OK so after Christmas tree's we were supposed to trade our truck and trailer for a 35 foot class A....... Well that did not happen. We went to make the trade and we found out that the class A was to far gone to even remodel plus it needed all new tires right off the bat and that was not something we wanted to put money into right now. To make it drive able we needed to work on it for like a week and the location it was in was not some place you want to work on a vehicle for a long period of time. We decided that we would head up to my sister in-laws in Crawfordville, FL spend some time with them since we missed family for Christmas and we would continue our search for a bigger rig here.
OH I am supposed to give you a brief summary of how selling Christmas tree's was... So here we go. We started out on a new lot that was not making any money for the first week so we were a little down and out. We received a call from the owner that was requesting us to move to a busier lot because the manager needed to leave for an emergency. YIPPY we happily moved and they closed our old lot down. Boy were they right this lot was so busy we could not believe the difference. We had a great group of lot helpers and we could not have finished the season without them. We made a life long friend named Kevin who we hope that when we go back next year that he will be able to work for us again. We ate out EVERY NIGHT... when you are working 14 hour days there is really no time to cook. Trust me we thought when we first started that we would be able or want to cook food..... WE WERE WRONG once we closed the night we were pooped and all we wanted to do was hit the bed and sleep. Sonic was right next to our lot so needless to say we ate a lot of Sonic now I hate the thought of Sonic and never want to eat there again until we go back next year LOL... Yes I said 14 hour days.. and if you are going to break the money down and look at what you are making per day per hour you will think it is not worth your time to some of you however we were there for the money but we were also there for the experience and since Christmas is my favorite holiday what better thing to do then sell tree's and help all the families find their perfect tree. So it may seem like a long day and a lot of hours but it was the best time we have had made great friends and worked for the best group of people Hart T Tree Farms. It was our first year and they just made sure we had everything we needed made sure we knew what we were doing and helped us in every way they could we could call on them anytime of the day and they were sure to answer even though they were dealing with other lots as well. The only down side was it is over Todd's Birthday, Thanksgiving and Christmas but we just figured we would celebrate Christmas after Christmas and it would just be peachy lol..
Now we are back in Northern FL it is COLD up here I wish I was still in Southern, FL where it was warm. We are searching for our BIGGER rig.. we are not in a rush since we can stay here as long as we need so we are going to find the perfect one. Our course we are looking at Class A's and Fifth wheels but we are not sure what we will be getting until the perfect one jumps our and says live in me hahah but until then we are still in our TT happy as could be I am sure going to miss it when it is gone since it is the rig we started our adventure of full-timing in it will always hold a special place in our hearts. OH and I am getting a new camera for a belated Christmas gift since mine is broke again then I will start posting lots of awesome fun pictures again. Well stay tuned over the next few weeks or months to see what we choose and what we do. Christmas Tree selling season was awesome now we are relaxing.... Merry Belated Christmas and hope the New Year Treats you well.... :-)
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Thursday, December 18, 2014
After Christmas Tree's
The Christmas tree selling season is almost over and we are excited to hit the road again. We are going to be spending Christmas at the casino it is kind of our tradition since most of the time we are in a state were we do not have family in. Once we are finished relaxing for a few days and sleeping as long as we want we are off to get our class A. Nothing fancy it is a 1988 we are trading for our TT and our truck for the 35 foot class A. It is going to need some remodeling and that is what we do best so we are going to be spending some time at my sister-in laws house in Tallahassee we are so excited to spend more time with her and her husband. While we are there me and Todd will be taking a day to ourselves no pups just me and hubby time in Jacksonville visiting some friends for the night since my sister in law loves my puppies so much and will watch them for us (hopefully). It will be some much needed time for him and I and bed space lol.. For anyone who has three or more pets you know what I am talking about but I would not change it for the world just a night alone every once in a while is needed.
Once we are all finished remodeling our class A we are hitting the road to visit my family in MD!!!!! WOO HOOO... the only problem with this is I am having trouble finding a campground that is not outrageously expensive for a month and that allows longer then a 14 day stay. I did not think it would be this hard to find a place but it is. I do not want to spend $700-800 dollars plus electric for a month I am not trying to be cheap or anything and this trip is a unexpected trip so trying to save as much money as possible. If anyone reading this knows of a campground maybe on not top of the line in or around the Baltimore area please let me know its not like we will be spending a lot of time there just need hookups for sleeping and all.. Well I am off because I have customers on the lot wanting to buy a tree...
Friday, December 12, 2014
Boynton Beach FL Christmas Tree's
We have been at our new lot for almost a week and we are rocking it out. The have beaten our records everyday and we have already reached our bonus goal now we are tracking towards our super goal and we do not know what that is but we are excited to see if we can reach that goal.
We are having so much fun doing this our crew is really awesome and they are some tree selling fools... we have some fresh trees some of our tree's have snow water on them from when they are cut down in NC. Our cute little table tops seem to be pretty popular we got 15 of them 2 days ago and we only have 2 left.... we need more but I am pretty sure they have none left. I am some what disappointed that I do not have any room in my rig for a tree I am not used to this it is a little depressing but Todd tells me I have 150 tree's standing but they are not mine. I did not take the hour to pick the perfect tree out and make the workers open 5 trees for me so it was hard for me the get in the Christmas spirit this year. You better believe that next year we are going to make sure there is space in the rig for a tree even if it has to be a small table top but I will make sure there is room for a 5 foot if I get my way!!! lol..
There is one downfall to this whole tree selling well it is not even a downfall just loosing some beauty sleep. We are right behind a Sonic fast food and they are open until 3am... yes 3AM.... and they will play their music so LOUD that I just throw my ear plugs in and I will just drift off into dream land but I can still hear the music and on Tuner Thursday lol.. all the tuner cars roll up at 10pm at night they are really loud so we named it Tuner Thursday,,,, but we are just having a blast that we do not really care at all.....we will sleep once we are all complete the season..
OH BTW update on our water pump that we thought we out.... turns out the water pump is not bad it was just the micro switch.... Todd being a jack of all trades pulled the pump took it apart and narrowed it down to what he thought it was and he fixed it I am not sure how he rebuilt the micro switch to work to make it worked but hell yeah!!!! he did so YES we do not need to get a new water pump....I am so glad Todd knows how to fix almost anything I have a pretty AWESOME HUBBY!!!!
Well I am off the sell some tree's and try to break the lots records from last year and you better believe we plan to blow it out of the water!!!!! 12 Days til Christmas!!!!!!!
We are having so much fun doing this our crew is really awesome and they are some tree selling fools... we have some fresh trees some of our tree's have snow water on them from when they are cut down in NC. Our cute little table tops seem to be pretty popular we got 15 of them 2 days ago and we only have 2 left.... we need more but I am pretty sure they have none left. I am some what disappointed that I do not have any room in my rig for a tree I am not used to this it is a little depressing but Todd tells me I have 150 tree's standing but they are not mine. I did not take the hour to pick the perfect tree out and make the workers open 5 trees for me so it was hard for me the get in the Christmas spirit this year. You better believe that next year we are going to make sure there is space in the rig for a tree even if it has to be a small table top but I will make sure there is room for a 5 foot if I get my way!!! lol..
There is one downfall to this whole tree selling well it is not even a downfall just loosing some beauty sleep. We are right behind a Sonic fast food and they are open until 3am... yes 3AM.... and they will play their music so LOUD that I just throw my ear plugs in and I will just drift off into dream land but I can still hear the music and on Tuner Thursday lol.. all the tuner cars roll up at 10pm at night they are really loud so we named it Tuner Thursday,,,, but we are just having a blast that we do not really care at all.....we will sleep once we are all complete the season..
OH BTW update on our water pump that we thought we out.... turns out the water pump is not bad it was just the micro switch.... Todd being a jack of all trades pulled the pump took it apart and narrowed it down to what he thought it was and he fixed it I am not sure how he rebuilt the micro switch to work to make it worked but hell yeah!!!! he did so YES we do not need to get a new water pump....I am so glad Todd knows how to fix almost anything I have a pretty AWESOME HUBBY!!!!
Well I am off the sell some tree's and try to break the lots records from last year and you better believe we plan to blow it out of the water!!!!! 12 Days til Christmas!!!!!!!
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Moving To A Busy Lot!!
I went to bed telling Todd that I wanted our lot to be busier we had to find a way. Our lot is not selling many tree's at all we are the slowest lot of all the lots we have only sold a total of 36 trees the whole life of the lot and other lots are selling upwards to 100 tree's a day. What we thought was going to be busy busy busy like we wanted it no where near that we are on vacation essentially.
We received a call from the owner the next morning after I asked for our lot to be busier with her asking if we would move to a lot where the managers needed to leave for a emergency. The lot is busier selling 68 trees the day before and it is 38 miles north of Dania Beach. After Todd talked to Kathy he informed her that he needed to talk it over with me first before he made a decision keep in mind I had no idea what the call was about when it came it. Todd said I better be careful what I wish for because now we are not on vacation anymore we are moving to a busier lot... I was jumping for joy so excited. Maybe I should play the lottery and wish to win a million dollars if what I wish for comes true LOL....
The following morning we are scheduled to be at the new lot in Boynton Beach at 9:30 am that means fighting rush hour traffic up through Ft Lauderdale AHHHH.... sitting in traffic for over an hour we made it just in time. We get to the lot and I can see why it is busy we are right across the street from a wal-mart down the street from a huge mall and at the entrance to a shopping center with a lot of great store.The best part of our location is a chick a fila right across the street for me and literally in the parking lot of Sonic for Todd boy does he love their hot dogs there.
There is one down fall for the lot that almost made this a deal breaker we can not jack in water we must use our pump. I think the water pump that is in my rig is the original for 1987 lol.. it sounds pretty bad and we try everything in our power not to have to use it but we have to now uh oh.... we are using the pump for 3 days now and it sounds pretty ugly I do not want to have to replace it unless we have to. Well guess what late last night we come in from selling tree's with sap all over our hands and the lovely ancient water pump we think has gone up..... WAIT as I am typing this Todd thinks just the head went out on it so it might not be as bad but I still need to go buy a part blah......
Selling Christmas tree's has been the most fun we have had since we started full timing. Yes its long days but when you are having so much fun it does not seem as long like it did when we were working with Amazon that just sucked the life out of us lol... There is nothing better then watching a family pick out their perfect tree and even better when a person comes to your lot and buys their first ever real tree I ring my jingles bells when someone converts from fake to a real tree. Here's to hoping we blow last years goal out of the water and to having a great season..... OH and if you are near Boynton Beach come buy a tree!!!!
We received a call from the owner the next morning after I asked for our lot to be busier with her asking if we would move to a lot where the managers needed to leave for a emergency. The lot is busier selling 68 trees the day before and it is 38 miles north of Dania Beach. After Todd talked to Kathy he informed her that he needed to talk it over with me first before he made a decision keep in mind I had no idea what the call was about when it came it. Todd said I better be careful what I wish for because now we are not on vacation anymore we are moving to a busier lot... I was jumping for joy so excited. Maybe I should play the lottery and wish to win a million dollars if what I wish for comes true LOL....
The following morning we are scheduled to be at the new lot in Boynton Beach at 9:30 am that means fighting rush hour traffic up through Ft Lauderdale AHHHH.... sitting in traffic for over an hour we made it just in time. We get to the lot and I can see why it is busy we are right across the street from a wal-mart down the street from a huge mall and at the entrance to a shopping center with a lot of great store.The best part of our location is a chick a fila right across the street for me and literally in the parking lot of Sonic for Todd boy does he love their hot dogs there.
There is one down fall for the lot that almost made this a deal breaker we can not jack in water we must use our pump. I think the water pump that is in my rig is the original for 1987 lol.. it sounds pretty bad and we try everything in our power not to have to use it but we have to now uh oh.... we are using the pump for 3 days now and it sounds pretty ugly I do not want to have to replace it unless we have to. Well guess what late last night we come in from selling tree's with sap all over our hands and the lovely ancient water pump we think has gone up..... WAIT as I am typing this Todd thinks just the head went out on it so it might not be as bad but I still need to go buy a part blah......
Selling Christmas tree's has been the most fun we have had since we started full timing. Yes its long days but when you are having so much fun it does not seem as long like it did when we were working with Amazon that just sucked the life out of us lol... There is nothing better then watching a family pick out their perfect tree and even better when a person comes to your lot and buys their first ever real tree I ring my jingles bells when someone converts from fake to a real tree. Here's to hoping we blow last years goal out of the water and to having a great season..... OH and if you are near Boynton Beach come buy a tree!!!!
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