Forgot!

Also, I picked up a copy of "eat.shop.kansas city." for the store.  I read about it in the Ink, and thought it sounded pretty great, and it is!  It certainly doesn't cover every local business in KC, but it contains a ton of them.  The photos are beautiful, and the writing is charming.  Love it!

Trying to Balance

Just when I think we are starting to find a groove in a particular area of the shop something pops up!  Such is life.  It has been a real struggle to find the right balance in all that we are doing... be at the shop or be home with our son (though thankfully whichever one of us is at the shop, the other one is home with him,) what do we offer as far as drinks and food, what are our policies on every little thing, how to be nice employers while still getting people to do things, ordering correct quantities of items so that you don't come up short, but don't order too much...plus keeping on top of bills (home and shop,) taxes, house keeping, personal health, and spending enough time together as a family.  I know this is not a unique situation to us.  It is everybody's life!

Owning your own business is amazing, but there is sooo much that goes into it.  Sorry if it sounds like I'm complaining too much.  I love what we are doing.  Sometimes it just gets stressful.

Here is some of what has been going on lately (with a focus on the positive!)

I got the planters on the deck fully planted!  My friends Kris and Joanna very helpfully picked up the plants for me, and I had a wonderful afternoon doing one of my favorite activities.  There is a nice mix of herbs and flowers.  One step closer to deck prettiness.

We have a beautiful, light green colored, 5-bike wave rack on order.   We hope it will make it's way to us by the end of the month.  Theresa from Waldo Family Bikes helped pick out the best spot for it.  It will be in back at the end of the deck.

We hosted a party for our employees, because they have been so great in bearing with us during this crazy time, and we really could not do this without them.  It was a blast...grilling, much beer, kids being cute and wild, and good conversation.

The Roasterie gave us access to the Fair Trade organic Mexican coffee!  Previously it was available exclusively to one client (a great organization actually,) but now we can offer it.  Very tasty.

There are a couple new faces working behind the bar.  We like them, and hope that you do too!

We have received some really wonderful compliments lately, and it makes us so happy.  Thank you to everyone who comes in...whether daily, weekly, or just once.  You don't even have to compliment us.  

All of our aluminum cans are now going to Habitat for Humanity.  They turn the cans in for cash, and the cash goes directly to their work.  We found out about this program through one of our fantastic customers!  Thanks Mandy!

New wand tips were put on the machine recently, and the difference is crazy!  The ones before were not terrible by any means, but they frothed the milk very quickly which doesn't lend to the fine micro-bubbles.  The ones now make such a beautiful surface on the drinks, plus make them taste even sweeter.  

And lastly, we just fall more in love with Waldo every day.  We knew we loved the area or we would not have moved here, but being a business owner has allowed us to meet so many more people, and learn so much more about what is going on in the neighborhood.  Thank you for the support Waldo, and the KC area in general.  We hope we are brightening your day just a little bit when you come in.