February 06, 2004
So... Call Me a Cat Herder...
Im hearding cats... and things are going well. The new shop was painted ceiling to floor, and I was able to get a plumber to cap off the water and pull the hot water heater and sink out. A carpet guy frind of Ken the Contractor wants to know what all the fuss is about with the floor...you take Fixall, make a paste, fill the grout lines and you have a smooth floor, no padding needed and just lay the carpet, using an adhesive. no biggie. Im sure that hell do it next week.
My mentor Kathy Hammes of the SBDC is comming to help me pack up on the 16th, on the 17th, a moving company is slated to move the big stuff and the 18th is the phone alarm and glazing the front door with clear glass so that I can see what is going on before I open the door...the 19th new door locks.....
Contractor to demo after the 17th... I may be able to open prior to march first...but I am not pressing my luck. the electrician is due that last week sometime. He is the last thing.
I can hardly believe it and yes it gets better.
In Sept. 2002 when I first was thinking about doing this whole jewelry store thing, while working nights at the Black Pearl Gallery. A lady walked in and we talked for the whole evening and it was as though we had been friends forever. Her name was Sue and she and her husband Sam were the owners of Gem Safari, a freestanding, independent jewelry store in Toledo Ohio. She was firming up buying some land to build a home and move here cause they knew that this was what God had told them to do. Selling Gem Safari wasnt so easy and that took a lot longer than they thought it would. So at last email, they were still in Ohio, not sure when the migration would take place.
In Sue walked into the store last night saying that she was ready to go to work doing my repairs and helping.....Amazing....How I need a bench person and we are now ready to set that all up. If we only get the people that walk into the store looking for a repair person, it will be plenty to pay the extra rent....
It comming together... Thank you God and thanks to everyone that says yes to me when I ask for something. We live in a NO NO NO world so much....
Woody is helping as all of the trades people seem to have a office and storage place where he is working. I believe that was all planned too... I am so thankful for that.
We had a 4.1 magnatude earthquake last night, epicentered 6 miles northwest of Kalapana...or pretty darn nearly in our backyard. Felt like a truck hit the house. The earthquakes here seem to be more jerky and that to me is more dangerous as they are shorter and you cant get into a safe place to ride it out. For those of us like myself who are some what earthquake riding experts, the closer you are to the epicenter the worse the ride, a 2.3 is not very big but if its under you watch out!!!. I have friends that were on top of the epicenter of the Northridge earthquake in southern California 10 years ago and they discribed the incredible roaring noise that drowned out the sound of your house colapsing around you. Just amazing...
Likely linked to the heavy snowfall we had last night on Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea, the mountains had a beautiful blanket of fresh white snow on their tops... Remember the legend...lol
