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Merry Christmas Well this is our second christmas. The sales are way up from last year so we have seen some wonderful growth. We've seen really hard times and we've seen some good times. Overall we are just glad to have seen times. We have completed our first year, it was rough but we have now seen what over half of new businesses haven't seen, a full year of sales. While the sales are not where they need to be yet, they are there enough to get us through, that's enough right now. We are still working on the deal for the used childrens clothing store in the old beauty shop area and are now discussing a new operation for the back of the store. I have been approached by a group of people that would like to open a butcher shop in the rear of the store. They have the people and the money and the ideas, so we will be working together after the first of the year to see if we can work out a deal. We are very excited about this opportunity and hope this is what this bus

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new slide show You know, as I loaded the pictures for the slide show I realized that I have some outdated pictures already! Some I never took completed shots of, and others I don't have the same angles, so you lose some of the effect. We are closing in on our first complete year. It was November 1rst. of last year when we first moved in and began our demolision phase, November 4th. was a year that I signed my life away to the bank, and on December 1rst. we will be celebrating our first full year in business. I look at the before pictures of the store and think, how in the heck did I think I was going to do this? Now that the building is starting to look better I wonder how I'm going to continue to build the business. But many ideas are starting to form. This holiday season we will begin doing gift baskets. We will have ordinary gift baskets, but we will be getting creative as well! It's going to be very exciting and should go over quite well. Also during the month o

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so many changes Well prettles month is half over, still awaiting the announcement of the new Prettles pizza. Taste testing is not going so well, but the people that are taste testing are buying them too! So it's a good thing, it's prettles revolution!!! Or is the "dawn of prettles?" guess only time will tell! The reorganization of the grocery department is nearly complete, just a few more things to do and then we have to come up with the money for all the new stock! It's not as easy as it sounds. If only there was money for a new floor. Many people don't know there is a small garage attatched to the rear of the building. It used to house the old produce cooler and it was in awful shape when we moved here. A wind storm ripped a couple of roof panels off and the insurance money was enough to rebuild a nicer, smaller garage. The original garage was a part of the Napoleon Grainery when it was operating many many moons ago. It was built so heavy duty it had

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October is the month Yes, October is prettles awareness month. We are taking a month to introduce prettles to a generation that has never had them, and some have never even heard of them! During the month of October here is what you can expect: -Try prettles for free every monday. Come in and sample what we keep talking about. Sandwiches are available for .99 cents as well. Try it with your favorite toppings, or ask for advice on which toppings are best! -Prettles on sale for $2.45/lb That's marked down from the normal $2.89/lb for the month of awareness only. -watch for the newest prettles product: PRETTLES PIZZA!!! That's right, this month Hawk's Pizza in Napoleon is launching a new prettles pizza featuring prettles by Mohring's. This delicious pizza starts off with thier delicious crust topped with Hawk's own sweetened bar-b-que sauce with prettles and topped with cheese. Details on when it will be launched this month are still being worked out. Bu

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There seems to be some confusion. I am a building. I did not have to go to school, I did not learn how to spell. You're all lucky I learned how to type!! It's not easy with all these corners, and posts, and floor joists, and roof rafters, and furniture and..... yeah, you get the idea. So just so you know, if I spell something wrong, or don't use "proper grammer" (yes buildings can do the quotes things too) get over it. I"M A BUILDING!!!!! ; ) peace out.

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Potato Salad for Diplomats! I'm not sure if he qualifies as a diplomat, but tomorrow afternoon my famous potato salad will be served to the "mayor" of Toledo Spain. Toledo Ohio is celebrating it's 53rd. year of sister city relationship with Toledo Spain and they are having the mayor over for a "Western Bar-B-Que" and they are serving my potato salad. They heard it was the best and have purchased 10 pounds for the affair. The woman is supposed to be emailing me pictures of him enjoying it. It's a very exciting time here!! The store would also like to send it's prayers to Elwood. Elwood had a heart attack last night and is recoporating in a hospital in Toledo. He's o.k. and they said it was a pretty minor one, but we are still praying for him over here anyway! Have a great day!

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We're still here! Well here we still are. February is coming to an end, and we're still here. It's been a really tight couple of months, but we have seen some really great growth this month. It's getting a little easier to get through the months, especially with all the big bills of February and January. I have no idea how I have survived, but here I am! Lunches are really starting to take off. Selling out has become more and more common, I guess I'll have to start preparing more stuff for lunch. I still wonder how I learned how to do all of this. It must have been those hours and hours of Food Network watching I've done in the past. And how ironic, it's now that I can't afford cable! ; ) Oh well, such is life. Projects are coming to a close one by one. The new coffee station is a mere two pieces of trim from being complete and the new wine and gift display should be done in a week or so. The garage was insulated and we have new ideas for new