Coffee Break

These are too go not to share ~

12 Ways to know if you drink too much coffee...

1. You answer the door before people knock.

2. The only kitchen appliances you own are made by Mr. Coffee.

3. You get a tax cut for all the coffee you bought.

4. You get a speeding ticket even when you're parked.

5. You're the employee of the month at the local coffeehouse and you don't even work there.

6. The only gift you want for Valentine's Day are chocolate covered coffee beans.

7. You walk twenty miles on your treadmill before you realize it's not plugged in.

8. You've built a miniature city out of little plastic stirrers.

9. Instant coffee takes too long.

10. You go to sleep just so you can wake up and smell the coffee.

11. You name your cats "Cream" and "Sugar."

12. You can outlast the Energizer Bunny.

I didn't not come up with these, I am borrowing them from a newsletter I receive. There wasn't an author or I would have added it.

Have you thought about your 2011 goals yet?

Have you all started on your 2011 goals? I have - I have goals for my business, and personal goals. I have put my goals where I can see them daily, and I have added dates to most of them as to when I want them accomplished by.

How do you keep track of your goals? Have you set any yet? Below is a list of some of my goals for this year:

Personal: Clean out the spice cabinet, and clean out the pots and pans cabinet.

Goals for my office - add more shelves, organize greeting cards, tabs, tea bag envelopes by season, and put into photo boxes.

Business: Add 30 new items to The Speckled Goose, Scrapper & Stamper weekly, blog three times weekly, add montly pictures of The Speckled Goose located inside Noble Treaures, and make sure that my websites are backed up at least weekly, and more often if new items have been added.

This is just a few of my 2011 goals. I hope this has gotten you thinking about creating some goals for yourself.

Have a great week, and happy goal setting.

Today's Inspirational Quote

Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.

Brian Tracy, Eat that Frog

Happy New Year

I hope you all had a great Christmas, and have a safe and wonderful New Year!! I for one am glad that 2010 is almost over. It has been a long six months, and I am ready to start a fresh year!!

I haven't bloged much the last six months due to the loss of my mother, and my old dog Butch. I miss both of them a lot, and then the last three weeks I have been in bed for most of the time (or in the chair) with a whopping of a cold. I am getting back to normal, whatever that is. =)

We had a great Christmas at the Dumdi house, and I am looking forward to getting back to work. I have been busy at the antique store, and am still working Wednesday & Thursday, if you're in Old Town Lafayette. Haley d'Pug and I would love to see you.

More soon, and it sure feels good to get back to work!!

Nancie, Haley d'Pug, and Bear d'Pug

Snow has hit the metro Denver area

We all have been waiting for the weather to change, and now it has. We went from mid-70s to snow. Only in Colorado can you see that kind of change. It sure is pretty, and we need the mositure.

Things have been moving along at The Speckled Goose, and tomorrow it will start look like the holiday season. I am not sure I am ready for Christmas yet, but the calendar says that it is coming, and coming FAST!!

I am working on some changes at The Speckled Goose, and I am excited about telling everyone about them, but you're going to have to wait a couple of weeks. Don't worry it is all for the good!! I am continuing to work on tags, greeting cards, and need to get myself in gear and get the calendars that I have promised created and added to the website.

More later, hope you all have a great rest of the week.

Nancie, Haley d'Pug, & Bear

What's new at The Speckled Goose

It was brought to my attention today that I need to get back to blogging. I have been away from it since my mother was sick this summer. I agreed with Helen, and decided that there is no better time to get back at it.

What has been happening at the Goose you ask? Well, we have moved into a new space within Noble Treasures, and I have a lot more time to create which I am loving. I am missing the daily intereaction with customers, although I still get to do that at Noble Treasures.

I have been working long hours on my printables, graphics, and making cards, tags, recipe cooks, and more for the store.

Be Thankful Printable Wrapper Set

Christmas Morning Printable Wrapper Set



I am off and back to work. You all have a great weekend, and I'll be back with lots more!!

Nancie, Haley d'Pug & Bear (wanna be Pug)

Long Summer and Back to Work

It sure has been a long summer for our family. My mom went to the doctor and the technican did some adjustments on her pacemaker. Needless to say, I believe that was the begininng of the end. She immediately started having breathing problems, but thought that was normal. Didn't tell my sister (who is a nurse) because of what she would say.

Mom and her hubby took a trip to Idaho to visit my sister, and she was immediately put into the hospital for the week. Got her stable and sent her back home to California. Had several doctors appointments, but nothing was done. Then her hubby took her to the hospital.

We (I) was in Paradise hospital for almost two weeks, then we had mom transferred to San Francisco. Spent about one and a half weeks there. Docs did all they could for her and it we were basically told it is now a waiting process. Can we get better enough to live in an assisted living facility or ???? Mom would never go back and take care of her home.

We got mom stable and then transferred her to Boise, Idaho, closer to my sister, (and a little closer for me). She was doing better, but not good enough for an assisted living facility yet. Then she took a turn for the worse. I headed that way, Jacque flew out, and the three of us girls spent the next week and half with mom, and then the Lord took her to another place.

She is no longer suffering, for which I am glad, but I miss her. The family then gathered back in Paradise, California to clean out her house, memorial service, and then place mom where she belongs, which back with our dad.

I am now back at home, John is back in school, The Speckled Goose is taking on more space inside Noble Treasures. That move should be completed within the next few days. No rest for the wicked, but I didn't realize that I was that wicked. =)

Next post I'll show you what I have been up to the last week or so, and then I am back to work again.

Have a great rest of your weekend.

Nancie

ps - thanks for all the thoughts and prayers during this long summer I have had.

Back to School Clip Art Sale

For a limited time we are having a Back to School Clip Art Sale - Most sets are $1.00 per set and our Website Graphics are on Sale for $5.00 per set.

Our Clipart Sets are Commerical Use and Personal Use.

Load up now and get started on your Fall and Christmas crafting early.

Below is a small sampling of what you'll find:

Autumn Collection 3 LE

Autumn Colors LE

Christmas Kitties

Christmas Pails

New Work Hours at Noble Treasures

For those of you that come to visit Haley and I at Noble Treasures on Monday or Tuesday, please make a note that effective August 11th, we will now be working on Wednesday and Thursday.

We have also added many new items to The Speckled Goose within Noble Treasures. You can still find our awesome handcrafted dolls, stitcheries, new jewelry, signs, salt & pepper collections, and so much more.

See you next Wednesday, and have a great week.

Nancie and Haley d'pug

Back in Colorado

Many of you who following me and are facebook friends, you know that I have been dealing with some very serious medical problems with my mom.

My mom is a very sick lady, and I was with her for 2.5 weeks while she was in the ICU unit in two different hospitals in California. She is now headed to a hosiptal in Idaho where my sister lives. Hopefully the trip goes well. Please keep praying for her recovery.

Thanks to all of my friends who have sent many emails, messages, prayers, and so much more. Just knowing that I have many friends and family that care and sent prayers makes me feel special.

Thanks again, and I am glad to be back home and will get creating this next week.

Nancie and Haley d'Pug