My heart is broken. . .prayers desperately needed.

I warn you in advance this is not a post about reselling or thrifting or making money. But it is a post about being a mother who loves your children and wants to see them grow up. It's a post that reminds me why I wanted to sell online in the first place- to spend more time with my children while I can.

A dear friend of mine was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer this week. She is in her mid thirties and has 4 children, ages 7 - one month old. Her husband is a pastor and she is an awesome stay at home mom. We became friends my first year of teaching. She mentored many young teachers and students the years that she was there.  She was the one that could cheer you up after a difficult meeting,and  was so encouraging to me during those difficult first years of teaching. She is truly a light for Jesus in our community and beyond. We are a community in shock and disbelief right now. The prognosis from the Doctors is not a good one. But I believe God has a plan for her. I believe that God can heal her and I am praying for a miracle for her and for her family. I don't usually ask this, but would you, dear readers, please pray for her also? We are in desperate need of a miraculous healing for her.  

Melissa

What Sold Wednesday: August 19th, 2015

Our busy summer is finally winding down. My son started 1st grade today so now it's just me and the two year at home most of the day. I'm ready to hit the ground running and get some much needed inventory listed for the Christmas Rush. I'll post more next week about our new fall schedule, but for now, onto the sales for the week.

Amazon:
Number of Items Listed: 2225
Sales for the week: $ 392.04
Average price of items sold: 17.00

Etsy:
Number of Items Listed: 388
Sales for the week: $ 64.00

Average price of items sold $21.33
Cost of Items Sold: $ 4.25

Bonanza:
Sales for the week: 0

Ebay
Number of Items Listed: 1300 (highest of the week )
number of items sold: 5
Sales for the week: $ 117.00

Cost of the items sold: $10.00

* some numbers were rounded up to the nearest $

2 boxes to Amazon-total of 73 items

Spent on inventory this week: 0.00- shopping from the piles of stuff to be listed is almost as much fun as shopping at the store! 

goals for next week:

100 new items to Amazon (at least) 

1400 items listed on Ebay

one corner of my shop cleaned and organized so I can put up more shelves to store all of the inventory I have listed 

keep living room, kitchen and dining room cleaned up as they are now, and start decluttering our bedroom 15 minutes twice daily, which I should be able to get done by the end of week.