Beets, Cats and Plants

Thanksgiving was spent helping mom make 12 Pumpkin pies for the Roadhouse.
Then scrambled off, changed helped do some veggies and served up Dinner. A huge Turkey with Greenbeans, Beets, Potatoes, Sweet Carrots and Broccoli. And for dessert Apple and Pumpkin pie. Yumm! Apple pie was actually vegan--yay for me.
Before hand I took some photos of the beets--I love beets. And my cat. And plants.. which I got updated photos on how they are progressing and thought I would share with you my peeps. Enjoy, and please comment below--Much love and Happy Thanksgiving, and try not to trample people if you do the whole Black Friday thing.

Blessings.

Website coming soon!!

Yay! As much as I love my FB page and this blog It will be great to have a website to go along with it all and tie it in. And my dearest friend Kelsie and her beau are helping me, props to the Autonomite network!! Woot woot, check them out they are great graphic designers, and computer geniuses! And amazing people who hit the ground running and love to change the word for the better as much as I do and for that I LOVE you guys!!<3.
On a side note, I finally went to the Farmer's Market, and met up with the manager to see about setting up a booth, and it seems to be a little to sudden for me I need to get all my ducks in a row first, and think starting out slow here at the restaurant would be the way to go maybe even do a Saturday Craft fair thing, to be continued. Meanwhile, yesterday on our day off I : went shopping, did dishes, laundry, changed sheets, cooked 3 meals for TG, watered and planted, plus new planning for skincare stuff.
Phew!! I'm wiped out--but back to the restaurant this morning, need to make a new batch of lipbalms for the season and possibly order more.

More to come stay tuned and thanks for following!! Blessings and light!!

Me and mi lil buddy Charlie the cutest dog ever--not mine, but im her stepmom hahaha!

Heather.

Taxes, farmers market's and holiday madness

Hi everyone, hope y'all are having a great holiday season so far from Canadian Thanksgiving to Halloween, to American Thanksgiving to Xmas and Yule and then New Years and Valentines day and Bunny day. OMG.. so many.... hahahah no wonder people go cuckoo around the holidays there afraid there gonna go broke.
But do not despair for everyone at least once in there lifetime has to live on a budget like in college...although I didn't officially go to a brick and mortar college, I still know a thing or to about budgeting ;). 
But first a thing or two about taxes, when I was younger I remember hearing the saying : The only sure thing in this life is death and taxes. Man were they right. Up until 2 years ago I was in ignorant bliss and only knew a few things about business now I have 3 years of taxes experience and am STILL learning every year, especially since this last year they changed the Tax Reform and made it even harder to scam buy extra cash which is good for the government, but makes it a bit tough on business especially small business that just barely got there stuff together--ahem.  
But do not despair I got my ducks in a row... or at least I think I do, I usually do ALL the bookkeeping and tax filing but from time to time I do seek assistance from an accountant to point me in the right direction if I go astray--phew. And the last month was one of those moments, here I though I had everything figured out and it turns out I had to do even more extra steps and file more papers--sigh. I still filed everything though so I shouldn't be in trouble just need to get a handle on those extra steps before the end of the year which as of this writing is in.....less than 2 months, alright, challenge accepted gov. 
Enough of my tax ramblings though.... once I checked off the taxes monkey off  my to do list, I moved onto my next task, figuring out how I can get more local sales, to which people have been inquiring me If I`m going to be at this years Farmers Market?? To which I reply: Maybe :). I'm working on it. We shall see.

Above my fall kit perfect for the holidays!!Includes a scrub, butter and Spray.

Questions on Facebook.com/gmherbals or Etsy :)

1) I need someone to fill in for me at the market since I already have a full time job. And figure out how much of a cut they'll be getting for doing me a ginormous favor.
2) Need to figure out how much and what I need to setup
3) Meet up with corresponding people and talk.
4)Figure out how much I`m going to be selling, check inventory, etc, etc.
5) Go bananas!
I'm considering doing a "trunk show" at some cool boutiques I admire and maybe work consignment with some Spas in town y'all should be happy to hear that I have sold to a few spas now, so that's always good to have as a seller reference sheet.

Speaking of sheets I got some work I need to do in Google docs.

Aside from biz and tax ramblings and being excited about the new Farmers Market coming up soon... Im preparing myself for the madness of my day job as well--I run the family restaurant, a little burger, pizza joint. It gets preeeeettty crazy around Nov-March.

SO lots on my plate not to mention a few Indy film co-lab offers as well. Yep it feels good when people appreciate your work and want you for things, I feel like I finally have a purpose to try and better the world. Yay!

Oh before I forget..yes a few budgeting tips that I practice on a daily basis:

-Save at least 10-20% of what you make on a daily or weekly basis and stash it away in a coffee can or and envelope you won't be temped to get into much other wise what's the point?
-Prioritize everything!
-Make lists or get an agenda/datebook, it`s a life saver or if you have a smartypants phone then get an app or something what do I know -- I don't have a smart phone, but I used to :(.
-If you have a checking account or credit card, pay off everything you owe right away or square off your balance.
-Don´t let bills pile up, pay what you can when you can but try to pay them within a week, that way you got one monkey off your back and any left over cash, splurge of a cupcake or something.
-Ask friends and family for advice when in doubt or use the old Google.

Last but not least I read all these books in the last 3 weeks you should totally check them out if you love the vegan diet or just eating healthy and want to save the environment and be a better person and also save yourself from like cancer  or you want to open up a handmade biz on Etsy or in town Check those books out!! Peace and Love-- Heather

Book recommendations of the month.

World Peace Diet- Will Tuttle

No more dirty looks by Siobhan O'Connor, Alexandra Spunt

Handmade Marketplace by Kari Chapin

Some pictures :) and Time with friends

It`s been a super long time since I updated so much going on but I must say the dear Kari Chapin has reignited the spark in me, and even in times of dire straights I have found inspiration, so for that, TY Kari!!!
And below just a lil sneap peek of me and my obssession ---vegan CINNAMON BUNS omgwerrrdddd.
That`s me with the smiley face and drooling over the rolls, and below are my two besties from Austin Texas, who are soon leaving the nest to venture to South America somewhere--maybe Chile, maybe Columbia. Sounds exotic! I will miss you guys dearly, and love you so!.
Below from left to right is Kelsie, LeAndrew and me. Good times. Coming up next, some behind the scenes footage of my process, stay tuned, meanwhile here is a cat picture thrown in the mix, who doesn´t love cats right!!???.

My lil muffin!