Well, hello stranger! It's me. I know I have been away for awhile, a lot has gone on in my life in the last year, but I will save that for another time.
Right now, I would like to share with you that I have relisted some things on Etsy. It is a start. I am working on some other ideas besides my coffee condoms. If you are curious, have a look at my shop. It is nice to see everyone again!!!
Yeah! I finally got some new lights so I can take pictures of my Coffee Condoms inside during the winter. It has been so dark inside and so cold outside that I haven't listed anything in a while. But that has all changed now! Each light is 500 watts! I can even take pictures in the evening!
So check out my shoppe to see the new Coffee Condom. There will be more going up in the next few days.
Just a quick note to let you know that I have started listing again on my Etsy site. For now it is just my Coffee Condoms, but there will be some new items coming soon.
Thanks for sticking with me!!!
I have put up a new Coffee Condom in the shoppe. It is a mix of nylon and acrylic for durability, but has a touch of cashmere that makes it oh so soft!
I have been giving the business a lot of thought lately and have started working on an actual business plan. I figure if I want this to be a "real" business and move away from it being just a hobby, then I need a "real" business plan. It is a bit of a process to try to see where I really want to go with this, but it is such a learning experience. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who is trying to get their business off the ground. Just google small business plan and you will come up with a ton of resources.
Well, off to knit and get a good nights sleep!!
What is it??
It is my 3 1/2 year old LG dryer that isn't under warranty anymore! DD#2's clothes weren't drying and I had my sheets in the wash when we realized it. So we called where we bought it and apparently we didn't get an extended warranty on the dryer ( I do believe the sales guy said that dryers rarely break down LOL!!). So without a warranty, my electrician hubby took it apart to see what was wrong. It turns out it was just a fuse, but of course we figured this out late Saturday afternoon on a long weekend. We couldn't get the part until Tuesday!! Oh, by the way, Sears is a great place to find parts for appliances! We didn't even buy it there! So DH and DD#2 took the wet laundry and travel Yahtzee to the laundry mat to dry. DH put the new fuse and a sensor in yesterday and all is well!! It was only $50 in parts. The place where we bought the dryer from wanted $100 just to come look at it!! My DH is definitely my hero!
In other breaking news.....the world is being taken over by aphids! Who knew!! There are millions of them out there!!! AAAAHHHHH!!!!!!
The good news from this weekend is that Michael's had a 50% off coupon!! I know, I don't really need more craft supplies, but I just had to feed my addiction! I got this...
It is a Xyron 510!!! It makes anything into a sticker!!!!!!! This one is 5" wide. You can also get refils for laminating and for making magnets!! This is going to be so much fun!
I put a new Coffee Condom up in the shoppe. 
I finally got outside to take pictures yesterday morning. The aphids lightened up a bit so I rushed out and got some done... just before my camera battery died!! LOL!! I feel like a comedy of errors lately LOL!! But I did get some done, so check out the shoppe for some new stuff. I really love this new soy/wool yarn from Patons! The colourways are just so nice and the yarn is really soft!
Off to do laundry! Have a creative, bug free day!!
I swear time moves faster as we get older!!
This week was spent doing some stuff to get ready for our road trip to BC.
Daisy is now dosed up so that she doesn't get fleas or heartworm in BC. We don't have those here in Alberta. I think it's because it gets so cold here in the winter. She really liked this vet she saw because the vet got down on the ground to her level. I think that is just awesome!!!
I sold a Coffee Condom!! It has been a month since I sold the last one and I was getting a bit disheartened. I am still working on a few ideas for new items for the shop, but planning and packing seem to be taking over. Oh and I am a new aunty again!! So there are a few baby presents to be made to!!!!!
The weather was so beautiful this week, that we had our first impromptu picnic! We keep a picnic basket full of plates and other necessities in the back of our van for just such wonderful moments. It is so good to just stop the day for a while and have a picnic and enjoy each other's company! 
We took a quick road trip to Red Deer to see our friends who were in town there for the weekend. It was such a great visit. The kids all really needed to see each other and it was great catching up. I do miss our friends from Cold Lake. Hopefully we will have some good visits over the summer.
I had a wonderful Mother's Day! I lazed around trying not to think of everything that needed to be done. I got some beautiful tulips and we had a wonderful dinner of Pho (actually we had bun, but it came from the Pho restaurant!) Yum!!!!!!
Well, I'm off to see what trouble I can get into!!!
So, what have I been up to??
I keep asking myself that too!
I have been knitting away, making up a bunch of Coffee Condoms that I will be putting up in my shop soon. I have also been hibernating quite a bit with all the snow we have been having on and off. I find it a bit depressing when we have 12C to 16C for a few days and then the next we wake up to snow and -10C. But alas, that is spring in Calgary. You would think that I would be used to it by now. This next week is supposed to be nice, though so hopefully that will bring my spirits back up!!!!
Michael's had a coupon for 50%off this past weekend! We picked up a starter kit for screen printing! I have succeeded in getting DH interested in it!! He is soooo creative and I hope this will give him an outlet for his creativity! I think it would be so great to put some of his art up in my shop or maybe one day for him to open his own Etsy shop!!! He is also a bit of a techie! We always say he is hardware and I am software. He likes to take the computers apart and add things and I enjoy the programming and such. You can find a link to the blog he is trying to get going up at the top right of my page. Say "hey" to him if you go take a look. He doesn't think anyone is looking at it. Of course, if he had more time, I am sure there would be more on his blog. It is a work in progress though!!!!
I am going to leave you today with some spring life from my garden! This makes me feel so good and gives me hope that the beautiful weather is on its way!!!
Spring is finally here!! I am so happy!!! I love spring. The morning started off with winter giving us a brief snowfall. Then it warmed up to a beautiful day this afternoon when spring officially began. What a wonderful sign that it is going to be a beautiful season.
Even my Coffee Condoms are looking bright and colourful!
I sold 2 yesterday at my Etsy shop! Yeah!! It makes me so happy that more people are finding these and are saving a small bit of the environment! I think I have knitted about a hundred by now. I love using mine and dh uses his all the time. We always get great comments when we take them out at the coffee shops.
We have been organizing like crazy here (yet another sign of spring!). DH organized his work room and put up some shelves to organize his tools. He actually got rid of some old hard drives!! That is a big step LOL!! My craft area is almost done! I will take some pictures of it in a couple of days! It is going to be so nice to be able to leave my projects out until they are done!!
Well, back to knitting!!
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