Rain, Goodwill, and eBay

This morning I was late for work due to a tornado a few miles from my house. I was abou to leave for work when we got the message, so my family all went outside to our storm shelter in the backyard. Storms are not well liked by my wife, so she was a little disheveled, but she did fine. Now that we've been in the shelter during a storm, I think she's a little more comfortable with the idea, as she compared to a basement, just outside. We, and everyone we know, are fine.

Last Friday, my wife had an appointment in Oklahoma City. My mother was able to watch the girls for us that day, so my wife and I enjoyed the time. The girls love their grandparents' house, anyway. But whilst in OKC, we went to a Goodwill Outlet. If you've never been to one, it's a warehouse full of huge rolling bins that the workers cycle out with new bins every some odd minutes that are piled with things normal Goodwill stores could not sell. They have them sections by books, clothes, and then everything else. It's pure chaos. My wife enjoyed it more than I did, but it was still fun. We got a few items of clothing, toys, and stuffed animals that we'll try selling on eBay or Facebook Marketplace. Which, my wife has already managed to sell three of the things, so that's a new market from her business namesake. Recycled goods, I think she calls it. Either way, it's better than a landfill - seeking decent items, cleaning them up, and reselling them. It's something I've been thinking about doing with laptops and such - getting decommisioned work laptops and changing the hard drives, adding RAM, etc, then reselling... But I don't have the time or money for that currently.

As just mentioned, we're venturing a little into eBay. Her skincare business is doing okay, but it's a little hard to do markets and stuff with her health issues going on, so she's taking a summer break as the heat really affects her. She's got booths in a few local places and the website Crimson Cardinal Products is still up and running. Her eBay page is the same name. I also have an eBay I'll be selling things I find interesting on... or items she doesn't think quite fit her niche. I don't mind not having a niche. My account is thezachalope. I assume just Zachalope was taken at the time of making it 8 years ago. It happens.

Anyhow, hope everyone is safe and happy. If you're reading this, feel free to shoot me an email. I'd love to know how you found this and why you bothered reading it.