Strides

Sleep?  I don't need no stinking sleep!  Though these bags under my eyes and beginnings of a sore throat beg to differ, I forge on! (for the next few minutes before I plop into bed)

I feel confident in my decision still and have made quite a few strides towards my goal already.  Last night was my Nephew Leo's birthday party and I broke the news to my family. Though greeted with some resistance, I was mostly rewarded with plenty of "It's about time" comments, and overall support.  Which is good, because I'm going to pack on 10 pounds to each of you as I need taste testers when I'm doubling and tripling my recipes.

Last night I bought my domain name, woo hoo!! I pre-paid for a year:  http://www.lpspantry.com/ . I feel like, by committing myself to that and shouting from the roof tops that I'm doing this...I have to follow thru. I made up a logo that's a little more adult version of the one I made when I was 25, though I'm sure it'll change a few more times before I'm dead set on it, but I'm totally diggin' on it right now.  I think it's perfectly simple.  Plus, the clean design lends itself to color changes for different products.  Example: all my sweets will be the chocolate/pink logo.  My savory items will be a bright green with orange dots.  Packaging...that'll be so fun!!  Like wrapping small christmas presents...with latex gloves and a hair net on.  Bwah ha haaaaaaaa!!

My menu is almost set and my website is definitely under construction, but coming along nicely. I started my food costing today and am super nerding out on it.  It makes for a great word problem though:  If Leah can make 24 pecan bars in a batch, and she needs 2.25lb of butter to make a batch, but she buys butter in 4lb blocks at $9.99...how much does butter cost Leah per pecan bar?  

Now that I've successfully bored myself with that tidbit of knowledge, I think I'll say goodnight. 

Incidentally, with tax, it turns out to be $0.16 of butter per bar.