Thursday, July 16, 2009

Discouraged


I know I have not updated this a lot lately, except for my sales. There is a lot to say a lot of pictures to post, but I feel like venting a little. Ha ha


I feel bad. I do all this preparation, all this late-night work, updating, e-mailing, and it feels like a big waste of time. This big super sale I've been having isn't going as well as I thought it would. I don't get it. I have no idea why. The site gets a lot of hits, but not a lot of orders. I wish I knew what the problem was- is it my prices? my items? my site layout or look? is something not working?? Agh...it is discouraging. I told Anthony I am thinking about just giving up on my website all together. I do much better at live shows, where I and my products are face to face with the customer, but the site...at least it reaches people I will never be able to see. Agh. What to do. Spend more time spreading the word, add more funds to advertise, or pay someone to make my site better than I could ever do? Agh again. Agh.


But, it did make me happy that Anthony talked all day to his customers about what a wonderful bbq sandwich his wife woudl have for him when he got home. At least I am an awesome cook!

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Wow, I'm awful

We played with sparklers on our last night in Utah. Neils was good with them
Always holding them out in front of him, not being too dangerous
I told him "it's hot, don't touch" and he listened. Until the sparks went out, then he reached out and grabbed the red part of the stick.

He has little burns on his thumb and finger, you just can't really see the one on his thumb in the picture.

and today, he managed to plug my iron in (I honestly never thought he would do it, and I guess it is my fault for leaving the iron out and not having plug protectors). He burned his legs, tiny burns, but he still has blisters. He isn't complaining about his burns constantly, but he does say 'ouch' sometimes. I feel so bad!