So just now I was walking around, and I happened to spot the this. You know how when you buy the sets of fake food and dishes for little kids to play with? Well, there was a box from one of those sets that was supposed to be apple juice. On the front it says '100% natural apple juice' but when you turn it to the side...
"Ingredients:
Water, Sugar, Apple Juice, Citric Acid, Flavorings, Vitamin C and Caramel Color"
Hm... Sound 100% natural to you?
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Monday, August 20, 2012
Cuteness at it's fullest
Ok, so Sarah and Annabeth were getting ready to have their afternoon snack. They were going to have cheese sticks, but we had 2 different kinds, and Sarah didn't know which kind to have, so she asked for a bite of Annabeth's. So Annabeth says, 'No sharing food! You'll get chicken pox!'
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Perfect description of what selling on Etsy is like....
I was looking through the fourms on Etsy just now, and I came across this thread. It was posted by Hoooked. (http://www.etsy.com/shop/Hoooked?ref=pr_shop_more) And yes, I know how you actually spell Hooked. This lady spells it with 3 Os. But anyway, it made me laugh so hard! It almost perfectly describes what pretty much my first year on Etsy was like. :) (I did edit it a little bit for swearing)
"I have had quite a few friends and relatives want to start or who have started Etsy shops because it looks like easy money.
I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
Ok, so you know how to make something that you think someone might want to buy and maybe you can make one of those things a day.
Ok, so you have a shop name you're sure will be perfect? Oh, no, someone already took glitzyglam, oh no, someone else already took bedazzled, oh no, someone already took bling, guess you'll have to find something else.
Ok, so you set up your paypal account and it only took a couple of weeks.
Ok, so you have a camera you think might work, if not who cares, after all most cell phones have cameras right?
Ok, so you realize that 300 pictures later on ONE item, that you have 2 or 3 that will be good to list. Nobody cares that your dog is in some of them.
Ok, so you think the steps to list are easy enough. Tags are EASY! Handmade, jewelry, women. That was simple!
Ok, so you think it should be about $1.00 to ship. After all bubble wrap mailers at walmart can't be that expensive.
Ok, so you think listing it at $10.00 sounds about right. Who needs to actually figure out the cost of materials? Charging $11.00 would just be too much, nobody would pay that much.
Ok, so you listed your first item, that only took an hour, you can do this everyday.
Ok, so you have your item listed. You notice that everybody else's shop has those signs at the top and those pictures to the left. You don't need one of those, nobody will even notice they're missing!
Ok, so now you've filled in your shop announcement. Awesome, you told all the other jewelry sellers how their necklaces stink. That's the spirit, now your customers will know that your necklaces are better.
Ok, so you don't think you'll need policies because you're not planning on selling that much stuff anyway.
Ok, so you don't want anything in your profile either? You don't want someone you don't like reading up how you sell jewelry online and buying from you!
Ok, so your item still has 0 views. What, you tagged it with jewelry, necklace, women, your title is pink necklace, well of course that should be enough for someone to find it!
*three months goes by*
Ok, so you finally sold that necklace! Yay, go you! You're the man. Wait, what, you just tossed it in the bubble mailer and the postal worker must have stomped on it because it arrived to the customer broken.
Ok, so your customer is demanding a refund or a replacement and are threatening to report you to Etsy because you called them a greedy jerk?
Ok, so well how were you supposed to know that you need to learn customer service?
Ok, you can't go buy more supplies because $10.00 doesn't cover the cost of materials to replace the item.
Ok, so you refunded the customer and they sent you back the item.
Ok, so they left you a negative feedback.
Ok, so you have no items (guess you couldn't make, photograph, and list an item a day).
Ok, so you have a broken necklace.
Ok, so you lost money on shipping.
Ok, so you now have 0% on your feedback because you didn't buy, sell, or list anything else and have no other feedback.
But, wait, where are you going? I thought this was supposed to be easy money! Come back! What do you mean you don't want to do this again?"
So a lot of this doesn't apply to me: the jewlry, the having to refund stuff, the negative feedback... but the whole part about taking 300 pictures for one item, for barely putting any tags, having really bad titles... that part applied to me. Yeah, my first year on Etsy was pretty rough. That would explain whey I only had 5 sales my whole first year. Now, in the last 6 months since my one year anniversary, I'm up to 79. :) Pretty cool, huh? I know I have some people following my blog who are from Etsy, so I figure I have to talk about Etsy every once in awhile, don't you think? Right now my shop is DEAD; I have only sold 2 blankets in like 2 weeks, but I did come up with a pattern for my blankets, and listed that, so that's bringing in some extra income. Although, there was a time in my shop where I was selling 7+ blankets a week, where my fingers were flying every spare second I got, (and even when I didn't have a spare second!) and it was pretty overwhelming. I'm really grateful to God for giving me this ability, but, it's not easy when your shop is that busy! Oh well. I suppose I should enjoy the free time that I have. You know what that means? I can make new blankets! Yeah! I listed 3 new ones the other day, with one ready to be listed, and one being one row away from done. Yup, I'm having fun. I love looking in my yarn bin for lots of really cool combinations, I love watching the blanket 'unfold' before my eyes, it's such a satisfying experience. And yeah, it's a lot of work. But I wouldn't trade it for anything. :)
"I have had quite a few friends and relatives want to start or who have started Etsy shops because it looks like easy money.
I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
Ok, so you know how to make something that you think someone might want to buy and maybe you can make one of those things a day.
Ok, so you have a shop name you're sure will be perfect? Oh, no, someone already took glitzyglam, oh no, someone else already took bedazzled, oh no, someone already took bling, guess you'll have to find something else.
Ok, so you set up your paypal account and it only took a couple of weeks.
Ok, so you have a camera you think might work, if not who cares, after all most cell phones have cameras right?
Ok, so you realize that 300 pictures later on ONE item, that you have 2 or 3 that will be good to list. Nobody cares that your dog is in some of them.
Ok, so you think the steps to list are easy enough. Tags are EASY! Handmade, jewelry, women. That was simple!
Ok, so you think it should be about $1.00 to ship. After all bubble wrap mailers at walmart can't be that expensive.
Ok, so you think listing it at $10.00 sounds about right. Who needs to actually figure out the cost of materials? Charging $11.00 would just be too much, nobody would pay that much.
Ok, so you listed your first item, that only took an hour, you can do this everyday.
Ok, so you have your item listed. You notice that everybody else's shop has those signs at the top and those pictures to the left. You don't need one of those, nobody will even notice they're missing!
Ok, so now you've filled in your shop announcement. Awesome, you told all the other jewelry sellers how their necklaces stink. That's the spirit, now your customers will know that your necklaces are better.
Ok, so you don't think you'll need policies because you're not planning on selling that much stuff anyway.
Ok, so you don't want anything in your profile either? You don't want someone you don't like reading up how you sell jewelry online and buying from you!
Ok, so your item still has 0 views. What, you tagged it with jewelry, necklace, women, your title is pink necklace, well of course that should be enough for someone to find it!
*three months goes by*
Ok, so you finally sold that necklace! Yay, go you! You're the man. Wait, what, you just tossed it in the bubble mailer and the postal worker must have stomped on it because it arrived to the customer broken.
Ok, so your customer is demanding a refund or a replacement and are threatening to report you to Etsy because you called them a greedy jerk?
Ok, so well how were you supposed to know that you need to learn customer service?
Ok, you can't go buy more supplies because $10.00 doesn't cover the cost of materials to replace the item.
Ok, so you refunded the customer and they sent you back the item.
Ok, so they left you a negative feedback.
Ok, so you have no items (guess you couldn't make, photograph, and list an item a day).
Ok, so you have a broken necklace.
Ok, so you lost money on shipping.
Ok, so you now have 0% on your feedback because you didn't buy, sell, or list anything else and have no other feedback.
But, wait, where are you going? I thought this was supposed to be easy money! Come back! What do you mean you don't want to do this again?"
So a lot of this doesn't apply to me: the jewlry, the having to refund stuff, the negative feedback... but the whole part about taking 300 pictures for one item, for barely putting any tags, having really bad titles... that part applied to me. Yeah, my first year on Etsy was pretty rough. That would explain whey I only had 5 sales my whole first year. Now, in the last 6 months since my one year anniversary, I'm up to 79. :) Pretty cool, huh? I know I have some people following my blog who are from Etsy, so I figure I have to talk about Etsy every once in awhile, don't you think? Right now my shop is DEAD; I have only sold 2 blankets in like 2 weeks, but I did come up with a pattern for my blankets, and listed that, so that's bringing in some extra income. Although, there was a time in my shop where I was selling 7+ blankets a week, where my fingers were flying every spare second I got, (and even when I didn't have a spare second!) and it was pretty overwhelming. I'm really grateful to God for giving me this ability, but, it's not easy when your shop is that busy! Oh well. I suppose I should enjoy the free time that I have. You know what that means? I can make new blankets! Yeah! I listed 3 new ones the other day, with one ready to be listed, and one being one row away from done. Yup, I'm having fun. I love looking in my yarn bin for lots of really cool combinations, I love watching the blanket 'unfold' before my eyes, it's such a satisfying experience. And yeah, it's a lot of work. But I wouldn't trade it for anything. :)
Friday, August 17, 2012
Temporary Home
Hey guys. So I was going to post about the birthday party and my sleepover today, but frankly, I'm tired and I really don't want to. Yeah, I know it's lazy, but hey, it's late in the afternoon, the skies are gray outside, and frankly I'm just not feeling so great today. So, I'm just going to post a music video. This one is 'Temporary Home' by Carrie Underwood. Enjoy!
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Hehehe
Sorry I haven't posted in the past couple days. Truthfully I haven't had any time before now.
Monday: I posted that day
Tuesday: I went to the farm with Mom and Sarah, came back, got ready and went to my grandma's house for the rest of the night to celebrate birthdays.
Wednesday: Left at about 8:00, did errands, had voice lessons, and then went to my grandma's house for a sleepover.
Today: Spent the morning at Nana's house, came home, and now I'm here posting. So, that's why I haven't before this. Haven't had a moment of free time. :)
Ok, so I guess first I should post about Baby Cameron. Mom is 16 weeks along tomorrow.
She's starting to look big and pregnant-looking. :) We don't know the gender yet. I think we'll find that out on either September 10th or 17th. Not sure which. Hannah is convinced it's going to be a boy and thinks Michael is a good name for the baby. I think it's a girl and I like the name Faith. Also, I think Dad likes the name Steven. Apparently the rest of my family thinks it's going to be a boy. Sarah and I are the only ones who want a girl. :) So that's the update. I guess there won't really be anything else to post about Baby until we find out the gender, and that's a month away. :( Oh well. I can hardly believe she's almost 16 weeks along already! Time certainly flies.
Let's see. I was going to post about mini golfing, but truthfully it isn't very interesting. We have no clue who won because somehow the score card got messed up halfway into it, so we quit that. The little kids were like 3 holes in front of the rest of us, don't ask me how that happened. I'm really not sure.
After we finished, Dad went with the rest of the kids to the bumper boats, and Mom went with me to the race cars. I know this may seem really silly, but I want to drive SO BAD! (And anyone who knows me in person I'm sure has heard me talk on and on and on about how excited I am for January, when I can start learning. ;) ) So, I decided I would much rather drive around a race track then get soaked by bumper boat squirt guns. :) Although, you know what's really ackward? Trying to buckle your seat belt modestly when it has to go between your legs and you're wearing a skirt. :D Hehe. Thank goodness it was a pretty loose seat belt.
After the bumper boats and racing, we went inside and played in the arcade for a little while. I didn't do much of anything, because every time Mom or Dad would give me tokens, I'd end up giving them away to someone else who used theirs, but found another game that they REALLY wanted to play. We never get to do that kind of thing, and truthfully there wasn't anything very interesting to me, so I gave all my tokens away. I prefer the games that are based on game shows, like Wheel of Fortune or Deal or No Deal. Although, I did play the Wheel of Fortune game, and it was such a rip off. Guess how many tickets I ended up getting out of it? 1. 1 measly ticket. I actually ended up getting 2 though because someone had left one on the game. It's not like I stink at games like that, I'm actually pretty good at them, I just don't think they made the Wheel of Fortune game very well. The Deal or No Deal one is WAY better, in my opinion.
After we finished all that we went to Albertsons and got ice cream and all the toppings. My favorite was the Reeses Pieces. :D Reeses Pieces are my favorite candy in the whole world, (although I'm crazy about anything with chocolate and peanut butter) and that on vanilla ice cream is like magic. :) So, we came home, ate it, and then went into our rooms for bed where I stayed up until like 10:30 because I was hyped up on sugar and was not tired in the least bit. :D
Oh hey. I just realized something. I just went on and on about something that I said I really wasn't going to post about because it wasn't too interesting. :D Oops. Oh well. I guess my rambling spirit gets the better of me sometimes. :)
Well, that's all I'm going to post about today. I'll post about the birthday celebration and my sleepover tomorrow, k?
Monday: I posted that day
Tuesday: I went to the farm with Mom and Sarah, came back, got ready and went to my grandma's house for the rest of the night to celebrate birthdays.
Wednesday: Left at about 8:00, did errands, had voice lessons, and then went to my grandma's house for a sleepover.
Today: Spent the morning at Nana's house, came home, and now I'm here posting. So, that's why I haven't before this. Haven't had a moment of free time. :)
Ok, so I guess first I should post about Baby Cameron. Mom is 16 weeks along tomorrow.
She's starting to look big and pregnant-looking. :) We don't know the gender yet. I think we'll find that out on either September 10th or 17th. Not sure which. Hannah is convinced it's going to be a boy and thinks Michael is a good name for the baby. I think it's a girl and I like the name Faith. Also, I think Dad likes the name Steven. Apparently the rest of my family thinks it's going to be a boy. Sarah and I are the only ones who want a girl. :) So that's the update. I guess there won't really be anything else to post about Baby until we find out the gender, and that's a month away. :( Oh well. I can hardly believe she's almost 16 weeks along already! Time certainly flies.
Let's see. I was going to post about mini golfing, but truthfully it isn't very interesting. We have no clue who won because somehow the score card got messed up halfway into it, so we quit that. The little kids were like 3 holes in front of the rest of us, don't ask me how that happened. I'm really not sure.
After we finished, Dad went with the rest of the kids to the bumper boats, and Mom went with me to the race cars. I know this may seem really silly, but I want to drive SO BAD! (And anyone who knows me in person I'm sure has heard me talk on and on and on about how excited I am for January, when I can start learning. ;) ) So, I decided I would much rather drive around a race track then get soaked by bumper boat squirt guns. :) Although, you know what's really ackward? Trying to buckle your seat belt modestly when it has to go between your legs and you're wearing a skirt. :D Hehe. Thank goodness it was a pretty loose seat belt.
After the bumper boats and racing, we went inside and played in the arcade for a little while. I didn't do much of anything, because every time Mom or Dad would give me tokens, I'd end up giving them away to someone else who used theirs, but found another game that they REALLY wanted to play. We never get to do that kind of thing, and truthfully there wasn't anything very interesting to me, so I gave all my tokens away. I prefer the games that are based on game shows, like Wheel of Fortune or Deal or No Deal. Although, I did play the Wheel of Fortune game, and it was such a rip off. Guess how many tickets I ended up getting out of it? 1. 1 measly ticket. I actually ended up getting 2 though because someone had left one on the game. It's not like I stink at games like that, I'm actually pretty good at them, I just don't think they made the Wheel of Fortune game very well. The Deal or No Deal one is WAY better, in my opinion.
After we finished all that we went to Albertsons and got ice cream and all the toppings. My favorite was the Reeses Pieces. :D Reeses Pieces are my favorite candy in the whole world, (although I'm crazy about anything with chocolate and peanut butter) and that on vanilla ice cream is like magic. :) So, we came home, ate it, and then went into our rooms for bed where I stayed up until like 10:30 because I was hyped up on sugar and was not tired in the least bit. :D
Oh hey. I just realized something. I just went on and on about something that I said I really wasn't going to post about because it wasn't too interesting. :D Oops. Oh well. I guess my rambling spirit gets the better of me sometimes. :)
Well, that's all I'm going to post about today. I'll post about the birthday celebration and my sleepover tomorrow, k?
Monday, August 13, 2012
The future of this blog...
So, I think I've mentioned before that our computer is having major problems, and so I can't post any pictures. Well, pretty much I've just been sitting around, waiting, hoping that maybe either we'll get a new computer or that the problems with this one will be magically fixed. Well, I don't think either of those are going to happen. So, I've decided something about this blog. And after you see this sentence PLEASE don't quit reading and immediately delete my blog from your favorites, unfollow me, etc. Because I'm not going to stop blogging. It's a lot of fun sharing what goes on in my life with people who haven't experienced it. (A.K.A. anyone other than my family :-) ) I've just been thinking about it, and decided that until this whole thing gets worked out, I'm just going to have to settle with a words-only blog. Which I guess if you think about it isn't that bad. I mean, without words the human race would be pretty lost. :) Now, I know that deaf people sign, but I don't think that I can blog with sign language. That would be pretty tough. So, a word only blog will have to suffice. I guess I just feel kinda' bad considering EVERY blog that I read is always chock-full of pictures. It's nice to be able to see what's going on, instead of just reading about it. I guess that's why they made movies out of books. (Although, in my humble opinion, the books are always WAY better than the movies)
So, until this whole thing with pictures gets sorted out, I am just going to write. And write, and write, and write. I'm going to try and post at least every other day if not every day telling you all about what goes on in the Cameron household. But please, if I get really REALLY rambly, please let me know, ok?
But there is something I would like to ask. If you read my blog, would you mind commenting to let me know? As of right now, after having my blog for over a year, I know of 3 people that read it. My sister and 2 of my friends. So I'm kind of a little bit desperate to find out if anyone else pays atten;tion. :)
Well, I guess that's all I'm going to say right now. Tomorrow I'll post about going mini-golfing for my, Sarah's and Annabeth's birthdays. Plus, I'll give a update on Baby Cameron!
Adios!
So, until this whole thing with pictures gets sorted out, I am just going to write. And write, and write, and write. I'm going to try and post at least every other day if not every day telling you all about what goes on in the Cameron household. But please, if I get really REALLY rambly, please let me know, ok?
But there is something I would like to ask. If you read my blog, would you mind commenting to let me know? As of right now, after having my blog for over a year, I know of 3 people that read it. My sister and 2 of my friends. So I'm kind of a little bit desperate to find out if anyone else pays atten;tion. :)
Well, I guess that's all I'm going to say right now. Tomorrow I'll post about going mini-golfing for my, Sarah's and Annabeth's birthdays. Plus, I'll give a update on Baby Cameron!
Adios!
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