Keys to the Restaurant

The week has been a wonderful whirlwind of contractors, inspectors, meetings, more contractors, and more meetings and now we're looking for an architect and an insurance agent. We contacted one last night who has done work for the previous club and knows the building so we're looking forward to meeting and talking with them today. We met with the landlords last Monday and gave them the deposit while we go forward with the permitting and planning and they gave us THE KEYS!!!!! 

The building is just awesome and all of the potential is there. And more good news, the place where we want to feature a roll up door, well it's exactly where a roll-up door used to be and the landlord group thinks it's an excellent idea. I'm going to spend some time looking for archival photos of the building and see what we come up with. Hey! Found One already, that's us on the right at the former OK Tires and the wall for the traffic management school is ours to paint!

There's no doubt this is going to be a LOT of work especially in the short time frame we've given ourselves but everything will continue working out as long as we keep working hard. 

Having survived all of the trials of moving out and in and the new challenges with the new/old house, the rest of our time here has been just amazing! The house is getting comfy fast and we've stopped making wrong turns in it [mostly]. We all just love the weather and watching the sun come up and go down among the mountains. Everywhere you look there's a picture waiting to happen. Mama Cindy has become more than a little twitchy because there is so much work to be done and so many pictures waiting to be made. Here's a few quick ones from a quick afternoon escape Cass and Cindy made to the Grove Park Inn:

The girls are finishing up their first week of school today and are still liking it. MJ is going to get her ears pierced this weekend, and assures me (Mama) that she is ready. Harmony wants to try rock candy again please, and I need another photo shoot with several pieces so that's in our future this weekend as well. Oh and more BIG news! Harmony lost one of her front teeth! Here's the new smile! 

To celebrate we went to Piggie's in Hendersonville on Saturday which is one of those roadside attractions that draws Mama Cindy like a magnet!! Smilin' Cass says it's like e-bay exploded all over it. Then we headed back to Asheville via Lake Lure and Chimney Rock and stopped for ice cream and a short walk along the river. 

So for now it's more unpacking and planning but we are finally beginning to feel at home in our new town love our new neighbors and can't wait to see our dreams turn into reality.

Our next installment: "Pierced Ears?!?! and other things. . ."