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Meet the Owner
My name is Tica, I was born and raised right here in Michigan, I am a mother and a grandmother I have four sister's and one brother,
I have been self employed off and on over the years, which has given me a chance to explore many talents. My ventures have included:
•Hairdressing
•Nail service
•Cooking, grilling, and selling dinners
•Babysitting
•House cleaning
• Building websites (if time allows) I've done my own since the start, everything! But now they have AI available to help. I have only did one for someone as of now, and assisted another person with theirs but it's something I like to do, it is very time consuming, and can get frustrating . This time around for me with this relaunch, has been very tedious! I didn't want AI to create a new site, even though it was a thought for the sake of saving time, but I would have lost over 5 years of my personal work. I actually did, and I cried like a baby. I'm so thankful that a GoDaddy agent was able to reset my original site back. I would much rather do the work myself, well at least for the web builder. My goal was direction and not speed. The end results are definitely worth it when you are pleased with your work,
I love to cook, watch movies, dance, take hot milk baths ,reading, journal and eating ice cream. I have a great sense of humor and can be extremely sill at times. I make people laugh without even trying, when I'm just being me🥰
October is not just a Fall time month, it's also Breast Cancer month and although everyday is a blessing, May 21,2015 was a day that changed my life forever.
I was diagnosed with breast cancer, Only by the grace of God it was detected very early, I was so busy working I had three children at home and one was a toddler. I found the lump while talking to a customer on the phone, that was November 2014, and I didn't follow up until May 2015.
God is so good because the tumor didn't grow. I had surgery June 8th and after eight weeks of Radiation and taking Tamoxifin pills for 6 years, I am proud to say that I am a ten year survivor 🙌🏿. Bitter sweet, because my momma and I were diagnosed very close together, she was recovering from surgery in the hospital when I received my news we even had our radiation treatment appointments 10 minutes apart. Unfortunately two years into remission her cancer came back, She was a fighter, surviving three years after she was told six months, my sister's and I had our world's crushed when God called her home.
I became an entrepreneur six years ago, that first year I spent a whole winter selling dinners again. I started to cater food for small, intimate events, and even though they weren't large, I still enjoyed watching people enjoy my food. I even delivered lunch to a couple of auto shops and a barber shop.
My love for jewelry led me to become a Independent Consultant for Paparazzi In 2017, in 2018 I started researching to start my own business, but a life-changing incident forced me to immediately relocate my family, so I had to put things on hold. However, after getting settled I dove right back in, and In the beginning of 2020 I officially started my company and launched Simply SanDrá.
Chose direction over speed, you'll get there!
Welcome back😊
Hello, hello, hello everyone I am genuinely glad to be back. Life definitely threw me a curveball over the past couple of years. Between the demands of work, school and relocating to a completely different side of town, I had to make the tough but necessary call to put Simply SanDrá on hold.
Google kept notifying me with great news, the site was still getting consistent traffic, but honestly, I just couldn't give it the quality time or attention it deserved. The main reason was because I started to lose my passion for it, I knew I wanted to do more with the site I just needed to figure it out so I would be able to birth my real vision.
Now I am blessed to say that the first year and a half of business was going good, people were still shopping during covid. Some days I had multiple orders, some days I had a couple, other days zero, even when the world was shut down, God was still good, and I am grateful for everyone who supported me!
I wanted more than just an e-commerce store so I took time in between busy moments to figure out what that was. During my hiatus I received some calls, text messages, and emails inquiring about what was going on, nothing.. the site was still up it just stated that it's "under construction" and a new one was coming soon.
I still fulfilled orders, I still have people who buy from me, I enjoy what I do, and I am humbled and thankful.
I was moving at my own pace, I was prioritizing and getting some things in order and working on some different projects and I wasn't rushing to get back into it just because "I have a website" Simply SanDrá is the first brand under JAST ENTERPRISES LLC.
The goal was choosing direction over speed and since fall is my absolute favorite season of all this was the perfect time to relaunch.🍁
Now that the dust is settling, I'm returning with a renewed appreciation for this new direction. Blogging is something I have wanted to do for a while, I love to talk, and journal my thoughts, I love listening. I have always been the go to person, the confidant, the secret keeper and asked for my opinion, insight, thoughts and suggestions by many. I offer a safe space free of judgement, and that's a characteristic trait I have always had, that's just me!
I am an empath full of compassion, I find joy lifting the spirit of others, even when mine is broken, I'm not perfect or polished, I have been stripped bare, natural and made over. I am humble, I am grounded with humility, God has showed up and showed out in my life so that is the very reason why I will continue to trust Him, and let him direct my paths. Proverbs 3:5,6
I won't promise daily posts or breakneck speed, but I do promise purposeful content, meaningful, quality posts that I hope you will enjoy. Thank you for your patience and sticking around. The journey continues, one intentional step at a time.
Did I get it from my momma? or dad? I think both of them.
The entrepreneur in me definitely came from my father, creating and editing photos and videos along with his former business graphic designs, Eye visual concepts, those are just some of the things that he has done, and enjoys doing I enjoy them as well. Because I work online I was inspired to take a Entrepreneurship and Marketing class to become a certified Digital Marketing Analyst, which helps me on the back side of business, behind the scenes learning how e-commerce grows. That is way different from building a website, it's a lot of information and work, but if you are doing what you love, it's a win win.
My love for musical instruments particularly (the bass guitar 🎸) came from my father, because that's the one he has played all of my life, although he can play many.
My love for old school music and dancing definitely came from my momma she would play music and just dance, and she was a great dancer.
Saturday mornings in the Floyd house were specifically for cleaning after breakfast, so I carried that into adulthood my space has to be clean I cannot adapt in clutter, that is focus chaos, I just don't use the strong original pine sol cleaner she used.😂 Watching movies was another highlight, and probably why it's one of my favorite things to do, she was a dog lover, so am I, well I have a strong like for them, creating good food and cooking meals as well, my mommy was a good cook.
I look just like the both of them! Her eyes, her smile, his complexion, his eyebrows, hands, feet and ears. I think that most of my characteristics; sense of humor , wittiness, seriousness, no tolerance for b.s, attitude, straight forwardness and approach is a combination of both but my personality is definitely uniquely mine.
Even though I am an adult, and I have grown into my own person I still find myself doing or maybe saying things, or making certain faces that reminds myself and others around me of my mother and father.
1. I enjoy watching the Flintstones, old Looney tunes, the Smurfs, Scooby Doo and Beavis & Butthead and the Munsters.
2. I love to color.
3. I enjoy spending time with my granddaughters.
4. I like to rap.
5. I love to interior decorate and DIY
6. I love to sing.. well I can at least hold a note😏
Laughter is good for the soul, so do it often!
Bonus fun facts: I like to play cooking games on my phone, and I like to disguise my voice! 😁
I know that I'm a silly person, and sometimes I just bust out in a laugh out loud. I can't explain the way my brain sometimes work, and I don't try. It's me, and it's my natural genuine self and I love it!
We only get one earthly life,so enjoy it! I had to learn to see the beauty in it good or bad times.
WOULDN'T YOU, I WOULD!
•I'd rather have laughter lines, than worry wrinkles
•Keep your joy
•Laugh often
•Reflect on the good more
•Let go of what you cannot control
•Smile and eat ice cream. (1/2 the fat)
Edy's slow churned caramel delight, I add unsalted pecans, 🫶🏿 but vanilla is my favorite ice cream of all.