I'm also a writer of columns on soap operas, horror movies, pets, the LGBTQ community and the paranormal. I have interviewed celebrities. I have washed poopy underwear. I attended the after-party for The Scream Awards with the likes of Quentin Tarantino. I have been on "empty the trash can duty" when the kid had the flu. I've had my photo taken with John Landis. I rarely get out of my pajamas since my office is at home, meaning I also rarely wear a bra, which is not as pretty of a sight as it used to be. I watch "General Hospital," "Supernatural," "Ghost Hunters" and dog shows. I don't understand why "Saw" isn't a chick flick. I have sold Barbie dolls, Beanie Babies, thousands upon thousands of VHS tapes, Justin Bieber party supplies and mullet wigs. I love Disneyland but hate crowds. I am the wife of a Toyota mechanic who is also an aspiring filmmaker. I love to cook and have had glimmerings about taking on a gluten-free food truck.
My husband and I up and made the decision to move to Southern California from Virginia in 2007 because we wanted to. No job transfer, no one we knew. People thought we were nuts. Our daughter, who is now our son, was struggling, and we wanted a more open and accepting environment. In five years, we are on our third house. From a rental house in our first stop, Temecula, to a house we bought in Temecula, to lease purchasing that one and moving to Orange County. Now we are planning a move to Los Angeles next spring. We wither and die a little more each time we think of a U-Haul.
So who am I? Hard to tell from that description. I'm not sure I can answer that question. I guess that's what this blog is all about. Who am I, what do I want out of life, and am I going down the right path. It feels like writing it all out will help. If I go back and look at my thoughts and feelings at any given moment, maybe I can make sense of it all. Do I want to be a writer? A PR person? Continue on with my business? Lie on the couch and watch bad Sci-Fi movies with Debbie Gibson and Urkel? Hope my husband makes all the money so I can sit on the board of a charity and plan fantastic cocktail parties and hob-nob with people named Buffy and Mimsy?
Hell, I don't know. I hope this blog will help me figure it out. I wonder if anyone will read it?
The main focus of my business these days is wigs, costumes, party supplies, toys and novelties. That means that Halloween is fast approaching, and thus, my sales are going up. This is my busy season every year, and it gets crazy-stressful and wild. It has been my goal this year to stop doing so much manually and streamlining the whole process.
I have had an Endicia postage account since 2003. I use it to print the postage for all the packages I ship out every day. One of the new programs I am using offers a free Endicia account. Hey great, that's $15.95 a month in savings! But I have to close my old account. I went in to cancel, and there was a picture of my business since 2003. Over $160,000 in postage printed.
Wow. It's sort of sad to close the account and start over again. Wouldn't it be cool to see how much I did in another nine years? So I took a screen shot of that page.
I need to start keeping more record of how I've progressed over the years. Wish I'd taken a picture of our basement in Virginia when it was filled with shelves and 5000 VHS tapes. Yes, 5000. I'm not making that up. Some of it was porn. That's a story for another day.
So bye-bye to a piece of the past, old Endicia account, as weird as that may sound. Another change in what has been a rapid-fire few years.
So each time I blog, I plan to include the following items. Seems important to track myself. If anyone ever reads this, I'm sure they won't care. :)
WHAT'S COMING UP? A possible interview with a young girl who stars in the upcoming A&E series "Bates Motel." My lovely friend Carole is a PR wiz and has been keeping me in the loop. One reason I can't wait to get up to L.A.
MOOD TODAY:
Odd. Happy. Not happy. Strange. Sentimental for a postage program.
GRATITUDE FOR THE DAY: That my business is thriving in an economy that's not.
WEIGHT LOSS EFFORTS:
Have been on Raspberry Ketones and Green Coffee Bean extract for a week but haven't taken religiously. Starting yesterday, I have been making sure it's front and center on my desk. Egg, cottage cheese, sauteed spinach, roma tomato for breakfast. Spinach salad with leftover salmon for lunch. Pot roast for dinner. Trying to keep up with Weight Watchers points again starting today. No loss. I am now allowed to exercise since it's been six weeks since my hysterectomy. MUST get back into the swing. NOTE: Husband wants to try that Insanity program. Holy shit.
Rene'
Me and John Landis - I mean ANIMAL HOUSE, come on???
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