My picture today is Blog Candy!!

Leave a comment to enter to win this Mixed Bag by Studio M Layer Cake.

The winner will be announced on Monday, March 23rd.

Update:  Congrats Diane T!! your name was drawn to win the Layer Cake. Please email Laura your mailing address and we’ll get it in the mail asap ([email protected]).

If you need help with leaving a comment here are some questions for you …

• Do you visit this blog because you are a quilter or you sew?
• Do you visit this blog because you know me from my Chic n Scratch blog?
• Are you participating in my Quilt Along on Chic n Clique?

I’m not sure if you remember …. but I made a quilt with this fabric …(I have not taken it to my longarm quilter… yet)   here are the posts.

• Mixed Bag Quilt
• Mixed Bag Quilt #2
• Mixed Bag Quilt Update
• Mixed Bag Quilt Top

The sun is out today …. yee haw … but Brooke is still sick … looks like I’ll have to take pictures of the quilts (but she does a much better job).

See ya!

p.s. if you are not interested in the blog candy but want to leave a comment …. I’d be happy to send the blog candy to someone of your choice … if your name is drawn (USA address only).

Five months later I have a NEW Goal!!!

If you know me  ….. you know that I stay focused when I have a goal …..   and usually when I set a goal I achieve it.   Sometimes it takes years and other goals happen very quickly … but I almost always achieve it.   My daughter has the same determination  … I love it!!

Before I talk about my new goal I want to share some of my past goals …

• First goal that I remember was ….. I wanted to earn enough money to hire a house cleaner (I HATE cleaning house …. there are so many things I love to do and cleaning is not one of them).  I’m happy to say I achieved that goal many years ago.
• Next goal was I needed to make enough money to not take any money out of the family budget …. that was a little harder ….but I did it! (Truth be told I was forced …. we bought a small lake house and I committed to not using the family money for stamping.)
• Next goal took me several years but I did it!   I wanted enough money to buy a jet ski for Chase and Brooke … of course we bought a used jet ski but I’m happy to say I paid cash.  What a feeling that was!! All these years I was just a housewife and I could say I paid cash for something.  They were happy and very proud of mom!!
• Next goal … enough money to put a down payment on a car …. I’ve never had a dime to put towards a down payment on anything … and I’m happy to say I did it … that was before we had two kids in college!!
• Next goal  … I wanted a forum (Chic n Clique) …. Dave gave me the money early because he knew how bad I wanted it …. but I was able to pay him back in the fall.
• Next goal … I wanted to reach one million in sales by 2015 …. I achieved that goal in October.
• The next goal is tricky because it was out of my control …  let’s just say it was complicated!  I have wanted chicnscratch.com for years!!   (Someone bought the domain a few months after I started my blog.) For years I’ve tried to buy it …. and for whatever reason … the person that bought it finally put it up for auction … right around the same time that I reached my one million in sales (I’m 100% sure that the person knows me.)  I tried my best to get it at a reasonable price … let’s just say that the bonus I received for my one million went out the door faster than your head could spin.   I’m not complaining ….. but I am … if you know what I mean.  In 2015 Chic n Scratch became an LLC, was trademarked and I own the domain.   Whew … I totally did that backwards!!

There have been smaller goals along the way …. I just shared the big ones!

Since October I’ve been floating in the wind … without a goal.  I’ve not liked it at all!  Being sick ….. I’ve had my limitations …. how could I set a goal to sell 200k this year when I wasn’t working?  In my mind it just wasn’t something I could wrap my brain around.  (I had mentioned selling 200k over on Chic n Scratch back in the fall.)

So …. my new goal of course is I want enough money to buy a long arm machine!  You knew that was coming didn’t ya?

But … I’m being very realistic … we still have two kids in college … lake house is still in process and next month is tax time … grrrrr   This goal is what I’m calling my long term goal … unless I can find a way to get it quicker.  My husband will tell you I’m like a dog with a bone (at times).   Actually my head is spinning … how can I get one quicker and what are my options…. can I sell my car … LOL …. I’m joking!!

I’ve looked on Craigs list  …. I’ve googled longarm machines to death  … I even had a dream two nights ago that my neighbors husband bought her a frame and a longarm machine  …. as you can imagine I was green with envy … LOL

Before I end this blog post it’s very important that I say … please know that this is not a solicitation for money or for any of you that read my site to buy anything!!!    I am 100% confident that I will get the money … and I will be happy whenever it happens ….. whether it’s 6 months or two years.   I’m sharing this with  you because I’m excited and I think that goals and thinking positive are really important!  I told my assistant a while back that if I teach my kids anything I hope they see possibilities and not obstacles.  I truly believe that when you believe … you achieve!

I hope I haven’t scared any of you off!!  I think most of you that read this blog know me from Chic n Scratch so I should be okay.

I’m got a lot of work to do today!! I need to film at least six videos and another video for my quilt along.  I’ll start posting more quilts soon ….  Brooke had finals last week and she still needs to take some pictures!!

See ya!

p.s. I’m sorry this blog post looks like a short story!!!