The recession won't affect Happy Valley!

I've recently seen the effects of the recession all around me. Stores that have been around for a long time are closing their doors for good, people are watching their spending, and people are losing their jobs at every turn. It's a scary culture to live in, but I have a strong feeling. My feeling is that Penn State Pride is going to be stronger than ever this fall in Happy Valley. Why you may ask? People need something to be happy about. People need something or some place to get lost in. Penn State isn't the only stadium that will be full this fall, but I talk blue and white because that's who I am and what I know. I saw people still bleed blue and white even when our team struggled to win 4 games in a season. Teams that we had normally pummeled suddenly turned the tables on us. I saw our team fail to have a winning record two years in a row. Yet, even with all of this adversity the stadium still had 97000 people for each home game. That is amazing to me that there are that many other people like me that love Penn State Football! Though most tickets still cost over $50.00 per seat for each game, I'm sure we're going to see numbers near capacity of 108,000 each and every week this fall. Are we going to be good enough to win it all this year? Maybe not, but it won't matter.........because when those blue jerseys emerge from that tunnel and the white helmets begin to bob up and down.......all of reality will melt away for a few hours. So, maybe you're not into Penn State and maybe you're not even into football. What's important in this day and age is to find what does let you escape reality for a little while and just go there. Be there and don't think about the bills you need to pay, or the job you need to find, or the work you need to do on your house, or whatever it is that is dragging you down. We're not getting any healthier by dwelling on the constant bad news around us, so find your escape and go there on a regular basis. For me, it will be in the stands in Happy Valley or at home in front of the tube watching and cheering for the blue and white. WE ARE........PENN STATE!!!

Back to blogging

Wow, its been so long since my last blog post. Not that I have many followers yet, but for anyone who was watching I'm sorry that I got lost in my busy schedule. I've been staying very busy working with my wonderful wife on our eBay store www.donnydixonsattic.com as well as working full time as a warehouse manager as my day job. The attic has been up and down in recent months. We've grown leaps and bounds since last year at this time and we're now shipping about 3 times as many packages as we were a year ago. One of the things I've been doing to help us grow our business is lettering our cars for advertising. Here's a picture of my car that I lettered last week. Let me know if you've seen it on the streets in the DC / Baltimore metro area. Last but not least I'm working on opening an outlet store that is not part of eBay. You can checkout the outlet store at www.ddaoutlet.mybisi.com .

I hope to be writing again soon. Thanks for viewing my blog!