I posted these on my Facebook, but I thought I would give you all a laugh too. They border on obscene, but it is only snow. About a month a ago me and my boys – AKA my hubby and sons, went to the mountains, Sequoia’s to be exact. It was beautiful. We had a wonderful day building sled runs, forts to shield us from the snow ball fights, and of course snowmen…or at least snow women.

Even though I have had my business out of my home for 16 out of the 19 years it has been in existence, I have never found it more difficult than in the past couple of years. Early on it was easy, because my first child was calm and placid, not to mention I had a nanny to help with the cleaning and child care. But now, all my kids are in school and peace should reign throughout the land. Right? Wrong!

Calling all Mark Lipinski Fans – I don’t know if you noticed, but if you are a Mark Lipinski fan you have missed his mug and pug on the last few issues of Quilter’s Home Magazine. Back in September, he resigned as the editor. He promises that he will be having many new projects as well as signing on for several new episodes of Quilt Out Loud™. All American Crafts, Inc., announced in a press release that Mark Lipinski, has been named Creative Director of All American Crafts combined print and online content.

While speaking with one of my customers this last week, the topic of stolen credit cards came up. In today’s age and economy, instances of stolen credit cards and stolen identities are running rampped.

I have addressed this before, but wanted to address it again. Although I am not a security tech nor a lawyer, I am very passionate about security. I have a love/hate relationship with credit cards. I love the convenience of allowing customers to use them to purchase from my store. But I hate the debt it causes. They have too many fees to the merchant and to the consumer. But, in this era we need to use them.

I was randomly searching the web, I came across several Online Quilting games. I was amazed that theses games existed. Keep in mind I visited these sites for a brief time. Some of the games might ask you to join their site or download a program. I did not see or have any problems with the sites being unsafe, but as with everything on the web, use your own judgement as you surf along.