Kuda - San Francisco

Gene and his brother Harry are at the Kuda Certification in San Francisco this week-end. Harry is supposed to be taking photos for me to post. I will also let you know who certified on Bonika Shears and became eligible to be on the Find-a-Sharpener look-up.

I have had a lot of training lately and will have a training tomorrow. The rest of the week will be crazy since we having new carpet installed. It is time we got some commercial grade carpet for the extra foot traffic we get since our residence became a business location. We had a new roof put on a few weeks ago. I think we will wait until Tim Lau comes to Georgia again and let him do any new landscaping since he enjoys the heat so much.

Jay, my son-in-law and local sharpener will travel to Chicago this week along with Carissa (our office assistant) and Chuck and Teresa Bigalow. They have a booth at the America's Beauty Show. We wish them luck. They will miss out on the carpet installation. I don't know why Mystie timed our new carpet for the week the crew was gone.

Night at Jillians at the Sharpener's Jam 2008

A group of the Sharpener's Jam attendees went to Jillians at Discover Mills Mall in Duluth, GA for some R&R. This was a family event although I snapped a quick photo of a smooch from sharpener Ray Steele (age 87) placed on Kim Greene aka Jezebel(the newest sharpener).

Jim Turner gave us some hints to help us beat the coin push game. Ron Ellis and Carla racked up on the tickets as did Frank and Shirley Davis.

Chuck Bigelow challenged Kim to a Jet Ski race. This seemed to be a greater night than even last year's Medieval Times. Everyone who attended said it was fun and the food was delicious!

Premiere Orlando 2008

I will try to upload some pictures later of the Orlando trip to the Premiere Show. Our sales were up over last year and there was a lot of interest in our new Twister Sister. Jay Hunter sharpened nearly 200 shears which was great considering we were charging $5.00 more per shear this year than last year. Special thanks to all our workers: Ron Ellis, Carla Ellis, Harry Megowan, Tammy Megowan, Mystie Hunter, Jay Hunter, Chuck Bigalow, Bradley Bigalow, Judith, Danny LaPrade, Gene Megowan, Bonnie Megowan, Sheila Tate, Leah Watson, and Carissa Roper. I hope I didn't leave anyone out. It was a successful show and when it was over we all went to Disney World. Just a word of advice, if you go to the Magic Kingdom go to the Pooh's buffet at the Crystal Palace. It was well worth the money.