Hooray!!!

Aloha Peg's Legs! This past weekend's sale was a HUGE success! We had the best turnout we've ever had for any sale (art or yard) thanks to the amazing support and outreach of the local media and the throngs of Peggy Chun fans and supporters (you can google "Peggy Chun Sale" to bring up some of the news coverage). I am so happy to report that we made more than enough to pay off our remaining medical expenses!!!! Hallelujah!!!

We will be using the rest of the proceeds to get our new business started...the first order of business is a new computer to run our payroll and accounting. Lolo and her husband have been kind enough to loan us their laptop for months now and I'm thrilled that we will be able to finally return it to them!

We're also looking into a sign for our new gallery which will read "Peggy Chun Gallery"! Yes, it is official, folks! We have signed the lease and will be moving in to 1161 Nuuanu Avenue somewhere around March 8. Eric and I are excited to share that we have booked our trip to Hualalai that same week (Woooo hoooo!). We will return refreshed and ready to get the gallery ready - building shelving for our prints, setting up our small office, hanging paintings and merchandising - it is going to be so fun!

Our Grand Opening will be First Friday, April 3rd - so save the date!!! We'll have more info about this event as it gets closer...We are also planning a "Soft Opening" for those of you who would like to get a sneak peak without the First Friday crowds...we'll keep you posted.

We are also happy to report that Elroy has found a great apartment right next to his sister's place on Alohi Way. It is not official yet, but it looks like it is going to work out...he would move in April 1. We'll keep you posted on that too.

So, as far as getting out of the Alika Avenue house...the sale helped to get rid of so much! It is much less daunting now! The plan is as follows...we are taking some time off from the sorting and moving this week to catch our breath, so you hardworking Legs get a break this Wednesday!!!

Next week will be the week before we move in to the new gallery (we are also renting some storage space in the basement of Mark's Garage) so we will really be jamming to get everything in place. We want to get as much done as possible so that we can focus on setting up the gallery (and moving Elroy) in March. And of course, in true Peggy fashion, we are planning a "House Cooling" Party to bid farewell to the Alika Avenue house (any excuse for a party, right!).

Wow, so that's the update. I have to get all of this blogging in at home now since we (perhaps a bit prematurely) closed out our Oceanic Account - we realized a bit too late that it meant that our internet would be turned off too! But it has been a blessing of sorts since it forces us to sort and move instead of watching YouTube videos!

One last note, I have to share that despite the emptiness of the walls and the floors in the house now, it does not feel sad...I was kind of expecting that it would be depressing to hear the hollow echoing of the house once things were moved out...but there is just a sense of freedom, a feeling of rebirth and new life, excitement for what's to come...how appropriate that it is the Spring. I also get a strong feeling of Peggy's approval and joyous pride in all that we have done...I can just hear her laughing and cheering us on...

And so yesterday, I did something to make her laugh even harder...I celebrated those empty floors by strapping on my roller skates and rolling around the house yesterday. I've always wanted to do that and it was everything I hoped it would be! Peggy clearly lives on in all of us...