And so it begins

My husband calls me the turtle...hard on the outside, soft on the inside. That is probably a pretty apt description of my relationships with the world. I opened my retail educational supply store as the culmination of many negative factors sucking the life out of me. My initial goal was to open a restaurant and make all the great food that I created during my role as a mother, wife, daughter, daugthter-in-law, sister, friend, committee member, etc. But the family discouraged that dream with tales of long nights and weekends away from the family.

But,there was a backup plan buzzing in my head.As a former high school teacher in the Chicago public school system, I knew a little about the educational market. and needs of teachers. My parents had a shit bum hotel in Oak Park, Il. (where I spent my teen summers doing maid work)so I knew how to do basic book keeping and clean like no bodies business I am possessed with organizational skills up the ying yang. With these basic talents, and by cashing in all my banking accounts, I stepped into the twilight zone of retail sales. I incorporated in September 1985 and began the process of demolition, construction, buying, logo, and all the stuff that goes into the planning and preparation of opening a business.