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I started making wreaths about two years ago. For myself, family and friends. So when Katie told me to sell them on Etsy , I didn't think anyone would ever buy them, but this week, I've spent the last 5 nights making wreaths, since I've had 6 orders in the last 2 weeks. After everything is said and done, I don't make much money, but I love making them! Rene', Katie's mom, told me she would give me a free booth at one of our Shows to sell them, but it'll probably take me a full year to make enough to sell at a Show, and then I would have to find someone to work the booth for me.  I better get started...haha! Ich habe vor etwa zwei Jahren angefangen Kraenze zu basteln. Für mich selbst, Familie und Freunde. Als Katie mir sagte, dass ich sie auf Etsy verkaufen sollte, dachte ich nicht, dass irgendjemand sie jemals kaufen wuerde, aber diese Woche verbrachte ich jeden Abend damit zu basteln, weil ich in den letzten 2 Wochen  6 Aufträge hatte . Ich ver...

1. I haven’t slept since we returned from our cruise. Not well anyway. While I was usually dead to the world by 10pm each night, I can’t seem to fall asleep anymore. My mind keeps racing around everything that’s going on in our life and I feel like I can’t catch a break. My body is tired, but my mind wants to run a marathon!  2. Zuma had a seizure while we were on vacation. The first one anyone has ever witnessed since those first episodes back in December of 2011. Luckily he was able to get out of it on his own, but after we called the vet, they wanted to check his blood levels anyway to make sure he is on the right medication and that his liver still looks ok, since his meds are really hard on his liver. We also had them check out his foot, since he kept licking it and they said he lost a toenail and it wasn’t a big deal. $471 later we found out that his liver levels were elevated, but everything else came back clear, but that little stinker decided the minute we got home, tha...

We talked about taking a cruise to Alaska for a while now. Katie used to live there for many years and always said she would move back in a heartbeat if she could. We literally booked the trip two weeks before our departure and we got an awesome deal.  First stop was Seattle, where we spent one night before our cruise was taking off.  Wir wollten bereits fuer eine Weile eine Kreuzfahrt nach Alaska machen. Katie lebte dort fuer viele Jahre und sprach oefters darueber, dass sie sofort zurueckziehen wuerde, wenn sie koennte.  Wir buchten den Urlaub buchstäblich zwei Wochen vor unserer Abreise und ich war ueberrascht, wie guenstig es war. Erster Stop war Seattle, wo wir eine Nacht vor unserer Kreuzfahrt verbrachten. Pike Place Market View from the top of the Space Needle Aussicht von der Space Needle This is the view from our hotel room, it was right on the pier and we could walk everywhere. The next morning, ...