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Happy New Year, friends! Buckle up because today I'm talking budgeting!  I spent the week between Christmas and New Years tallying up my year-end numbers as a way to measure growth and forecast the future. It's the one side of small business ownership that my creative brain loathes. And while 2021 was good to The Painted Pearl and this sweet small business life, I realized there were ways I could trim down business expenses and cut back on convenience foods for my family without making radical changes that would result in a retaliation from my Frye guys.  While I'm not a financial planner...

I set a goal back in 2020 to read 12 books. Doable, right?! Wrong. I failed. I don't remember how many I actually read but I definitely remember not hitting that 12 book mark. So I started 2021 with the same goal in hopes of actually reaching it. Turns out, I not only reached it, but surpassed it with a total of 24 books read in 2021! 24 BOOKS YOU GUYS!! Who am I?!?    I'm not sure what kind of goal to set for 2022 in terms of reading but one goal will be to devour any books I haven't...

I'd like to think I'm not easily influenced, but let's be honest, we've all hit that add to cart button before because someone we follow told us to, right?!? This is not that kind of post {But there is a sweet deal if you keep on readin'.} I love a good leather bag and I've never met a tote I didn't tote-ally adore! Same goes for a good pair of flats because I'd land flat on my face if I walked around in heels! A few months ago, I was watching the instagram stories of someone I follow who was...

The walls of my one-story ranch are slowly closing in. This house is always disheveled, the sink is always full and the dishwasher and laundry are constantly running. There is constant noise and someone always needs something. I open the fridge 100 times a day because someone is always hungry and I have exactly zero motivation to meal plan or even cook. And yet every time I sit down and get into my rhythm, alas, it's mealtime... again! Incase you were wondering, this is me, waving my white flag because I am... In our effort to do our part during these...

Late last year during a monthly training... I was sitting at the end of my dining room table, thankful I had remembered to log on to a monthly live Q&A call with a group of fellow, like-minded female makers. I don't know 98% of the women on this call and the introvert in me wanted to stay quiet and let others do the asking. But before I knew it, I was jumping in, hand held high (aka taking myself off of mute) and while I don't even remotely remember the question I asked, her response will forever stay with me.  "I'm sensing serious...