Spring break is half way thru’ and it had been crazy at the store. We have been having great weather of late.. and had expected everyone to go out .. and get some fresh air .. and do some outdoors stuff. But nope.. apparently, no one wants to go out .. !!!! we need to get our hands on some barcode scanner to make it easier for everyone at the store.. in case it is this busy in the summer. Come summer. .we want to go away for a short vacation. It would really ease our mind.. knowing that everything is in order.

It’s amusing when you see how some parents “teaches” their kids. Say for example, your kid was doing something you deem “illegal” .. like say.. buying a lighter. Would you storm into someone’s business and tell them off..?? or would you sit your kid down.. and talk sensibly to the kid..??? Good parenting is doing the common sense thing, if you cannot control your kid, what gives you the right to control someone’s business. Illegal or not.. you talk to your kid.. and not the person who owns the business .. and making a living on it. *shake head*

When you bring your kid to work.. like we do, you have gotta be careful what you tell them.. because they will in turn tell the customers. I’m sure you all know we own a video store.. and yes.. we rent adult movies and sell them. They are stored in an adult room.. and we tell the brat that she cannot go in there.. because it’s a “yukky” room.

Today a customer came in and went into the “yukky” room. .and guess what the brat said to him.. ??? She said.. “Eeeewwwwkkkk… you went into the yukky room..!!! that’s gross!!!!” muahahahhahahaha!!! can die laughing or not.. ?? in which the customer replied.. beet red in color .. “yes.. it’s a yukky room” .. muahahahha!!!

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Sorry, I haven’t updated for a few days, it had been crazy busy here. With Chloe in school now, she is like a social butterfly, invited for birthday parties.. after birthday parties. On top of it, I am actively raising fund for her school playground & library and supporting her school Home & School Fundraising .. with selling tickets for the Wii. So far we have sold 60 books, 3 tickets a book, so you see how busy we have been.

On the business front, it had been crazy here, everyone looking for presents for Christmas.. we never got a breather the whole week, our store is packed. And of course, there is this thing going on with the lobster fishermen in town that we are encouraged to have lobsters instead of turkey this Christmas. Yes at $3/pound.. you can’t really blame the fishermen and the owners to be upset but having said that.. the fishermen are always whiny regardless.

Presents are arriving for Chloe from all over the world and I haven’t got a chance to sort it out yet and take pictures of. The latest is from Anna in the USA .. thank you for the bento set, I haven’t had a chance to take a picture of it since we are open even on Sundays - The boss is a slave driver - i tell everyone .. hahahahha!!! I’ve resorted to using Etsy or any online store to send presents, from the Body Shop to David’s cookies etc. So if i missed out.. please don’t hate me. On the other hand, i put PB on task to keep his promise to Vien .. from a year ago, i berated him Vien, so I will have a post up .. to show you .. he even packed it up already today.. hhahahahahahah1!! be surprised Vien..!!! We never forget, just so busy .. running a business and having a kid in school. And I cannot thank my sponsors and advertising company enough for the many jobs they give me. My sincerest thanks..!! You know who you are..

PS : I am also busy campaigning to get “The Y’arc” to move to downtown Yarmouth, to save the downtown businesses and homeowner and their interest. My submission for a move for the town council to consider their locality needs to be in by 18th, so you see I am busy.

For those that know me for years now must be wondering .. why I am not in business or buying some kind of franchises, since my plan when i first arrived was to get into some kind of “Body Shop” business. But when I made enquiries about it, Body Shop in Canada wasn’t selling any kind of franchise and they had said they will inform me if they do. For the last few years, i haven’t even thought about it till .. Chloe went to school.. and started having invites for birthdays. I also read about some funding with the government here.. and think that come the new year, i may have a new venture.. but first I’ll have to speak with another mother that i met .. at Chloe’s school. She isn’t from here you see.. so i can definitely see some potential in this new adventure of mine. Wish me luck eh.

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I don’t know if you remember Jenn who used to work for us .. and drives a truck and a motorbike that even PB can’t write on it .. because it is too big for him. And by the way, Jenn is a tiny little gal.. who was not even 20 when she worked for us. But man..!! that girl had so many motorcycle accident.. i think she will do well with having the number for motorcycle accident lawyers Los Angeles. Well, anyhow.. just the other day, we heard she was engaged to be married. We had seen her not too long ago.. but she never mentioned it. Oh well.. ! i better not be kapo.. and ask her about it. Afterall, she will tell us when she is ready eh.

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A lot of things changed after coming to Canada. Once upon a time, i would never thought i would use a used monitor or just about anything used.. but Canada changed me.. or rather PB did. In the business of used games, used systems .. and used cisco, now i am not so repulsive about using anything used or what we called back home “second hand”. Truth be told, if possible, we would do “used” everything in our business if we can. Reason..?? the profit is good.. and the cost is low.. and even if they don’t work well.. PB loves to mess around with them abit. So it’s works anyways.

Whenever PB goes to school and pick Chloe up after school, she usually wants to stay for abit.. and play in the playground. It is perfectly fine with us.. especially if the weather was good. Unfortunately, it is not always possible to stay longer than 20 mins.. and we explained to her.. that we need to go back to the store to work.

So if there were other kids at the school playground.. asking Chloe to play with them more.. Chloe would say.. “I’ve gotta go.. I’ve got a store..!” muahhahahaha!! i was tickled.. to be honest.. how can we not be right..?? such an innocent answer.. not said .. because she is the boss’s daughter.. but because she knows that there is a need for us to go.. because we needed to work. So these are some of the things she does at the store.. besides harassing the customers.. muahahha!!! And sometimes.. she asked to sit outside of the counter.. and we do let her.. although she does already have her own corner.

Last week, we told you about winning a trip to Montreal right..? Anyhow.. PB decided that it wouldn’t really worked out for us.. because Chloe is in school right now..and we can’t just take off anytime soon. Plus we do have a business to run as well and there is no one to do the technical stuff.. that we seems to be getting more each day ( i ain’t complaining). So we accepted an alternative prize .. and that was for a cash prize of $1,000. So here it is.. our winning from the boys and girls club .. and we have sherry to thank this for.. for it was a Christmas gift from her. Thank you Sherry..!

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Mama Pumpkin had asked if i knew what the meaning of my 2nd toe being longer than my first.. muahhahaha!!! It had been so long since someone reminded me of it. And the answer to that question . .my dear Mama Pumpkin is “yes” .. i do know… mauahahha!!

But I guess .. once you look at my new post here.. you will kinda know what the toe thingie means eh..? So Mama Pumpkin .. you’ve gotta come tell us if I am right eh. Can anyone guess .. what does it means.. that my second toe is longer than my big toe..??

I’ve had a mobile phone for as long as I can remember but I always miss calls because the phone is in my handbag since I don’t have enough hands to carry it when I am out with my kid. And since I’m very selective about who I return my calls to, I find reverse mobile phone lookup tools to be very useful. Simply punch in the number that appears on your mobile phone and find out exactly who was calling at the time. It is very handy too if you have a lot of boyfriends I suppose.

A long time girlfriend of mine, has moved from Australia back to USA and then from USA to Singapore… and from Singapore back to Connecticut.. and from Connecticut to San Fransisco. And she is moving again .. because her husband had another offer with another bigger company. This time to New York and I guess she is using New York Moving Company to help her relocate. The last time, I know she did it on her own.. and she was pretty pregnant then . and she wasn’t really happy at all. This time, she was just gonna leave it to the professionals.

In a town full of fishermen it is not surprising to see trucks on the road all the time. But I guess it shouldn’t be of any surprise to me since the trucks are used to nets and lobster pots down to the wharf and back. I have also heard stories of our fishermen paying for their new GMC trucks in cash. I’m pretty sure owners at New GMC Manchester NH would love some customers like this too.

I know of someone who could use a new GMC truck instead of his old beat up one! And that is Grampie..! I bet my father-in-law would love the all new GMC Sierra, it’s quiet and has a spacious interior so delivering vegies and fruits to our local stores would be a lot easier and more enjoyable. Plus with the Active Fuel Management it must mean that it is not quite that expensive to run as compared to that old beat up truck he now uses. And Richard, my brother-in-law, had mentioned about the towing capacity of this all new Sierra and how it can handle just about any job. It would be very handy for his current project of building his own cabin.

We currently have a Ford Focus and in another few more months, our 5 yrs of paying for it will be over. PB is looking forward to enjoying the car finally and of course having the extra cash every month as well. But we also know we need another car now that the kid is going to school this fall. I grew up watching Mazda cars outside my grandfather’s house and am no stranger to it. Yes, it is a Japanese car and the Japanese do manufacture tons of them every year, but they are a good car and I like the styles. When I was way younger I wanted to own a Mazda RX7 but of course now at 43 this is a different story altogether.

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What a week I had ..! trying to recover from my surgeries.. and yet gotta deal with the likes of Bin Ladin lookalike..! Yes.. !! you heard me right..!! For those who knows me.. you would know how crazy and mad i can get… when it comes to dealing with this town. .and “some” great ppl. From a chicken shit for a neighbour to now.. a Bin Ladin lookalike at our store.. who wants to bring the cops to our store to SHUT US DOWN..!! Read all about it in my business blog eh.

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A month from today.. the store will be celebrating its 9th anniversary in business. Besides promotional products to give away on that day, we are thinking of having a sale.. and a cake and tea session for our regular customers. What else can you think of ..?? to advertise our anniversary..?? pray tell.

Everyone thinks that being your own boss or owning your own store is easy and wonderful. Let me tell you it isn’t at all. Like my neighbour said, you have so much money one day from sales.. but you also gotta spend that much on taxes and payroll. Franchise opportunity are great but alot of sacrifices is called for when you want to be your own boss.

Yes..! they do say the darnedest thing. A few boys were in the store.. and they went into the adult room. Guess what the brat said.. to one of the friends .. that were in the room..?? She said.. “Yer friend is in the YAKKIE room”!! muahahahhahahaha!!!

When I first came to Canada, I had big dreams.. i wanted to get ahold of a franchise for a leading cosmetic store but was told that they do not at that point of time do any franchising. I checked back often to see if they have had made any changes.. but for the last 8 yrs, they still wants to own the stores around Canada on their own. What a bummer!

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