yeah, i'm still here...

It's been quite a few days since my last post. Anyway, so much has been going on. We are moving and we should be all moved in by tomorrow. Turns out the guy we bought the house from cut us an awesome deal, it's like a rent to own kind of thing, we have al the time in the world! He said "when you sell your house, then you can pay me back! How awesome is that? We did convince my inlaws to stay an extra 2 weeks so they will get to enjoy the jacuzzi!!! YAY! I'm so tired! I have moved too many times, Yanni says this is the last time, but i hate to break it to him, Greece is deffinitely the last time. We still don't know what's going to happen, we have this 5 year plan which really is 4 years because one has passed but we still call it the 5 year plan. We don't know what we're going to do just yet!

On another note, breakfast seems to be at a good start this morning. I thought we would be slow considering that we are near the end of the month but it looks like people budgeted this month just right. I guess i can't speak too soon, it all depends on how we do on our lovely fish fry tonight! I have this love/hate thing with fish night! All my employees in the kitchen hate it but the rest of us have mixed feelings about it. The waitress' work their ass offbut it pays iff in the end. THey give good service, they get good tips. I just like counting the register at the end of the night! I'm always impressed on Fridays! But i'm on the grill, i smell fishy, i'm sweaty and boy am i stressed!

Well, this isn't much of a post and i don't think that i'll be posting anymore, i just don't have the time, who knows, maybe when things slow down over the summer.

We'll see

'tis the season...

So far it's only getting better and better, last night we broke record again! It looks like every Friday it's a new record so far! I can't believe it. I am so glad we did the remodel, it has totally paid off! The only thing I'm worried about is when we are going to get that darn beer & wine. More news on the house... We decided not to "WAIT" we are going for it. No ifs ands or buts about it. We just need the down payment and we are done! I wanted to move in right away but the guy doesn't know us well enough to trust us to get in. Darnet. I wanted to start moving before my in-laws left so that they could enjoy the Jacuzzi. Oh well, maybe next year! It's ok, we'll have plenty of time to move over the summer when all my customers are gone :(

It feels just like yesterday when I bought the restaurant, it's already been a year. A year that I thought I wasn't going to survive. If we got thru our first year I know we will get through the rest. There is a rumor going on around town saying that we are selling the restaurant. HAHA!!! No way. I don't know who the hell starts these things, but this person really has nothing else better to do. GET A LIFE! All the other restaurants are complaining to our food guy that we are taking all of their business! I can't help it if m food is good and my service is excellent. I want everyone to make money, to be happy, I'm not greedy, but maybe they aren't doing something right. I know that when i have an ussatisfied customer, I try to make it up some way or another so that-that person will give us another chance. I can't help but feel bad that a person won't happy. I know that you can't make everybody happy but it still bothers me. We had a party of 29 come in today. They were all extatic! We did good! Then we had a party of 13 come in and also, everyone was happy, but there is always that one person who slips through the crack. TODAY THOUGH, NONE!

Yay! Looks like all my efforts are slowly showing. Yanni got the sysco order today and he knew that we had no catfish and no grouper. Why didn't he thaw fish out in the morning? Hmmm, beats me! I have to go buy bread now, tomorrow is another hectic day. Maybe I'll stop and buy some goldfish, our fish tack is looking a little bare. Yanni doesn't seem to enjoy the fish as mush this time around, I don't know what his problem is.

We couldn't convince my in-laws to stay longer. It sucks, I really enjoy their company. Someone to talk to when we get home. Me and Yanni are together here at the restaurant all day so by the time we get home, we are all talked out and we just want to hit the shower and go to bed. It's nice that when we get home we have someone to ask us how our day went!

Anyway, I'm about pooped from the lunch crowd so I'm going to sigh off for now. By the way, this shit is set up to Easter standard time and it's posting whatever time it feels like it on this crap.

Can you pay my bills?

Today was the day that i have been longing for. Not only is it Fried Chicken night, but also, i got rid of all the bills on my clip board! I'm down from 37 to 10. Finally ORGANIZED! My office is clean from the clutter and I'm on a fixed schedule. It's just not "come to work and see what's going on" now it's "I know what i have to do when i get to work" kind of thing... I thought i had bills before i owned the restaurant... Ugh, little did i know... I write over 100 checks a month! NO JOKE! Payroll, power, gas, book keeper, bread, sysco, great western meats, US foods, unemployment tax, 940's, 941's, sales and use tax, quarterly reports, alarm, insurance, coke, Ecolab, UCT 6, local phone, long distance phone, wireless internet...just to name a few... then come all my personal bills: house, other house, water, power, all my credit cards(there are 9 that i can think of right now), cable, cell phone, other phone, car... My hand is tired from wiritng, so i decided to type instead! Even thought i don't know the correct way to type i self taught myself, (yeah, self taught myself) Anyhow, thank God for chat rooms! Back to what i was saying, i feel like a big load has been lifted off my chest! I feel stronger than ever... The New house thing... I talked to Gene, he said we should wait. Bummer! No problem, we should wait, because of the "WAIT" we decided to take everything else off hold! So that is why i feel like I have accomplished more today! I'm trying to be an optimist! Trying to look for the brighter side of things, so far i think i'm doing pretty well. My husband is a planner, i'm sure that by the time we get home he's going to tell me something completely different from the "WAIT" idea and i'm 99.9% sure that it's going to be a great idea (they always are good ideas) and tomorrow i will be on a new venture! I know that i am ready for the new house, all the furniture is picked out, we know the house we want, i just hope Pier1 is ready for me when i hit the doors. I don't want to wait! But i know that i should. I just wanted to move in-in the summer, when all the snowbirds are gone and i can take a couple of days off to just explore my shopping options and splurge on decor and linens and curtains, and well art, and mirrors, and the list goes on and on...

I don't think i have any readers yet, i don't even know if or how this blog works, i haven't been interested enought to find out how it is that i can read other people's blogs and how can people look for me?

Anyway, i'm just writeing so that i can read later on in the future the simplicities that i was thinking at 29 years of age.

Oh shit, my anniversarry was on Feb 7th and my husband and i completely forgot about it. When i say that we have no life besides the restaurant, i mean it. What i do enjoy is being able to share with my husband the ups and downs, the worries and fun, but most of all the way that we work together and the vision that people recieve from the way we portray ourselves. I feel that we are a positive role model for alot of people. Granted, there are days that we want to kill eachother and days that people want to kill us and more says that we want to kill everyone but overall, we are a family, and you tell me, WHO'S FAMILY ISN'T CRAZY???

I coulnd't convince my in-laws to stay longer. I wish they could but they have so many things that they need to get back to. Plus Eleni, my sisten in law, is due in March! I'm going to be an aunt again, another nephew! I'm going to send the a stroller and baby car seat.

I'm going to get some chicken before we run out!

The sound of music...

Yesterday and today the Musician came and played at out restaurant, looks like the guy is going to be a big hit! Everyone seems to like him, they give him requests, and he's a people person. I just wish i knew what he was playing. I didn't hear back from the bank today, hopefuly tomorrow they will be able to give me an answer... I found the wall unit that i've been looking for and also one of the rugs... Only a few more things to go!!! I'm not really in the mood to write because i want to surf the web for more things to PURCHASE, I LOVE TO SHOP!!!

See ya

More confused than ever before, i think!

This house thing is driving me bonkers! This is my dream home, it is so beautiful, it has very large lot 100x125. Open Bright Kitchen with 11x9 breakfast nook and bay window. Inside utility room. Formal dining room. Jacuzzi Tub, separate shower & double sinks in MBA. 7x9 walk-in closet.http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b234/anulita/179565a.jpg here are the stats:

Living Rm:15X20 Master Bed:14X15 Taxes: 415
Dining Rm:11X13 Bed Rm 2:11X12 Tax Year: 2005
Kitchen:12X14 Bed Rm 3:11X12 Mortgage: No
Utility Rm:5 X 6 Bath 1:7 X20 Living Sq Ft:1,700
Garage:21X21 Bath 2:5 X 8 Total Sq Ft:2,500
Porch:15X40

The house couldn't be more perfect. It's a doll house! Yanni and me love it! We can't wait to move in. I just hope all goes well!!! We'll keep our finger crossed! We've already picked out all our furniture, we are just having trouble picking out the right rugs, console set, paintings and window treatments! We have a ball park figure of $700 for wooden blinds, but we aren't sure about the color on those... The contract for the MIami house is ready, my lawyer is looking at it. Hopefully there are no loops in the contract and we'll see if it will be ready for signing tomorrow. I don't want to lay the egg before the chicken but i can't help but be excited. If for some reason we end up not getting this house, i won't be too sad, i'm preparing for destress just in case!

Ok, I don't even want to think about the paining and the packing and the moving and the putting. This time we are hiring people. I have moved so many times that no place feels like home anymore. This is it! We found a place we love, we aren't just settling. It's Home!!! But then again, we have a 5 year plan, in about 5 years we are moving to Greece! My In-Laws are all psyched about it. Our house in Athens is gorgeous and our house in the island is almost complete! That's another thing i can't wait to plan for. A very wise person told me once that life is all about planning and having things to look forward to. Boy, were they right. My husband and I always have something going on, whether it's buying a new car, getting a new pet, building a new house, finding a new path... It's all good! I can't just sit around and wait for things to fall on my lap, I'm a go-getter!

Today has been a good day! We'll see what news Jim & Wendy (our bank advisors) give us tomorrow!

Yay!

The story of my life!

I woke up this morning and there was ice on my windshield, what the heck is that all about? I've been here at the restaurant since 5am. We open extra early today to feed the Rotary Club. I still don't quite understand what it is they exactly do besides tell us when it's time for the city to put up and take down Christmas lights. I don't think i can ever be so Obssesively devoted to a club that wakes up to start their meeting at 5:45am. It's still night time in my book! I just want them in and out. I feel like they are using and abusing us because we are the only darn restaurant in town that will feed them so early! I've only seen 5 out of the group of 40 ever come in when it's not the Rotary meeting. I really wish they would go somewhere else. It's totally not worth the extra $150 bucks. Mind you, the $150 is on a good day! I'm probably going to start charging them a $50 minimum to book the room. Whatever!?!?!

Another day, another disappointment

The house swapping thing...Didn't work! Oh well, just proves to me that I should do what I want without considering others! You try to be good in your life and some people just think you're out to get them! I'm selling both houses and getting the one that my husband and I have dreamt about! Beautiful house! I can't wait. We know the owner and he's giving us a great deal. On Thursday we're going to talk about our options and iron out all the kinks! Then I'll call the people who gave me an offer on the Miami house and work out a deal with them.

On another note, we hired a live musician today to play 3 nights a week at our restaurant! He seems to be a nice guy and really knows what he's talking about! He knows over 2000 songs! He's a one man band! I look forward to see what kind of business he can bring us!

I learned some disturbing news on Sunday about someone that I really love. I couldn't believe my ears. I'm hurt and shocked! I am so weak at times... I'm confronting this person tomorrow! It's not something that I feel safe writing about so I'll just keep this as a self reminder!

Anyhow, I'm done for today and hopefully will be able to repost tomorrow!