Nobody Ever Got a Callous Building a Web Site

This expression cracked me up when I read it on a poster selling power tools. Indeed, my hands don’t bear the callouses found on hard-working carpenters, iron workers or painters. But today I did one of the jobs that gives you callouses and it felt great. I painted the front deck of the cafe, which now has the same lovely moss green that we have on our sign.

It was a faded, chipped surface that showed the wood beneath and I took advantage of a rare closed day at the cafe to put on that coat of paint. Some of my customers drove by and saw me there and asked if they could get coffee. I had to say no since that would involve walking on my wet paint.

We have also added a new “Refrigerated Merchandiser” a 35″ tabletop unit with a glass front that we’ll be putting items like cold noodles, Asian cole slaw and banana creme pie in. The bottom will have chilled bottles of water, and we can make sandwiches ahead of time for those customers who don’t want to wait. Monday I’ll be around in the morning before I head off for a long trip. Newark to Malaysia, a non-stop flight, then I’ll fly across the South China sea to Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo.