REHABBING AN OFFICE- MY NEW VENTURE IN LIFE

Right after the first of the year

I signed on for a new venture!

My son thought this old dog (me)

might still be able to hunt

so he asked me to partner up with him,

another friend, and MyHero

for a two year period.

At the end of two years

MyHero and I will bow out 

and the "boys" will take over.

MyHero has had his broker's license 

since 1976.  

In WI you have to work under a broker

for two years until you can become

a broker--

--thus the two year commitment

on our part--

Although MyHero will continue to work 

as a chaplain at the hospital.

I will work full-time at the office.

ANYWAY--

that's the background.

We rented offices downtown that needed 

TOTAL REHABBING.

First I will show you something 

PRETTY

and then I will get down to the 

NITTY-GRITTY!!!!

That sits on top of my file cabinet-

no candles yet- they are still at the house...sigh...

The rest of the place 

is pretty much rustic and retro thanks to 

The Boys!

These are SOME of the before/after shots.

I will do more of them as we get the rest

finished and decorated.

There is a conference room

and another area not shown here.

My office:

The Back Room:

The Entry Hall:

This is a reverse shot-before is looking down the hall-

after is looking in thru the door that replaced the 

solid wood one.

Don't you love the old ribbed glass?

The main office:

My office is the "window" 

on the right side of the before picture

 just this side of the 

server/bar area.

Old office torn out-

New Seating Area:

My son worked round the clock

to get this up and running.

In between all the remodeling 

he managed to make

5 sales and list properties.

I am so proud of how hard he works.

Our daughter-in-law also 

got her license and we have

another new man starting this week.

We will cap the office at 6 people

at this point in time.

I forgot to take a picture of our sign

and our website is just up but not

functional yet.

Here is the link to it if you want to take a peek.

KOS REALTY GROUP

In between all of this I did manage to 

sneak away to Florida

for a few days!

And just to leave you with a smile-

My Irish Princess Daughter 

decided a party

was the perfect time for

everyone to wear their old prom dresses

or bridesmaid dresses.

This was her prom dress in 1996--

and Bright Eyes wore her pageant dress-

another princess in the making?

YOU BETCHA!!!

Have a wonderful day and

bear with me as I get back into

THE SWING 
of blogging.

I have thought of quitting but then realize

that I love all of you guys so 

I KNOW I WOULD MISS
ALL OF YOU---

So---for the time being you are 

STUCK WITH ME!!!

ps- I have SO MUCH to tell you 

and will try to do that in the 

upcoming days!