I last wrote here in May 2024 when my son was soon graduating high school. Now it’s March 22, 2025. So many months have gone by. What a journey it’s been. I remember where I was when I finished my last post on here (a coworking space). I remember how I went home, and this website along with one of my others, was down.
I’m calling this Day 22 to keep consistent, even though it’s 10 months later.
At first I thought my husband shut the websites down temporarily but then realized it was a glitch. Even though my other websites made money, he has been so sick of the websites. I don’t know why he cares. They were making money. I know he was frustrated with his lack of job prospects and didn’t want to spend any second of time thinking about these sites.
What’s been happening
Fast forward to now, he still doesn’t have a job but he really doesn’t want one. He wants to consult. Amazingly, he was referred by someone and picked up a small client last month. It’s been very good for him. I can only listen to him giving unsolicited advice to everyone so much.
But now he can channel that into his own client, so that’s great.
I am going to be writing daily again. I know there has been a huge gap from when I last wrote. If you are kind enough to be reading and following along, I will be filling in the gaps here and there about what’s been happening. I will also continue with my day-to-day trying to figure out life stuff.
I had my 100th sale
Just today, I had my 100th sale on Poshmark! That was exciting. Three of those sales didn’t go through. One, the person never accepted the order and is likely off Poshmark.
The other two were orders that came through but I had to cancel them. One was a silk blouse that I saw had some small dye stains on it. I don’t know how I missed them.
The second just happened a few weeks ago. I used a fabric shaver over one part of the dress, and there was a little fabric knot at the bottom of the dress that I went over. I removed it and in so doing, left a tiny hole in the dress.
I was so upset I did that! I will never use a fabric shaver again on something I’m selling. The bummer is that was the first time I ever used it. I usually only use a lint roller. So that’s what I’ll only be doing from now on!
So, that means 1% of my sales didn’t go through due to a customer issue, and 2% of my sales didn’t go through because of me. That’s not bad at all. I want to keep my 5-star rating and also have happy customers.
I’m still reading
Since my kids were born (so for the last 20 years) I haven’t really been watching TV or shows. I can’t even think of the last time I turned on Hulu or watched something on Amazon Prime. But reading, I do. Fiction. Easy, breezy fiction.
Right now, I’m reading a fiction book that Elin Hilderbrand had listed in the back of one of her books as one of her favorite books. I read so many Elin Hilderbrand books these last 20 or so months that I needed something else. So when I saw her favorites’ list on the back of her book, Beautiful Day (which I strongly disliked), I put whatever my library had on hold.
The book I’m reading is Wife 22 by Melanie Gideon. I think it’s been a nice change from Elin’s Nantucket fictional musings. I needed something new.
It’s been a fun read. I think many wives and mothers will be able to relate to parts of it. It moves along quickly. While I don’t like how the kids are portrayed, I think it’s a good book overall.
Bye, bye coworking space
Did I ever mention I had been using a coworking space when I used to write here? Sadly, my husband didn’t like the place and couldn’t wait for us to cancel. I loved going there even though we were only members for three months.
I loved dressing up and unpacking my computer and setting up my workspace. I was so productive there. We didn’t have an extra $300 a month to spend on it though. And we got two for $150 a month each but we each had to do it. Otherwise, for just me, it was $225.
I wish I had it still but my husband and I weren’t bringing in enough income to justify it, unfortunately. Too bad we didn’t think of joining when my website was making around $200 a day. Then I could have justified it.
Our membership was for just a drop-in space. It was crowded and somewhat distracting because it was a small building. In defense of my husband, what he and I didn’t like was that they sold us the space with three drop-in areas, then that dropped down to two areas as they made the private area that I used to sit in office space for $400+ a month per desk. So that was unfortunate.
I also didn’t like three of the staff members. They were family (the owners) and wildly unprofessional. They had one office person who was not related who was very professional. She was great. If I had a business, I would have tried to hire her.
My dream would be to have my own office there but it will cost $700+ a month. So that’s out. But wow! How amazing that would be.
Remote working
Working from home is very convenient. But my husband has been home with me for over 10 years also doing his version of “working” from home. Seriously, since my junior in high school was in preschool, my husband has been home.
Friends complained about their husbands at home during Covid, and I was like, “You seriously cannot complain about this to me.” He worked for three years out of the home, before that. But before that, he was also home for years. This is a huge reason why my marriage is not good.
More tomorrow!