I stopped posting anything maybe close to a month ago now. I even stopped doing Wordless Wednesday posts a few weeks ago. When I check my stats I usually have quite a few views on each new post & even a few on older posts but generally nobody comments on any of the posts. When nobody comments on anything it's hard to tell if anyone seems to really care at all.
I generally started writing on the blog mostly for myself, to get some of the jumbled thoughts out of my head. The fact that it seemed like some people were actually reading it was a bonus.
Now I really just don't have the time to try & force posts unless it's something I really need to get out & off my mind. I've been getting lots of orders for jewelry & stuff plus the fact that I've been doing all these vendor events. This coming Saturday is my last event for the month but then I have 2 the first 2 weeks of December. All 3 of these events are rather large so I want/need to make sure I have plenty of stock for both. I have nearly been selling out on some of the different items I have so I'm trying to get busy.
If you are reading this & haven't seen any of my stuff before & are curious you can see most of the stuff I do on our business facebook page Jon's Guns
I opened an Etsy shop a while back & listed a few items to see what might happen there & if anyone wanted to buy anything until we got our web store up & running. Our web store is mostly functional, we're just waiting to get our postal scale so we can do accurate shipping costs. Until then if you want to check out the Etsy shop you'll find it here
I'm not sure when I'll make another post but December 8th is my last show for the year & so far I'm not really wanting to book myself for anything next year yet. I'd like to only do 1 show a month maybe or stick to mostly gun shows next year. But we'll just have to see what happens.
Monday, November 12, 2012
Friday, October 19, 2012
Foam Playmat
For Christmas last year I really wanted to make sure that Keegan got a little foam playmat. We have these awesome little chairs. They're like high chairs but just a little chair. You can set them on the floor or strap them to a big chair for the table.
He grew up over at Granny's house sitting in his little chair watching TV & eating his food. We have a really hard time getting him to eat most of the time & unfortunately he tends to eat better when he's actually watching TV. On the weekends we generally have breakfast at the table & we almost always have dinner at the table but during the week breakfast & lunch are often in the little chair.
Granny bought him a mat for Christmas from the store but there was a serious problem with it. It had the alphabet in it, which seemed great, but the letters all came out. It didn't take too long at all before half the letters were missing at various times or the edges just poked up so we were constantly stumbling over it. Not good, especially with my falling history.
I did some looking around online & managed to find this thing on Amazon.
It's AWESOME! Exactly what I needed & it's the perfect size to cover the area around his chair for little mishaps.
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His chair is a little askew in this pic but usually it goes right in the center & close to the couch.
Now the new problem started once Kaden started eating finger foods. Our kitten LOVES people food & if he doesn't throw food on the floor for her, she comes over & eats off his tray. I'm always chasing her away & even though she does usually eat the food off the floor she's not quite as efficient as a dog. There's still usually a mess around.
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If I didn't get the vacuum out right away days like this when he was eating Cheerios I'd find squished pieces of Cheerios all over the floor because the cat would play with them as well as eat them so they'd get dragged all over.
I've been meaning to buy him a mat for a while & about a month ago I got some more Amazon gift cards from Superpoints & Swagbucks (check out this link if you're interested on how I got the gift cards) so I finally got him his mat. BEST THING EVER!!
When he throws his food on the floor it's no big mess on the carpet. I can pick up the pieces easily & then if the mat is gooey or sticky etc some quick sprays with Clorox Cleanup & some paper towels & it's all clean.
So if you have little ones that have these little chairs or something similar where they eat or have snacks then you should totally consider getting this mat. It will make your life so much easier.
If you don't have the chairs but are interested in them here's a link to it on Amazon. We got ours at Target before both the kids were born. I think they're both space savers but for some reason Keegan's is a bit bigger than Kaden's. We couldn't find the bigger one in the stores this time, just the smaller one.
He grew up over at Granny's house sitting in his little chair watching TV & eating his food. We have a really hard time getting him to eat most of the time & unfortunately he tends to eat better when he's actually watching TV. On the weekends we generally have breakfast at the table & we almost always have dinner at the table but during the week breakfast & lunch are often in the little chair.
Granny bought him a mat for Christmas from the store but there was a serious problem with it. It had the alphabet in it, which seemed great, but the letters all came out. It didn't take too long at all before half the letters were missing at various times or the edges just poked up so we were constantly stumbling over it. Not good, especially with my falling history.
I did some looking around online & managed to find this thing on Amazon.
It's AWESOME! Exactly what I needed & it's the perfect size to cover the area around his chair for little mishaps.
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Now the new problem started once Kaden started eating finger foods. Our kitten LOVES people food & if he doesn't throw food on the floor for her, she comes over & eats off his tray. I'm always chasing her away & even though she does usually eat the food off the floor she's not quite as efficient as a dog. There's still usually a mess around.
.JPG)
If I didn't get the vacuum out right away days like this when he was eating Cheerios I'd find squished pieces of Cheerios all over the floor because the cat would play with them as well as eat them so they'd get dragged all over.
I've been meaning to buy him a mat for a while & about a month ago I got some more Amazon gift cards from Superpoints & Swagbucks (check out this link if you're interested on how I got the gift cards) so I finally got him his mat. BEST THING EVER!!
When he throws his food on the floor it's no big mess on the carpet. I can pick up the pieces easily & then if the mat is gooey or sticky etc some quick sprays with Clorox Cleanup & some paper towels & it's all clean.
So if you have little ones that have these little chairs or something similar where they eat or have snacks then you should totally consider getting this mat. It will make your life so much easier.
If you don't have the chairs but are interested in them here's a link to it on Amazon. We got ours at Target before both the kids were born. I think they're both space savers but for some reason Keegan's is a bit bigger than Kaden's. We couldn't find the bigger one in the stores this time, just the smaller one.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
WW: Just Too Cute
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Last week we were at my Mom's, he was being cranky so I got out his brother's fold out couch & put him in it & this is what he did while watching TV. It lasted a few minutes haha.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
WW: Not Friday
I'm actually glad it's not Friday cause I have an event Friday night & swamped! So happy Wednesday all! I'll be quiet this week, enjoy it haha.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Dentist Trip
Yesterday I had to go to the dentist. They actually called & busted me because I was supposed to go in for my check up in January. It's almost been 10yrs since my last cavity now. I've only had 3 total which is pretty awesome!
It was a pretty interesting trip all around. I'm not sure if it's all dentists offices or just mine but I LOVE how they always want to talk while you're having x-rays & they're cleaning your teeth etc. I had a new hygienist this time & she was really nice. We were talking about the kids & she has an 11 month old at home too.
She could not believe or figure out how it is that I do all the stuff that I do plus have 2 kids. I made sure & pointed out that Keegan's gone most of the day for 3 days a week but she still couldn't believe how I did it. She couldn't imagine trying to do all this with just her 1. I have days now & then where I feel like I'm super woman & then other days when it just feels like the whole day was a waste.
Trust me it's not easy. I pretty much never take time off, I'm always doing something. There are so many times a week when I hear Jon tell me to just stop, don't do anything & just relax but I just can't. I often feel stressed most of the time, my body hurts like crazy & I am always tired but it's worth it. I'm trying to be the best wife, mother, and business partner that I can be. Most weeks I manage a good cleaning of the house getting all the floors nice & clean so the kids can dirty them up almost instantly. I do dishes, laundry & clean up the kitchen daily. I take care of the kids, run errands, & do some of the shopping. I make half the business orders, handle most of the business stuff online, schedule events, make all the handmade stuff I sell & now I opened the Etsy shop so I'll have shipping orders etc to deal with too.
Somehow in all that mess I still try to make a weekly post here if possible. My creative brain just keeps turning. I have so many ideas of things to make & do & just never enough time. I had considered taking the whole month of October off from events but then got talked into accepting 2 at the beginning of the month. I'm really glad now that I didn't accept anymore that we got invited to be at because Kaden has been teething for quite a while & the last two weeks have been really bad. He almost never takes his afternoon nap, he didn't even sleep this morning for more than 45 minutes, and then thinks he needs to be in my lap the whole time instead of playing so my work time has been drastically cut. Plus he wakes up crying at least 3 times every night, sometimes 6 or 7 so what sleep I do get is terribly interrupted. I think it's worse than when he was a newborn & waking up to eat haha.
I guess it really is amazing when you think about it that way.
Anyway the other cool thing about the dentist trip was that I didn't think about giving her one of my cards until she was already gone so I asked the receptionist to give it to her. Her response was, "Ooo ooo what is this? I don't know what it is but it looks cool. Tell me what it is." I started to laugh and as I started answering she noticed my earrings. I think we ended up talking about guns & stuff for 5-10min til she got a phone call. So hopefully I'll be seeing her again haha.
Kaden appears to be finally napping again so it's time to get back to work. I hope everyone has a good day & week. I probably won't be back on here until next week sometime. We have an event Saturday so wish me luck!
It was a pretty interesting trip all around. I'm not sure if it's all dentists offices or just mine but I LOVE how they always want to talk while you're having x-rays & they're cleaning your teeth etc. I had a new hygienist this time & she was really nice. We were talking about the kids & she has an 11 month old at home too.
She could not believe or figure out how it is that I do all the stuff that I do plus have 2 kids. I made sure & pointed out that Keegan's gone most of the day for 3 days a week but she still couldn't believe how I did it. She couldn't imagine trying to do all this with just her 1. I have days now & then where I feel like I'm super woman & then other days when it just feels like the whole day was a waste.
Trust me it's not easy. I pretty much never take time off, I'm always doing something. There are so many times a week when I hear Jon tell me to just stop, don't do anything & just relax but I just can't. I often feel stressed most of the time, my body hurts like crazy & I am always tired but it's worth it. I'm trying to be the best wife, mother, and business partner that I can be. Most weeks I manage a good cleaning of the house getting all the floors nice & clean so the kids can dirty them up almost instantly. I do dishes, laundry & clean up the kitchen daily. I take care of the kids, run errands, & do some of the shopping. I make half the business orders, handle most of the business stuff online, schedule events, make all the handmade stuff I sell & now I opened the Etsy shop so I'll have shipping orders etc to deal with too.
Somehow in all that mess I still try to make a weekly post here if possible. My creative brain just keeps turning. I have so many ideas of things to make & do & just never enough time. I had considered taking the whole month of October off from events but then got talked into accepting 2 at the beginning of the month. I'm really glad now that I didn't accept anymore that we got invited to be at because Kaden has been teething for quite a while & the last two weeks have been really bad. He almost never takes his afternoon nap, he didn't even sleep this morning for more than 45 minutes, and then thinks he needs to be in my lap the whole time instead of playing so my work time has been drastically cut. Plus he wakes up crying at least 3 times every night, sometimes 6 or 7 so what sleep I do get is terribly interrupted. I think it's worse than when he was a newborn & waking up to eat haha.
I guess it really is amazing when you think about it that way.
Anyway the other cool thing about the dentist trip was that I didn't think about giving her one of my cards until she was already gone so I asked the receptionist to give it to her. Her response was, "Ooo ooo what is this? I don't know what it is but it looks cool. Tell me what it is." I started to laugh and as I started answering she noticed my earrings. I think we ended up talking about guns & stuff for 5-10min til she got a phone call. So hopefully I'll be seeing her again haha.
Kaden appears to be finally napping again so it's time to get back to work. I hope everyone has a good day & week. I probably won't be back on here until next week sometime. We have an event Saturday so wish me luck!
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