Sheetrock!

Sheetrock!!! Yes, that is right. We got sheetrock hung today. They will be finishing up tomorrow. Things are moving forward. Can you believe it!?! So Dad and I built the soffit (that hanging thing you see) and it was soooo crazy hard! The angles were just so weird and confusing. And then we had to hang it off the ground. Holli's brother, Chad, helped us and we would have been really lost without him. We got it done and it looked okay, (we didn't even care because we knew it would be covered by the sheetrock). Well Nate, our sheetrocker, told us that it looked pretty good. And he gave me peace of mind when he said that soffits aren't easy and that we did a pretty good job. I still think he was just being nice, but hey...I liked it! Oh, and we got the concrete poured too. We had to fill in the trench we dug out to add the plumbing. Things are happening! 

We need your help! Which sign do you like better?  Top or Bottom? The bottom one would not have the three lights. Those don't even work! And the top one has the cone and ice cream in a 3D foam design. Main points: having the cone lean to the left or the right, and having the cone stick out, or placing it flat and behind the letters, and including the website on the sign, or just having it visible inside the store or on the window. Let me know! Every opinion will help. Thanks!

Moving along despite the road blocks!

So we got the walls all framed in and the soffit is up. The soffit is the wall you see hanging from the ceiling. It will have pictures on it of our ice cream and there will be some lights shining on it. Should look pretty slick (we hope!). It was a bugger to get up because of all the crazy angles! It got so confusing and needless to say, we made a few mistakes, but you'll never notice!!! The plumbers also finished their rough-in and the electrician is done with his rough-in too. So things are moving forward. We were told that we would have our permits like two weeks ago, and that is why we went ahead with the construction. Then the city caught wind that we were doing the work on our own, without a general contractor, and then all of a sudden the began demanding that everything be done perfectly with the book. They are requiring that we put up a 3 foot tall, 4 foot long wall near the back door to create a 44" hallway so that we "aren't able to stack boxes in the emergency exit lane." It is absolutely ridiculous. And they even dictate what kind of door handles we have. Yep, they can't be knobs, they have to be lever handles. And we had to change a couple doors too to make them ADA compliant. That part we didn't really mind, but the city could have informed us of these silly rules when we started 3 weeks ago! They have just made life miserable. But our chins are high and our hopes even higher and all will work out for the best. 

This is our sheetrock being delivered. I remember hauling sheetrock by hand and it was always such a pain. Well these guys use this boom arm to pick up the rock, then two guys slide it onto carts, roll it to where it needs to go, and then just pick it up off the cart. It took them about 20 minutes to unload 55 sheets of rock! It was crazy! When we get all that hung, it is going to totally transform the place! 

Say Hello!

So here is our sign! It is in the process of being made right now. I love it! I have heard that it is too big, or leans the wrong way, but I think it grows on you, and that it just flat out makes you hungry for ice cream! We are excited. The ice cream cone and the ice cream itself will be made out of foam and will have a 3D look to it. It is going to be sweet! 

We had one of our subs inform us that there is no way he will be able to get in to do our floors until after labor day. So that set us back about two weeks. It is actually going to be okay, because we are just pushing things to the limit. It will be good to be able to slow down a bit and take more time on each part of the process. We should hopefully be able to catch any mistakes and perfect what we are doing. Focus is becoming ever so difficult for me. And if I didn't have my iPhone, I would be so lost. I keep everything in it. The other day I had to call a guy and ask him what time we had set our appointment because I hadn't put it in my calender and wow how things just start to blend together! And I decided it was a good thing that Melaleuca did not hire me. I registered for school and will have a couple classes at 2:00 monday-wednesday. It would have been impossible to get this to work with Melaleuca, and there aren't any other times to take the classes, unless I want to travel to Pocatello. So things have a funny way of working out. I will just have to work double hard at Sub Zero to make everything work!

Sub Zero Walls Are Up!

PROGRESS!!! We had the electricians in today. They should be all done tomorrow. And we got all the walls up this week. We have one door to frame in in the back right near the bathrooms where we will have some closet storage. Tomorrow we are building a soffit and facia that will go over the counter. I will post some pics when it's done. Things are moving along and we hope to be able to serve ice cream on over labor day weekend! Wish us luck!

Melaleuca

Well, I had an interview last Monday with Melaleuca for a Data Entry job. I thought for sure I would get it. I am definitely qualified, and I know enough people there...but apparently I just wasn't cut out for the job. I received a letter today telling me basically I didn't get the job, but I was welcome to reapply for others. HAH! Oh well. I will just put my time into other things. I have signed up for a medical transcribing class that is supposed to take 3-4 months to complete. It would be perfect because of the flexibility. And I am a very fast typer. But it will be hard to wait that long before I actually get jobs to do and make money. Sub Zero is flying along! I really think we will make our Labor Day Weekend deadline of opening. I never thought it would be possible. But things are working out. We hung walls today and had some awesome help. I know there are lots of people that would be helping me if they could and I really really really appreciate that. I understand that sometimes things just don't work out...and that's okay. I take what I can get when I can get it and I smile all the way! I will try to upload some pictures soon of the progress.