All signs point to...

Well it’s been a while since we posted anything.  That is mostly because we have been so busy everyday that we just fall into bed as soon as we get home and then grudgingly drag ourselves back out when the alarm goes off.  These 7 days a week up at 5 and home at midnight or later have been a real struggle for Tiffany and me.  I am hoping that things will calm down eventually and we can get into a routine that allows each of us a bit of time for ourselves and our families.  That time is not now.

We are in our second week of business.  It has been hot and cold.  We decided to have a soft opening the first week to work out the logistics of running our own business since we are complete novices and give us an opportunity to build up our inventory levels as well.  We’ve been partially successful.  Every day there is something we realize that we forgot to do, or make, etc.  I was really worried that our opening day, Tuesday, would be frantic and that we would sell out of everything and disappoint our new customers.  The last thing I wanted to do was make a bad first impression.  I needn’t have worried.  There was practically no one there.  My new worry became whether or not anyone would ever show up.  If we would make enough money to pay the employees we’d hired.  I have to confess that I have been more panicked since we started than I ever was leading up to the opening.  I guess it’s my turn.  Jimmy and Tiffany did all the pre-open panicking.

The response to those that have come in has been positive but the thing we hear from almost everyone is “I didn’t know you guys were open!”.  The problem?  NO SIGN.

We spoke with a company about our exterior lighted sign.  He assured me that it would only take 3 or 4 days to complete once we got our logo to him.  So we did that, then nothing.  Since then, we’ve had a lot of trouble getting the company on the phone or email to respond to our inquiries about the status of our sign.  So here we are in our second week of business with no sign outside.   We finally got the guy on the phone yesterday and he tells us it will be ready this afternoon.  Hmm…. it’s almost 3pm and no word yet.  Our Grand Opening is tomorrow.  I would really like it if we actually looked like we were open for business and not still under construction.

So, as I said, our Grand Opening is tomorrow starting at 10 am.  Tell your friends that ‘that place’ is actually open for business.  Come see us!


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