This is mine...

I thought this would be easy. It has not. Nothing worth doing has been easy.

EAR came to visit in June and told us that her grocery store offered online ordering and then you could come to the store and just PICK UP YOUR GROCERIES.

Really? Yes. And so, we've created this.

http://www.thegrocerystation.com/

Not "we" as in me and EAR. "We" as in me, Dad, Paul, and the team of 8 people I hired as shoppers plus the guys who actually built this site. Oh, and also the Kroger General Manager who is AWESOME and excited to get this thing going with us.

I have lost sleep, exercise, time with Anna, and money, and some sanity was also lost in the process. I fortunately didn't know what I was getting into when I started this.

Also, the irony is not at all lost on me that I created this service so I could spend less time in the grocery store, yet I have spent countless hours there since July. I have put myself out there: my ideas, my time, and money. I have taken risks I don't usually take, personally and monetarily.

I honestly can't say where this is all coming from. Have you been driven to just do something? Compelled? I can't say what's up with this exactly. Something directed me to do it. And I was fortunate enough to have the advice and business guidance of my husband and my dad. Lucky me!

This is my path to paying off my student loans in two years. Incidentally, when they're paid off, I'll tell you how much I owed to begin with.

The website is not entirely functional yet. There are some tweaks we need to fix. Hopefully we can begin taking orders as early as next Monday. I have shoppers standing by. We are advertising in Kroger with banners and fliers.

It's a risk. But it's not THAT great of a risk that I can't swallow it. It's good to push myself outside of my comfort zone.

I've been busy. Very. Stinking. Busy.
Now bring on the customers. Spread the word, y'all.