Ahhh vacation. Something we all need, but is so rare for many. If you've been following my blog you already know where my favorite place is. If you haven't...well...now you'll know! The Northwoods!
My husband and I have been trying to reduce the "stress" of holidays. Running around to 6, 7, 8 different holidays takes the fun out of it us. Being with our closest loved ones is what means the most to us; so we've cut down on the rush, rush, rush, of the holidays.
My husband and I have been trying to reduce the "stress" of holidays. Running around to 6, 7, 8 different holidays takes the fun out of it us. Being with our closest loved ones is what means the most to us; so we've cut down on the rush, rush, rush, of the holidays.
We started by doing Thanksgiving on our own last year. We stayed home, cooked food, ate way too much taco dip and watch football. It was great! This year I came up with the idea to have Thanksgiving up north! My parents have a home up there so it's the perfect quick getaway. We did Thanksgiving with my in-laws Thanksgiving day and then headed to the Northwoods the next morning to meet up with my parents.
Taking a weekend off is very hard when the majority of my business is weekend orders. Thankfully, with the holiday being on a Thursday, the majority of the orders were for Wednesday and Thursday, allowing me to get away for a few days. I did still fill a few weekend orders. I told people that I could fill their order, as long as they were okay with them being baked Thanksgiving morning and they could pick then up from my father-in-law at my shop Friday. I am beyond thankful for my father-in-law for doing my pickups so I could go up north!
Taking a weekend off is very hard when the majority of my business is weekend orders. Thankfully, with the holiday being on a Thursday, the majority of the orders were for Wednesday and Thursday, allowing me to get away for a few days. I did still fill a few weekend orders. I told people that I could fill their order, as long as they were okay with them being baked Thanksgiving morning and they could pick then up from my father-in-law at my shop Friday. I am beyond thankful for my father-in-law for doing my pickups so I could go up north!
Thursday night it snowed so we got to arrive to beautiful snow covering the Northwoods trees. It's amazing how differently I feel about snow when it's not where I live. If this snow was here in Dodgeville I wouldn't be so happy about it (I just don't like driving in it), but having it up north made me feel like a little kid again. We came home Sunday morning. So while the stay was a short one, it was so nice to not do anything. I spent a lot of time laying in front of the toasty fireplace, enjoying the view, and eating. Doesn't sound like much....but that's exactly what I needed!
Once again, if you've read my blog for awhile now you already know this, but in case you don't.....we travel with the cat and dog in tow! My dog turns into a crazy dog when he sees the bags and cat carrier come out. They equal vacation and he starts whining and jumping around like CRAZY upon seeing them. While it's annoying in the moment....it's pretty cute that he likes it so much. The cat...well these pictures say it all. We could leave him up north and he probably wouldn't notice we weren't there. He runs everywhere, lounges/takes ownership of the furniture, and spent a lot of time squirrel watching.
Now lets talk about the giveaway I announced on small business Saturday. Okay, okay, I wasn't on a total vacation. I still posted, responded to messages, and posted the big end of the year giveaway that I'm super excited about. If you haven't heard...here it is!
Now lets talk about the giveaway I announced on small business Saturday. Okay, okay, I wasn't on a total vacation. I still posted, responded to messages, and posted the big end of the year giveaway that I'm super excited about. If you haven't heard...here it is!
Steph's Sweet Treats is raffling off this Artisan KitchenAid, measuring spoon set, oven mitt set, and spatulas! Winner will be announced on Steph's Sweet Treats 2 year-anniversary December 31st!
Raffle tickets are $5; any raffle tickets sold above the cost will be donated to the ICHS-Iowa County Humane Society- so buy buy buy those raffle tickets! You can stop by the open day for tickets, contact me to see if I'm baking and you can stop or Saturdays I do pickups at my shop from 9:45-10:15, you are welcome to buy a tickets then as well.
Now let me tell you something about this giveaway...I was beyond excited when I came up with the idea. How did I come up with it? Well I love KitchenAids...so of course I was looking at all the beautiful colors thinking I should really collect them (now I just need the room to display them in my home and the money to buy them all!)..when it hit me...I should raffle one off! I've been wanting to do a raffle for some time now, I just didn't know what to raffle off. A KitchenAid is perfect! Making it a raffle that has the potential to help out a local non-profit organization made it even better.
Needless to say I was pretty much jumping for joy when it arrived in the mail....then I opened the box. Big ole' scratch down the top of the KitchenAid....I almost cried! How could I possibly raffle off a scratched KitchenAid? Sure, the tickets are only $5, but who wants to win something so glorious, but with a scratch?!
Sooooo.....I'm in the process of returning the darn thing. And let me tell you that has been a task all on it's own. The company I bought it through has horrible customer service and has made it a nightmare for me. Thankfully, I think I have it figured out and a new one, from a different company, should be here tomorrow. It is a slightly different shade of gray than the one above, which is liquid graphite, only because I couldn't get the exact color in time for it to be displayed at the open day. My jump for joy giveaway got a little stressful there for a moment, but I'm back to just being excited, so I hope you are too!
Thanks for another week of orders! Please place holiday orders now, check out last week's blog post for gift ideas, stop by Friday's open day, and buy those raffle tickets!!
Raffle tickets are $5; any raffle tickets sold above the cost will be donated to the ICHS-Iowa County Humane Society- so buy buy buy those raffle tickets! You can stop by the open day for tickets, contact me to see if I'm baking and you can stop or Saturdays I do pickups at my shop from 9:45-10:15, you are welcome to buy a tickets then as well.
Now let me tell you something about this giveaway...I was beyond excited when I came up with the idea. How did I come up with it? Well I love KitchenAids...so of course I was looking at all the beautiful colors thinking I should really collect them (now I just need the room to display them in my home and the money to buy them all!)..when it hit me...I should raffle one off! I've been wanting to do a raffle for some time now, I just didn't know what to raffle off. A KitchenAid is perfect! Making it a raffle that has the potential to help out a local non-profit organization made it even better.
Needless to say I was pretty much jumping for joy when it arrived in the mail....then I opened the box. Big ole' scratch down the top of the KitchenAid....I almost cried! How could I possibly raffle off a scratched KitchenAid? Sure, the tickets are only $5, but who wants to win something so glorious, but with a scratch?!
Sooooo.....I'm in the process of returning the darn thing. And let me tell you that has been a task all on it's own. The company I bought it through has horrible customer service and has made it a nightmare for me. Thankfully, I think I have it figured out and a new one, from a different company, should be here tomorrow. It is a slightly different shade of gray than the one above, which is liquid graphite, only because I couldn't get the exact color in time for it to be displayed at the open day. My jump for joy giveaway got a little stressful there for a moment, but I'm back to just being excited, so I hope you are too!
Thanks for another week of orders! Please place holiday orders now, check out last week's blog post for gift ideas, stop by Friday's open day, and buy those raffle tickets!!
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