Let It Snow

Woo-Hoo, first blizzard of the season. We're supposed to get 6"-12" tonight, with winds blowing 35-45 mph. Kids are hoping for a snowday.

Carl and I just made pumpkin bread, from the halloween pumpkin pieces that we cooked. Mmm, it smells good...

I still have not finished chapter six. I like what I have so far, though, and that's something.

I went out and took pictures of the building, today. I'm thinking of developing a simple web site to document the whole project. Aahz has agreed to look at what I have together so far, and add his thoughts. Yea! Collaboration makes everything easier for me.

I've got together a first draft start-up costs excell file, and now I've got to go research the expenses. On educated guess, I'm looking at $30,000-$40,000 to do it right. "Doing it right" includes $8000 for a new tile floor, for example, instead of industrial carpeting. I will need an archetect's stamped plans for the cafe renovation, even though I'm not adding or tearing down anything, just putting in equipment, counters, and seating. Hmm, now that I think of it, though, I'll be tearing down the ugly, cheap ceiling tiles and exposing the original ceiling. Don't know what's up there, but it's some 20 foot high.

We're thinking of spliting the building with someone (no prospects yet), where they take half of the space, and we take the other half. I can get the building for around $90,000. It'll take at least another $10,000 to make the living area livable (mostly windows, re-wiring and plumbing), and another $25,000 to $50,000 (hell, it'd probably gobble up as much as we wanted to throw at it) to make it look as it should. That's if we do all the work ourselves.

Just writing that makes the whole deal sound rather impossible. So much money....