Birthday Party

Almost 50 years old. I know, scary. My siblings threw a birthday party for me at Pizza Ranch. I originally wnated Godfather's Pizza, but Pizza Ranch had rooms we could reserve for the party. My brother and sister-in-law, 2 sisters and both brother-in-laws, 1 niece, 1 nephew, 2 aunts, 1 uncle, and 2 of Mom's cousins came to the party. My aunt wanted a big party to celebrate the milestone at a fancy restaurant. Yeah, I wasn't plannign a big party since hardly came to my big 40th Birthday Bash at a city park shelter. At least I have a bunch of birthday cards a few presents. 1 bottle of lotion, money, and flowers. I took home some decorations plus some cake. Roommate and girlfriend enjoyed the cake.

Birthday Coupon

I want to cry. I received a coupon for my birthday from my own online shop. Only 1 other email has gone out to collect a birthday from a new email subscriber and they refused to join my birthday club to get a coupon for their birthday. I am the only member of the birthday club. In celebration of my new Halloween and Autumn clothing and accessories line coming out using a print on demand company, I put out a coupon code to get $10 off. Is anyone willing to buy my merchandise if I give you a coupon? Or will anyone be like my retail customers using my $10 coupon a dozen times to get items completely free and not pay a cent (well customers do have to pay for shipping).

Update: I used 2 coupons and could only use 1 coupon per order. The $10 coupon is set to 1 coupon per email address. I put in 2 orders and everything worked like it's supposed to. Got emails from the site telling me I have orders (set up so I know when to mail out my merchandise out to customers).

Getting ready for the end

Used up my craft supplies for my last 2 farmer's markets. Got the Halloween and Autumn things out. Praying I sell something. I'm going to have to close my shop completley and focus on writing books (that also don't sell cause I'm not a rich and famous celebrity).

Making pictures for greeting cards

I actually put in Halloween in Bing AI Image Creator and it refused to create an image due to violent nature of the request. But it makes images of witches, bats, cats, Jack o'lanterns, and ghosts. Guess AI can't tell the difference between a slasher movie and a holiday. Funny.

Actually put in "watercolor cute brown bat in pumpkin" into the Image Creator and refused to create due to dangerous content detected. Used a different image creator and got 4 cute bat (animal bat) in pumpkin pictures. Now the hard part is picking one for a card.

Spot a Psychopath

Interesting. Came across an article how to spot a psychopath with 1 question. Naturally I wanted to know the question that would reveal an evil person. It is: "A person who saves a life saves the world"

I think that line was in Schindler's List at the end. Article said a psychopath doesn't understand what this means because they lack empathy. I understand what this means. It pertains what people call the Butterfly Effect. One interaction, One kindness, One accident, One discovery, etc. can alter the world not just the one person involved, but for others too.

My Favorite Angel Food Cake Recipe

I have a financial advisor who loves to bake. I said I love Angel Food Cake with a glaze like my Grandma Stearns put on hers (I wish I had asked her for the glaze recipe and found a recipe on the internet that has powdered sugar and water). She asked for my recipe for angel food cake so today I brought in a box of cake mix. Just add water. I searched the internet and all angel food cakes want 12 egg whites. That is a bit much to handle for a cake. The advisor burst out laughing.

Pet DNA test revealed

Well, last day of entering my contest guessing the breeds of my dogs from the results of their DNA test has passed so here are the answers.

Anna is 89% Pembroke Welsh Corgi (the breed she resembles), 7% Cardigan Welsh Corgi, and 4% Rough Collie (I didn't see that coming, Lassie Come Home).

Rufus is 31% Chinese Crested, 31% Chihuahua, 21% Rat Terrier, and 17% Cardigan Welsh Corgi (OMG both are Corgi Mixes, I didn't see that coming). Shelter said he was a Wire Haired Jack Russell Terrier/Chihuahua Mix.

And the winner of my contest is nobody cause nobody entered the contest. Oh well, what can I do?

Another Farmer's Market

Doing 2 Farmer's Markets in a row to capture the Back to School people and State Fair visitors. Tonight sold 2 items to 1 person. They wanted matching color items so I assumed they were a gift. They left happy.

Online Shop Contest

Got the results of the dog DNA tests. Having a contest on online shop website to guess their breeds. Winner who guesses the closest gets a a backpack of their choice from my Back to School Collection and some school supplies. On my shop page, I said to Message your guesses for either dog or both, your choice of backpack, and address to mail it to you. For my peeps, I give hints. Anna is not a purebred Pembroke Welsh Corgi and Rufus is not a wire haired Jack Russell Terrier. Contest ends August 15. Will see how many people enter for a free backpack or two.

Farmer's Market

I want to cry. I sold 1 item at the market. I kept having anxiety and doing breathing exercises trying to calm down. Then someone walked by and I said hello. Sometimes they turned their head to say hello back.

Compliance Visit

Had fun with the compliance corporate person today. Questioned everyone. My questions pertained to phone voicemail. Does it say the name of the company in the message? What if they call and advisor's cell phone, does that voicemail say the company name? Had to listen to our voicemail message and yes, it says the name of the company. As to their personal cell phones, I couldn't answer.

RIP Loni Anderson

I loved her in WRRP in Cincinati as the secretary Jennifer and followed her marriage to Burt Reynolds in the tabloids.

1st Groomer Visit

Had adventure today. Dogs went to their 1st Pet Groomer Session. Had nice bath and nail trim, plus a teeth brushing. Then went grocery shopping. Next to nephew's birthday party. Sister finally text messaged last night when his party was. Steak house where we had to wait over an hour to get to the table. Then had to leave to collect dogs from groomer before they closed so took a to go box after barely eating my food. Got home and they had to potty. Worked on new bracelets for farmer's market (need more of the longer bracelets). And I forgot to feed the dogs until I was getting ready for bed. They seemed off like they didn't want me in bed. Then I remembered I didn't feed once we got home. Got dogs fed. Now to bed.

Happy Birthday Nephew

Happy Birthday to my Nephew in college learning to be a coroner and solve crimes. Sister never mentioned any party and he might be working so have to deliver his card next time I visit.