No Way!

Okay, I tried to get out of my shell but it didn’t work. I went out and socialized and couldn’t wait to get home. It is not the people, it is me. I work at Restorative Light Therapies, an aeshetic medical spa I own. I would rather work than go out or I would rather go home. I’m just drained after I work but I would have it no other way. So I am going to live with myself and just accept who I am. We all need to accept who we are and just improve on ourselves. It is close to the new year and many people make some resolutions. Just make one improvement this year with your self. Doesn’t have to be that you are going to quit smoking or loss weight maybe just something minor. I am going to find more social networks for my business and work on that. It is something that I should be working on any way but my little middle-aged brain has this idea that it is difficult. Pushing yourself to be what you want to be is all I can ask, yes it is a big resolution but if you do it slowly say one thing a year and can be done. Happy New Year and bring on the new you!

Getting out of my Shell?

Oh, gosh I am going to have to start networking. Don’t want to. Just want to go home after work and sit on my fat ass and watch some TV and drink some Vino. I know I know not very smart but hey I am pooped after work and just want to go home and destress. Lame excuse. I am a business owner 24/7, I gotta take care of my business or there won’t be a business. Networking is part of the taking care of the business. Don’t get me wrong I like people just want to have them come in my business and I can have a good time with them here. I don’t want to have to redo my make up, tease my hair and try to figure out something so people won’t know that I am fat. I am in a beauty business, feel self-conscious. I should be thin and HOT! But I am not, I am just me trying to give YOU the best treatments and the most bang for you buck. You know the buck doesn’t go far but at my place it does, I make every dollar count. I love you all! You come in hoping to look better when you leave and I DELIVER! Waiting for my sister’s hair to dry so we can leave and get free food and booze. Now, doesn’t that sound like something I should look forward to?

It’s almost over

I have been trying to expand my business since April ‘09. It is just so ridiculous that the banks are still not lending money. I think to myself as I get discouraged, torn apart, wanting to pull my hair out about Elvis Presley who got turned down 12 times by recording studios. I’m I an Elvis and try and try and try? I am getting to the point of is it worth it? Will people come? Will this add stress to my bank account? I am not a person that gives up easily but you would think after 5 months of trying I would get the break that I have so been seeking. I often wonder if it is in the cards for me this expansion of my business. I have been turned down by 6 banks. That is not an easy one to stomach when you have been doing things right in your life like good credit score, equity and a business that is profitable. I keep trying just like Elvis, I get in my older van, I unlock the metal and glass door and walk on my black floors to my place of business. I look around at all the clients pictures, letters of thanks all over my steel gray walls and I continue with the race.

Bunny Hop!

Another hugely successful event for the Downtown Lee’s Summit promotions commitee and all that participated! Hundreds of kiddies and their baskets hoping around getting candy from so many businesses. There were 28 business in all and most gave out prizes to a girl or boy because they were the store’s representative and wore a sash with the store’s name. This idea was Chuck Denton’s from Doherty & Sullivan’s Irish Goods. My fav was a little girl who dressed up like a chicken and another was a boy carrying a huge box with a handle with tons of candy he glued onto the box. Fun day with beautiful weather!