We have MOVED our Blog

I decided it was time to consolidate my blog with my website. You will still get info about what is new in the stores, what is new at the Dumdi ranch, and more. It is just all in one place now.

With having space in two store I decided it was time to  consolidate where possible.

Please check out our new website / blog @

http://thespeckledgoose.com

Hope to see you all at our new blog!!

Nancie, Haley d'Pug and Bear

~ Kids say the darnest things ~

Yesterday I was working at the store, and adding lots of new things when I heard a little boy of 4 maybe 5 years old, tell his mom that this gingerbread doll looks like it is burnt. I over heard him, and told him that I made it to look old, and he said that it still looks burnt.

Guess I may need to change my thinking when I create dolls. I think they look old, and kids think that they cooked too long. Out the mouth of babes!

Have a great day and rest of the week!

New in the Shoppe this week

Aren't these just the cutest tags ever? I love the colors, and at the shoppe I am getting ready for Valentine's Day, Easter, and Mother's Day.

You can also find these as Printables on-line at: The Speckled Goose, Scrapper & Stamper.

Graphics by Cheryl Seslar Designs!

Stop by and take a peak!

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.

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)