You may remember from my first post how I started selling on eBay to find a way to maximize the potential of the china and glassware that I had inherited? That is only part of the story.
Way back when I had a career, I did very well! Because of a big companywide downsizing, I lost that job in 1994, after 15 years. I moved to Maryland on my severance and bought a farm. I really didn't know what I was going to do for a living but I had an idea about opening a dog kennel.
Well, that didn't work, this was a horse boarding farm with barns and stalls and pastures and even an indoor riding arena. It was falling apart and needed lots of TLC. In less than 6 months I had the place all cleaned up and every one of the 22 stalls filled with paying boarders. After about 5 years, I realized that this was hard work! I was not getting any younger and the work was not getting any easier so I sold the farm in 1999. I moved to the eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland because one of the things I learned to love about farm living was being in the country. I bought a beautiful little property in Easton MD with enough room to build a little barn for two of my old school horses.
My auntie who was in the final months of her fight with lung cancer came to live with me shortly after I moved here. After she died I was at loose ends until my sister and I convinced my father that it was time for him to live near family and to relocate here from Florida. The next few years were spent taking him to the doctor, groceries, lunch, etc. He moved in with me in October of 2003 and died unexpectedly in March of 2004.
Again, I was at loose ends. My sister and I toyed with several business ideas. The timing wasn't right and I don't think either of us was ready for the commitment of a partnership but we brainstormed until we went our separate ways. She is an artist and has quite successfully pursued her craft. Check out her website, janetmatthewsstudio.com.
I am a salesman and in 2007 began my journey with eBay.
Way back when I had a career, I did very well! Because of a big companywide downsizing, I lost that job in 1994, after 15 years. I moved to Maryland on my severance and bought a farm. I really didn't know what I was going to do for a living but I had an idea about opening a dog kennel.
Well, that didn't work, this was a horse boarding farm with barns and stalls and pastures and even an indoor riding arena. It was falling apart and needed lots of TLC. In less than 6 months I had the place all cleaned up and every one of the 22 stalls filled with paying boarders. After about 5 years, I realized that this was hard work! I was not getting any younger and the work was not getting any easier so I sold the farm in 1999. I moved to the eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland because one of the things I learned to love about farm living was being in the country. I bought a beautiful little property in Easton MD with enough room to build a little barn for two of my old school horses.
My auntie who was in the final months of her fight with lung cancer came to live with me shortly after I moved here. After she died I was at loose ends until my sister and I convinced my father that it was time for him to live near family and to relocate here from Florida. The next few years were spent taking him to the doctor, groceries, lunch, etc. He moved in with me in October of 2003 and died unexpectedly in March of 2004.
Again, I was at loose ends. My sister and I toyed with several business ideas. The timing wasn't right and I don't think either of us was ready for the commitment of a partnership but we brainstormed until we went our separate ways. She is an artist and has quite successfully pursued her craft. Check out her website, janetmatthewsstudio.com.
I am a salesman and in 2007 began my journey with eBay.
my sister and me
(I'm in the red dress)
(I'm in the red dress)
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