eBay Winter Listing Challenge

I didn't get much listed for the first week of the challenge...only 9 items, with 1 sold. My sales have been better this year then others, despite the economy. I'm Thankful for that and previously listed items have been selling in batches, some days there are no sales, others have several.

I have attended 3 live online auctions in the past week. The first two had wonderful items, but the items I was interested in went way too high for possible resell and I didn't buy anything. The third auction had a few items that I bid on and won. After researching though, I'm not so sure I made good choices, only time will tell and I shouldn't be buying anything with all that I have here already! When your addicted to something, it's awfully hard to quit!  Every time I manage to get downstairs, it reminds me of that show "Hoarders".... if I don't get more listed and sold, my house is going to look like one of those.....yikes!  The pictures below only show a fraction of what is downstairs.....

Let It Snow...Let It Snow....NOOOOO!

I sat here and watched it snow and wishing I were back in Las Vegas, listed 3 items, fed the dogs, watched them as they sat at the end of the porch trying to decide if they wanted to brave all that white stuff...2 did, so funny, they are little (Pekingese) and were instantly buried, didn't take them long to get back on the porch! lol

Shipped 3 packages, poor mail lady came and picked them up in this mess. Called the plow guy to un-bury me tomorrow, he's really nice, does the driveway and digs out the car and walk to our porch, rates went up 15 bucks from last year though, 45 this year. :(    Worked on paperwork and then shut the door on the messy eBay room...out of sight, but not out of mind!

Have to wrap grand kids gifts yet and I'm in a gift exchange on eBay's PPG board, so need to get that package ready to ship by Wednesday. Have standing orders for fudge, I do them as gifts for some of the people who help me, along with chocolate peanut clusters.

 Baking and cookie making for our family Christmas Eve dinner and gift exchange...whew! I'll need a vacation after all of this! I take 16 medications a day, so it's very slow going..hubby will be in this weekend to start vacation, so he'll do a lot of it, gift wrapping and so on.  And how was your day?

The Auction Junkie

The First Gift of Christmas

Christmas has always been my favorite holiday. There's just something about the pretty colored lights sparkling on the tree and the homes in town that are decorated, all the hustle and bustle of baking and cooking, wrapping the presents and best of all, seeing it all through the eyes of a child.

The first gift of Christmas was a child...our little Lord Jesus and He is the reason for the season. The very first thing we set up in our home is the Nativity and I've often thought of leaving it out all year long, it's that special to me.

This year with the economy and so many out of work, there will be many sad children on Christmas morning. One of our newspapers runs a story about families that are really hurting and this breaks my heart. I know that we can't possibly help all of them, but we do what we can. Teach you children the Real meaning of Christmas and if you can at all, remember those who are less fortunate.

This year, the Lord has blessed us with having good sales on eBay, not a fortune by any means, but much better then in previous years. I believe in "giving back" and have been doing it for years, but this year, we will do even more to help brighten others holidays. Won't you consider doing the same in your area?

From our Home to yours;
Have a Safe and Very Merry Holiday Season!

Rita