green olives? and pickle juice? what is the blog you speak of?

It is has been awhile!

That restaurant that was on the horizon? We did it - we sold it - I am now sitting back on my couch - wondering what i am going to do with the next month of my life...lol...

Just so you are aware - the selling of the restaurants? that is pretty standard and a really good business if you are one of the ones receiving that end paycheck...lol..alas i am not on the receiving end of that paycheck....lol....but it is an amazing paycheck while it lasts

Basically we build it - we open it - we train everyone - and we have a broker that finds someone to buy it after we have it up and running and making money - lots of hard work for about 3 - 6 months depending on how long it takes to find a buyer....

There was however an issue with this restaurant on my part - every other place we have sold? When the new owners came in? I stuck around long enough to get everyone trained and acclimated and then I scooted on out the door - later gater - see ya on the flip side -

This particular restaurant - not sure why - but it had a piece of my heart - I was involved in this one from beginning to end - my brother was too busy with his construction company to have time to be a part of it and my niece has a full time job that requires most of her time - so everything pretty much fell to me - and I of course already had the title of General Manager which made me at large and in charge but every single decision in this place was on me - from employees hiring and firing to which type of caramel was ordered for ice cream sundaes and back up to running the line in the kitchen when necessary and ordering all the toys candy and gourmet jams and jellies for the general store....HUGE responsibility and I freaking love every minute of it....

When word came down of new owners only 6 weeks after we opened? I was a little sad - by the time they took over on Halloween day 10 weeks after we opened.... I was a basketcase....lol....I stuck around until Thanksgiving giving advice - teaching someone how to order from the food distributor and the infamous Blue Bell ice cream - what sells and what doesn't sells in the store....and then the meltdowns started....lol...I was standing in the store one day thinking about the fact that we needed to do a toy and candy order and deciding what to order and realized - "crap - it ain't my decision anymore" and started crying - there were about 12 more of those episodes over the next month before i left at thanksgiving....

The next venture is pretty much what i have been waiting for forever - my own restaurant - I am throwing around names and the one that keeps sticking in my head is "Sissy's" - Chris called me Sissy - Rory calls me Sis sometimes Sissy - I called them Bub and Bubba - so unless i have this huge revelation in the next couple months....Sissy's it is.....

I have several surrounding towns I am looking at - just not sure yet about demographics but will decide soon.....

I do believe i am going to pick up the rest of my "30 days of Kelly" again after I post this....since you know i have some free time and all.....lol