Some Bad News...

Hello my friends. I know that not everyone who reads this blog follows me on Facebook so there might be a few of you who may not know some of the things that have been happening in the Salazar household lately. Danny's parents (who this post isn't about... I don't want to worry any of our friends) have been having a lot of health issues in the past couple of months. That by itself is enough to make someone distracted. On top of this, Zack's fiancee moved out under very bad circumstances, has regularly threatened that we won't see Hunter, and has taken every opportunity to create strife in our household. Zack is trying to make their relationship work and is, unfortunately, stuck in the middle over and over again which led us to a suicide scare last week.

All of these things have weighed heavy on Danny's mind and when his opportunity for a promotion came up after being a top performer for 7 years, he was passed over because they were afraid that the added responsibility would be too much for him with everything else that is going on.

Then on Saturday, a wonderful registered letter from our landlord of ELEVEN years arrived telling us that he is doing major renovations on our house and that we have to move in 60 days. We've been in the same house for so long that the rent all around us has skyrocketed. Some houses near us are nearly $1,000 more than what we are paying... and we are already struggling. This being said, I am going to be doing my best to pack up eleven years worth of schtuff in 60 days while trying to find a new home that we can afford.

The weekly videos that I LOVE doing are free to sponsors except for providing the prizes and most of the time I have to mail those prizes with money out of my own pocket. I spend at least 2 days each week creating the project, filming, and then editing the video without there being a financial gain. So, unfortunately, I won't be able to continue this way.

I know that people must think that I make a ton of money licensing products but it isn't the case. Last year GCD went bankrupt and didn't pay me a dime for all the work that I did in 2013 and I haven't had a new die release with Spellbinders in 2 years. The amount of money I make from the rest of the companies isn't enough to pay even one of our utility bills every month.

Though this post seems like it is all doom and gloom I want to let everyone know that I will be doing videos but I'll be doing them a bit differently. They won't be scheduled on a regular day because I will be fitting them in whenever I can. The video format will be different as well. I'll be creating class projects that will be available on the Girlie Grunge site that will have videos and downloadable PDF instructions. In the free video I'll show the project and possibly give a simple technique from the class. This way I'll be able to continue with the videos and hopefully earn some money at the same time.

We will also begin selling some of the DSD products on the Blue Gene Baby Facebook page. This will be starting as early as this week and hopefully that will help us fill in some of the blanks as well.

I so appreciate you taking the time to read through this long post with no pretty pictures! If you've made it to the end of this post then you really are one of my cyber buddies and you truly care about me and my family. It is people like you that make me want to keep doing what I do. THANK YOU!!!

Smooches ~D~