People who come and go....

The people who come and go at The Dairy Freeze is really amazing.  For such a small town, there has be a very diversified group of people.  I know in the last couple of months there has been a man from Australia, a couple from New York, someone from Alabama was in the other day.  We have one guy right now that is from Italy.  He is very nice and very quiet. I always thought Italians were very boisterous.  But he is very nice and comes in a little.  I think he will be going home this week.  But I am just amazed about the variety of people that come in.  I can't wait till we have someone from Russia or someone from Brazil...

Other people who come and go, are some of our local people.  Some will come in everyday for a while and then nothing....and I will think...I haven't seen so and so and then they walk in the door.  Some people come in a few times, and then won't be back for a week or two...For me, it is just funny to see the people that come and go.  Some will come in and order the same exact thing for a week and then the next week order something the same way for the next week and then go back to the first thing for a week. 

Well that is all for now, other than we were able to get away this evening for a few hours which was very nice.  So I feel that we really had a good evening! :o)

Goodnight......

Could it get any hotter?!?

The last 2 weeks here have just been so hot!  I think the air conditioner's at home and at The Dairy Freeze have not stopped!  I can only imagine how much our electric bill is going to be!  You know I can't wait for that day!  Rain has by passed us on several occasions, last night we had just a little bit of rain but not enough to make a difference.  But one thing is that when it rains people come out, especially if they have lost electric..with it being so hot here The Dairy Freeze was about the only place for people to come and wait till the electric came back on.  We sure do enjoy talking to everyone and hearing different stories.  My favorite is when the "older" crowd comes in, now there are some good stories there!  I think that is one of my favorite things about The Dairy Freeze, is when the "older" crowd comes in and then when the younger kids come in, they are so giggly and full of energy!  Sometimes, people come in and get a drink and just sit, and visit and some stay for a long while, and watch people come and go. 

Since it has been so hot, we have been having lemonade.  It is really good, and so refreshing!  I think people really enjoy it and we have sold quite a bit of it too!  Coming this Thursday we will have our sour apple syrup back.  I am so glad, it is so very good!  We are looking for other flavors too to make drinks with...they are hard to find too!  But I have a couple of people looking for some for us....my personal favorite was the Swiss Chocolate...now that was GOOD in Coke!  Boy! I can't wait till we get that in again!

Well it is late, so I am off to bed!  Hope everyone has a good evening!  Come see us at The Dairy Freeze for your lemonade!!!!

Ups and Downs

Being in this business is a constant learning experience.  One day you are running your legs off and the next you are starring out the window wondering where everyone is at.  It is those days that I worry about if people like us or not.  Or I worry if we have made the wrong person mad or burnt their food and they told 50 people.  So for me it is a constant worry about customer traffic, but I guess that is with any business I guess.  This week was a little slow, but I am hoping next week will be better, maybe with any luck it will be cooler and people will be out more. 

I can't believe it is almost a year since we decided to take the leap of faith and buy The Dairy Freeze!  I was looking as some pictures from about this time last year, and you know it seems like I took those pictures years ago!  Isn't that funny?  Some pictures I took in Alabama and in West Virgina just seem like so long ago!  Some days I think, what if we hadn't decided on the dairy freeze, what would we be doing and where would we be living?  Before, we thought about staying at the condos that we were staying at, and that would have been nice, but I am not sure what we would have done with our two dogs....and I wonder where I would have been working.  I would hope that I would have gotten back on with BB&T.  But then I realize that I am day dreaming and I realize where we are at and start working.  Strange how my life has changed so drastically over the last year.  Wonder what the next year will be like?  Wonder if we will be here or if we will find a different business to try?  Who knows, we may be right here working at The DF??  Stay tuned to see!
Have a great Sunday!

It is very hot here...

One thing I have learned about running a restaurant is that the weather will always decide on how busy you will be.  When it is very cold outside people will stay home, when the wind is blowing a 100mph people will stay home, and when it is 105 degrees people will stay home.  So, I've learned to check the weather before I head out to The Dairy Freeze, so I will have some idea how my day is going to go.  Today it was very very hot here, and not too many people were out and about today.  Usually the traffic up and down the road  is pretty steady, but not today.  I expected any moment a tumble weed to go rolling down the street, and the song from one of the Clint Eastwood movies to start playing and a gun fight to start at any moment.  But there was not excitement to be had today.  You now that I think about it, I don't think I even saw a dog go up the street either!  Now folks, that is a hot day when you don't see even a dog go up the street here!  But I am hoping people were cool and took nice long naps and watched an old movie on TV.  Because that is what I would have been doing!

Curtis was gone most of the day, which was really a perfect day for him to be gone running errands.  I am glad he went, it was a good break for him. He visited an old friend, had new tires put on our car and went to the Goodwill, which he was upset that he didn't find any good deals there today.  Maybe next time he will find some.  He is saying next Wednesday is my turn.  We will see, I would love to have a day off in the middle of the week, so really I am hoping I can take most of the day off anyway, may go and get a pedicure hmmmm......Today after several tries I was finally able to go and get my hair cut, and boy does it feel good!  I went to a girl that has just gotten her license and she did a really good job!  I think she will do just fine.  She is another new business that has opened here in Grandfield, I really hope she does well.

Well it is late, and I need to get to bed.  Hope all had a good day and stayed cool.  Have a good night, and I will blog tomorrow!

Ok back to blogging....

Ok, I havent' been blogging...sorry.  But we have been busy and I am still trying to balance everything.  There is just so much to do and even though we are up at The Dairy Freeze from 9 or 9:30am till 11pm, you would think we would get it all done...NOT!  But we will get there...I think.

Owning your own business, you would think you could come and go as you pleased and have not set hours...well who ever said that was smoking something!  The only day off we have is Sunday, and that day is so crammed full of stuff to do, that I don't know which way is up!  This last Monday I would have paid good money just to have another day off, and that day would have been spent in my pyjamas!  But we will get there...I think.

We have gone through our first round of people quitting.  I think we faired fairly well and I am looking forward to someone new coming on.  Hopefully it will be this week when that will happen. 

I've also decided that I am too nice of a person...thought being nice and trying to work with employees would be great.  Why wouldn't it??  If you are nice to them, they should be nice to you...humph...all you get is more trouble.  So I've decided to not be as nice as I was before.  So you better watch out!

Well I should write more but I am just bone tired...maybe I'll write tomorrow...but keep us in your thoughts and prayers and hope we do well.

Goodnight, and come see us at The Dairy Freeze!