Either way, I'm back, armed with to do lists that stretch out into the next four years, I'm ready to get down to business. First things first, I haven't left my house since I got into it on Sunday at 4. Pause. I know its shameful. But, I was putting away laundry and making soup, and tuna melts, and cookies, and more cookies and more cookies, until finally I had reached a total of 34 dozen. I sure love this bakery business. I do. I repeat it because people may hear me complain from time to time about the progress of the bakery, I don't want you to doubt the love and appreciation I feel for the bakery. Its just that I'm stubborn, and bull-headed, and a know-it-all, what can I say I'm the oldest of seven and "got every strong trait my parents had," so when people told me that it would be hard, that the bakery would take time to grow, when people repeated statistics like, most small businesses don't post a profit for two years, I chose to not believe any of them, I knew better. If anyone would like to call and tell me "I told you so" I'm expecting it. Don't get me wrong, it's not that the bakery is doing well, it is. The thing that's driving me crazy is the cookie club.
Oh the cookie club. First, coming up with 36 cookies, tasting 36 cookies, okay, that wasn't really the challenging part, six months later, done! Second it was the shipping, costs were going to be exponentially higher than I had anticipated, solved that, if it fits it ships! Third, packaging. Packaging, and this is where the trouble begins and is stuck. First choice, tins, too expensive, Second choice, plastic containers with wonderful shrink wrap bands to promote freshness. Found! Right price! Yay! Can I get a sample before I buy 400 of these lovely containers? Can I?... Perhaps my powers of persuasion have been over estimated. Finally after searching for two months, I have found some packages, I have received some samples, I have discovered that they are too small... Back to the drawing board. Needless to say, that second batch of cookie club samples we're sending out, look for them in 2011... hopefully :).
Other things that have happened since I've been gone? We got snow, a lot of snow, a lot of snow in one day, as in 8 inches, overnight. I love the snow, for one whole solid day, if I don't have to leave my house. At this point I'm just counting down until May, June to be safe. My other half? My POLAR opposite. He had a call of duty battle, outside, from 9 at night until 2 in the morning, to celebrate the below freezing temperatures... and to mock my security blanket that I have not been without since the temperatures dropped to below 50. We also celebrated what is quickly becoming my most favorite holiday. This year's Thanksgiving was slightly different than last year's. For one I didn't cook, I also wasn't getting ready to make dessert for 300 people. In other words this year was far too calm, so I made a second thanksgiving for Kenny and I because my mother has instilled in me the crazy desire to make Thanksgiving every year. I'm planning on next year's Thanksgiving being huge, 20-30 people! I can't wait!
I didn't realize how much joy Thanksgiving brought me. I have never been a huge present person, I feel as though most of us have plenty of stuff and rarely need anything else, which isn't to say I don't enjoy the small, well thought-out gift, I just prefer not to buy into the Christmas hype of big presents for everyone!! However I do adore the noise and chaos and general merriment that comes with getting giant groups of people together and feeding them, Thanksgiving is my calling! I know it was a long post, congratulations on getting through it, I promise not to leave you loyal readers for such extended periods of time again.
