12/17/2018
This Monday morning seems like a day for new stuff. I don’t know what kind of new stuff, maybe new foodstuff. Or maybe new products to sell in the Blue Jug Market, or new ways to help build Blue Jug Markets. I don’t know. Just feels like a day for new stuff. After all, it isn’t raining! Seems like we had enough rain for December. Don’t get me wrong, at least it wasn’t snow! If it had been, we’d be under about 2 feet of it by now.
Yesterday was a fun day. We went to Alexandria and heard their new young preacher who did a really great job of teaching in the first part of Romans and still kept the main thing, the main thing. Then, there was a food get together for everyone at the home of some dear friends. It was a Christmas party (I can’t remember anyone saying “Merry Christmas.”) Afterward, we drove up to the Mentone Library for their annual open house, letting the community in on how much they’ve accomplished in the year—a meet and greet with a purpose, I guess. The day was enjoyable on all fronts.
There was a song very clearly going off in my head earlier this morning, but other music interrupted it and now nothing comes to mind. So, you lucked out today—no song history lesson. There have been short pieces of 3 songs, but it wouldn’t be fair to the SIMH tradition of being the one in my head when I awoke. There was one, but it faded.
This week will be the last “normal” week of 2018. We’ll start the holiday break when we close the Blue Jug door Friday evening at 6, then, not open till Wednesday. So, that makes next week odd, only 3 days. Following that, New Year’s Eve is a short work day, then the holiday again and 2019 will start with a short week. How can we make a business normal if all we do is wrap it up around holidays! Bah! Humbug! (Just kidding, folks, I like days off!)
Ol’ Buddy is sitting outside on the deck looking in at me and whining that he should be inside. I turned to him and loudly explained he’s better off outside. He whined back that it didn’t seem that way to him. I said, “Look, Bud, it is a gorgeous morning! The sun is shining, The air is warming, already warmer than the inside of the back porch, you need the day outside, and the porch needs aired out —Buddy “air” has to get cleared out of the porch!” He whined, huffed, went to the gate, pulled it open and stomped out! He’s such a baby!
He’s really doing great after earlier in the Fall when we thought he was very ill. Structured Silver worked—it cleared up whatever was wrong with him (remember, the Vets thought it was bone cancer.) He has no limp, less stiffness and has gained back all his weight loss and put on more. He’s a minor miracle dog. Now, if he could just figure out how to pay his own way, you know pull his own weight, bring home some bacon! Wait, no, he’d eat the bacon before he got home with it! Aw, heck, Buddy, that’s alright, just stay a dog!
This may be the week we finally get the Blue Jug of Gadsden open. Just a couple more hoops to jump through and store setup. Seems easy enough. I’ll probably get to work there some today, really looking forward to it! I know there are some people in Gadsden that have been driving by watching the progress, so maybe they’ll have a need for the best water in the world and a place to get it this week. I’ll try to keep everyone aware of the opening date. Oh, by the way, we learned a few days ago, the Lake Charles, LA store is not going to open till mid-January. The hoops to jump through there seem to be bigger. But, it’ll get there!
Hope you are as optimistic this Monday morning as I am. Keep looking up!
Thanks for reading, the Elder
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