End of Summer Update

As usual, so much has happened since the last post :)

My brother and I are no longer business partners as so often happens family members do not always make good business partners and he is now partners with someone else. I am OK with that as a partnership has to be well partners and not all one-sided. I still love the AMWdiningdirectory.com site and know that my brother and his new partner are doing a bang-up job for the Ashland, Mansfield, Wooster Ohio dining customers. I wish them well and visit the site often to find out which restaurants have been added and where my family should go to eat on the few occasions that we spurge for a meal out.

I am still supporting my small family with just the earnings from my writings which is no small feat in today's economy. I am pretty proud of my accomplishments but would love to increase the earnings from my two Websites: Joyfulwraps.com and Organicgardensgreen.com I have done a lot of work on both sites getting them ready to open to the public. I am revamping Joyfulwraps to include both ebooks and physical products in complimentary categories. The transformation is taking longer than I expected. I am pleased with how the organicgardensgreen site is coming along. I hit a big snag making autoresponder company changes in Aug which delayed the launch of the site by 2 weeks but I am really pleased with the current company Trafficwave and it has been well worth the wait to have them onboard as serving my autoreponder needs. I really feel that my Website customer's will be happy with the quick service I can offer them in regards to getting all the free reports and special offer products out to them on a timely manner.

I am already getting my marketing plan into gear and should be ready for the Holiday shopping season by the end of September.

Exploring the offline writing world by applying for a position with the Ashland Times-Gazette as a writer. The possibilities are exciting, but I kind of like my life now without the hectic life of being tied to a job that is "outside of the home"....although a steady paycheck and possible medical benefits are tempting.

On a personal note: The Ashland County Fair hits our area (we live approximately 14 miles from the city of Ashland, Ohio) from 9/14 through 9/20 and my daughters are excited. They both entered projects this year. One daughter in the floral category and the other in baking through their school. One daughter is also in a 4H group and participating in the fair in that capacity as well, so lots of activity in our household lately due to the upcoming fair days.

We had planned on adding to our animals by purchasing two pygmy goats this year at the fair, but we are not quite ready for them. I planned on having a fenced in back yard before bringing them into our family unit. I have been told that tying them down outside or building an outdoor pen would be ok too...but we already have plenty of pen space as we have a huge 2 car garage that is well set up for them. Maybe next year we will be bringing home some pygmy goats...so stay tuned :)