We did it!!

On Thursday we became an LLC. I met with Lorien @ Vision Quest to go over QuickBooks. We discussed our intentions with our business, and she suggested we become and LLC. 

I made 4 Shoo Fly Pies yesterday. Two for Vicki, Rachel will be picking up them up this afternoon. And got some items together for Erin to make the quilt she is doing for her friend in ND.

The pillowcase bands are all completed, now to do the cases. Then put them together. For some reason it has been hard for me to get downstairs to my machines, but down the steps I will go. Afterall I have 2 blocks to finish for my CW Quilt as I am calling it. Then I wait for Julia's 2 to show up. Oh, I am making some more for the quilt to even out the quilt. You should see the design I am doing. This is the 2nd quilt I have designed.

I have 38 fans on my PVQ fan page, it is sooo cool. I will have to come up with a contest or something soon. Maybe something for the 100th fan, or when I reach that. What's cool is I have some that just happened across me on the search.

Oh, and guess what!! I am starting quilting classes!! Teaching them. I have 1 student for sure, Theresa Larson. Emily Mathiason is thinking about it. We are going to go shopping for her material on Friday if she is going to take the class. Things are really picking up. 

The Enterprise Healthmine got their Bath Salts delivered on Saturday.

Well I better get back to crackin' downstairs...

Verification

Verified PayPal with my bank this morning. So hopefully sales will happen.

Took a walk yesterday near the State Park (within 5 miles) of our home. Erin ran with  the young pups while Ashley and I walked 2 miles. It was a glorious day. 

Delivered the Bath Salts that Pat at Enterprise Healthmine. She ordered 3 dozen total ( 2 dozen 4 oz, 1 dozen 8 oz).
Last night after dinner I was finally able to get back downstairs to my sewing machine. I made the binding for the purple and green quilt. And I worked on the bands for the 24 pillowcases for the pillowcase challenge. Speaking of the Pillowcase challenge I certainly hope that I get some cases from the Boulder ladies I asked for help from the quilt community.

As for the quilting classes that I am going to do. I am thinking of doing a 9patch/Disappearing 9 Patch for the class and if all goes well then do a Log Cabin class. Then if that goes well we will do a blocks class.

My etsy

I did it!! We will see how well I do. I started selling my quilts on etsy.com. I listed Natural Charm, and Harvest last night. I am soo excited. This is a huge leap for me. Last year sometime Emily mentioned it to me, didn't think much of it at the time. Recently the Wiebe's said they had started and I should check it out. They started selling product there so I checked it out and decided to give it a try. I listed Natural Charm for $160, and Harvest for $230.

Well.....

We are going to put the new scale into use. There is an 8.8lb difference tho. The new scale weighs heavier. It is a digital. Don't like the difference, but what am I to do? My blood sugar this morning was 171, not too bad.

Am trying to get an account set up on etsy to sell my quilts. Am having difficulty loading pics tho. Too many pixels. Contacted Arne to assist me.

Started juicing again this morning. I really need to get back on track. Am going t o get on the wii also today. Went for a walk yesterday.

Phillies had their Season Opener yesterday. first time in several years they won, 11-1 against the Washington Nationals. Obama threw the ball to the catcher- hope he sticks to politics, it was a lousy throw...laughing still. Duke Blue Devils won the NCAA Championship!! Fourth time since Coach K has headed the program. It was a good game against Butler, 61-59.

Have a 3rd quilt on my monster, that's what Darci calls it. Kinda funny. Emily wants me to do a quilt job for her, a picture of Italy. Will charge her $50. Completed another block, for the CW Quilt. Am putting material together for 3 more, want to make some table runners also. Trying to figure a way to do several, then quilt them all at same time on my monster. Need to come up with a name....

We also sold the rebounder for $50, and the daybed for $65.

As for the Weight Loss Wager w/ the Wiebe's- Well Darci and I each lost 11 ponds,  Ashley lost 10lbs, and Arne lost 9lbs. As for the couples- Ashley and I won. They are making us dinner. Since Darci and I lost the same amount - no winner. But we all lost weight, and that is was the ultimate goal. So we achieved that, and we did good, we are all winners. We will just have to continue to lose weight.

Not so good...

Took my A1C this morning. Used the Bayer A1C self check. Have not check for a few years. My blood sugar has been going down steadily. The A1C was 8.4!! Too high!! Not as high as I was fearing but higher than I want. According to the box I need to monitor closely. No dip, what with a recent trip to the hospital due to inability to handle stress and out of control diabetes. I need to work harder on controlling stress, my blood sugar and losing weight.

Ashley and I are going to join a pickleball group. They meet on Wednesdays from 7-9. Hopefully that will help to lose weight. I am down to 218, total of 10lbs.

Finished a quilt last night, so now I have to post a pic. Have 4 more to put on quilter, one to finish- the CW Scout Spirit quilt, and some pillowcases to make. So I better get started. I figure I can get the quilts quilted, then work on the blocks, then the pillowcases. After I am all done then I can bind everything.

I haven't said anything to Ashley 'cept in passing that I am worried about my job. I haven't been busy. 

I worry about the lack of it. I wonder if I need to start looking...

Ashley also has an interview today to be a driver for two guys in Boulder. If he gets it it will be about 4-500 dollars a month extra. Great to pay off bills!!! We can work them down pretty well.

Oh Boy

Well I really need to learn how to control my stress. I ended up in an ambulance ride to the hospital on Sunday. I had a seizure due to not handling stress very well. All because of my sewing room, and helping to get Rachel's house painted. Wasn't worried about that but the fumes were worse than our house painting. Almost as bad as the sealant.

Got my Handi Quilter. It is now waiting to get put together on Friday. Cheryl will be here about 9:30 in the morning. Ashley and I emptied the boxes tonight and placed everything in order downstairs. Will take a pic.

Ashley and I got audited on Tuesday. Michelle really screwed us big time. We are going to get audited for '07, and '09 also. For '08 we owe $4k!!! For the last 3 years we went thru this woman and got money back every year.  I am very pissed to say the least. We are going to a CPA to find out what we are able to do.

Several people heard about what happened Sunday- Shirley L called several times to check, and Mom E called to check on me. Rachel and Brandon were with me for the day on Monday. Shirley V came over to visit me. I am going to try to walk down to the PO, maybe the store to. Gotta get back in the grove. Emily and Colleen were notified of what happened. 
update: I walked down to PO and L&P, I did well. Having the seizure really zaps your energy tho.
We also decided to not got to PA for our vacation. Mom understood, she'll let the rest of the family know. What with what happened to me and the audit we decided we better stay put. Ashley also got the call for an interview for driving guys up to Helena on a daily basis for work. I hope he gets it.