Cookies rule

ookies! What is happier than fresh free cookies?  Well, in the world of Bob cookies are king.  Several years ago I was chatting with some friends trying to figure out what to do for my birthday and that is when I figured out cookies, I would go home and bake myself cookies.  Well that did not make as happy as is sounded so I started giving the cookies away, and Unofficial National Bob Day was born.  The first two years I baked a lot of cookies, but how many cookies can on man make?  So every year I keep expanding and asking more people to bake cookies and give them away on March 19^th.  Last year we went International cookies were made all over the US, England, West Africa, and Japan.  We celebrated Unofficial International Bob Day in The Middle East and somewhere in the Pacific Ocean with our troops. 

This brings us to the present. Unofficial international Bob Day is Monday if you can bake some cookies and give them away please do and let me know.  I love the fact that one crazy guy’s idea and go all over the world.  So for all the people of the world, go celebrate Bob and his love of cookies.

The first round of baking, three dozen Chocolate Chip, three dozen Snickerdoodles, and t.hree dozen No Bake

The next Big step to Auction.

I mailed out letters to my tenants who are on the road to auction.  I hate these letters for many reasons but the top reason is the attitude I get from many of the customers.  Now please understand I have 90% of my tenants are great people fun to visit with and never give me any problem, what I get from the bottom 10% is this look of disgust as they walk into the office as if I was the problem.   I have even had customers tell me “why are you threatening me with these ugly, mean letters.  You know I always come in and pay my bill”.  What are they thinking the account is over 120 days late and they have not responded to my letters, or phone calls, yet I am supposed to psychically know what day they are going to pay!  Most likely they will also want me to waive the fees.  Man I wish I was golfing.

Here is what is actually coming my way.  Out of the six letters I sent two will pay up quickly one will make a fight out of it and I will get 90% of what they owe, but only after I cut their lock. The other two will end up in the auction and one of those two spaces will look like this.

I stared with just over 20 units going to auction three weeks ago and this is what I am down to.  When I get the rest of the units filled I will probably get a better sized auction going, but with just over 200 units rented I should be happy with 2 to 3 units every 6 months.  

 I should start hearing back from my letter as early as tomorrow.  

Now that's diffrent

I started working in storage 20 years ago, and spent the first 18 years in Southern California. So what is in Oklahoma that is sooooo different form So. Cal? Ice!

I know tornados seemed like the best bet, but the real answer is ice. California can get its rare tornado and it’s straight winds can be just as impressive as out here on the plains, but Ice now that is something that you don’t get in the land of Hollywood. The year we moved to Oklahoma we experienced some record hot months and some of the hardest winters. Trying to explain to your wife and kids that this is not the way winter is normally in Oklahoma for two years in a row is a challenge. I did tell them that we would be experiencing fore seasons. I did not tell them that it would happen all in one week.