It sure seems like I get busier and busier every day. What's up with that? I always kind of figured that the older you got, the more you slowed down. That's certainly not the case for the Dave person and myself. We got to looking at our calendar last night, thinking things were going to slow down now that the Mushroom Festival is over. Nope. Not gonna happen. We have something going on just about every weekend from now until the end of September.
How can that be? Is it ever going to stop? Not until I learn to say no. That's what the Dave person would tell me. I guess it runs in my genes. My grandmother stayed busy up until she went to heaven. Heck, I think she was worried about an Avon order in her hospital bed the day before she died. I'm going to throw it out there and just wonder to myself, "what will I be worried about" when that day comes. Probably promoting someone's business, ha ha ha.
It seems like all these weekend gigs would be for summer vacations during the coming months, but most of our activities are related to work. And that's okay. It is our intention at All Things Country Magazine to spread good news. And good news to me doesn't always mean a good story. We have some wonderful businesses in the area. In my humble opinion, every time I can promote a small business that is hanging in there, well that's good news too!
I go back to It Takes A Village all the time. That saying has stuck with me so many times over the years. It takes all of us to keep these small, locally owned businesses going. It's my sincere hope that some of our readers pick up the book on a weekend day and say, "let's go check this place out." Heck, you are already getting a beautiful drive if you are going to a neighboring county, without the visit to the business. And if you find a new place to shop, that's an added bonus. An even better bonus is when you go home and tell your friends about it. Because, really, it truly does take a village.
I love hearing from our family of advertisers about the visits they receive throughout the month. It tickles me to hear Wanda down in Kingston tell me that she actually shipped yarn to someone in Beattyville because of her ad in All Things Country. That, my friend, is good news to me!
Have a great day. It's so beautiful outside that I might just take my lunch break out there and, what else, pull a few weeds and work some more! Many blessings to you.
Pam
