Rainy Day Ribs

Another rainy day here in Forks, some were hoping for sun for the memorial day weekend. I know the fishermen are glad to see the rain, too many sunny days causes the rivers to be too low and clear. Forks Outfitters was hoping for some sunny weather, they're doing they're memorial day ribs special this weekend. People round here don't care to much about the rain though, it's one of the few times you can get cooked ribs here in Forks. That's all for now, got a bunch of stock in the other day and need to do some rearranging.

Teen wolves in Texas

Saw this and thought it was....interesting.

Grand opening creeping up

Another beautiful overcast day here in Forks, WA, no sun, no rain, just right. Well I was shooting for a June 1st grand opening but all my product won't be in by then. Think I'll open up on the 1st and do my grand opening the week after, everything should have arrived by then.

If it's not one thing it's another.

Well I'm still recovering from throwing my back out and then I was knocked down with a cold. The wife caught it too and she had to call out sick for the day. Hope to be functional tomorrow and hope some more product or my signs come in. It's been an interesting week of weather, we had some pretty big winds and then some hail that actually hurt.

Back

I haven't updated in a while, I've been laid out as I threw my back out. I've been busy comparing wholesalers and ordering stock. I have most of my product ordered, the next main order I have is my Twilight t-shirts. I'm still deciding which of my designs to have printed up as I can only afford to do a few at first. For sizes I think I'm going to stick with medium and large, and I'll probably start out with 4 to 6 designs, see how they sell and go from there.

Fishing derby yesterday, more rain today

The Forks youth fishing derby was yesterday and as usual there was a huge turnout. This was my first year going to the derby since they relocated it to the rearing pond on Bogachiel Way. When I was a kid they used to have it at a stream that ran near the Sportsman Club. I have mixed feelings about the new location, it is definitely a lot easier for the kids to catch fish but it is also a lot more crowded, people were standing shoulder to shoulder almost. Anyways, we had a good time, didn't catch anything unfortunately because it started to rain and the kid wanted to go. I thought is was funny that my wife was surprised at how much I knew about fishing. I haven't been in probably over 10 years and I was never hardcore into it when I was a kid. But I guess it one of the skills you acquire growing up in a fishing town.
Hail and rain so far today, other than that it's a typical overcast day in Forks, just the way I like it.

Sunny Sunday

It's a rare sunny day in Forks, Wa. However because it's Sunday most of the town is shut down. There's lots to do outside though and you don't have to spend any money to enjoy nature. My mom is in town for a visit and we're going to the Lounge restaurant to give it a try. My brother has been there but I haven't yet, I may write a little review about it tomorrow.

Up and running again

Well I'm up and running again, had some downtime due to a blown power supply. Dad has gone turkey hunting in West Virginia after he just got back from turkey hunting in eastern WA. I'm watching the shop for him, not much business currently though.
My custom Twilight greeting cards showed up, and they are nicer than I thought they would be. Got my logo, business name and catchphrase all ready for business cards and signs. Waiting on my resellers license so I can get some vendor applications filled out and get some inventory ordered. I've got a register program for ringing sales, just need to practice on it a bit and then get my inventory entered into it.
I also got my business banking account set up and am waiting on the debit cards to arrive to order some custom Twilight t-shirts. Looking around town at the current offerings I haven't seen a lot of original Twilight merchandise, just a lot of stuff that could be picked up at Wal-mart cheaper. I know when I go visit a tourist destination, I look for something original and unique to the area and that is what I am going to specialize in. I want to have the different, unique and one of a kind products that you can only get in Forks, Wa at the heart of the Twilight saga.

Easter in Forks

Easter Sunday in Forks was actually rainless. The grass was wet this morning but at least it has been a nice overcast day and we got to enjoy an easter egg hunt outside. Usually in Forks we'd do our Easter morning egg hunts inside because of the rain. Going over to my brothers for Easter family dinner, his wife is a vegetarian but she is actually cooking a ham for dinner. Now that's some family love right there.

Forks Easter egg hunt

Just got done with the Forks Easter egg hunt at the Tillicum park ball fields. We walked there and it was overcast weather with the sun peaking out. As soon as we walked through the gates it started raining a little and then as soon as they shouted go for the hunt it started hailing. The kids didn't care they those eggs disappeared into baskets faster than the hail was falling. As soon as the drawings for the prizes were done it stopped raining and the sun came out. It's nice to see that although the town has changed a little with the Twilight phenom the weather still keeps it's sense of humor.