I'm Still Here....Really, I Am....

Jonathan thought I was nuts to stop in the rain for this picture.  I'm not nuts...it is gorgeous!

Oh, dear friends, what a ride this whole candle season 

is turning out to be!  Since I started my Etsy shop I have

shipped packages at least once a week, often three or 

four times a week.  I am so blessed by the response there.

I have easily tripled my fund raiser work this year and am 

actively looking for an off site location to make candles.

Yes, my business is growing that much and quickly.

Last evening one of the public school fundraiser coordinators

asked if she could invite two other groups to join them in 

their fund raiser.  I gulped, turned white...told Warren...and

he said, "The answer is YES!".  

Oh. My.

My belly is in a happy uproar 

at all of this excitement.

Later this week I will run a Heartsy Deal

in my shop which will likely generate a lot

of new customers.  It is like Groupon

but for Etsy.  I hope you'll take advantage of 

it if you've been thinking of trying my candles

but haven't done so yet.  It runs for VIP's on 

Wednesday...if you buy a VIP pass you pay

$10 and get a $31 voucher for my shop.

On Thursday the regular Heartsy members

will pay $10 and receive a $21 voucher for

Good Neighbors Candle Co. on Etsy.

I take regular breaks to take kids to 

doctor appointments, work and .....

Starbucks!

Yep!  It has to happen regularly or 

a certain someone gets cranky.

Its not me.

But one I love dearly and she 

pays for her own addiction so

I am willing to enable her for now.

LOL

Oh!  And she is learning to drive.

She does very well and hopes to 

be much more independent in 

January.

You know, the month with all of 

the snow and ice around here?

Yep!  That month.

I'm in denial.

Its easier.

I understand, now better than ever, 

why God led by example and rested 

on the seventh day.

It is good for us.

Not always easy to just stop

but definitely wise to do as He did.

So....I saw Courageous for the third

time last night.

Am I crazy?

Nope!

Warren hadn't seen it yet

and he needed to.

Mrs. Rabe and Emma came along.

Last Sunday night I had seen it 

with their family and Chelsea.

I went with our Moms during the week.

So...really it is not ALL about candles here.

Just mostly.

This is why I haven't posted much.

Not a lot to share that you'd even care about.

But, I wanted to check in and say that 

I miss you!

Love the customer/blog reader connections

that have been experienced over the past 

few weeks.