Curosity -- The Beginning

People say, "Curosity killed the cat." In the world of humans, curosity can change your world. It did change mine. In fact, it was the first step that brought me to the business of treasures2yourdoor.com. Our family has been one for whom entrepreneurship is a way of life. In our early twenties, my husband came home one day and calmly announced, "I quit my job. We are going into business for our selves." That is a whole another story in itself about our family's journey to the building of MASCON, INC.. Back to the current tale ..... the details of the first step that led to the journey of a web-based business.

I really did not just get up one morning and think, "I want to have a eclectic business that deals treasures such as vintage glassware, depression glass, Christian music, and even garden furnishings such as horse tire swings." Actually it was just a normal business day in 2003. The newspaper came in the mail and I was in the last section and noticed "Public Notices." Now I am sure that part of the paper has been there ever since I began reading newspapers. It had just never seemed important before. Little did I know that portion of the paper could change a person's life.

I noticed some postings concerning auctions. One announced houses were going to be auctioned on the court house steps. My curosity got the best of me. I marked my calendar and on the appointed day, I went to the court house to see what happened at one of these auctions. I went home thinking, This is TOTALLY UNBELIEVABLE! I saw some house sell for fantastically low prices -- a three bedroom for less than $2,000. I shared this information with my husband and soon we purchased our first rental property.

By now I was hooked on reading the public notice section of the newspaper. I noticed there were other auctions being listed. Some were advertising Storage Unit auctions. Once again my curosity was peaked. I figured that I needed to find out what they were all about. So my calendar was was marked and on the appointed day I arrived at the storage units to find a bunch of people standing around. I sort of "eased drop" on different conversations to see if I could figure out what was going on. The manager appeared and announced that we were starting at Unit 42 and for everyone to follow him. The next stop was in front of the door of a storage unit. The door was raised. We were told we could look inside but go inside or touch anything. In about 90 seconds he asked if anyone wanted to make an opening bid. Someone yelled, "Five Dollars!" Now I was standing in amazement at the realization that anyone would only offer $5.oo for the amount of stuff at which I was looking. I could see appliances, all types of furniture, and stacks of boxes. Someone else said, "Ten Dollars." and the bidding went on. That unit sold for $40.00. I was in shock. It looked like to me someone had gotten a really good deal. We went on to the next unit and the scenario was repeated. This was better than shopping at Walmart!

I went home an told my husband, "I want to go to the next auction and buy a unit. I think there is money to be made! Well, naturally no husband in his right mind would dare tell his wife she couldn't do something she wanted to do! He just asked how much money I needed. I was conservative and told him $200 would be enough with which to start.

Little did I know that what had started as curosity was now the first step toward a future business,treasures2yourdoor.com.

In the beginning ....

Every endeavor has a beginning. Every point in life at which we find ourself has a beginning. Sometime that beginning is easily defined. Sometimes it takes a lot of reflection and searching to find an answer to the question, "How did I get to this point in life?"

This is the beginning of my reflection. How did I reach this point of sitting in front of a computer screen trying to figure out "How do I complete my assignment?" What was the journey that brought me to this assignment? Oh yeah, you don't know anything about the assignment. If this is to make any sense to you, I should fill you in on The Assignment .

THE ASSIGNMENT: Register a blog and start writing. Now you have to understand that I barely know what a blog is. Up until a few days ago, to me the word "blog" was just another obscure, meaningless word in my world -- if it was even a word in my world. It was just a word that rhymed with "clog" --- which could be a wooden shoe from Holland or the thing that is responsible for all the yucky water standing in a sink and refusing to budge until the plumber is called. But because of my journey in life, today it has a totally new meaning to me.

Ahhh, but now it is coming back to me. I had heard something about "blog." I now remember hearing something about people having space on the internet to write about their life in journal form and others could comment back on their life. Oh me, oh my. Woe is me! It is coming back to me. I remember my comment in that conversation, "You've gotta to be kidding me. Anyone that does that has WAY TOO MUCH time on their hands and they need to GET A LIFE'!"

Well, those words seem to have come back to haunt me; to become, as the saying goes, "my famous last words;" the words I will have to eat. It seems that I have joined the ranks of those, who in my previous opinion, need to "GET A LIFE!"

So, join me as I share my journey into the world of our family's web based business, Treasures2YourDoor.com.