Holiday Spinach

Life has been much too busy lately (building the new firm and doting on la moglia), to keep this blog interesting , and I suppose the prospect of posting wedding photos was just a little over the top. Perhaps soon.

At any rate, we're heading off to Denver for a few days to see my fam. Then la moglia's mama is coming in for a few days to enjoy the new flooring we put into the dining room (d-i-y, no less).

Wishing everyone a safe and happy holiday break, and looking forward to a more stable return to Blogger in '07.

Dollars and Sense

Okay, so the firm's been in new space for two weeks and we've got it pretty much put together, right on down to the credit card terminal so we can bestow our clients with hundreds upon hundreds of SkyMiles or TravelRewards, or whatever else rings their chimes.

It's been busy and fun, with a few hurdles to jump now and again....there's also a cafe opening up right next door in the office building, which should be a great "amenity", but we discovered on Monday that we share an HVAC delivery shaft, which means that our office has smelled like scorched olive oil for 2 days (and counting). The landlord and the contractor are working on the problem, but I'm quickly developing a distaste (pardon the pun) for the woman who's supposed to take care of us and our space...ah well, small-fry worries, yah?

More stories to come,

Moving Day(s)!

Yesterday was the first day of moving stuff into the new office space. A HUGE thanks are owed to those friends of mine and friends of friends that I cajoled, charmed, and flat-owed bribed into helping me haul office furniture around instead of eating dinner...

Sure, there are commercial movers, and yeah, we probably shoulda hired 'em, because the landlord isn't at all familiar with the D-i-Y move. My U-Haul guy didn't even know what masonite was, and I was supposed to cover the lobby with it...cardboard worked instead.

So today is day two of the Great Move, and we've got wall art and a break-room table to take in. All moves are supposed to be after hours, but the hell with it. The truck is due back at 2pm today, and I'm already pretty freakin' sore.

Pictures soon, I promise.

Two lawyers; one desk

The move to A. & G. Spinach's permanent home starts Thursday for sure...we've got our walk-through scheduled at 9am, and we'll be carting bookshelves in after 6pm to keep our paper-making neighbors happy. The new furniture for the lobby should arrive sometime Friday, with a copier and phone system coming on-line on Monday.

A and I have each scheduled a client appointment next Tuesday, but there's one tiny little project left unaccomplished: me picking out and buying a desk. All the vendors we've dealt with so far have been too pricey, and I simply haven't made the time to go shopping. Partner A has a desk from the old firm, so she's all set...Perhaps I'll get mine picked out on Wednesday, or I'll bring in a card table and a folding chair for the first few days...I can always blame it on backordering, right?

The rest of G. Spinach's world is rolling along nicely. Hope the same is true for all of you.

Form-a-Firm 101

A sampling of the people I've been on the phone with today:
1) Coffee service vendor #1 operator
2) Coffee service vendor #2 automated phone attendant
3) Coffee service vendor #1 sales rep
4) Low voltage wiring installer
5) General contractor project manager
6) Space planner project manager
(to choose alternate carpet because our first choice is now unavailable)
7) Stationery/printing/logo guy
8) Copier salesman #3
9) Copier saleswoman #4
10) Phone handset vendor
11) Admin workstations vendor #1 (who gave me an oh-crap price quote)
12) Admin workstations vendor #2

The hope is that our new space will be ready next Thursday so we can move in over the weekend, but it's looking dicey. We might be practicing out of the back of a U-Haul van for a few days. C'est la vie.

But it's exciting...I can't wait to have an office of my own again, and this time, I got to pick the paint colors...