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Thursday, April 11, 2013

Thank you Wisconsin weather!!

Anxious, anxious, anxious!  This past month has brought many hours of planning, phone calls, text, emails, and research.  All of which has made for tons of excitement in the Mueller household, as well as some overage charges on the cell phone bill!!  It's all worth it though.
As with starting any business you always have good news and bad news.  They were hopeful that they would be getting into the building to begin the "face-lift" process by mid-end April.  Then the news that the current tenants lease until May came.  That was news Andrew didn't want to hear.  He wanted to be up and going to catch the "spring fever" purchases.  Yes, it is only a few weeks difference, but when that weather hits, we all know that people are itching to get out and ride.  However some good news came their way thanks to "Old Man Winter" who just doesn't seem to want to go away!  Cold temperatures and snow in April has helped fend off that spring fever, a little.
Brandon, Andrew's brother, sent out a mass email to his contacts in the industry, and there were many.  Both Andrew and Nikki were shocked at all the responses that came from that email.  Now to read, organize, and get their thoughts together on all the new opportunities that have come from that email.  They would love to take advantage of every avenue that has been sent to them.  Realistically this can't happen all at once, so the tough process of deciding what they will start off with has been running through their heads.  A HUGE thank you to Brandon for all of his help during this adventure of a new PG&A shop. 
Nikki has also gone into overdrive on the business side of running the store.  She has been doing book work for Andrew's appraisal business, but this is a whole new can of worms.  Inventory, payroll, and a store front....oh my!!!  There have been hours upon hours of research from computers to signage that is required when having employees.  If you need to find her...she's the one buried behind multiple computers searching a million different things at once.
With all the purchases for the building and the business piling up in their kitchen, Andrew had to do some "spring" cleaning of his shed to store everything until they can get into the shop.  With each purchase they become more and more excited to see how the store will come together and look.  The game plan is set, now to get in and get it going!