My toy store is closing. Well ok it is not MY store but it is the one I have worked in for 5 years. I will miss the kids. The job, well I liked Linda and I will miss her. I will miss the people I think but not the job. I will not miss having to go into town everyday.
I can still support Melissa and Doug my favorite toy company by being an affiliate.
Now my store is not closing, actually it is moving. I was given the choice of moving with it if I wanted to. It is moving down town where it should have always been. However that means I would have to drive from home to the main store to get stock and opening stuff. Then drive 10 more miles to open the new store. That is a 37 mile trip, or $10 in gas per day. Not counting getting home. Not worth it.
Now to me this is a total God thing. It is also all Chip Ingram's fault. I listen to him in the afternoons and he has been teaching about dreaming great dreams or thinking great thoughts and being open to letting God plant a dream in you and make it happen. So I have had this idea in my head for a while about expanding the PH ministry into live chat Bible studies and such. Well I prayed for God to show me what His will was. A few days later I got the news about the store...
Now keeping in mind my DH, kids and Doc have all told me to quit because the job was taking too big a toll on me, this has to be God agreeing with them. I could not quit while it was feasible for me to get to work. With the store now down town it is not cost effective. Neither is the parking or loading and unloading doable for me. (Park at the store unload then park 3 blocks away and walk back ... ummm no)
Plus this will give me time to get my store up and going on PH. Once I relearn the programming. I will be able to sew, work on my book and do Bible studies. I may even begin using ebay again even though they irritate me. I really wish there was another viable auction site I could use!
So well, as of January 29th I will be self employed! LOL There are so many things I have been putting off it makes me head spin!
Squeeeeeeeeeeeee! I am so happy for you, Mel! I know you have been praying long and hard for this. I am truly delighted you are going to have an opportunity to put some things in place...some dreams...after all this time.
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Talk about one door closing and a window opens! I am so glad that you are going to be able to slow down a bit and enjoy the things that have had to be pushed to the side as well as your health, and not to mention that you will now have time to follow your dreams. I am so happy for you, though I know this wouldn't have been your first choice, I am with PFP, I too am thrilled that you will be able to put your dreams in place.
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