eBay Ad Sales and Vacation

Two weeks again. I think I see a pattern forming.

Last week, my wife took a week off from her hospital registration job and we went to Tennessee for a reunion with her two brothers and their families. One brother had found a place called Hidden Mountain Resort which rents cabins of various sizes in a wooded, mountain setting. He found a cabin with enough room for all of us—I think there were four real bedrooms plus pull-out couches all over its three floors. It is in (or near) Sevierville, TN, near Pigeon Forge and the Great Smokey Mountain National Park. The cabin had everything you'd need except food. We had three fun days and got to see some of the area—the Park, caverns, lakes, shopping, go-karts. The road from I40 to Gatlinburg (I think it is US 411) is one long strip of tourist traps, some of which are really pretty neat. Bennett's Ribs is fantastic. I think we've found our next home, after the wife retires. But then yesterday, we went to the beach here (Sandy Hook) for her last vacation day. I think I would have a tough time giving up the beach and the water. Saw people in bathing suits going down to a stream in TN. I said, Wow, that's their beach! Have to think about it.

EBay listings are up to 1405 - that's only about a hundred more than last entry here. Fifty ad listings is a good day's work, but that should give about 350 a week, not 50. Of course, there are sales, but not THAT many. Only about 12 for the week. The numbers keep moving in the right direction, but it's taking a lot longer to get somewhere than I thought.

Back to the scanner.

Happy Tuesday.