Things are getting quite busy for us here! This month we are moving into a new place, I will begin the new school year with my colorguard students, I am working an auxiliary camp this week at NAU and our anniversary is this Friday! I have been working to revamp the appearance of my website...

Lots of new things are happening in my life! I have had the pleasure of enjoying nature lately. I have an apartment patio that is filled with herbs, vegetables and flowers. Just recently two barn swallows that have also taken up residence on my patio. They built a nest, laid eggs and now have six...

Continuation of: “This holiday weekend sucked!!” Over the last week I have had some significant car drama. My car was revving out of control on the way home, I almost had a major wreck. You can read the initial post here. So my car was towed to a mechanic near my parent’s home down in...

Sometimes I just hate holidays!! I am usually working on holidays which means I am waiting on other people, ensuring they have a wonderful time and all that… Holidays mean overly excited people who are usually also very picky and impossible to please.. I am sure you can already tell that my holiday weekend did...

Well the numbers are in for my February sales at the co-op booth! I sold about 3lbs of fudge and two denim purses. I made enough to cover the booth rent so all in all it was a success! I came in mid month so March will be my first full month and I have...

Control is an illusion that we all struggle with. Do you believe you have control over your life? What does it mean to control your life? Can you control death and various other life changing events? Can you control the direction your life is headed? Your answers to these questions make you the person you...

After about three days of frustration I finally managed to get wordpress up and running on my domain! It was a complicated process but I found many helpful articles on installing & configuring wordpress. Many thanks to Cricket (my SEO class Teacher) for the installing wordpress article! Also thanks to everyone who posts on the...

This week has been very busy yet very positive and my business has made so much progress!! I got the permanent spot at the Flagstaff Swap Meet so that is good exposure for my products. I also just found out today that the site Gift-Giving-Guide.com did a review on my Romantic Message in a Bottle...

“The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) recently reported that 63 percent of Americans are sleep deprived.” (Source: http://www.didyouknow.org) Did you know that symptoms of insomnia include: Difficulty falling asleep. Waking up too early then not being able to get back to sleep. Waking up frequently throughout the night. Waking up feeling un-refreshed. Various things can cause...

My website (Custom Gifts By Talina) went live in November 2005. Over the course of the last few months I have experienced many site building mistakes and frustrations. I am taking search engine optimization classes and chatting with several other small business owners on various groups (AZ Craft Biz Connection & QFLEA) to learn more...