We give free advice all the time. Somebody will call us up and have a question, and we'll always take the time to talk with them. They don't have to buy a thing from us. We're happy to help.

It means a lot to me to have a family business. I think it's important to have your family name on the outside of your building. I think it says a lot to customers to be able to say they've dealt directly with Sikes himself and to know the store is not owned by some conglomerate somewhere. We have a hometown atmosphere around here, kind of like 'Cheers,' where we know most everybody's name.

I've been doing this so long, it's hard to put it away. The work is not easy work, but it's satisfying work. I enjoy helping people with their lawns, gardens and animals. It's not a sit-behind-your-desk-all-day-type-job. When you work here, you get a free work-out plan.

The advice we received from Ashley's specialist is that it will take time to derive full benefit from the surgery he underwent in December.

This is one time where I don't want to be a leader. I will follow the advice of professionals on this. I don't want to do anything to trigger an audit.

When you talk about the glass movement in this country it's actually fairly young and it's at a time when Chihuly and the other forefathers if you want to use that term are still alive and working.