July 2012
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Short and sweet...
I have probably prayed more in the last week than I have in a month. Today God decided to open that window in Heaven just a crack and let some blessings pour in. Glory be to God.
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Something so simple...
I haven’t written in awhile and mostly it’s because a lot of things in my personal life have just imploded around me, but it’s so funny how something so simple can just turn everything around.
Today (well yesterday since I’m writing this at 1 in the morning) was probably one of the best days I’ve had in recent memory. Me and the kids spent 4th of July with my mom...
June 2012
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Almost there...
The last couple of days I have been reading out loud to my husband from his Class B drivers license handbook, he hates to read for whatever reason and he says the easiest way for him to learn is to hear the information. Well I guess whatever I can do to help him get his commercial license, that’s what I will do. He took his practice test online last night and got 100% so at least it’s...
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Taking over...
We now have so many passengers riding with Wynchester Hope Shuttles that the vans are all but obsolete, the mini-bus is now going 5 days a week, which is wonderful! Too bad my husband doesn’t have his class B license yet lol, actually my dad is the only person who has one so he’s been working ALOT.
I can only imagine my mom has been stressing out trying to figure out scheduling,...
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Happy Anniversary to ME!!!!!
On Sunday I will be celebrating my 2 year anniversary with the man that I am overjoyed to be able to call my husband, and tomorrow we’re going to celebrate by going out to San Francisco and living out our own personal romantic movie, walking down the pier holding hands, walking barefoot on the beach, feeding each other seafood…my goal is to make every single person in S.F. overdose on...
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Stressed out...
Today has not been a good day and I am so happy that it is finally over. Something has been wrong with my legs for the past two days, it feels like the muscles and tendons in my legs and thighs are too short or something so I’ve been cycling back and forth between extreme discomfort and pure pain all day long, it used to happen when I was a kid too, my mom and dad called it growing pains and...
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On the lookout...
For another mini-bus! Woot! Woot! The other day we had so many people riding back with us that we had no choice but to drive the mini-bus, which is awesome! although pretty expensive…I think my mom said it cost almost $180 to fill the bus up, just thinking about that makes me feel a little nauseous lol, but with gas going up everyday and people less willing to spend every penny of their...
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Not Sleeptrain...
The funniest thing to me about my mom starting Wynchester Hope Shuttles is that I get to see first hand how miserable and unhappy people can actually make themselves.
Our job at Wynchester Hope is to get our customers from point A in Sacramento, to point B in the Bay Area, on time. That’s it. If you’re able to get some sleep during the ride, bonus! There are multiple stops we have to...
So upset!
It’s been over a month since I went to the dentist to get my wisdom teeth pulled, they told me about a few of the things that could go wrong since one of them was severely impacted, numbness, pain, broken jaw, ect, but since a tooth extraction is such a routine procedure I never gave a second thought to something actually going wrong…*sigh* I haven’t been able to open my mouth...
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Shuttle time!
Today my mama spent a huge chunk of time at the DMV waiting to take her written test for her class B license…aaaannnd she passed! Woot! Woot! and that is DEFINITELY a good thing since today we had so many people to pick up that we couldn’t take the van, my dad had to drive the mini-bus! What a blessing!
Now my husband needs to get on the ball and get his class B out of the way so we...
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Busy month...
Lot’s of exciting things going on this month! My mama is turning 50 years young! Which is so hard for me to believe it’s not even funny, I always thought of 50 as being sooooo old! But looking at my mama, she’s doing more now than 10 years ago! It makes the thought of getting old(er) much easier to deal with lol.
My husband is turning 30 a few days later and like a fool, I...
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My po' mama...
My poor mama, since she started Wynchester Hope Shuttles back in February she has basically been working non-stop, she does EVERY 4am shift, on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays she works all 3 shifts, 4am, 12pm and 8pm..that is ALOT of driving! Oh and on the days and shifts she’s not working she is either running back and forth across Sacramento filling up her vending machines or she’s...
May 2012
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Happy Birthday Sonny!
Today is my son’s 1st birthday and even though today is a joyous day I am so sad because my baby is growing up. He doesn’t need me to hold him all day long anymore, he’s content to sit on the floor and play with his toys, he’s walking, starting to talk…it’s weird because he seems like he’s growing up even faster than my daughter did!
Mama, loves you Sonny...
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Crying shame...
Yesterday me and my mom went to Sacramento Memorial Lawn to see my grandparents who are buried there, it was the first time either of us has gone to see my Grammie since she passed away in 2009.
It was definitely a shock. Her headstone was had her name, the date she was born and the date she passed away. That’s it. There wasn’t a cross, a rose, an angel, a border…nothing. It...
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Getting bigger by the day...
Today we picked up another customer on the 12 o’clock shift, making that 40 (count ‘em!) full time passengers! It’s almost hard to believe! So on Thursday my husband Rich is going to go take the test for his commercial license so he can start driving the mini-bus. We’re on our way to taking over Northern California ya’ll! Watch out!
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Do what you gotta do...
A few weeks ago I was talking to an acquaintance of mine and mentioned that my husband was working a double shift that night, and I can’t recall exactly what they said but it was something along the lines of…they would rather spend time with their family than work double shifts because money isn’t everything…something like that, for some reason, this made me incredibly...
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Feeling blessed...
I’ve been feeling very blessed recently, before my mom started Wynchester Hope my husband Rich was working as a security guard for two separate companies, 7 days a week, he was rarely home and when he was he was sleep, and we were still struggling to make ends meet. Now he’s working for my mother as a driver, and except for a few bumps in the road at the beginning it’s been going...
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going strong...
Wynchester Hope is really coming along! We’ve got the 24 passenger mini-bus, my mom just remodeled her home office and it is REALLY something! We’ve started training our first employee…it just seems like….wow! we are really making it!
Sometimes (even though I really SHOULD have seen it coming) I can’t believe that my mom has done all this! It really does seem that...
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Prayer for my mama...
Dear Lord,
Thank-you for blessing my mama and allowing her to do all the things she’s always dreamed of. Thank-you for giving her the clarity of mind to take care of all of the trivial things that go with running a business that most people would never even think of. Please continue to give her strength and wisdom and to always guide her footsteps on this most wonderful and amazing path...
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My mama pt2...
I’m just going to be honest, I was a terrible kid and a worse teenager. I did everything I wasn’t supposed to do and nothing I should have.
I know that the very definition of a mother is loving their child unconditionally, but to me (and I could be biased lol) MY mama really set the bar. My mom always has and always will be my very best friend in the whole wide world, I love her more...
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We got the minibus!!!
Woot! Woot!
Yes, yes, me and my mom were supposed to go to Philadelphia to get it… *cough, mama, cough* but plans had to be changed, that’s the way of life, anyways I’m super excited that it’s here and I can’t wait to go see it, unfortunately since gas is currently $214 a gallon I won’t be able to go see it until Sunday lol….unless a certain mother would...
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You just wanna run something...
My mom was a Correctional Officer for 15 or 16 years but she has been a housewife for a huge chunk of my life too, but the way she did housewife and the way I do housewife are two totally different things lol.
My mom had a hustle about her that for whatever reason, I just don’t have. In the years that my mom was at home, she sold Avon VERY successfully, started an at home daycare, which was...
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Now Hiring...
How does my mother do it? Wynchester Hope Shuttles has been going strong since February and so has my mama! Since she and my husband are the only drivers right now, and we run 24 hours a day, I’m feeling so much respect for them both that I could just burst with it…but I have to give the edge to my mom! On my husbands days off, he sits around the house making a huge mess for me to...
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Thinking about life...
There are a few people in my life who are the very definition of a negative person, you ask them how they are doing and they tell you 14 things that are wrong with their day, when you try to point out the good the only response they can give is “I guess…” nothing is ever good enough, nothing ever makes them happy, everything is #FML.
Then I think of my mom, she has always,...
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Not just a family based business...
On Sunday my mother has her first Notary signing which is awesome, but she’s just a little nervous and so today I thought since not only are we a family based business but also a Christian based business, I would include a few bible verses that my mom shared with me when I was nervous or worried about something.
Casting all your cares on Him, for He cares for you~1 Peter 5:7
I can do all...
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Not a janitor...
My mother is one of the most generous people I know, she is generous with her time, her money…if she has it, and I need it (or even sometimes, just want it) she gives it, no questions asked.
She decided recently that she would supply the people who take our shuttle with free sodas since she’s doing the vendor services also, well they repaid her generosity by leaving empty and half...
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*sigh* the gas...
Wynchester Hope Shuttles runs 24 hours a day, 3 shifts running to and from the Bay Area, taking the exact same route every time, we have several shuttles but for right now we’re only using one, when one shift ends, the shuttle is filled up and parked, waiting for the next driver…pretty simple right? I mean it doesn’t take much brain power to wrap your mind around that one, and...
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The umbrella...
I think what I like most about Wynchester Hope is that it’s not going to be just about shuttles, it’s whatever we can imagine. My mom recently got her notary license, she has her sellers permit, she has recruited me to crochet…anything I want to really, to sell at the flea market…all under the Wynchester Hope name, I think that’s pretty cool.
My personal favorite is...
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Wonderful weekend...
This weekend has just been the best! We all went to Golden Corral to celebrate my dad’s birthday, I was able to see my family and I’m coming back feeling refreshed and inspired!
When my mom came up with the name Wynchester Hope for the business, at first I just thought it sounded pretty cool, but this weekend, spending all that time with my family and my husband’s family, the...
April 2012
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Reality Wynchester...
My mom watches ALOT of reality TV, some of it is to be expected, like American Idol and Mob Wives and some of it is just…well different lol
A week or two ago I was at my mom’s house and we were watching a show called American Stuffers, and it’s basically about this family who has a taxidermy business and let me tell you, it was much more interesting then I would have imagined...
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Happy Anniversary!
Today my Mama and Daddy are celebrating 20 years together! and like Wendy Williams likes to say “I love their love” lol
I’ve been married just under 2 years and even though I love my husband with every fiber in my soul, I can say with feeling that marriage is not for the weak! It takes more work, patience, prayer, and strength then I ever imagined and my mom and dad have been...
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Looking forward...
Growing up I used to play this little game in my head, where did I see myself in 5, 10, 15 years…of course I seen myself married and with beautiful children, but I was never able to get much further than that…I was always adrift, changing my mind on what I wanted to BE, what career I wanted to have, and so I’ve never had a career at all, just a bunch of random jobs until I had...
The next step...
Wynchester Hope Shuttles is really starting to grow! Everyday we’re taking on new customers and the shuttles we have just aren’t big enough to accommodate everyone, and soooo….ROAD TRIP!!! Me and my mom are going to be going to Philadelphia to pick up…
And I couldn’t be more excited! 24 passengers! And this is only the beginning! Look out world! Here we come!
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Following in her footsteps...
When other little girls were dreaming of being princesses and ballerinas, all I’ve ever really wanted, from as far back as I can remember, is to be like my mama. During those terrible teenage years when every other girl I knew hated her mother, I thought mine was the coolest there was.
She has always put my wants and needs ahead of her own and has taken care of me WAY past the point of...
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How "grown" people act...
Something has been bothering me…as a kid there were certain rules and behaviors that were expected of me, they were hammered in daily, “respect other peoples things”, “you catch more flies with honey”…I’m assuming that other children were told these things too, that I’m not the only person in the world that was told how to act. So what happens to...
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Heiress...
Once I got out on my own and realized that the toilet paper doesn’t just magically replace itself, you have to go out and buy it, and that keeping the heater on 80 degrees and then walking around in shorts will send you to the poorhouse, I started wishing that I would have been born an heiress. Was it really too much to ask that my daddy had invented something that could have us all rolling...
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My mama.....
My mother is SUCH an inspiration to me. One day she decided she was going to start a business, and today (only a few short months later) that business is thriving. My mama shed her blood, sweat and tears and endured dissapointment from everyone who swore they would help her, including me and my husband and all she has ever said was “Let’s keep it movin’” and Wynchester Hope Shuttles is the...
