February 20, 2010

Well, we are "in". Doesn't mean much when the place is a total mess, but we are there. Both of us took Wednesday off as we were so sore. Thursday we did a little more of extras. Friday, Andrew (Norm's friend) came and helped us organize the large file cabinets so they look significantly better. I then cleaned 3/4 of the cabinets. We started reorganizing the music!! Yeah!!

February 17, 2010

What's moving in like? Sigh. Well, there is fixing things so that the "Professional Movers" can put things into a van. 2 1/2 hours of physical work for me, 3 hours of work for them. Drive this 24 foot truck to our new location. Not that big of a deal, except man did it drive hard. Very sluggish, hard to turn, scccaaaarrreey. I made sure someone helped me back up each time. Went down an alley...whew. Finally, after maybe 45 minutes of trying to position and reposition the truck in the alley, we gave up and I drove the truck into the parking lot. Longer distance for moving the file cabinets, but easier for the 3 guys to move. Two of these guys are friends of Norm and Frank came to help at my request. Yeah Frank. PLUS, one of the 2 wheelers' wheels was flat. Frank went and got that fixed. Brother. 4 1/2 hours of moving into the office. I carried a lot of boxes but refused to move the file cabinets much as they weighed between 100 and 200 pounds. Way too much for me. Finally, at 9:00 pm we were finished. The place is a biggggggg mess. So much work to do. But I drove the now empty and easy to handle truck back to Budget, picked up my car, said bye to Norm, got a sandwich, and went home. Boy am I sore today.

February 15, 2010

This is the first coating of Suite S. Joanne, Ken, and I worked on it Tuesday the 9th. Ken taught me how to trim more perfectly and I'm much better at it now. We managed to first coat three walls.

We finished the first coating and I started the second coating with Twyla on Wednesday. We finished on Thursday and the place is looking great!!

After a couple of false starts and a sudden illness on Norm's part, we hope to begin moving tomorrow!

February 6, 2010

Well, I did it! Actually on Thursday my friend Twyla came to help and stayed all day so that we could get it finished. Yeah!! Suite R is painted and it looks nice. On Friday the rug cleaners came. I will return on Monday to start painting Suite S. Just thought I'd show you some before and after pics.
Carol

ok. I don't know how to do this very well yet. I can't seem to get the pictures arranged right. Oh well. Something new to learn :)

February 4, 2010

Pictures coming soon!!!! I have managed to paint one coat on Suite R. Today my friend, Twyla, and I will paint the second coat and it'll be ready for a rug wash tomorrow. Norm is moving the stock in on Saturday. Yeah!! Next week I want to paint Suite S so we can actually start looking good. Tom V is almost finished with our logo. Yes!

February 2, 2010

I still have a hard time with 2010. I want to write 2110, but we're not in a Star Trek movie :). Well, yesterday we signed our new lease. We officially have keys but can't move in yet as the walls need fixing and they're going to put an opening in one wall. So, yesterday I finished working through music to decide if we're going to buy any. I'm working on a flyer for Bellfest. Kinda of a "let people know we exist type". Tom V is finishing the work on the logo. Today, the Comcast people come and I reaaaallllly want to start painting. Sigh.