JC McDowell and the Family Unit

Well, we just had the BEST day ever in donut land at the Tucson Gem Show.  Even more striking, we sold more donuts in 4 hours than I’ve ever sold in an entire day!  We sold unknown hundreds of dozens of donuts, 52 hand pressed frozen lemonades, a dozen frosted cinnamon nuts, and several cases of bottled drinks.  What a day!

We were deliberating on moving to another location midstream.  The Gem Mall location we are currently located was surprisingly slow the first week.  On the day we were about the make the decision sales really took off!  The last three days have really been excellent in terms of sales.

Another good stroke, we might have found a land yacht!  Trolling craigslist every night for a good deal on a motorhome, I found a motorhome that meets our needs almost perfectly for a price we can actually afford.  The catch, it’s a repo and it’s in California!

After a few phone calls and some deliberation we decided to follow our fate and see where it leads us.  About 2 am Arizona time, we’ll load up Emma, Charley, Hil, Grandpa, and myself to drive 7 hours one way to investigate our potential mobile home (literally).  Grandpa and I could’ve managed alone but no one wanted to be left out on the big adventure.  So we’re all in for a ride to mythical California.

We have to hustle, I’m giving up a days worth of potential income to investigate this motorhome.  Come monday morning, I’ll need to be there bright and early to get the donut factory sqaured away to turn donuts into dollars!

Super what?

All told, things are progressing as if they were laid out in front of us like a red carpet.  While not all wine and roses, the work has been commensurate with the reward.  We’re looking forward to a rest in Mexico, no matter how long we’ll have.

Interestingly enough, donuts may well be the path to all things good.

Peace and Cinnamon Sugar Donuts for all!

Today is day five of the Tucson Gem Show at our location.  There are about 20 different location throughout the city, each with it’s own unique twist and offering.  The location I’m at is wholesale only full of professional buyers intermingled with business owner’s wives looking for good deals.

This show opens daily at 10am and [read more...]

Yesterday we returned from Quarzsite, Arizona after finishing working the ‘Big Tent’ RV Show for 9 days straight selling mainly coffee and donuts.  Quartzsite, Arizona is really just a blip in the road 8 months out of the year with a population of roughly 3,000 people.  But come November the population starts to swell from [read more...]

When you take a leap of faith and step out into the unknown you can go a long stretch without any validation or signs that you’re on the right path.  With patience and persistence the winds of change slowly put the wind at your back and the world aligns at least for a little while.

While [read more...]

-Spanish Proverb

Sometimes I receive a comment that despite not being entirely positive, offers a valid point and I feel compelled to share it in full.  This is obviously a personal blog shared by friends and family and stumbled across by others.  Some of whom have become friends.

To a staggering degree we share honestly and openly [read more...]

One Word- WOW!

OK, this may not apply to families with health care coverage provided through their employers- but for everyone else…

Along with 52% of the country we are recipients of the WIC program which supports “women, infants, and children” up to five years of age.  We found out about this program through the medicaid for [read more...]

At least we’re planning to get back on th road again. I’ve started planning our trip out to Arizona and the ensuing months of travel and it’s daunting. It’s a good thing we like to travel.
View Travel Route from St. Simons to Tucson in a larger map

With the new wee one along, we [read more...]

At 12:04pm on November the 20th,2009 Charley Bella McDowell was born! We thought for sure she was going to arrive early. Two weeks before her due date intermittent contractions started and we prepared for the ‘iminent’ arrival. That was a long two weeks! Hil’s due date came and went and our [read more...]

The question comes up;

What are you going to DO on a boat for 4 months?

The easy smart alecky answer is:

As little as possible

But that’s not really the case.  Especially this year.  We bought the 1993 Gemini 3200 Catamaran in San Carlos, Mexico and have yet to spend a single night aboard.  The boat was a [read more...]