This past week I was sitting in my home office and I looked over at my husbands bookshelf full of books that he has read but I know will never read again and thought, surely we can get some money back on these some how…. well I picked out a book that looked like it was brand new and asked him if he wanted it any longer. He gave me permission to try to sell it.
I logged onto Amazon and set up a sellers account. and typed in the ISBN number of the book. It pulls a picture of the book and also an overview of the book up. At that point I chose the price that I would accept. On the right hand side, it tells you the high and low price of the book. I chose to sell the book right below the highest priced book.
It is really about as simple as that. You fill out a few items on the condition and that is it. One thing is that you need to be honest regarding the condition of the book.
You don’t have to take pictures or anything, just list and wait for it to sell.
Well guess what, the next day, I sold the book!!! $18 yeah $18. For a book that was just sitting on my shelf collecting dust. Now I have the fever. I want to list all my husbands books. hehe. I think he would not be too happy about that.
I was going through my shoes this weekend and they are all in sad shape. The sandals are worn out. I need all new sandals. I don’t think that I bought but one pair last year so the ones that I have are atleast 2 years old. But while looking at the shoes and then surfing some of my favorite craft sites, I ran across this idea. I love it .
Ashley at Make It and Love It tooks some plain rubber flip flops and turned them into fantasic sandals. My mind went to churning. I can by flip flops at my dollar store for $1, and ribbon is not that expensive….. I might can have 10 pairs of new shoes this summer. Well maybe I need some dressier shoes for church, date nights, etc.
But in all seriousness, if you have some flip flops that just need to be revitalized or your sweet daughter needs a new pair of cool flip flops, check out this idea. It won’t cost you that designer amount and you will have some shoes that look awesome and original.
The weather is getting better, the rain is coming and the ground is getting primed for gardening. By no means am I talking about flowers. I am not a green thumb when it comes to flower gardens. I don’t know why but I just can’t grow flowers. They die. Maybe it is because they require attention and all they give is beauty and not scrumptious veggies. Who Knows!
This weekend is going to be a great time to get the garden area cleaned out! I am even going to expand my area. I am going to do the 1 foot X 1 foot gardening this year. I am so excited. I did it a little last year but really didn’t follow the guide lines. This year I am going to be compliant and actually read how to do it. Last year’s garden was a success but it did get a little out of hand because I didn’t plant exactly good neighbors next to each other so some of the veggies battled for room.
Plan this week to seek out your garden spot if you don’t have one and start getting the ground worked up. I really suggest if you don’t have a garden spot that is already made for a garden to really consider doing the raised beds. They are awesome and easy to do.
Here is a plan.
Plan a 3 X 6 Garden and if you want to get adventurous, just do two or three of them. It doesn’t sound like a lot of room to plant in but a 3 X6 will yield 18 plants.
Watch this video to see what what you are going to need to build your raised garden. Her measurments are a little different than the bed that I am building but this is a good video to get the idea on how to build the bed.
To fill the bed, you will want to use a compost mixture. Check with your local mulch businesses and see what they have. You really don’t want to use top soil.
Also, if you get your wood from Home Depot or Lowes, they are great about making the cuts that you need. That way you don’t have to get your saw out.
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This past week I was sitting in my home office and I looked over at my husbands bookshelf full of books that he has read but I know will never read again and thought, surely we can get some money back on these some how…. well I picked out a book that looked like it was brand new and asked him if he wanted it any longer. He gave me permission to try to sell it.
Well maybe I need some dressier shoes for church, date nights, etc.
