It is absolutely beautiful outside. The temp is around 70 and the sun is shining brightly.
I was sitting on my porch, working on my ETSY shop, thinking how blessed I am to have such a beautiful home. My 8 year old little girl was asking me this morning if everyone had a shower. I said, no, not everyone has a shower. We are very blessed to have one. We don't think about this often, if ever, but most of the world probably does not have an indoor shower with hot water and the turn of a knob. We are very blessed here. I told her that we should never take anything for granted.
Now, on the eating front! Several people at church this morning remarked about my weight loss. It is all from the lack of sugar and wheat in my diet! I am still trying to stick with the Trim Healthy Mama plan - mostly S plan - because of my sugars being so out of whack. I baked the Chocolate Chip Cookies the other night and they were a big hit. I believe I have posted the recipe in a previous blogpost. If not, I will post it in the next one. Last night, we had Big Mac's THM style. It is called Big Mac In A Bowl! It is a bowl of lettuce, hamburger with cheese, tomato, onion, pickle (I left this out) topped with Thousand Island Dressing! It was really good. Grace and I were the only ones who had it in a bowl. Gene and Ben ate theirs on a bun.
In shop news, I have a new goal of 211 views/day. I did a numbers analysis on my shop, because, as I learned in sales, numbers never lie. It is true, but you have to have accurate numbers! So, after 4 years of my shop, I have some pretty accurate numbers to deal with. Anyway, to reach my goal of $1500/month in sales, I need 211 views. If you are interested in the formula, you can email me for the details. So, on to the task of increasing views! How? More frequent social networking! I am actually toying with the idea of a regular podcast.
I have taken a few classes on spinning different types of yarns from Ashley @ Neauveau Fiber Arts. She has a lot of YouTube videos, but she also has an ETSY shop where she sells various video courses. I have bought just about all of them! So, I have spun 3 different types of yarn as you can see below. The blue one is a mohair wrapped wool yarn. The red/green one is a supercoil, which I learned from Jace Boggs' book, Spin Art. And the funky green/orange one is called Root Yarn Spinning. It reminds me of Jamaican hair!
My next yarn is going to be a fabric yarn spun out of this bunch of strips!
I can't wait to spin this. I believe it will be something I love or hate the process of spinning it. Hoping for love! So many ways to spin yarn! Love learning the new techniques. I am so glad I invested in the Ashford Country Spinner. It makes all of this possible!
Until next time...
God Bless You!
Kim
Now, on the eating front! Several people at church this morning remarked about my weight loss. It is all from the lack of sugar and wheat in my diet! I am still trying to stick with the Trim Healthy Mama plan - mostly S plan - because of my sugars being so out of whack. I baked the Chocolate Chip Cookies the other night and they were a big hit. I believe I have posted the recipe in a previous blogpost. If not, I will post it in the next one. Last night, we had Big Mac's THM style. It is called Big Mac In A Bowl! It is a bowl of lettuce, hamburger with cheese, tomato, onion, pickle (I left this out) topped with Thousand Island Dressing! It was really good. Grace and I were the only ones who had it in a bowl. Gene and Ben ate theirs on a bun.
In shop news, I have a new goal of 211 views/day. I did a numbers analysis on my shop, because, as I learned in sales, numbers never lie. It is true, but you have to have accurate numbers! So, after 4 years of my shop, I have some pretty accurate numbers to deal with. Anyway, to reach my goal of $1500/month in sales, I need 211 views. If you are interested in the formula, you can email me for the details. So, on to the task of increasing views! How? More frequent social networking! I am actually toying with the idea of a regular podcast.
I have taken a few classes on spinning different types of yarns from Ashley @ Neauveau Fiber Arts. She has a lot of YouTube videos, but she also has an ETSY shop where she sells various video courses. I have bought just about all of them! So, I have spun 3 different types of yarn as you can see below. The blue one is a mohair wrapped wool yarn. The red/green one is a supercoil, which I learned from Jace Boggs' book, Spin Art. And the funky green/orange one is called Root Yarn Spinning. It reminds me of Jamaican hair!
I can't wait to spin this. I believe it will be something I love or hate the process of spinning it. Hoping for love! So many ways to spin yarn! Love learning the new techniques. I am so glad I invested in the Ashford Country Spinner. It makes all of this possible!
Until next time...
God Bless You!
Kim
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