This seems like an appropriate place to start on my trek into the wonderful world of blogging. I do this to amuse myself and maybe even drum up a little business for myself. You see, a number of years ago, my grandfather told me to find something I like to do and then find a way to get paid for it. At first, I thought it was cooking and I made a penny doing it, and I got real good, but it kinda made me an unpleasant person to be around. So, I up and quit doing it, never looked back, don't miss it, the book has been closed on that part of my life.
Now I start a new chapter, in a position that I am unfamiliar with, the role of stay at home dad. Well, being a busy body and wanting to do something, I decided to operate a website from my home. I thought this would be a good way to save a little money on daycare costs; I could work from home and watch my boys grow up at the same time. That lasted one day. This website has been all consuming and has even caused a few arguments in my house.
Now the hard part is over and I get to tell my stories about how it started and where it is going and what it is that I do. It is quite simple really, I sell great stuff so that everyman can have a little space to call his own with in his space he calls his with the family. It is the Man Cave. When I first started this I really focused on having the most pool cues available ever to anyone. Well, if I had known this before, I wouldn't have attempted it because everyone sells pool cues. As I was looking at my statistics one day, I saw that there was a bigger market and demand for poker supplies. It seemed crazy to me that people wanted poker tables, poker chips and playing cards. After a little research, I noticed that all the sites that I went to mentioned that poker is the third fastest growing spectator event in the world.
I finally upgraded my website to not only include the poker tables, but also poker chip sets and now playing cards. My first sale was a poker table. You could have knocked me over with a feather that day. Finally, after three months, I got a sale! My man cave was going to get a new toy that week. Well, at least get in the right direction towards a new toy. So, I sit here, living the dream and watch as my website slowly but surely is getting recognized, I am on every social network that I can be on. I have very good intentions of writing several times a week about the site, my man cave and my indoor adventures. Yep, I am living the dream.
