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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Forget lemonade. She's going for the big bucks!



Summertime means lemonade and kool-aid stands. Little children sitting on the side of the road behind homemade signs calling out to you to stop and buy a swig of stuff that is bound to be watered down or not enough water so your lips curl and pucker.

Twenty-five cents seems to be the going rate these days for a good stiff glass of juice. It's always for a good cause though. When you pull over, the look of excitement that crosses the children's faces as they see a new sucker/I mean customer. Cha-ching! And you know that after a hard days work of standing in the heat of the day, all proceeds divided between the little hands that have dirt under their fingernails and scratches.....another sign of summer, each child will be lucky to walk away with...... twenty-five cents.

My baby girl decided she needed to earn some cold hard cash and fast. She had visions of things she wanted to buy at the 'Marts. No dinky lemonade stand was good enough for her. She sat in the kitchen and made puppets and sun catchers to sell. She was going to make big money.

Not ten minutes after being outside selling her wares, she came back in with a huge grin on her face. Success! She'd sold her stuff for a huge chunk of change and would I now take her to the 'Marts.

Guess that whole talk I gave her about not being disappointed if no one bought her stuff really paid off as she announced to me, "See? I told ya they'd buy what I made mom!"

11 comments:

  1. Looks like you might have a new breadwinner in the family!

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  2. Tami, She really is..... normally. :)

    Uncle Rush, No kidding! I'm thinking about asking her if I can take out a loan!

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  3. We've got to move to a busier street! Nothing sells from a cul-de-sac.

    I'm so glad your girl experienced success--now my girl needs the same experience.

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  4. Anaise, I'd rather live on a quieter street anyday!

    I didn't think people would stop to buy Miss K's stuff because it wasn't the typical twenty-five cents but I guess people were willing to pay more for the effort she put into what she sold. It really was cute stuff actually so that helps. Nothing like dropping a dollar for a rock like I've done in the past.......

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  5. Now she just needs to take her wares door to door, so I can get in on some of that purchasing action.

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  6. Natalie- Don't give her any ideas..... she wants the money for poke'mon cards.....why can't that stuff just die!!!

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  7. Watch out Etsy - here she comes.

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  8. Kathy, No kidding! I'll have to set her up with her own account soon.

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  9. Somehow, I missed it. This is what comes of living on the OLD side of the neighborhood. That suncatcher looks great!

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  10. Kristen, You're family. She would make them for you just to make you smile.

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