<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>karabu's Entries</title><link>http://www.families.com/karabu/journal/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:13:15 +0000</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:13:15 +0000</lastBuildDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>Things you don't want to hear your child say. . .</title><link>http://www.families.com/karabu/journal/things-you-dont-want-to-hear-your-child-say,2052</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 05:22:04 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.families.com/karabu/journal/things-you-dont-want-to-hear-your-child-say,2052</guid><description><![CDATA[\\\"I don\\\'t have to go potty anymore.\\\"   ]]></description></item><item><title>New shop. New zine</title><link>http://www.families.com/karabu/journal/new-shop-new-zine,1807</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2007 01:44:52 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.families.com/karabu/journal/new-shop-new-zine,1807</guid><description><![CDATA[I finished my first zine. It has super short stories - all with a family theme (about kids, parents, husbands, family memories, etc.) http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.]]></description></item><item><title>Focus</title><link>http://www.families.com/karabu/journal/focus,1799</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 03:45:27 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.families.com/karabu/journal/focus,1799</guid><description><![CDATA[One piece of advice has been coming at me from every direction this week. Despite my best efforts, I can\\\'t ignore it anymore. With our WWDB mentors, we have been listening to and reading a training program from John C. Maxwell based on his book, \\\"Talent is Never Enough\\\"      
This week\\\'s lesson was about focus - something I\\\'m lacking in. I like to do a million things at once.]]></description></item><item><title>T-ball</title><link>http://www.families.com/karabu/journal/t-ball,1710</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2007 06:49:34 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.families.com/karabu/journal/t-ball,1710</guid><description><![CDATA[The old saying, \\\"Like herding cats\\\" popped into my brain as I watched my daughter\\\'s T-ball \\\"practice\\\" tonight.&nbsp; The saying could easlily be, \\\"Like teaching preschoolers to play baseball.\\\"    
For anyone who hasn\\\'t had the privlige of actually attending one of these events - it\\\'s every bit as hysterical as you\\\'ve heard.]]></description></item><item><title>Interesting Custom Order</title><link>http://www.families.com/karabu/journal/interesting-custom-order,1697</link><pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2007 03:01:04 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.families.com/karabu/journal/interesting-custom-order,1697</guid><description><![CDATA[Well, I caved in and paid for a Showcase spot on Etsy last Friday (http://karabu.etsy.com   ).&nbsp; I didn\\\'t sell anything, but I did get a neat custom order.   
It\\\'s for a specail set of my soft building blocks, but instead of my regular colorful cotton print fabrics we\\\'re going to use different textures and types of fabrics.]]></description></item><item><title>Mommy, Crafter, Writer, Marketing, and more.</title><link>http://www.families.com/karabu/journal/mommy-crafter-writer-marketing-and-more,1627</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2007 22:21:19 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.families.com/karabu/journal/mommy-crafter-writer-marketing-and-more,1627</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm tired.   
I know I shouldn't be trying to do much right now (Home with our new week old baby! - Yippie) but I can't help feeling like I need to do more.&nbsp; I really don't want to go&nbsp; back to work, but a lot still needs to happen in the next couple of months for that to be a possibility.&nbsp;    
Both my crafting business (http://karabu.etsy.]]></description></item><item><title>Learning about Marketing</title><link>http://www.families.com/karabu/journal/learning-about-marketing,1546</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2007 04:41:37 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.families.com/karabu/journal/learning-about-marketing,1546</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm having my best month so far at Etsy.com.&nbsp; (I need to&nbsp;put my new pictures up here too. . .)&nbsp;I don't know if it's just the time of year (I've heard that retail sales are generally slow everywher in Jan. and Feb.) or if I'm just starting to get established there.&nbsp;    
I've really been trying to market myself - a brand new and scary arena.]]></description></item><item><title>Never enough time</title><link>http://www.families.com/karabu/journal/never-enough-time,1477</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:19:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.families.com/karabu/journal/never-enough-time,1477</guid><description><![CDATA[I have an entry I've wanted to write for a few days now.&nbsp; SInce I'm not sure when I'll actually get to it - I wanted to at least share some of my newer listings at http://karabu.etsy.com      
With the baby due in just a few weeks now, I'm trying to take my creations and my marketing seriously.&nbsp; If all goes well, I won't have to leave her and go back to work later on.]]></description></item><item><title>Tough Month so Far</title><link>http://www.families.com/karabu/journal/tough-month-so-far,1393</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:17:04 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.families.com/karabu/journal/tough-month-so-far,1393</guid><description><![CDATA[I though that Jan was rough, and Feb started out so promising. . .  Now it's all turned to hell.&nbsp; Let's see, first there was the broken water pipe.&nbsp; Then the fence needed to be replaced.&nbsp; Next we just got home from what was supposed to be a fun weekend - but the altitude made going up a flight of steps strenuous for me.]]></description></item><item><title>Naming a Person is Hard.</title><link>http://www.families.com/karabu/journal/naming-a-person-is-hard,1330</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 01:24:54 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.families.com/karabu/journal/naming-a-person-is-hard,1330</guid><description><![CDATA[I think we finially came up with a name for our new baby.&nbsp; I was really getting tired of calling her "the baby" or whatever, so I'm happy.]]></description></item></channel></rss>