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While most people were busy with New Year's plans, I was focused on creating PRL's Facebook page. Sure, there were lots of other things I could be doing at home like taking the Christmas tree down, cleaning out my closet, folding clothes, and many other routine tasks, but focusing on getting the word out about PRL and what we have to offer is just so exciting for me, I had to work right up until the ball dropped! I did stop about 11:30 p.m., popped some popcorn, and rang in

Today, we recorded our first Podcast! We had a ball. It was a hoot. Talk about trial and error. We did enjoy it. I hope it takes off, and I know great things are ahead. Enjoy and please be kind to us. We are still learning. Episode 1 - Here we go!

Tonight Lisa and I are making the final preparations for everything to go live! We are completing the website, preparing for our first podcast, ensuring our files are ready to go, and making sure we are definitely prayed up. I have to go back and check on the article we wrote to see about the publication status of that. I think it's somehow fallen through the cracks. It's important to see that it finds its way to where it needs to be as well. We've checked the banner and ta

I went to Marion, NC, to meet Lisa at Wells Fargo to set up our account and make our first deposit. What an exciting time! It was 3:00 p.m. A lovely young lady began helping us. We had lots of questions and paperwork to complete. We had completed our Articles of Organization and our Operating Agreement. We thought we were ready to go! We did not realize we needed an EIN number! We didn't even know what one was! Thankfully, we were able to get on our phone and complete that

We tried the route of where Lisa went to one location of Wells Fargo, and I went to another at the same time to set up financial profiles and make deposits simply because we don't live in the same location. Lisa went to Morganton, and I was in Boone. Everyone was very nice and helpful, but we quickly found out we were just going to have to be in the same place at the same time. Some times we feel like we have barriers placed in our pathway just to block our progress. I don't

Moving forward small baby steps, as my husband so cautiously reminded me, we were going to need "seed money" for our new business. Lisa and I were able to come up with a small amount to put in to begin our business. Neither of us are wealthy or have thousands just lying around doing nothing, so for us to come up with a great deal of extra money to start a new business is a lot for both of us--again, out on faith! We met in Banner Elk, NC, at the Peddlin' Pig restaurant on No

So, the first thing we needed to do for PRL Educator Solutions was to get a post office box! That alone was exciting and somehow made this entire thing real! Lisa went to Marion, completed the paperwork, paid the fee, and BAM! We had keys to our first initial item to our business--our business! I know it might not seem like much to some, but this gold key is not just to a mailbox where bills and miscellaneous flyers will stack up in, but rather represents a place that has

I doubt there are any of us looking to take on additional roles in our lives today while we work, raise families, or participate in our communities. However, sometimes opportunities find you instead of you looking for them. That's what happened with us--and it all began with a single phone call! You have to understand the background of the entire story to appreciate all of it. My daughter had a difficult time K-4, so my husband and I decided to make a change in her elementar

After that first initial phone call where I was "Bat Crap Crazy," Lisa and I just couldn't get the idea out of our minds we were supposed to be doing something more. So, we decided to meet for an overnight visit to see if this was really something we were supposed to be doing or just a case of me being an angry parent over a phone call (which I never got a response to again!). Lisa and I met and spent the night at a beautiful little Airbnb called Otter's Den at Piney Creek, N

Once Lisa and I determined our business name, PRL Educator Solutions, we were over the moon excited! We felt like new things were just over the horizon! My husband--not so much. While he has always been supportive and told me to do whatever I wanted, I could tell when I told him about PRL and all our plans, he wasn't really impressed about it. It was almost like he wasn't listening in the beginning. Talk about a "Debbie Downer!" So, Lisa and I planned another little night