Each month, we like to set goals, make plans, or just put together a quick list of the things we want to accomplish, resolve, achieve, or finish during that month. This thread has been a tradition of the Building/Starting An eBay Business boards for as long as I can recall. It's also a chance for those participating to socialize a bit without violating board rules.
So what is it you'd like to commit to (non-binger - we all realize life happens when you make other plans!), or are working to continue during the month of June 2021?
-Bob.
Currently at 19 shipments/56 purchases. Decent month - probably the best I've had in a couple quarters!
Had a fun Saturday - told youngest I needed a 'helper' to do some stuff at the storage space and was Journey available? Having all three kids would be counter-productive, but I knew Journey would help. So I picked her up around 2pm, helped youngest get all his 'stuff' out of my truck (he borrows the truck for family [5 people] trips but leaves the mess when he returns the keys) and get some of the stuff from the dining room out of the garage and into the truck. Then off we went.
Little did he know that Grandpa had other plans!! We stopped at Chick-Fil-A for drive-thru lunch, then headed back to the apartment. We ate, chatted with Grandma a bit, and then the Little Lady headed off into Grandpa's bedroom to watch videos, undisturbed, on Grandpa's computer. Later we had some munchies, talked a bit more, then got her home around 6pm. I asked her if she liked being an 'only child', for a few hours at least, and she smiled and said "yeah, my brother can be a pest sometimes". We talked about school, friends, and just generally caught up. It was no trip to the Zoo, but it was fun and everyone left happy. They have plans for the holiday weekend, so it should be quiet in Memphis. Temporarily anyway. 🙂
-Bob.
@debbiet22 wrote:Bob-nice you got to spend some quality time with Journey. I had 2 brothers growing up and they could be "pests". I always loved it when I spent a week or so with my grand-parents without them. It made me feel special. They had a small farm and I would help my grandma in the kitchen cooking and sometimes help my grandpa on the farm with chores. Then they sold the farm and moved to California, got too expensive, then moved back to Ohio. Then the visits started again till my Grandpa died and my grandma moved into a retirement facility and I got older.
The shed is suppose to be ordered today, a 12 x 16, gambrel roof so their will be roof storage. Of course it will cost us more but will sure help in getting things out of the garage and the screened in patio.
I enjoyed having a large family - lots of cousins to spread the blame when we all got in trouble! 🙂 And family reunions were huge! 100-125 people, all related to me one way or another, and always being referred to as someone's son...or so-and-so's sister's kid, depending on the connections between the parties in the conversation. And spending time on either family farm was always great -- so much room and no neighbors chasing you off their yard!!
Your shed's a bit bigger than mine. I should have enclosed mine - sealed the gaps between the top of the side walls and the rafters of the roof. That would have gone a long way to keeping the bugs out! I was planning to insulate and install a small AC unit so I could work out there, but we just filled it up with stuff that was not really heat-sensitive, used bug-resistant plastic containers or bags whenever possible, and made room in areas that were properly heated/cooled and with electrical outlets and working lights. 🙂
-Bob.
New thread has been posted for July! You can find it here:
I finished the month good, but unfortunately I think I 'loaned' most of it out to my oldest boy -- his hours at work haven't recovered fully yet, so things have been tight for over a year. Slowly getting better.... very slowly.
-Bob.
