And yet so far away. All the heavy equipment is in the kitchen. Today a plumber was there, looking as if the sinks might get hooked up. The range hood is almost done; one duct remains unconnected and will until the guys return Monday to put on the hood shroud. The fire suppression system guy is coming Friday and I am assured that the hood not being done will not impede his progress.
The bathrooms are due to be fitted out tomorrow. Then more inspections will ensue. So you can see, I will not be opening Monday or even in there practice cooking yet. I am remaining calm.
We've picked out some laminate sample for the countertops (kitchen and front service). Tomorrow that will be ordered, when the front counter is being built. I hear the kitchen counter is also under construction.
The front is in pretty good shape. Just waiting on the contractor to put on the overall coat of Sherwin Williams's Whole Wheat so we can go in and do the top one quarter of the walls in Chamois, with the wall behind the counter being Bengal Grass. Then a rail will be hung where those two colors meet on the walls so that we can hang art from the rail for display.
I've had a bunch of spatulas and bowls and towels and aprons and peelers and knives etc. delivered from Equippers.com. I've got a table waiting to be picked up at the Maumee antique mall and a stainless steel table in Lindsey. Peg and Joe found 10 chairs out along the curb (or so they say) that they brought out.
I attended a ribbon cutting at El Patron restaurant to see how those work. The staff made us a delicious lunch buffet but the Chamber of Commerce director told me I didn't have to do that kind of spread when I have mine. Hopefully about mid-May.
I donated three $5 gift certificates to the adult egg scramble that the BG Parks folks run. I'm ready to swoop in on advertising on Cook's Corner in the Sentinel and on a local morning radio show, as soon as I'm open. And I'll be leafletting ceaselessly and taking sample to offices I've dealt with. I'm trying to figure out some Facebook apps to use with Timeline.
I think I have all the small stuff I need except a couple of kitchen mats I can get at Home Depot. My car is full of boxes of tinfoil containers. Just need to order food at the last minute.
There are just more details than I can even remember. Be glad I'm not reporting them all. Sheesh.
