About Me. . . .

Hi! I have a Bouquet of Enterprises to tell you about.

But first - you want to know if I am safe to do business with, right?

Facts about Me;

Ruth Marlene Friesen
live-in caregiver for my father (age 90)
Work: novelist, writer, web designer, friend/mentor,
Hobbies: genealogy, making books and booklets, greeting cards & a wanna be artist
Comfort foods: peanut butter, nuts and cheddar cheese
Pet peeves: "email forwards," and people who pass on the highway over solid lines (especially near intersections where I'm about to turn left!)

My eBay History;
I'm just starting out. I've been reading up on eBay selling and doing research. Decided to proceed cautiously, try to avoid mistakes, and see if I can sell some of the extras I have around the house, but most importantly, building up to sell - my books!

Items I'm Offering for Sale (or plan to);

My Family History books, like the handbound A Godly Inheritance

GEDCOMs (generic sections of my database you can import into your program

Aloe Vera plants (mine multiply like crazy and get bigger than those I see for sale

Glass fruit jars (some vintage)

Meredith, a VERY special, handmade doll

Dad's new Disciples' Cross necklaces, and maybe a few of his tools

and my novel, Ruthe's Secret Roses and e-books, of course!



A Litte More "Personal" About Me;
I've always had a runaway imagination, and years ago I dreamed that I'd marry a fine, intelligent gentleman who would make all these ideas for small businesses come true. Well, instead-- God brought me home to look after my aged parents, and took time to mature me, and show me that I could carry out a lot of these ideas myself!

It's been slow because I've started on a zero budget. Mom passed away nearly eight years ago, but I'm still Dad's live-in caregiver with free room and board as my compensation. I've spent the last seven years online from right here in the living room (Dad is over there in his chair), and my learning curve has been steep! I feel like I've been to university a couple of times!

From all the FREE information out there on the net, I've taught myself web design, have published my novel by POD (in the marketing stage now), and have made a number of good friends around the world, especially through my novel-site, Ruthes-Secret Roses and my weekly blog, The RoseBouquet. My novel and that site often refer to my friends as roses in my garden of friendship. All the while I've tried out a number of free income programs, and discarded a lot of them as I've become more discerning.

At my genealogy web site, A Godly Inheritance I'm getting hits and people are contacting me, so I hope those GEDCOMs and family history eBooks will be as popular in sales as the topic generally is on the net now.

I've registered my main business, Bouquet of Enterprises, with my home province, Saskatchewan, in Canada, and also the subsiduary publishing business (for my own books only), that I call The Lord's Morning Glory Publishing House.

I've already got very full days, but I usually stop to help someone who asks for it.

If you really are keen to get to know me, I suggest you go exploring all over my Ruthe's Secret Roses site, and order the novel. I gave the heroine all the best parts of me! (GRIN)!

This site, Bouquet of Enterprises also has my services to compile e-books for you, or to Proofreading and editing and also creating some very basic web design templates for you.