Better Late Than Never....

Yes, finally, after months of practice, and a good chunk of change for proper lessons, I have finally achieved my goal of obtaining my Drivers License. Now, I won't get that look and the comment, "You don't drive?". I can now say, "yes, I do drive, and am very good too." My driving test went with no probs...just had to redo the parallel park...other than that, everything else was dead on. The guy who tested me was impressed. Now I finally know how teenagers feel when they get their license for the first time. When I drove back to the restaurant (by myself) I was overjoyed. What a rush man.
The weather is finally cooperating here...actually been getting temps in the late 20's, and yours truly got herself a nasty sunburn on her shoulders. Yeah...it stings a bit, but its ok.
I apologize for not Blogging in the past week or so, but been incredibly busy at work, what with two teams of treeplanters and MNR (Ministry of Natural Resources FYI--the firefighters) in town...I've had loads on my plate ensuring I have enough food prepped up to feed them all.
Recently the bar/laundromat/bowling alley/grill next door pissed us off, when they decided to put out a BBQ to serve burgers to the treeplanters. Normally I wouldn't have a problem, but because of what they did that day, I lost money. I had maybe 5 treeplanters order food that day out of the crew of 60. So..instead of getting mad and telling the next door dive off, mom and I decided to get even, mainly cause if my Dad was here they wouldn't have dared do something like that. Mom decided to go to Marathon and get the biggest, baddest stainless steel BBQ set you ever saw, complete with side burner and rotisserie. We got it set up, and on the day the treeplanters came back to town for the day, we were ready. I put up a sign, advertising that I was selling souvlaki on pita for $3, hamburgers and hotdogs for $2. Now, next door, their burgers were priced at $3.25, and the hotdogs were $2.50, so the way I did it, if they were to go lower than me, they wouldn't be making a profit. Even at my prices I made a profit, not as big as I could have, but considering we own the building and don't owe money, I still made money. I was busy the whole time out there, hence the sunburn....next door didn't have a chance. Boy were they pissed...one of their customers bitched bitterly about it to my mom, and I told him.."Hey, its not personal, it's business". As if this guy would care...the guy who bitched is the kind of guy you see in this town that sits in the bar all day waiting for someone to buy them a drink. But no worries...in 4 days another crew will be in, and I will be even more ready...cause I'd run outof souvlakis before, I'll have extras, plus I'll have pop out there for them, and I'm looking at expanding our menu in house to include calzones. This will be a very enjoyable summer I think. Whats funny, is I do hope the other restaurants put out BBq's too, cuse if they do, then at least the money ain't going next door. Anyhoo, gotta jet...gotta get ready for work. Havve a good week Blogger friends, if I don't Blog sooner, and don't be shy about dropping me a line...checked the stats and my site's been checked 1122 times. Actually, it'd be real nice to hear from all of you. Thanks...much appreciated.