Today is Beckett's third birthday. It was a great day. This morning was fairly normal, the boys both went to school and then Doug and I went up to Castle Rock to pick up the new car. Since I had done most of the work ahead of time, negotiated the deal online and over the phone, we were only there about an hour to sign papers, turn in our old car and pick up the new one. I got another Pacifica, and it's a car I like. It's nice to drive, has plenty of room, lots of nice features, moreso with the newer version. This one has a moonroof, a power liftgate (which both opens and closes), GPS and a back-up camera. All pretty cool.
Micki was back from Las Vegas today, although between going to Castle Rock this morning and then leaving early for Beck's birthday, we didn't have much time to review things. A couple of the artists came in to sign agreements, or pick them up to review them. She also started scheduling having work brought in.
Next week I'll make some more headway with artists outside of the area. At this point I've been in contact with more than twenty, and will do a spreadsheet to see where I'm at with product mix.
Beckett and I got home early today, but Frank was still with his tutor. We kept busy and then the minute Cathy left, Beck started opening presents. The first thing he saw was the QUAD Doug got him. He thought it was Frank's but will get to play with it tomorrow and that will make it his. Then he opened more gifts and played with them all. We were going to go out for dinner, but he was having so much fun playing, we decided to just eat in.
Tomorrow is his party and he'll LOVE it. He's got a few friends from school coming over, we'll have pizza and cake and he'll be the center of attention. It will definitely be different than how it usually is, since Frank is typically the center of attention.
Some new reference books arrived today, retail space layout, display ideas, why we buy handbooks. I've been pouring through them all, soaking in as much as I can, although my vision for the store remains the same. I'm very anxious for inventory to start arriving so I can start setting things up and also so I can get the POS software up and running. It will be exciting to run our first sale through and then start tracking sales history.
Thad, a potter, stopped in today to drop off a present for Beckett, how sweet, and told me about a friend of his who is making some really cool birdhouses. They sound wonderful and I'm very anxious to see them.
Too tired to continue but tomorrow I will try to post photos.
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