*Week 4 of starting a new business: Permits cleared, utilities on (without any sexual favors in exchange). Still things are moving in fits and starts. Equipment delivery was delayed 3 days due to a truck break down, wrong parts were ordered, the consultant may have a conflict of interest... blah blah blah. Three days this week were hard manual labor getting the shop and trailer set up, today is another hard long day and I probably won't see The Husband until late this evening. Next week promises more of the same. I designed the business cards, but that didn't happen smoothly as we were using an online service and it took two days before I could figure out how to load our own design and not use one of their templates. The webpage is still needing an update. We're so busy with the here and now that we're failing to look up and see the light at the end of the tunnel. It's getting closer.
*For over a week my youngest has been hankering for homemade cookies. Despite the fact I have several cookbooks and BOXES, literally, of recipe cards, I directed him to look online for a chocolate chip recipe. OMG total success. These are by far some of the best cookies we have ever made! Click Here for the recipe. I used 2 whole eggs instead of one egg and 1 yolk. I found we had to kind of flatten the cookie on cooking sheet because they don't spread out a lot. OH! And a tip my SIL gave me for chewy cookies - put the batter in the fridge for 10-20 minutes before baking. The Kid gets a gold star for finding this! He also made the cookies and I didn't do anything other than answer questions and sample the goods.
*The Christmas Cactus at work that never blooms at Christmas that this year bloomed for Martin Luther King Day? Yeah, that bad boy started budding for St. Patricks Day and has three beautiful red blooms in full glory this week.
*Last week we came home to a set of boxes on the front porch addressed to my son. He ripped into them to find that my dad has unloaded his firetruck collection. Another three boxes arrived this week. This kid is in total awe. These aren't old toys, but a collector set of truck replicas. Many of the trucks are still in their original boxes so I had to explain why he needed to leave them in the box. Then I encouraged him to clear a dresser and set up a proper display. It looks pretty awesome.
