It's hard to believe it's June already. And June 1 means...it's Bozley's birthday! Our golden boy is FIVE years old now! It doesn't seem like it's been that long...but at the same time, it's hard to remember what life was like before we brought Boz home. Our pandemic dog still has anxiety issues, but Nova helps a lot. She is a much more laid back girl and shows him that things aren't that big of a deal (unless it's fireworks or thunder...then she hides in the hallway or in the bedroom with daddy while Bozley isn't bothered by them at all...go figure!). He didn't like riding in the back seat of the car or going downstairs in our basement...but after watching Nova do it for a little while, he's fine with it. We do still struggle to get him to eat all of his food, but he does eventually eat it. The vet said as long as he's maintaining his weight, it's nothing to worry about. Boz is such a sweet puppy and gives the best hugs and kisses. We absolutely adore him (and Nova, of course). The dogs got to celebrate Boz's 5th birthday with dog cookies and new toys (an Octopus and a Sasquatch) from Chuck & Don's. :)
Within the next month, we're going to finally get Bozzy neutered. It's $330 and every time we get ready to make the appointment...something breaks around the house that we end up having to pay for first. :P First it was the broken water line, then the air conditioner, then the refrigerator...just one thing after another! But we are waiting for our CareCredit card to arrive because we can get 6 months no-interest promotional financing through our vet...so we won't have to have all the cash up front and it gives us a little cushion in case some other expense comes up.
We also have to get Nova another allergy shot which is $175 for her size. We'd gotten one in April when we took them to the vet, but they only last 6-8 weeks or so. We can tell it helped a lot, though. Usually starting in the spring, Nova will start to get hot spots and scabs as a result of environmental/seasonal allergies. She got a little bit of relief from Benadryl, but we want her to be as comfortable as possible without having to give her Benadryl several times a day for 6 months. She had a couple spots at the vet in April, but after we got her the Cytopoint injection, her spots cleared up and her skin had been clear until last week when a spot erupted on the back of her head. I got her this hood to help keep Bozley from licking her head. So we're going to get her another shot and hopefully the spots she has now will clear up again.
In other news, I'm still a Star Seller on Etsy for June. :) It's been 2 years now since I hit Star Seller for the first time, and I've maintained it ever since. I did all my end-of-the-month updates to my spreadsheets and I had the most orders in May for 2025. My previous high for orders in one month for 2025 was 113 in March...and I had 134 for May. :) I also hit 2450 sales in my CandiMakerStickers Etsy shop on May 30th. My goal this year is to hit 3000 sales in that shop, and if things continue the way they are...I should be able to reach my goal. :) I've had 642 sales this year as of 5/31/25 and I only have 538 sales to go now. I'm really happy with the progress.
Now that I have my Romeo, I'm wanting to work on designing some more sticker sheets. I was excited about them until I realized how much of a pain they were to cut on my Cricut Maker...but I don't have that problem anymore. So now I want to get back to making some more of those...in addition to all the regular sticker designs I still have on my list to make. There's just not enough hours in the day to do everything I want to do as quickly as I want to do it. :P
I also need to finish updating all the listings on my Faire site. I did get all the initial listings and main listing photo done, I just need to finish setting up the details and add the second listing photo for each one. Since I haven't had much traffic there so far, it's hard to really get motivated to devote the time to it while I have such a long list of other things I want to get done.
Well...I'm gonna get a bit more done before I go to bed. I hope everyone has a great week! :)
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