Phase One Complete!

Hellooooooooooooooooo!

Our framers started on Monday Jan. 8th, and completed their job on Friday Jan. 12th, and PASSED INSPECTION! Yippee! Photo's are from the same angle, as the first set, with the framing completed. As you can see, we will have two little "step up" areas to both the right and left of the front door.

Our electrician will start tomorrow, Wednesday (17th) and will hopefully be done by Tuesday.

Our plumbers are going to start Thursday (18th) and will take I think 4 days.

Our heating and cooling guys are planning on coming in next week, as well as our insulator. Drywallers will come in when these people are finished.

We hope to have all of these items competed (and passed inspection) by the end of Jan.

Wish us luck!

In The Begining....

This is the first set of pictures of our building, after completion of demolition, and what you see is the bare bones of our soon to be beauty!

This first picture is taken standing in the middle of the building looking at the current back door. So, the kitchen is going to be in the middle of the back of the building all the way to the left of the building. On the right of the kitchen, in the back will be a storage room, and in front of that storage will be the bathroom. Does that make since? If not, sorry, you'll have to wait to see more pictures I guess . I don't know how to better explain it.

This second picture is taken standing in the middle of the building looking at the current front door. The current windows on both sides of the front door as well as above the door is those glass blocks. We are taking those out and replacing them all with double paned windows so people can see whats going on inside the shop, as well continue to allow the beautiful light to come in. The current front door will be replaced with a glass door as well. (can't wait to show you!)

Welcome and enjoy!

Hello and welcome to the Mehmen's blog! I thought this would be a great way to keep you all posted and updated on the lives of the Mehmens! Enjoy.

Today is January 8th, and at home we are making thank you cards for our fabulous Christmas gifts. We had a wonderful Christmas. It's funny how it seems like forever for Christmas to get here, but then it seems as though the last two weeks of December don't even exist, because they fly by like a whirlwind, and it's Jan.1 already. Brad has been busy since the 2nd of January working over at our building in Nevada.

For those of you who don't know, Brad and I are opening a coffee shop in Nevada, which is the next town over. We've owned the building for a couple years now, just sitting on it, and it's finally come to us what we're supposed to do with it. I am so excited, and can hardly stand it. So, you will be able to see photo's and get the latest progress of the shop here on our blog spot. The name of our shop is The Old Opera Cafe. Why you ask? Because at one time, there was a opera house on the top half of our building, that is no longer there. We wanted to bring something back to the community that was once there, and bring it back in a way. We thought that the community would really appreciate that. We have old black and white photo's that we will be enlarging and hanging in the shop, and hence will be the "theme" or the feel if you will. I can't wait for you all to see either in person, or here on the blog. My opening date goal is for March 1st. Brad's is April 1st. Only time will tell. God's timing is always the best timing.

Well, that is all for this entry. I am not sure exactly what this blog will look like, but I feel that this is a good start. Just a quick update, and to wish you all a happy new year!