busy reasons

life has been so very busy and here are some very good reasons why:


my parents

dad has been in and out of hospital since mid september but is now doing much better...mom is the caregiver and is getting worn out.  we are trying to do what we can to give them the help they need at this time. 

a new puppy

she's a rescue that came complete with fleas...and we are finally at the end of that mess but still working on the housetraining.  she's a sweetheart and her name is laci.

new "old" flooring in bathroom

bathroom renovation is still ongoing but there is a light at the end of the tunnel.  i am really hoping we'll be done in the next few weeks..at least with a working toilet and sink.  it's a good thing we have another full bathroom.

how to repurpose lathe 

projects galore and many more waiting in line.



1950's Harlequin Round Covered Vegetable Bowl
SOLD!

 setting up my etsy shop amidst the chaos and selling my first item..woo hoo!

i sure do miss posting and have been working on a few behind the scenes.  i do visit blogs when i can just to keep inspired.  i miss you all...and hope to be back in the saddle soon.

There's Hope for Me!

If you're new to blogging like I am, you probably have been frustrated at times with various aspects of posting, layout and pictures.  This has been a learning curve for me and very time consuming due to my lack of knowledge.  The wonderful thing about this blogosphere are the wonderful people out there who have taken the time to alert us newbies about the "how to's".  I would like to give a shout out to Susan at BNOTP for her recent blog post about heading tabs. 


I have been trying to do a variety of things to my blog to make it more "me", appealing and friendly.  I now have hope and am slowly succeeding at this.  I finally was able to apply the heading tabs to my blog, use linkwithin that will add those nifty little "you might also like" post pics, buttons for my sidebar, AND add a pic for my title!  The aforementioned was accomplished thanks to Picnik and its easy peasy photo editing.  I have Candy Allen from JMS and  Junk Sophisticate to thank for this information when I was struggling to learn how to resize pics. 
I still need to tweak some pics and blog areas but at least I now have the "know how" to get the job completed.   

Etsy is my next venture which I have been holding off on for some time now.  I have my site up but still have the shop appearance and items to sell that need to be loaded on.  One must have merchandise right!?   I am a visual, hands on learner and thus I'm very suh..low!  My one big hold up is how to figure shipping for each item.  I'm not sure if Etsy helps with that or one needs to weigh each item or both?  I sure would appreciate any help that anyone out there has..a webpage, etsy page or blog that addresses it.

Be sure to check out all the links that I"ve added for your enjoyment, you'll be glad that you did.

Also, I haven't forgotten about posting more of our kitchen remodel...really!  It's just that life has gotten in the way of my blogging.  The great thing about Blogger is that you can draft a post and work on it when you have the time.  I just need the time!   ;)