That’s Trashy started in February 2026, but for us, it was about a lot
more than starting another business. We wanted to build something
together as a husband-and-wife team — something that was ours,
something we could grow, and something our family could be proud of.
A big part of that was our kids. We wanted them to grow up seeing what
it really looks like to build something from the ground up. Not just
seeing the finished product, but seeing the work behind it too.
Showing up when you’re tired. Figuring things out when you don’t have
all the answers. Taking a chance on yourself. Learning from mistakes.
Treating people right. Creating something useful and then working hard
enough to make it grow.
We want them to understand that if you work hard, solve real problems
for people, and provide real value, you can build something meaningful
from that. That entrepreneurial spirit is something we wanted them to
see with their own eyes instead of just hearing us talk about someday.
“We want our kids to see what it looks like to work hard, create real
value for people, and build something from the ground up.”
Our faith is part of that story too. That’s Trashy is a Christian-owned
business, and our faith plays a big part in the kind of people we want
to be and the kind of business we want to build.
We don’t expect everybody we work with to believe exactly what we
believe. For us, it’s more about how those values show up in the way we
live and work — being honest with people, doing what we say we’re going
to do, working hard, treating people with respect, and trying to do the
right thing even when nobody is watching.
We want our kids to see that part too. Building a business matters to
us, but the kind of people we become while building it matters even
more.
We also came into this from two pretty different backgrounds. My
background is in sales, while Casi’s is in nursing and house cleaning.
At first glance, those probably don’t sound like they have much to do
with junk removal.
But when you really think about it, both of us have spent a lot of our
lives working with people. Sales taught me how important it is to
listen, understand what somebody actually needs, communicate clearly,
and earn their trust.
Casi’s background taught her something just as important — taking care
of people, paying attention to the details, and understanding that the
work you’re doing can make somebody’s day a whole lot easier.
Those different backgrounds ended up fitting together better than we
probably expected.
Because when somebody calls That’s Trashy, there’s usually a problem
behind that call. Maybe they have a property that needs to be cleared
out. Maybe something heavy has been sitting around forever. Maybe
they’re dealing with a stressful situation, or maybe life is already
busy enough and they just need one more thing taken off their plate.
Whatever brought them to us, we want them to feel better when we leave
than they did when they called.
That’s really how we think about a successful job. Yes, we want the work
done right. But we also want the customer to feel like the problem they
called us about is actually solved.
We want people to feel comfortable with us. We want them to enjoy the
experience of dealing with us. And when the job is over, we want them
to feel good about the people they chose to hire.
We want to be the kind of people customers are happy to call again and
comfortable recommending to a friend, family member, neighbor, or
somebody they work with.
We’re still early in this story. We know That’s Trashy has a lot of
growing left to do, and honestly, that’s part of what makes this
exciting for us.
We want to build a successful business, but we also want to be careful
about what success looks like. We don’t want to grow so much that we
lose the personal side of what made us want to start this in the first
place.
We still want people to know who they’re dealing with. We still want to
care about the experience somebody has with us. We still want to take
pride in the work carrying our name.
And years from now, we want our kids to be able to look back at this
business and see everything that went into building it — the work, the
lessons, the mistakes, the wins, the faith, and the people we were able
to help along the way.
At the end of the day, we’re trying to build something together, take
good care of people along the way, stay true to what matters to our
family, and create something we can all be proud of. We’re only getting
started.
