Falling for Autumn…
At this moment, I am sitting in my office (otherwise known as Ladybug Organic Coffeeshop) installing Quickbooks on Ian’s laptop. His is the PC. He’s off to Nationals tomorrow with our sole female qualifier and the entire men’s team. I don’t know where the last month and a half have gone. I know exclamations like that are thrown around often, but I could not be more sincere in making that statement.
I officially registered my business, Sift Bakery, LLC in September. And I need to get my books officially in order. The pile of receipts next to the dining room table is looming over my head and I hate the anxiety that floods through my veins everytime I add another one to the stack.
Things have been going fairly well though. As of three weeks ago I have a great distributor for the local Portland market. His orders have been larger each week and I should be getting a list of locations that he’s selling to sometime this next week. I’m excited to post it to my website. There are so many things that I still to put together… (including my formal business plan!)…. and so many ideas that I have.
I can’t wait for Tuesday! Ian and I are taking off to Ashland for a couple days and then spending Friday night out in Oregon wine country so I can do my annual tastings… that is what I am thankful for, wine. In fact, I think I’ll head home… I have a beautiful Albarino calling my name that has been chilling in the fridge since last week. Cheers.
I’m so excited to see that you’re developing a gluten-free, vegan bakery for Portland! My husband and I are looking at Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver as potential locales for our move when he finishes his Ph.D.–I hope next December. If it’s Portland, I would be thrilled to have your foods for treats.
I wanted to make an impression at a family reunion and remember the names of all of the new husband’s family members. There was 1 gent whom I’d asked his name and tried incredibly to recall but failed repeatedly. Finally he bailed me out and mentioned his name was Dick. Without a thought I rapidly mentioned, “Gosh, how could I forget? You *look* like a ‘Dick’!!!”