The Support System....a must have!

With any new adventure that you start there must always be a support system. Either your spouse, friends or family members will need to give you moral support. We are very fortunate to have all three! Our friends and family have been very supportive. We have friends that will help out when we get there, either by cleaning or painting or whatever job that needs to be done. Our family has been the top of the line I could never ask for better family than what I have, of course it is no suprise to me that they are so great, I do have a great husband! Our family has been there when we couldn't decide if we wanted to do this and they have been on the phone with me when I was worried about the sanity of my husband and his job. Because some jobs will just drive you crazy to the point that you don't know if you are coming or going.

To all our friends and family thank you so much, you have no idea how much all of your support and encouraging words mean to us. We will never be able to thank you enough!

It's the little things...

Sometimes it's not the battle that you win that makes the day a good day but most of the time it is the small victories that make it good. Today my husband did what most people dream of doing and boast that if they could do it they would in a minute but deep down they know they wouldn't. He quit his job. By quitting his job he has taken control over his life and no longer has to wait for someone to tell him what to do and how to do it. No longer will he work very hard and then at the end of the day still can't get it all done. He no longer puts his life on the line to bring home a paycheck. And I am so very proud of him for having the courage to quit his job and start something brand new!

I am embracing the feeling that I have been feeling for a few days of what must of been what my great great grandmother must have felt when they left Illinois to head for Oklahoma. It is a combination of fear and excitement of the unknown, I'm almost to the point of being giddy about it. The fear in 2010 is; will we get out there and not make a dime and lose all we have? But the excitement is wonder if we will do good and be happier than we have ever been before by slinging burgers? But really the fear and excitement that my great great grandmother had, is no different that what I am feeling now. Back then the fear was of Indians, and starving to death. The excitement was they were going out there to start a new life and live their lives the way they wanted to. So we are one in the same. I'm hoping my great great grandmother will come out in my more as time goes on.

So, I have gotten off the subject and I do that quite regularly. The little things, the one little thing I did today to advance our journey was I set up a meeting with The Oklahoma Restaurant Association. This is a company that will help you get started in the right direction and help you when you need help or advice. I can not wait to meet with them and learn anything they are willing to share to help in our journey. You may think...gee that isn't anything, but for me it was a big step. By taking that step I knew that we had finally decided to do this and start our new life. So see it is the little things that make the day good.....

A new begining...

Today is the day our new life will begin, it is scary and uncertain but I know if we work hard and stay focused it will work. We are about to dive into the uncertain world of owning our own restaurant. Many think we are crazy and many are very happy and very supportive. Your question may be do they know what they are doing?? Well...sort of. Do they know how much work it will take?? Well...sort of. What made them decide to do this crazy idea??? To answer that question let me go back a couple of years....we both have good jobs and the money isn't too bad and we have benefits. But when your job starts to take over your life and you have to do more with less and your best starts to be not good enough, it starts taking a toll. You begin to think there has to be more to life than just going to work and coming home. The more you think about it the more your current job becomes less satisfying. So the idea came up about buying the Dairy Freeze in my husbands hometown. It was a business that had been open for 40+ years and seemed to make a decent living for the owner. Then his health began to fail and he sold the business. A couple of people tried to run it, but for one reason or another it just didn't work as well as they wanted it to. So the original owner ended up back with it, and it has just been sitting there waiting on someone to buy it and return it to what it used to be. This little place is where everyone used to hang out, or run down to buy a coke. It was the first place people would stop that had moved away but came in for the weekend. They would remember The Dairy Freeze as a place they came to as a child, being a teenager and then an adult. When it closed, people were sad to see it go, and wondered who will run The Dairy Freeze now?? Well it has been 3 years since it closed and here we are about to open it back up again! What a journey it will be...so follow our blog and wish us luck, any advise will be greatly appreciated!