I do apologize for not being more creative, and not writing lately.  I still have a story to finish, and I will get to is for sure!

But meanwhile, this is what has been occupying my time.... my partner and I just finished our 2nd Flip project.  Please take a look here at the photos - I'd love to hear what you think about it!

The Evening Shade Project - photo album

We received several offers on the house in the first weekend it was on the market, and it should be sold and closed very soon.  Then we will have the money to go on to the next project.

Now that #2 has already gone on the market, I am beginning to feel like a real professional - I can say with honesty that I am a Real Estate Investor, and a Home Stager... something I've wanted to try for such a long time.  It took years, but I am finally doing things that I've wanted to do - it makes for such a great feeling!

I am going to continue last week's blog post and tell you about the entrepreneurial spirit in my family - and we have now come to my siblings (and myself).  I am going to start you off in perhaps a surprising location -- your local grocery store.  It doesn't matter where you live - big city, small town, out in the middle of nowhere - it's all the same, as far as this story goes.

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I've always felt that some day I would be my own Boss - some day I would work for myself, because really it was my destiny.

I've had some pretty fabulous jobs over the years - and worked for some amazing Bosses - I've had opportunities where I could set my own hours, hire and fire my own employees, run my own little "unit" of somebody else's company.  I've even had some of those great bosses who did not interfere - as long as I was bringing in results, they did not care how I did it, and left me alone to make my own decisions.

But still.... somebody else was setting the rules.  Somebody else was making the profits.  Somebody else told me the guidelines of what we could or could not do - and ultimately, somebody else held my Fate in their hands.  Not me.  And that made even the most "perfect" job somehow not completely...  Read More

It's been awhile since I've updated here about my brand new endeavor - the business that I started this year.  But I figured that now would be the perfect time to come back and tell all about what I have been doing - because we just finished working on our first project.

Now, as many of you may know, I live in Las Vegas - the city that many refer to as "Ground Zero" for the Mortgage melt-down in America.  Five years running now, this has been the city with the highest rate of foreclosures in the country, and more than 70% of home owners are said to be "upside down" on their mortgages - owing more than their homes are worth.

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When I meet new people, I’m often asked “What do you do?” Once I tell people that (among other things) I have a home-based business selling on-line... the inevitable next question is, “What do you sell?”  The answer to that question can be tricky.  Because basically, the answer is, “I sell anything that I love”.

It’s a true answer, but it doesn’t really answer the question – what do I sell?  I’m going to try to answer that question here, by talking about some of the things that I love!

I have always been fascinated by design – combining colors and textures and coming up with beautiful effects.  You could say that my taste is eclectic, because what I love most is unexpected combinations of texture and style.

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You know that expression, "We eat with our eyes"?
It's very true you know - when served on a beautiful plate, the food always tastes more delicious.  

But there's another thing that I've found... we eat with our sense of touch too.  Food tastes better when it's served in the right dishes, with the right utensils.
If you don't believe me - why do we pull out the chop sticks when we are eating Chinese take-out?  It would taste the same eaten with a fork - wouldn't it?

Why do red wine, white wine, whiskey or a margarita each have to be served in a different type of glass?  I'll tell you a secret (don't tell anybody), but I once drank a margarita out of a red wine glass.... and guess what?  It tasted just the same!


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We have a seller here on Addoway - her name is Annapple Bonanza, and she makes some really cool videos to promote our items for sale.

Take a look at the most recent one:

Today is "Tu B'Shvat" - literally the 15th day of the Jewish Month of Shvat, but commonly known and celebrated as "The New Year of the Trees".  Long before the world starting marking "Earth Day" - the Jewish people had a day of their own which celebrated Nature, the Earth and in particular TREES.

The original purpose of Tu B'Shvat was to calculate the age of fruit trees.  There are several biblical edicts in Leviticus that relate to the age of trees, so to make it easier, each year is counted from Tu B'shvat.  

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I just finished reading my niece Tracy's post on her "Cancer Sux" blog - it was a sad one, written on the two year Anniversary of the death of her Mother -- my Sister-in-Law Dena.  As some of you have read in my previous posts, Tracy is a researcher who has made it her life's work to find a way to Kill Cancer - but in the past 4 years, she has had to deal not only with losing her Mother to endometrial cancer, but also her husband Kelcy's battle with Testicular Cancer -- not to mention losing her beautiful dog Tahoe to cancer, and (I might add) that I lost my sweet Luna to cancer as well just a couple of months ago.

After reading Tracy's blog, I felt that I needed to sit down and write on the same subject, since I have much to say about Dena - her life and her passing.

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