What Recession?

My husband doesn't think INside the box.  He never has.  We've been married almost 11 years, and I never can really tell you what he does for a living.  He's an entrepreneur, I know that...always thinking of new business ideas.  I realized a couple of years into our marriage that he's never going to work a "real" 8-5, clock-in and clock-out kind of job.  So now I just go along with it...we've never gone without a meal, and maybe one day we'll "turn the corner"  (inside joke between Mark and I and his business partner and wife.)  I love this about him.

So wouldn't you know it, he's roped the kids into his way of thinking, and so now at only 2, 7, and 8 years old, my kids are business owners too!  They came up with the idea to pull up some of the monkey grass (liriope) out of our yard and sell it door-to-door.  They made spreadsheets and lists and signs...they priced the competitor's monkey grass....then they dug it up, tied it in bundles, put it in a wagon, and hit the streets.

Normally, my husband can sell anything.  He's the guy who at our garage sale last year was determined to sell every last item, and he had one poor lady believing she would regret it for the rest of her life if she didn't buy that fry-daddy that we got for a wedding gift 11 years ago!  Personally, I wouldn't knock on a stranger's door if my life depended on it, but "if you can knock on someone's door, you will survive" he says.  He sold books door-to-door in North Carolina one summer...he showed up in a strange state and he and his team were responsible for finding someone to house them for a summer!  They did.

So off they go, my peeps and their grass.  I liked the signs.  A couple of other options that we threw out were "What Recession?", "Please Help, My Mom is Crazy," "We Won't Go Broke Under this Administration," and from Dave Ramsey "My Parents are Selling So Much Stuff That We Think We're Next!"  Finally decided on "Monkey Grass."

So they hit the streets, and an hour later I hear their little wagon rolling back home.  I run out there to meet them, and as it turns out, they only sold 2 bundles.  My sweet neighbor bought a bundle....she's so good to my kids and would buy burnt toast if they asked her to.  And another guy on our block bought a bundle, and he even gave them a tip.

Fortunately, they thought they were working on commission only, but Mark had added a salary into the deal.  So after covering their expenses and giving their agent his cut, they ended up with more than they started with, and they were excited about that!  It was a great experience for them... Mark and his apprentices with an idea and a plan!

By the way, if you need to add any monkey grass to your landscaping, let us know!  This is actually one thing you can't kill, and borders your flowerbeds very nicely :)  They  might even plant it for you.