So as I was saying.......................Three months have passed, I'm managing a retail store with some of the more affluent clientele in Dallas asking my advice, buying my products and several of THEM, not me, soliciting my services........ So why am I frustrated?
I guess it is the ole', "Once they've seen the Lights of Paris, how are you going to keep 'em on the farm?"
It's tough if you have owned your own business for years. Made decisions, right or wrong. Invested your own money. Worked 60-70 hours a week. Only to now be relegated to producing profits for someone other than yourself.
I guess many would jump at the opportunity that I have been given. At 57, many people start to put it in cruise control and would be happy to ride the remaining years in the middle lane, driving a sedan..........but no, not me. Not Pattye and me.
So, here we go again.
The Ebay queen has dilligently been placing items in her successful Ebay store, Gathering-Eggs , with over 200 items posted now and she continues to receive unprecedented comments from buyers. She has also found time to launch a second Ebay store, Blue Sky Pools , which will feature items that I am familiar with, Pool Products. On top of everything else she also contracted to complete a beautiful water fountain pictured above for one of my high profile, high maintenance, star of TV and screen, local celebrity pool customers.
Today I gave notice to the great people at Fountainhead that I will be leaving them. My high-profile celebrity pool customer and I are working on a deal to work for them on a part-time basis and I have taken my many years in the Pool business and have resurrected Blue Sky Pools and brought it into the 21st century by specializing in Salt Water Systems for home pools. In addition, I have been making contact with other pool-related companies to provide start-up operations for new and remodeled pools.
It has been a great ride this past year for both Pattye and me. She has gained a wealth of experience in buying and selling on E-bay as well as at her store. She showed me her numbers for this month and I was quite impressed.
And me ? Well it has been a good six months as well. I have learned a hell of a lot about the retail business but most importantly I have learned that we didn't have all of the success in our past experiences by working for the other guy.
For some reason, maybe all I just needed was a little break from the past year's fiasco with you know who and wanted to just take it a little bit easy and let the other guy make the decisions.
Well, vacation time is over. I'm back in the saddle again, callin' the shots and determining when, where, how and why I do things.
Annnnnnnndddddd.................. I HAVE MISSED BLOGGING.........SO THERE..........YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LIVE WITH ME AGAIN!!
