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Whoa! You ladies are phenomenal! It’s so funny to see you two duke it out. 😀
Oh, JB, it’s Vintage LACY, not Lucy. Although I’m seriously lazy and tend to shorten everyone to an acronym at some point bc it’s easier to type in “short” hand. LOL
We are all feeling motivated, I guess. Not only did I manage to list my weekly goal of 15, but I listed an extra 5 to try to make up some of my backlog. AND of those 20 listings, a whopping 19 counted for the paper challenge. Some days I scare me!
Now, as you all know, I live in Texas. So it’s a major shock to the system to wake up to this
https://imgur.com/it75O3pWe have a new foster dog at the moment, and it was her first time in the snow. It went something like this:
“Yay!.. wait… oh HECK no!”
https://imgur.com/oyQ5TajAnd did you know that dawn and sunrise are not the same thing? I did not. Dawn and daybreak are the same, also called First Light. It occurs about 30 minutes before sunrise which, according to the meteorologists, is when the sun actually crests the horizon, like this:
https://imgur.com/oukjqETIf you set your store to Time Away, it gives you the option to continue selling or to turn selling off. You don’t need to change your handling time. The new TA setting automatically adjusts your handling time to show customers when shipping will begin again.
It’s pretty cool, actually. I’ve used it twice; once with selling off and once with selling on and it worked great both ways.
For some reason, it’s refusing to load the poll into the page today. Here’s the link instead
https://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=6022a7d4e4b01140b9f9c506
Voting closes next Monday
Good morning all! What an interesting week. QL clocked in with an eye-popping honorable mention! And VL and Julie B are still in the lead, with JB juuuuust edging out VL for the win!
Looking at the spreadsheet, it’s only week 5 and I’m 20 listings behind schedule for my annual goal. Sheesh, it clocks up fast! But there’s nothing like seeing your numbers to let you know why your sales are low, is there? LOL
Pop Up Challenge Winners! VT raced to an early win with 7 ideas, and VL managed to almost match her with 6. Sharyn takes 3rd place with her 4. (No, Sharyn, you can’t win, but you can place.) And JB gets a participation point. Great work, everyone!
I will post the poll below. For practical reasons, I’ve shortened the answers. Scroll up to read them in full before voting. You may vote for as many as you wish, but please vote for at least one. There were a total of 18 suggestions, but one was a duplicate (both Sharyn and VT mentioned cleaning/mending) and one was almost a duplicate, so I’ve altered it slightly (VL said metal and Sharyn suggested shiny or silver.)
Spreadsheet updated. I’ve hidden a bunch of columns so that it’s easier to read across to the challenge sections. I’ll unhide them as we progress through the year.
Thanks.
Getting dozens of messages on BOSS on FB saying don’t deal with Italy. Scam Alert! So I thought I’d ask here.
VL – the True Scavenger Challenge would be too easy for me. I get stuff given to me for free so often, I could fill a Goodwill store single handed! 😀
Don’t forget to post your ideas by end of today for the Pop Up Ideas Challenge!
Queen Libby, if we don’t have you to look up to and inspire us, who will? You’re our goal, our target, our role model. “One day,” we say dreamily, “I’ll list as much as Libby!” Don’t stop feeding our aspirations, never feel embarrassed for excelling. You’re our star in the East, and we’re going to hook up our chariots and chase you like Romans in the arena! 😀
So says I… who managed to list an incredible one this week. Aren’t you all impressed? I’m sure QL is quaking in her boots! ROFL
Great update, Lauren, glad you’re back. I’m so jealous of your opportunity to have your gran with you. I was never in a place to make it happen and she died a couple years ago. I feel the loss, even today. We were very close, but not close enough for me. If I had my life over, I’d have her living with me as soon as I could make it happen!
Jay and Ryanne, I was amused listening to your podcast today. I run four businesses and it’s always a juggle. You did great with yours: starting with eBay and building it up, then adding one BnB at a time, and now the coffee shop. You’ve staggered it in, which allows you to find processes and routines to make it work. Each new business has an adjustment phase, so a little bit of stress and pressure is normal, but from your historical evidence, you’ll do just fine! It might take you a few months to get there, but you will.
Sorry! Spreadsheet link for you.
As far as I know the link stays the same, so you can just go back to a previous link if I forget to post it one week. If it doesn’t, let me know and I’ll be sure to update it.
ChristineR – updated for last week.
Wow, what a rollercoaster! Libby wins the week – but she can’t – so she gets a GOLD number with a blue background for an Honorable Mention, and the win goes to Vintage Lacy, who is now tied for points with Julie B! Nail-biting race this week! LOL. Keep it up! I really enjoy these jostles at the winning post!
January Challenge: Death Boxes!
Wouldja look at that! You folks very kindly aligned yourself into order of winners! I know I said I’d do the winners by random selection, but I was expecting folks to go to town with this challenge and I’d have to choose from the entire group. Instead, the person who listed the most, listed exactly the number for first place. The person who listed the next highest, listed exactly the number for 2nd place. Our 3rd place winner, you guessed it, listed precisely that number! Does it end there? Oh, no! Our participation points go to the folks who were kind enough to list their own numbers too! Looks like 2021 is just 2020, but old enough to drink! ROFL. Congratulations, everyone!Sharyn and I each get one point for our listing spaces, and VL gets one point for spending 3 days sorting out her garage. It’s not a listing space, but it sure does contribute towards listing!
Pop Up Challenge: You have the weekend to throw out ideas for monthly challenges. Think up as many as you can and toss them up. I’ll create a poll and the top three winning ideas will take the challenge prize and be added to the monthly challenges.
February Challenge: Paper
In the absence of any volunteers for the February Challenge, we’re going back to the most popular challenges for last year and taking #2 in the list: paper.
The challenge is paper. Â Anything made primarily of paper will count. Paper ephemera, books, magazines, paper party supplies like tissue paper decorations, invitations, stationery, sewing patterns, playing cards, posters, etc. Cardboard also counts, so board games would qualify for this challenge.
Points awarded for the most paper items listed during the month of February…first, second and third place.
