New career?

Shannon and I are looking at buying a building. Yes, a building. It is in downtown Liberty Hill. We are thinking of opening a coffee shop or maybe something else if we find something that we feel the town could use. The building is two stories with an apartment above the store. This is where we'd live. I've always commented that this is how people should live. I mean look at all that wasted space above your standard grocery store. You could easily put an apartment complex on top of one that could house hundreds. Save the open spaces for recreation instead of more blacktop and apartments.

Dang, now I'm sounding like some sort of hippie. Forget you read that.

Back to the building. It was built in 1905. It exterior walls are 15" thick double stacked limestone blocks. It is a sturdy little place. It has a decent sized backyard with alley access and a good sized storage building out back. It was last a music store that the owner decided to close after moving to Lago Vista. We are looking at getting a SBA loan to help with start-up costs.

Opening your own business is a big step but I really want out of the rat-race. Companies are shipping more and more tech jobs overseas. Eventually I'm sure mine'll go too. Time to change careers before it happens.