It was a good week in Pizza Land! Things are still pretty slow around Terlingua right now, but there are a LOT of moving parts behind the scenes, and for the first time in a while, it feels like we’re right on the edge of everything picking back up.
And honestly? I’m ready.
Labor Day weekend is coming up, which is usually a busy one for us, and Thursday also happens to be my birthday. I’ll officially be turning 29 for the seventh time, so please respect my privacy during this major milestone. 😂
Our visa program doesn’t start until October, which means we’re heading into this holiday weekend pretty short-handed in the kitchen. So yours truly will be back where you’ve seen me plenty of times before: making pizzas. And I’m actually excited about it because, y’all... it’s time to make some money! Your girl has spent some cash over the last couple of months.
This week itself has been slow, and I’m incredibly grateful for our crew for hanging in there through the summer. Seasonal business is such a strange thing because you can go from wondering where everyone is to wondering how you’re possibly going to feed everyone who just walked through the door.
And we know what’s coming.
That little pizza place can get absolutely slammed, and as crazy and exhausting as those nights can be, I love it so much. There’s something really special about seeing a place you’ve poured so much into completely packed with people.
Some BIG business news...
I also have something new I’ve been working on that I’m really excited to finally share.
Over the years, I’ve had so many people ask if I can help them with their marketing, social media, branding, or overall online presence. I LOVE that side of business, but I’ve also had to be realistic about my time. Between my work in real estate, the restaurants, Mundy Out West, content creation, and everything else we’re building, I simply don’t have the capacity to personally execute marketing for other businesses.
So instead of continuing to say no, I’ve partnered with an amazing team that can do the heavy lifting.
They offer marketing services for small-business owners, along with additional services specifically geared toward real estate agents, which obviously fits perfectly with the world I work in every day. If you’ve been wanting to rebrand, improve your marketing, or finally get some help actually executing everything you know you should be doing, I’ll put my links here so you can check everything out.
Marketing & Rebranding Services
I’m really excited about this because I’ve always loved connecting people with the right resources, and this gives me a way to help more business owners without pretending I somehow found more hours in my week.
Mundy Out West hit a milestone!
Speaking of marketing and content creation...
MUNDY OUT WEST IS OFFICIALLY MONETIZED ON FACEBOOK! 🎉
I’ve been waiting for this for over a YEAR.
My Facebook engagement has been incredible, and I’ve continued posting and building that audience even when I wasn’t making anything directly from the platform. So finally being able to monetize something I’ve already been putting so much time and energy into feels like a huge win.
It may seem like a small milestone from the outside, but this is one of those reminders that sometimes you really do have to keep showing up before you see the payoff.
And then there’s BELIZE...
Remember when I told y’all you’d be the first to know if anything happened with our bar?
Well...
WE GOT TWO OFFERS!
And, we’re under contract!
A lot of you know that we own a bar in Belize, and it’s been another really fun chapter of our entrepreneurial story. We built it up, learned a ton, made a lot of memories, and now we feel ready to let someone else take it from here.
Our agents down there have been awesome, and we’re really hopeful that we’ll be able to get it sold.
And once we do?
Well... there might be some new adventures in the future.
That’s all I’m saying for now. 😉
The Camino Content is FINALLY coming!
I’m also almost finished editing the first episode of our Camino Francés series!
Going through all of that footage has brought back so many memories, and I cannot wait to finally start sharing the entire journey with you. The first episode will be up this week, and then we’ll start making our way across Spain all over again, but this time from the couch instead of on foot.
As summer officially comes to an end and we head into fall, I keep thinking about how much can be happening even during seasons that feel slow.
The restaurant was slow this week, but behind the scenes we’re preparing for busy season. But, slow doesn’t always mean stagnant.
Sometimes the quiet seasons are when you’re building, preparing, planting seeds, and getting ready for whatever comes next.
And I have a feeling there’s a lot coming next.
Thank you guys for continuing to follow along through all of it: the pizza, the businesses, the travel, the big ideas, the wins, the hard stuff, and all of the random adventures in between.
Here’s to a busy Labor Day weekend ahead, another trip around the sun, and whatever this next season brings.
Love you guys! 🤎
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