Direction?

To craft or not to craft. THAT is the question.

No, no... I don't mean I am going to stop crafting! That just won't happen. What I am talking about is how to proceed with this blog... what "direction" it should take. Part of the reason I wanted to start this is to empower and inspire women. All women.

It is obvious that I have not posted in quite some time. The reason for that is because I started my own business. Not the business I intend to stick with for anything long-term. More the business that is enabling me to acquire my dream.

Time for a story.

You see. I've loved horses my entire life. Once I became a parent (nearly 26 years ago), no more horses. Much to expensive a hobby and my kid(s) come first.

Low and behold my oldest and my youngest (both girls, now ages 25 and 12) love horses. We've been very blessed and, after a few years of taking lessons, we were able to get my youngest a pony for her birthday last year. This has kept me at the barn with her on a daily basis.

Being there every day, I get to see all the horses that come in. One such horse arrived on a warm June day during the summer of 2011. I fell in love at first site. However, after speaking with the barn owner (Lynne), I didn't see how he could ever be mine. I was heartbroken.

Time comes and goes. Fast forward to late summer 2012. He is still not sold. Lynne has, for one reason or another, declined to sell him to the few people who have come to take a look at him. Next thing I know, she has a buyer for him. One she is willing to sell to. The only issue? The buyer cannot take him until spring 2013.

I am devastated. I couldn't believe my reaction... crying like a baby.

A few days pass and I am watching Lynne ride him. We start talking. And she makes me an offer I simply cannot refuse. But, how am I going to manage it??? My husband's response was an emphatic "NO!"

I had to do something.

What can I do? A second job? A home business? What can be started quickly? What requires little, if any overhead?

Then it hit me. Something I do, in some capacity, every single day of my life! Clean houses! I can do this part-time in addition to my "regular" job.

And so it began. I made up a flier. Posted more than a hundred of them and, low and behold, I got a call!

"Weltson" is now mine and this past Monday, I gave notice at my "regular" job to continue my own business on a full-time basis.

I've been wanting to start my own business for decades. I've researched every possible opportunity. Read every "work from home" book in print. Nothing was clicking for me. Until Weltson. He became my reason to get off of my backside and do SOMETHING.

Is housecleaning where I see myself in five years? No, but for right now it is allowing me to live my dream. It is allowing me to pursue another home business idea that I hope will come to fruition.

Let me help you bring your dream to life!