{"id":226,"date":"2020-12-31T01:46:45","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T07:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/janellesjournal.com\/?p=226"},"modified":"2020-12-31T21:43:52","modified_gmt":"2021-01-01T03:43:52","slug":"2020-the-craziest-year-of-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/janellesjournal.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/31\/2020-the-craziest-year-of-all\/","title":{"rendered":"2020:  THE CRAZIEST YEAR OF ALL!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"226\" class=\"elementor elementor-226\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c73b43 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c73b43\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-353ed7d6\" data-id=\"353ed7d6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31d1331e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31d1331e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/BGo9hzu_rrCZUMvncfgAZdfEQs54Zrioe3Rzo4VSnsOteaI0b7e729jx8pW3THtjYTILbCXUJF0PigM5KKmNTqQ1IoyOyl-IiXqRr6kj7ryc2tsuTjL6dTwmwGldWYxzYbNCF0DP\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>When this year started, who would have thought it would end up like this\u2026a full blown Pandemic that\u2019s still out of control with no end in sight? Right after the ball dropped to start this new decade, we heard rumbles of a terrible flu in China.\u00a0We never imagined it would come to America and actually affect all of us. Here is the story of \u201cOur 2020\u201d and the effect the Coronavirus has had on our Estate Sale Business.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>We held our first sale of the year in Preston Hollow (Dallas) the first weekend of March. Nobody really thought the Coronavirus would make it to us, but just in case, we knocked elbows instead of shaking hands and didn\u2019t hug all our customers like we normally do.\u00a0It was a little awkward but we muddled through it.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The first weekend of March 2020 &#8211; The last of normal.\u00a0No masks, no sanitizer, no distancing.\u00a0 Those were the days!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/I1VWmpEfnEpHVwLl39tsJJJPhXkhR0XyeeKYxcgA0Zf0GF4y3nKKWwgJ7aXWK62jNNh5DTeyDI9MhIIzxLVig1_Dnuega53QcrB7d9iPO8PkETM2GslqpXE91h_oLnZlbTSFkDWt\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Then, the shutdown.\u00a0 Right after the March sale we were scheduled to do a \u201cMonster Sale\u201d in April. We could still go to work and prep the sale because the house was huge and we could distance.\u00a0We were so isolated prepping that sale for six weeks, we didn\u2019t realize how big and scary the virus had become.\u00a0We couldn\u2019t get masks, we couldn\u2019t find hand sanitizer, we were scared to drive on the streets. We had to delay the sale for 2 months. We had to order sneeze guards for checkout from\u2026.who would have thought\u2026.China. It took them 6 weeks to arrive. Even our youngest team member wore a mask. It was our first foray into the \u201cCoronvirus Normal\u201d at Estate Sales.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NORTH DALLAS SALE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/xmsBrGKJy0jkyvU5afPG6APiixCuWBSlGyupGG63rOVKNlyTMPux6rAOgm2VvvBjiA_UsKmhqTf21UMBgd6d5loAcHvURksT_gQgNDY0kIMuubZrTs1Q_d53knS8pXYEf564QNDG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/tSI7lGzNpBx-SqmC5S8Ru9WxljPscYcqbi--lQtuwy7obkW8nH2xUfThDvrk94wZvOiaS9o7G0BAeE_49Z_wl3T_S2EjyD_sLWLqsEsJJhKsBfJyzezQTy12G0QbMhPRt4LctbOf\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/jSgZs6p1l7Mld4Sd1giFkLBPvsIWXhqqe-9vqT3ChW_llnjjHQCRHhhAjb3vm6eKGiywcROq4vASN2Yu3sFbNMTw2aDy8mX-ukCb7fJjFTwclVbpJlBF8OYJ439WtrJIkhaAOeCW\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By the 3rd Sale of the year, everyone understood the danger of Coronavirus.\u00a0They masked up, they distanced and they were ready to shop. Everyone was tired of staying indoors and wanted something new.\u00a0This sale was supposed to happen in May but happened in July 2020.\u00a0The space was 30,000 square feet so there was plenty of room for distancing.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DALLAS AUCTION GALLERY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/Jt8isxn-tvDMqvc6eRXz5Dh7pFtOpos3o4Pu2vvfsqt2tnUmV5DoenyExOUTegQ27m7DLQCGq_R2RS7sTKbIRCTafMSMwPQysZOKo75DJj0sUfnPfs3oduyWkQpexUavdOwJqt6-\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/78Gb3fY-pMHCRFHYPSbYKMqllkEx4CuRfrO5Llc9FIQN7jYpabljDCSuEAbVvHS7GVzX-E84UJzqOi7YJ0ucoCZHUNkVu0HAfuAQBMVGYARmj2YCf_s1z3-kGKx31k9RR-x5Lgp7\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The next sale in Dallas was all business with masks, sanitizer stations and hand washing stations. Customers were great and patient and didn\u2019t mind the wait. You know\u2026.it\u2019s sort of better for customers when they\u2019re not as hurried and they have time to make up their minds without a crush of people wanting the same thing they came for.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PRESTON HOLLOW &#8211; DALLAS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/kK2pO5l-a0sms0JQNSTqX_rkBmK-zV6WiNZ0tk7lN0MJTfKgu7vm9SpRfwRqtCNfVunUoWhn9YaIIPipA-RqJXwPgtQdwhaBEHyucOLqxpIxooTNlNaYcwwc51evHuSVrAqFbLuj\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/b2vZ5v47Diw7PuWGv5QTR90C1-a8gFz3u0gXaV6u7pDbOV_tFqGpU9CNetqj0-uTyJRdsltvLDEm0jFMY2Nzn729K5hX83q0nvmOAKRhtyEp6B7RtcZWSBRNPDhdQ_MoCsuRlwth\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fall 2020 was amazing and fun!\u00a0 We had the opportunity to do a sale for the Graham Family, the founding family of Graham, TX and part of the legendary Goodnight-Loving Cattle Drive family.\u00a0 When we stayed in Graham to prep the sale, there were no active Coronavirus cases. Masks weren\u2019t required, we could shake hands and not worry about the rest of the world for a while.\u00a0 We got a little bit of normal for a month. It was so refreshing&#8230;and Graham, TX was so beautiful!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>GRAHAM, TEXAS!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/Ce194Sigb9LAFoPBQ7iUwLQ9KWDS6bGpDr03gnZ4k6br5L4ChR9fyLZqdp9bGZnwmbQjKkKPurf62GtCQbEBPYl_thMDnfQ9LXxz8_gAnTL871jIBce4BJ99BIyir8wbA0ov2kWR\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>However, we required the customers and staff to mask up and distance.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/PgMUXnePvkwZUlP96Wbt26Lr6AOsu_z_7Uo29nf4p8dOIYcNHvbvVJAS0pFiaqbKVjPWOgrxHepk3quCPGWJ8HI5YbYvsfXDnKBxUalf-gyTL6UgoocMEQd4I4aJtgfMK8Y7pz1o\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/g99hh_GMDgEUzLnkGthsrP1yCK2XlmL1h1cxWO_Pw0q0oAHY7-LTKGdh9ulR5eSLRKv-WA9qBBYMXHuP_j_Fvbvo8RuTEmh92iVIZBjE9WFYcUEg0mN8ElEL78O20i56KZQGgZJq\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Finally&#8230;the end of the road for 2020!\u00a0 We did a sale on Beverly Drive in Dallas.\u00a0 Beverly is the most coveted address in Dallas. It was Christmas, we had amazing stuff, amazing staff, amazing Dallas Sheriffs and it was a huge success!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>BEVERLY DRIVE &#8211; DALLAS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/lsCE3spuQFfvVf7MTOu5TJrb1u90Pqd2SKFCYdO78nRCIaT6SeMCwb5RAqTuG-IoD4g5vIlMkq5Dh0pFRrXm3GdH9jposnGI5hlSfj1zVoFEW-2LPYw3n8XRBYrKrAsEdzYHoAc8\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/Imq-fDoO2g4_brwmqRz5Tc9_Dbah3BHUneD0bcEi09lAQ7UXCgUeAl1A6DSomYu7oWTlocpmWZDZFNLbm27flxYNb4AMGm0BZndBZyn6OEDid7vxhZeVbbHvrri-3W60jQF20bV3\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/2SScdgvq27UWTHP1IzF6mpw3kt9BCc6f4zbNVeIyJiAZuSqJRC2LQvCJnspWwTDu_zXfmo47_piUHFfRU6rMdlajHpkMr50knleMQzrwZsB5ltn6qKtlBnk_m17TbxKmt2zNs2lP\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Some of the best memories and friendships are made during the setup of a sale. We laugh, play, work and love each other. It\u2019s a weird family that none of us would trade for the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SOME OF MY FAVORITE WORK &amp; PLAY PIX FROM 2020!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-M6YRJG0A2MF_O4MiJ-8CyKQqSIPx-7GgWk8e1zlRfHc1Fp6gloy0YAivmNzlare5cBvcsvOWtEJwS7osxeaBC_hg3YwD-p5icfbfCN-ovqfoxDVB_oIiwR4dcXFRqjGoK4gAzCW\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/JUqv3fOCSapTdDGC_VTO40Yucq4NzSCeintj-vgJj9tPNTW4OjyaZ5nPMSmg3M4ZsYQeeggBEE4HYlmGJ4lej7cU-x3d3k-TG8bG5I5n8qKzzNGv1oehrzq8Q5ZB-GsbGAR_bbpM\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/z2tX94kGAYYy3uZq8xTNSuO5fZ-iZvNESM25w6hfJ7_CegJ5-3neiqssADR7Vu6iVSDeI7GVuixOe64mucNxNeaE7IFyws0inpUTWBHxwnnGkN4k5KsJPe8ShHJdB6VEfaBVvTeW\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figure 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