feb
22
The two month e-hiatus is over and we are getting back on track. The winter blahs will soon be replaced with thoughts of spring and spring activities…prom, graduation, babies, and even wedding plans…not necessarily in that order or one immediately following the other.
In our household, we are looking at Prom dresses, which sent me to the bridal store for inspiration. Hais is 6’2″, so formal dress shopping is quite a chore! There are so many wonderful designs in the stores, many with wonderfully hefty price tags included. Choosing a pattern and a seamstress is often a great choice for the possibility of saving a bit of money or, in our case, getting the perfect fit.
One of the formal dress patterns that we listed in our store last week is very similar to one of the past prom dresses from this household. The dress was a huge hit!
Formal dresses at Simply My Business
Another similar choice is the McCall’s Pattern M5807. I would prefer to see Hais choose View A…the wedding gown version in a beautiful black, shimmery lace overlay.
Unfortunately, Mom’s do not always get their way.
Prom and Bridal Dress Patterns at Simply My Business
With Prom coming up in April, choices must be made and a more proficient seamstress found.
Sep
17
Well, I am going to try this theme on for size. Does it fit? I am not certain, but I think I will give it a bit to see if it grows on me. Can’t quite figure out what I should be showing in the photo show at the header, but the flowers will have to do for now. Anyone with any suggestions for the photo show? I could really use some advice about now.
In the meantime, I will be trying to tidy up the sidebars a bit and hopefully making them easier to read. So many projects, not enough time.
Most everyone knows that my signature look is the sunflower. I have searched and searched for a free WordPress Sumflower theme to replace the current one. I like the sunflower, but i just am having such difficulty with the black background. It seems so difficult to read and the font size is a bit too large. I have tried to manipulate the size, but if I go smaller, it is more difficult to read…or is it just my OLD eyes?
So, if you happen to come across a sunflower WP theme…would you give me a shout? I would be ever so grateful.
Sep
13
I am very excited to announce my affiliation with Livinity, a health and wellness product company. Periodically I will be posting progress of my adventures toward Going Blue. my first order of business is to begin my own journey toward a healthier lifestyle. Tru-Blue Resveratrol Blend is one product that is faciliiting this voyage and is going to enhance my quality of life.
From the website…
TRU-BLUE is a very comprehensive formula featuring Resveratrol and Blueberry fruit and leaf extracts. 60 minutes highlighted the clinical studies done by Harvard biochemist, Dr. David Sinclair, proving the anti-aging benefits of Resveratrol. Dr. Oz, ‘America’s Doctor’, spent an entire Oprah show sharing the virtues of Blueberries.
Jul
8
yes, it is definitely time to return to work. eBay has been on the back burner for way too long now…not neccesarily by choice. life sometimes brings us paralyzing circumstances, such as the death of my mother in law, as well as emotional life events… such as hais’ graduation and jmorgan moving here to attend school…. but it is time…time to forge forward with my 2009 goals. (before you know it 2009 will be over)
it is time
to put
eBay
back on the
front burner
and
cook me up some
s-u-c-c-e-s-s.
stay tuned for new listings….
Jun
30
No! No television show has offered an eBay room makeover for me. No clutter buster professional showing up at my door to help me rid my room of the piles and PILES of boxes, junk, clutter, or general mess. No “DRIVER,MOVE THAT BUS!” being shouted from my neighbors’ yards. Just li’l ol’ me trying to figure out how in the world to fix my mess of an ebay room. Before I go on, please notice I use the word room, rather than office. the word office would imply that some kind of work would be produced in such a place.
You see, my eBay room is also the “i-don’t-know-where-it-goes” room. For a moment (and I do mean a BRIEF moment) I thought about posting a photo of my ebay room. Then, with what minute bit of good sense I have left, thought better of humiliating myself publicly. Let me just say….that there is a very narrow path (term used loosely here) to my desk, which can barely be seen, much less be able to provide an efficient place to work.
I have been researching ideas for home office organizing and came across an interesting short article….How to Organize Your Ebay Home Office that gave some generic ideas for getting it all together. I have also been looking at one of those really awesome Shipping Center Armoires
Last year was the first that I began calling my eBay an actual business and keeping the profit and loss records. My year end was most definitely in the red…BOLDED CAPITAL RED. Being on a budget and trying to reduce my load with the Lighten the Load Challenge, I am trying very hard to make-do with what I have this year, so the armoire organizer
Since March, I have not been very productive with eBay. The death of a very dear loved one in late February numbed our household for some time, then Hais’ graduation and festivities had to be planned. Two days after her graduation, we learned that our oldest daughter (22) wanted to move here to return to school. With so many changes in our life in such a short period, there was no time for eBay. I finally had to place my store on an extended vacation setting.
The Lighten the Load Challenge has been on hold for as long, as well. We have continued to strive toward a debt free household during this time, so yesterday I finally posted my progress in the Challenge. It made me remember that though my store was closed, I am still paying for the service. It is time to “fish or cut bait”….so here I am….attempting to get things in order to go full speed ahead. That room though! What in the heck…how in the heck….can I work in there?
The room is not going to be fixed in a day. Well technically I suppose it could be if I just move the “stuff” to another room, but that really causes more difficulty and shouldn’t really count. So, I am setting a mini goal for myself here….spend two hours working on the room every day for the next seven days. In the meantime, I am hoping that maybe some of you will offer ideas and suggestions for organizing my eBay room into an eBay office. Please feel free to post links or send emails with any ideas you may have. Prayers and positive thoughts are very welcome also. I think I am going to need every bit of help I can possible find at this moment. oh, and if I am not up for air by the end of the week…please send help! 
Feb
17
We have been so busy around her de-cluttering and getting ready for company that will be visiting soon(in only a few short days now), that I have been remiss in reporting my Lighten the Load Challenge 2009 updates over here. I have been pretty consistent with posting progress on the Lighten the Load Facebook Group Discussion Board, but time has been in too short supply around here for posting any place else.
This past week:
350 Units Debt Reduction
65 Units of Junk out the door in one fashion or another
2 Units of personal weight loss
And one more celebration!!! I now have new bathroom flooring! My kitchen flooring still looks like something you would find in an abandoned house, but hopefully soon this too will be replaced. I am so tired of the boxes of flooring taking up room in the dining room. It was become such a fixture in the dining room that stuff is now sitting on top of the stack…NOT a good sign!
We are still looking for others to join in on our challenge, if even for a short while. The Facebook group is growing slowly. Come along…invite your friends…let’s make it a party!
I have added the remaining pieces of my pig head wall decorations to my auctions on eBay.
This piece to the left was purchased about 23 years ago in the Bahamas. See it at:
Vintage Kenya Wood Pig Head Wall Decoration TAGSALE
And another –
Vintage White Ceramic Pig Head
w/Blue Flowers
And the last piece is this lovely OCI piece from Fitz & Floyd.
Fitz & Floyd Ceramic Pig Head Wall Pocket TAGASALE
Over at The Sustainable Backyard, one of my other blogs, I posted about the lighten the load challenge 2009. I am challenging myself to rid my home, my waistline and my debt of 11,500 UNITS.
The great thing about using ebay and etsy to help me reach my overall challenge, is there is a double benefit. I will have less in my household and the money to help reduce the debt.
So, it will be here that I post about the amount of units that will relieve my 100 year old home’s aching piers and beams. I will show the progress of items removed from my home as they are sold online at eBay or etsy. That overall challenge of 11,500 units seems like a lot of units with the 1 LB. = 1 UNIT ratio, but I have some larger objects that are quite heavy that I hope leave our household before Spring.
I have already rid our household of approximately 1500 lbs, by selling our 1970 VW Beetle a few weeks ago. Next, I hope to sell our vintage piano that is just gathering dust and propping up some of my collectibles…which will soon be on the auction block as well.
So—do you have plenty of clutter in your life? Want to join in a fun way of seeing it leave? Grab the widget in the sidebar and leave a post here. Soon I will be adding a Lighten the Load Blogroll to both of my sidebars.