Now that the chaotic estate sale is behind us, it’s time to concentrate on opening that darn store. Yes, we are still dealing with trying to get Con Ed to turn the meter on. They won’t accept our commercial application without the IRS confirmation of tax ID and IRS won’t fax it unless we are sitting in front of a fax machine at the time. Who has a fax these days?? After holding on the phone twice for an hour at a time, we learned that IRS does not consider Efax a reliable outlet. Kinkos or Staples are fine. Doesn’t make sense, but ok. Well, that’s top of the to-do list.

Tomorrow is a trip up to Beacon, NY to check out the inventory of an antique shop that went out of business. The former owner, who has impeccable taste for a straight guy, just wants all of it out of his way. If we acquire the whole lot, we may just run it as one big sale or auction out of the shop instead of adding as inventory that will sit there for months. The reason being, it would be 100% antiques and we wouldn’t have room for salvage or repurposed goodies. Variety is the spice of life.

So, that’s where we’re at this week. We now resume our regular scheduled blogcast.