since we closed our store.
Wanted to say how we are doing. Our customers have followed us, even if we lost our business phone number. We've gained some new customers too. Seems easier now that we don't have rent, lights and all the other bills that go with a store. The money we earn can go to keeping the family going.
The newspaper we do is helping to keep our name out there, however the ads we get don't hardly pay for it. but it is a way to do cheap advertising for us. I've had to go on some interesting and humorous interviews. They are big on livestock shows here so I find myself interviewing pig owners, and sheep owners in their barn yards. Sometimes I feel like I've stepped into an episode of Green Acres.
My 84 year old mom was sick and I had to care for her and take her to the doctor often, which I couldn't have done if I got a job at the grocery store. So sometimes, it works out for the best if you don't get what you think you need.
Our waterbed sprung a leak about 3 weeks ago and couldn't be fixed. We are through with waterbeds. We didn't have the money for a mattress and didn't want to cause any more debt. So we've been sleeping on an air mattress which usually ended up flat by morning. took turns sleeping on the couch, doubled up the kids to sleep on bunk beds, and even sleeping on the floor. I have to say a little deprivation is good for you. We've been putting money aside, and I found a place that sells brand name for half price cause they slightly off.
So we finally got enough saved up to buy a mattress, and we bought one two nights ago. Wow, what a great feeling a good nights rest is.
Our next project is to close in our large patio we built a few years ago. I will miss sitting out on it, but our house is packed full and we need to move our business stuff out there. We are saving for that now.
All I can say is sometimes the things you dread and think are going to be awful, turn out to be ok and sometimes even better than what you thought it could be.
Thanks for listening.
Sadie