pampered1224
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To those that I know and those who know what happened to me in 2005...
I am taking BIG break from Pampered Chef starting about a month ago. I have semi retired due to some major financial issues and my health. I got cellulitis again. I have been very ill for about a month, I was stuck in bed fro about two weeks, leg wrapped and about 3000 mgs of drugs for about a month. I get my last shot of Rocephrin on Friday and still have to keep up with Doxicycline for about two more weeks. My leg is all wrapped up and healing at this point but...
I decided since I didn't have any parties on books and that I really need to well health wise and work on this depression, now would be a great time to get my head out of my you know what, get my self in order and make a new start come March. Pat and I went through a very bad year - July 2008 to now - and I need to get my "house" in order. I may bop in and out of here once in a while but...
We BOTH had to file bankruptcy. He had $72,000 in debt and I was $42,000 in debt. And that is without the two mortgages and the car loan! With him being so sick last year and my never really getting caught up with medical bills that we charged from being sick in 2005, well, we had no choice. Even the lawyer said we could not possibly file a chapter 13 repayment plan. We went to several places and all of them said chapter 7.
I was working my PC business with a NEED to get that pay check so much so that it became a job and no fun. I got desperate to do parties and the more desperate I became, the harder it got to get parties. Then I started to go into a depression. Depression came from not knowing how we were gonna pay the bills but it also came about because I was getting sick and didn't know it yet. The infection started sometime in late June and was effecting me. I just had no real physical sings until September. Some of you may have noticed the lack of interest I had at National Conference. And here was the real clue that something was wrong. Every year for 8 years I get back from conference with quite a few bookings, I usually do about $4000 in sales in Aug, then taper down to $3000 in Sept, Oct. and end Nov in Dec with about $2000. Heck, I didn't book one party while at conference, and only had two parties from July 20th to September 30th. I even went inactive for September as I could not get the two parties I did have to close! I ended up on Cymablata. Then I got very sick on September 16th. So that's where I am and I won't be out here much for a while. I have friends who are going to do catty parties for me so I don't loose my career sales. Then come February, I will be back out here looking for some really great booking ideas! Luckily I know I can find them here! So, you all take care, have a great sales and I will "see" you in the spring!
I am taking BIG break from Pampered Chef starting about a month ago. I have semi retired due to some major financial issues and my health. I got cellulitis again. I have been very ill for about a month, I was stuck in bed fro about two weeks, leg wrapped and about 3000 mgs of drugs for about a month. I get my last shot of Rocephrin on Friday and still have to keep up with Doxicycline for about two more weeks. My leg is all wrapped up and healing at this point but...
I decided since I didn't have any parties on books and that I really need to well health wise and work on this depression, now would be a great time to get my head out of my you know what, get my self in order and make a new start come March. Pat and I went through a very bad year - July 2008 to now - and I need to get my "house" in order. I may bop in and out of here once in a while but...
We BOTH had to file bankruptcy. He had $72,000 in debt and I was $42,000 in debt. And that is without the two mortgages and the car loan! With him being so sick last year and my never really getting caught up with medical bills that we charged from being sick in 2005, well, we had no choice. Even the lawyer said we could not possibly file a chapter 13 repayment plan. We went to several places and all of them said chapter 7.
I was working my PC business with a NEED to get that pay check so much so that it became a job and no fun. I got desperate to do parties and the more desperate I became, the harder it got to get parties. Then I started to go into a depression. Depression came from not knowing how we were gonna pay the bills but it also came about because I was getting sick and didn't know it yet. The infection started sometime in late June and was effecting me. I just had no real physical sings until September. Some of you may have noticed the lack of interest I had at National Conference. And here was the real clue that something was wrong. Every year for 8 years I get back from conference with quite a few bookings, I usually do about $4000 in sales in Aug, then taper down to $3000 in Sept, Oct. and end Nov in Dec with about $2000. Heck, I didn't book one party while at conference, and only had two parties from July 20th to September 30th. I even went inactive for September as I could not get the two parties I did have to close! I ended up on Cymablata. Then I got very sick on September 16th. So that's where I am and I won't be out here much for a while. I have friends who are going to do catty parties for me so I don't loose my career sales. Then come February, I will be back out here looking for some really great booking ideas! Luckily I know I can find them here! So, you all take care, have a great sales and I will "see" you in the spring!
