Author: wendyandcharles

Between a rock and a hard place


I am having issues and not sure how, where or what the hell to do. I moved my bookstore into a new location with another business owner.  I knew we had to move in with only 3 weeks time to do it in so things were rushed and a mess for a bit. But it seems like the other business partners family is now using it for a storage unit. The basement is being filled up and it’s over 4,000 square feet down there.  The back area is where things are supposed to be getting ready to go out on the sales floor and I have a strong sneaking suspicion it’s their own stuff back there and not meant to be sold..

I have mentioned about getting shit cleaned up and they make a start or an effort and then shit blows up and we are back in the junk yard again. Thankfully none of it has leaked out to the sales floor, yet.  I’m not a confrontational person but I’m thinking I’m going to have to be. I want to stay where we are and continue to grow as a business.  I want to keep the landlord happy and the junkyard back room and basement are definitely not going to cut it. My question,  1. Is this typical to have a messy back room? And 2. How do I keep the partner from pulling me under with them?  Am I being too picky?  Or being a pushover.  Frankly right now I feel like a pushover whose a schmuck.  I have some heavy thinking to do and I’m not looking forward to the confrontation I feel is coming.  I want to stay in business and dont want to be kicked out due to a hoarders dream going on in the back. I just dont know.

Just tired


Its getting more stressful as we keep going where we are. It’s a great place as far as location and decor, everything is new. A hefty price tag comes with the great location tho. I’m scared we won’t be able to afford it. We have customers daily which is much better than the previous 2 locations. No I dont have a nest egg set back to cover the lean times and no i dont have any rich relatives either. I wouldn’t ask any way. It’s my dream to make come true. I pray, sometimes i forget to pray. I try to do it daily but haven’t developed the habit yet. In the mean time my house keeping has gone to hell in a hand basket. There is never enough time for everything. I just feel like I’m failing everything and everyone. I guess it’s just one of those days. A higher than expected electric bill and low sales so far just scares me and stresses me. Ok. I’ve vented enough. I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.

A hell of a year


So far its been a hell of a year of ups and downs. We have a new grandbaby who is a really amazing blessing. She had joined her sister and both girls are so sweet. We also have a new grandpuppy who is the sweetest puppy ever. My daughter is now engaged to a wonderful man who had 3 kids. They are so sweet too. So there are some good things I’m very thankful for. We moved to a new store up on main street. It’s a beautiful place newly remodeled.

The stressful parts are we moved to a new store that is pricier than any place we’ve been at before by a lot. I’m scared we wont be able to afford it but we couldn’t stay where we were either due to issues with other vendors in the place. So good for the new place but stressful due to the money side of it.

I hurt myself and tore my meniscus and took over 4 months for the dr to find and fix. My mom has been in the hospital twice within 2 weeks. So the move in September, surgery in October and mom being in the hospital twice in October and bill collectors banging on my door I just feel helpless, stupid for getting into this fix and dont know how to fix it. Oh and I have a virus bug on top of everything this week.

So am I sick due to stress? I dont know. Do I wish money would fall from the damned sky? Yes! But it isn’t going to happen. Probably gonna wind up losing everything and be back at square one. Plus Bill’s at home are piling up. One son doesn’t talk to me much. But by the same token he is busy with a new baby, wife, toddler and job. So I get it but it still hurts. My daughter went thru a time like that where we didn’t talk much so I’m hoping it’s a phase. I love my kids like crazy and want them to be strong independent people but still want them to need me just a little too ya know?

Just me being a big baby I guess. I hate that the bookstore isn’t a cash cow like jewelry or clothes, antiques etc. But I love books and enjoy it so much. I will do what I normally do in this situation, pray, cry and hope for the best.

8 years of suffering under Barack Obama


Teri Carter's Library

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The sentence I hear most from well-meaning, conservative friends since President Trump’s election is this: “We suffered 8 years under Barack Obama.”

Fair enough. Let’s take a look.

The day Obama took office, the Dow closed at 7,949 points. Eight years later, the Dow had almost tripled.

General Motors and Chrysler were on the brink of bankruptcy, with Ford not far behind, and their failure, along with their supply chains, would have meant the loss of millions of jobs. Obama pushed through a controversial, $8o billion bailout to save the car industry. The U.S. car industry survived, started making money again, and the entire $80 billion was paid back, with interest.

While we remain vulnerable to lone-wolf attacks, no foreign terrorist organization has successfully executed a mass attack here since 9/11.

Obama ordered the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden.

He drew down the number…

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Innocence Mage


Author Sue Raymond/Lady Laindora

The author throws her protagonist head long into the unknown right from the start of the story. Sybel, a simple farm girl watches her mother’s life being taken by a wasting away disease. At her mother’s funeral, her father accuses Sybel of being the cause of her mother’s death. Hatred fills his heart as he shoves Sybel into the funeral pyre to kill her. Only the fire doesn’t consume her it wraps around her bathing her in flames. She walks out of the pyre unharmed only to find that the whole village has now turned against her because she is a mage. Sybel must flee to find the answers to her life to the mage city of Kemoor. The reader is drawn in as Sybel searches for the answers for her life, making the reader wanting more as the book ends as she reaches Kemoor, to continue in the next…

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Two Local Book Stores Carrying Great Books


Author Sue Raymond/Lady Laindora

101 E. Salem Ave. Indianola Iowa 50125

{515} 961-0391

10- 6 Mom. – Fri. 9 -3 Sat

Read a Book Nook

103 East Linn Street Marshalltown, Iowa 50158

hours: 10-5 Mon -Fri.

(641) 328-4308

There is two brick and mortar stores that are now carrying my novels. They are Page Turners Book Store in Indianola, Iowa and Read a Book Nook in Marshalltown, Iowa. Page Turners has my crime murder mystery series where as Read a Book Nook has every book I have written. Buy from them for no shipping and handling,  waiting for your purchase, or out of stock like you do online. My novels consist of the DeBois crime murder mystery series, a Drama- Resin La Rock, Thriller- Window Pane, and Fantasy- Healer of Surflex. All my novels are also in Ebook formats and Healer of Surflex is also in audio from ACX.

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