Day Outside, Night Out

Yesterday was a chilly fall day in Cheyenne (already!!). Adam and I spent our time outdoors cutting tree branches, burning the dead twigs and limbs and cleaning up the backyard. We cleared the area for our new shed and worked on our plans. 10 x 14 ft shed!!! so excited! Once that's done, my garage will be pretty awesome and we'll be able to park both cars in there during the winter months.

After all our hard work we realy didn't want to cook, so we took the kids to Culver's and headed to the $1 theatre to watch Transformers 2. I heard some say that they didn't think it was as good as the first one. True, there was alot more fighting and battling going on, not as much of the talking, etc. BUT, if you like action movies and can stand to sit through a 2.5 hour movie, you'll like it. I thought the graphics were absolutely amazing.

Today I am working on some new premades, laundry and cleaning the house. have to work this afternoon though!

Thank you!

Thank you to all my wonderful customers for your prayers and well wishings for my family. My dad's surgery was successful, although not without complications. We pray that he continues to recover and can go home soon.

Thank you also for your orders, you have been keeping me busy and you have no idea how much I need that!!

I will be adding some new premades to my store this weekend, I've been receiving alot of requests for new designs and apologize for keeping you waiting!! Can you believe it's almost Halloween??? where does the time go?

I also need to redesign my blog and twitter pages over the weekend. K, back to work!!

Things are working again!

After a few weeks of problems with my site and with PayPal, business is getting back to normal! I caught up my custom orders this week, ready to go live over the weekend. Started working on a few new Premades that I'm pretty excited to share with you - please keep sending me your feedback on my designs - knowing what you like is a great way to ensure that I create designs that fit your needs.

In September you can look forward to a HOLIDAY option on your template! for a little extra, I can make a replica of your Spiffy Boutique Premade or custom and add some holiday flair to it to give your store that "Holiday Wishes fulfilled" feeling.

In other news, as some of you may know - my Grams passed away this past Saturday. She had been quite healthy and it happened rather quickly. She lived down in Arizona in a retirement community where she had many friends and was very loved. My parents live down there so she was never alone. Unfortunately, my dad is having a major surgery on Sept 2nd to remove a mass from his head, so my mom is very stressed right now.

I ask for your prayers for my family - for the strength to endure whatever God's will may be. Thank you

Warning Blocking SpiffyBoutiques.com

It came to my attention this past week that my site at SpiffyBoutiques.com is being blocked by Google. Unfortunately, my pages were somehow compromised and unwanted code was inserted into my pages. I have been working on fixing this issue and am waiting for Google to review my site and remove the block.

Hopefully this will be done soon. Love the internet!! Just LOVE it :)

Surely I will survive

In the midst of some very hectic days getting my 7th grader ready for school and my Kindergardner prepared for his big day, I am actually making progress on things around here.

Yesterday I suffered a panic attack due to all the stress with two jobs, back to school, my husband leaving for a 9 day fishing trip, etc. I know I will survive, but right now I'm just ready for everything to get back to the normal grind of kids at school and me at home during the day. A nice quiet sanctuary in which to work. 13 more days... yay!!

Behind Behind Behind

Good Morning,
Going through my inbox today and project list. BIG APOLOGY to everyone who I'm working with right now. I'm quite behind and will be chained to my desk working all hours to get things caught up here. If you haven't heard from me, give me a day or two to get to my bearings. Thank you!!!

Reporting Live from my .... Keyboard

Happy Monday to you!

I am back at my desk - { Ode to my Computer } -

Dear Computer,
How I missed you! The long days I was forced to stay away were empty; useless; and void of color. Did you miss me too? This morning when I pushed your power button, the gentle hum you gave me led me to believe that you truly did. How quickly you warmed for me, opening the many programs you contain without a moment of hestitation. Indeed, perhaps our short break has but strengthened our relationship. Alas, I must tell you that your keyboard is in need of cleaning, your fortress in desperate need of dusting - I shall cater to your appearance and leave you shining once again before me. My adoration cannot be denied. -

Ok, back to work now....