While 2011 was a record year for Everything Dog Treats (whew!) I can tell you that thinking about 2012 makes me excited and brings great positive feelings! I look at where we started, baking treats in a small Georgia apartment (burning myself melting carob and yogurt chips… and cussing), getting engaged, then married, moving to Maryland, mixing icing dry mix with a bowl and wisk to where we are today – working with multiple co-manufacturers, seeing our icing mix in national pet stores and meeting some of the most amazing / hard working people under the sun. Wow. I never dreamed that this is where the business would take me.
And while we have grown, our roots are still firmly planted on the ground. I am still a MoonLight Dawg with my Research & Development center in a corner of my garage.
Each year on New Year’s Eve I find myself (probably like most folks) reflecting on the past year and thinking of what I want the new year to be. Some where in my core being I have this voice that says “Do something new this year. Don’t wake up one day at the end of your days and think ‘I wish I would have, I should have…. (fill in the blank).’ “
Now the end of my days is hopefully a long way off. But I can’t help but consider that if I’m not paying attention the days could turn into months and then years, and because I wasn’t paying attention I will have lost so many opportunities. The fagile nature of life amazing me. While I may hope and think that the end of my days is a ways off, I could very well be wrong. Not to be morbid; just reflective. So – it is my plan to grab hold of this year and keep blazing my trail. I love this ride, I love this journey.
2012…. Here I Come!!!!
What a great story! I am happy you found something you like to do and your making money.