How to choose???

The Author of this post is Solomon Dejesus

The biggest challenge I faced the entire time I was developing a business plan for my new company was choosing from all of the good domain names available at registrars online. I know that sounds absolutely ridiculous, but my entire marketing plan was based around developing an awesome website that funneled business directly to my front door. If I had chosen incorrectly, the whole thing could have gone up in smoke! It took me so long to make a decision I finally broke down and hired a small marketing agency to help me with the big stuff, which included building the website. I'm actually really glad I took the extra effort because now our entire campaign flows together in exactly the way I hoped it! would. I realized that selling should be my number one priority, but with a background in sales, I knew how important it was to get the business through the door in the first place. Without customers, who in the world was I going to sell anything to?

I Want New Chairs!

My kitchen set is very similar to the one pictured here. Rather than bright white, my table legs and chairs are an antique cream color.  My table top and chair seats are not dark wood but rather, a light oak with a butcher block look and feel.  And my set is what is called a “high top” meaning it is about 36 inches tall; versus my mother in law’s table that is around 30 inches tall.  What I want are new casual dining chairs. My table is in good shape but my chairs are old and tired.  They have been through the use and abuse of two children from toddler to teenage years.  They have lived through four teething puppies and one move that included a very long drive from Utah to Arizona.  Plus, I like the idea of new side chairs (considerably cheaper than buying a whole new dining set) allowing me to change up the look of my kitchen on a tight budget.  Not to mention different chairs would allow me to get some cushions which in turn makes sitting a much more pleasurable experience.  As it is now, the height of my table and the height of my chairs does not allow for the crossing of one’s legs, let alone giving any one a small bit of cushion between them and the hard wood.  I am totally into decorating on the cheap and there is no better way to brighten up a room than by changing around just a few small things.  New chairs and cushions might just take my kitchen to a whole new era in time and I might change the wall color too!
 

Wordless Wednesday

Shoes Shoes SHOES!

Because shoes are my crack... Especially ShoeDazzle shoes!

I've been banned from Cold Stone

And rightly so probably. Because I buy (weekly) a "Love it" size of Cold Stone's Coffee Lovers Only.  It costs around $7 dollars and I eat it over three days. That doesn't count the additional near ten bucks I pay for the dramas' ice cream concoctions. 

Hello, my name is Stella.  Today I have been 17 days ice cream free (sorta).

Anyway, I was having serious withdrawals but I've been strictly forbidden "to spend that kind of money on ice cream."

Because clearly he does not understand. I mean coffee costs over ten bucks a pound right now. What if I told him he can't drink it anymore because it costs too much? that'd fly like a lead balloon.

Anyway I was having withdrawals and then I had a brilliant idea:

I'd make my own coffee lovers ice cream!

I bought 1/2 gallon of coffee flavored ice cream. I bought six Heath bars. I bought one small bag of chopped almonds. I already had caramel syrup here.

I chopped and mixed and re-froze.  Then I waited.  

Then I ate.

And it was even better than the previously named ice cream parlor that I love(d). Why was it better?

1/2 gal. coffee flavored ice cream: $2.79;
6 Heath candy bars: $3.16 (they were buy 2, get 1 free); and
1 sm bag almonds: $1:89
2 Tbs caramel syrup (apx. $0.38)

Total price: $8.22.

Even better: I have over 1/2 gallon (64 ounces) of ice cream versus the 10 ounces I get for roughly the same price at Cold Stone.  And that's going to last me much longer than three days!