I love being challenged. As you read from a previous blog, I’m being challenged to afford, keep, and pay for my “Affordable Care Act” catastrophic, high-deductible health insurance, as well as afford gas and groceries. I fear I have retired too soon.

This is why you have not heard from me in a while. I’ve been busy on my solution (and not substitute teaching, which I am awful at).

Solution. If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em.

I started my own business. I’m going to write off lots of stuff, including my health insurance.

Lisa Poe LLC, Professional Organizer, licensed and insured. I did it all. It is legit. I registered my LLC with the state, bought liability insurance, supplied my tool kit, and bought a step ladder. I’ve had two clients so far. One is done and paid, the other is ongoing for now and prepaying. As of this writing, I’ve made $2,140 in revenue!

What is a professional organizer? I declutter your space. Drawers, closets, pantries, garages, storage units, bills and paperwork, craft rooms, etc. I give you space to relax, peace of mind, a fresh perspective, and a love for the space where you live. The projects you spend days procrastinating on, I complete in four hours. I give you respect for your emotional attachment, while at the same time helping you dispose of the clutter that nobody uses anymore. Whether you are downsizing, moving, or cleaning out a recently vacated space that you have inherited, I will show up with boxes, labels, and lots of trash bags. Downsizing is hard. I am also the emotional support and that little push you need to remove all that does not serve you anymore.

Oh dang? I like it. How’s that for a quick elevator pitch, to basically say, NOBODY WANTS YOUR SHIT.

I’m taking new clients. Ask about the New Client Promotional Rate. My headquarters is located in Darby, Montana, and I have satellite offices in Greensboro, North Carolina, and Patagonia, Arizona.

I’ve also been spending my time getting my novel finished. I wrote it eight years ago, and it’s been sitting in my closet waiting for a professional organizer to get rid of it. I’ve had it proofread, made the corrections, and will read through the draft one last time before self-publishing it for the Writer’s Day event in Darby on August 1st. “Lucida Sans” will be available this summer.

I’m also working on my greeting card business. Affordable, non-traditional greeting cards. Poe’s Tits Notes. Do you need a card for a lesbian wedding? A thank you card for a ride to your colonoscopy? A Baby Genitalia Reveal card? There will still be Birthday Cards and Mother’s Day cards, too, but not what you would find in a store. Unusual, slightly inappropriate, quirky. Oh wait…. that’s how people describe me! Send a little note with a Poe’s Tits Note.

I’ve been biking. I signed up for the Get Lost Gravel Bike Ride in Hamilton, Montana, for August 2nd (an anniversary day that will forever be burned into my psyche). I’m in over my head. Forty-seven miles and 4100 feet of elevation gain. I will have all day to do it, and my goal is to beat Heidi, who is doing the 82-mile ride with 6,100 feet of climbing. Yeah, in over my head, but I am training for it. Putting in the miles, climbing the climbs, soaking up the sun or rain or wind, all the weather, sometimes all the weather on the same ride. It is Montana, that’s what you get. I’m excited to participate in this basically in my backyard ride, and better than how I spent last August 2nd.

And….I’ve been reading. I have several books to recommend. Not just recommended reading, these are required reading.

“Star Spangled Jesus” by April Ajoy: Thanks to my favorite Jesus Freak, Linda, for gifting me a copy. I’ve underlined my favorite sections and plan on sending it to my other favorite Christian, my dad, for Father’s Day. Yeah, spoiler alert, daddy. Follow the author as she is raised an evangelical Christian, but starts questioning the turn of events as the Christian Nationalists create their own Jesus that bends to their self-imposed rules. An entertaining and educational read.

“The Correspondent” by Virginia Evans: This novel is told only by letters and emails to and from the protagonist, an elderly woman who lives on her own. This is a real treat to read.

“Yesteryear” by Caro Claire Burke: This is one of the best books I’ve ever read. Talk about weaving a bunch of story lines into a masterpiece. I could not put this book down. It got my attention right from the start, and I struggled to get anything else done besides reading this story. The book itself is like nothing I’ve ever read. I highly recommend “Yesteryear”. Let me know what you think.

More great adventures and book recommendations can be found at Wild About Books. You can also read about August 2, 2025, and about my health insurance.