School Clothes Shopping

My daughter wants to get a headstart on school clothes shopping so we are heading to Reno to do that. I am not a shopper so it is very hard for me to do this. Malls for me are the worst, anxiety attack waiting to happen! It wouldn't be so bad but she loves shopping, go figure! So I will do the best I can so that she can enjoy herself and not be pressured to hurry up for mom's sake.

Then you have the husband that is all excited to go to his kind of places, Harbor Freight, Lowes, Exotic Wood Shop, etc.

Me, I will be the one standing as close to the doors of these places as I can so that my exit will be fast when the anxiety hits!

Last time we went shopping in the mall, I ended up letting my daughter and her friend do their shopping and I walked the whole outside of the mall until she got done.

Christmas in July

Over 200 Etsy sellers are offering special prices on their items to celebrate Christmas in July. This will run from July 20-31. So be sure to check out the shops by going to Etsy and searching for christmasinjuly.

Just a few of the shops participating:

http://capturedtimebooks.etsy.com
http://3craftyladies.etsy.com
http://DesignedbyLucinda.etsy.com
http://Vintagesnapsandscrap.etsy.com
http://FluffyFlowers.etsy.com

Lily's Brother

Here is Lily's brother, we are calling him Star, short for Starburst for now.

The photo is a little blurry, he didn't want to cooperate in the photo taking process!

Resellers

Even though we aren't selling at the moment, I am constantly on Etsy. Admin has asked for help from the members to flag items that do not belong on Etsy. Since I have the time, I do look for resellers. I have found quite a few of them, most in just a few minutes of browsing. So if I can do it why can't admin do it?

When I send a flag to admin I always try to include proof that the items in question are mass produced and not handmade and are being sold by every Tom, Dick & Harry on the net somewhere! Now in this flagging I don't flag supplies or vintage as I know they are allowed.

Even though I try to send enough proof to show admin why these flagged items don't belong, the shops in question are still being allowed to sell, more and more buyers are getting items they believe to be handmade.

Since Ebay has changed so much, their sellers are trying to find new venues for their items and from the looks of things they have found Etsy. It would be nice if they would read the TOS and know their items aren't allowed.

I do a lot of investigating about the shops I find and sometimes I can't find the item elsewhere on the net but I know deep down they are mass produced and get frustrated when I can't prove it. One sometimes only has to look at the photo, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know they aren't handmade! Sometimes the shop forgets to take the company's name off of the photo they took from the company's site.

Somebody started a blog named Flaggy but the items haven't changed for awhile so I don't know if they have the time to keep it up. It shows mass produced shops and the proof that they are.

Newest Feral Kitten-Lily

About 3 weeks ago I had brought this kitten into the house to clean her eyes and then put her back outside. We hadn't seen or heard her since then, so we figured she had died, she was so tiny when I brought her in. Well yesterday we kept hearing a kitten meowing but couldn't find it. While sitting outside last night I told my husband to get the flashlight because we really needed to find this kitten. He found her, she had came out of hiding and was right outside the door.

I immediately thought that no it wasn't her but lo and behold it was! She is still tiny(runt of the litter), her brothers and sisters are a lot bigger and can eat on their own. She is having a hard time with it. So my husband decides that she needs to come back in since she had cried all day because the mother ignored her. So we fed her and put her in a pet carrier and let her sleep in the house. This morning we tried putting her out but the mother cats wouldn't have anything to do with her, we believe they are all dried up.

So yes she is back in the house and will not be put back out, we live where coyotes are always in our yard and don't want to take a chance on them getting her(she's a big time meower)!