I just got off of the phone with an amazing person! I sent the owner of a local restaurant "Almost Home" an e-mail to see if I could ask her a few questions, she wrote me back and gave me her cell phone number. I just called her and she is one of the coolest people I have every talked to, I think we could be BFFs! Not even kidding. She is so much like me and I'm so excited that I had a chance to talk with her. She gave me some really good information to use for my business plan and she also said that she would be willing to show me around her restaurant and even let me "get my hands dirty" if I wanted. She seems so helpful and willing to talk. Even though I am wanting to create a catering business myself (for a school project and potentially in real life a LONG time from now) she thought my idea for a reception hall was good and also said that putting it in an old barn or something (Marchelle :D ) would be a good idea. She said that something like that, out in the country would be very successful and thinks that it is a good idea and something that people will use. That really just got my hopes up and really excites me!
It was just really nice finding someone who would share their information with me and who I had a lot in common with, I only talked to her for half and hour so and I think that we could have talked for a long time, but I'm sure she is a busy lady. I'm just so excited that someone thinks my idea is good and that someone would take the time to help me out. Yay :) Exactly why you should go to http://www.almosthomerestaurant.com/ and check out her restaurant. It is really amazing, I've been there a few times
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Thursday, August 28, 2008
this is where I want to go...
HOME!....
in case you were wondering, this is home. Of course it's a really old picture but that's basically it :)
Yes, I've only been at school for 10 days, but I'm such a homebody.. I love being home. Don't get me wrong, I like getting away and having time to do whatever I want and be on my own, but I'm just drawn to it.. it's in my blood. I think I'm going to be a farm girl forever.. sigh...
On the other hand, it would be nice to go back here!! I wouldn't mind that at all!
Anyway.. the main reason I wanted to write was because I put a counter on my blog, and it doesn't seem like very many visitors, 28, but seriously, I wonder who all reads this. Let your presence be known haha.. I guess I'm just curious. I know I'm not that interesting, and mostly I just blog because I like to write, and speak my mind since I rarely do it in person (unless of course you're family or really close friends, then I'm more than willing to talk your ear off ;) )
This is turning out to be a really random post. My tv sleep timer just went off, which means its time for me to think about going to sleep since I have to get up early in the a.m. but I want to finish this! I am doing a business plan in one of my classes this semester. If you know me, I have always dreamed of owning my own business, so I am really excited about this. We are supposed to come up with a business idea, it's even better if you're really interested in it. I have a few ideas. One is a bed and breakfast. I have always thought it would be a fun thing to do! So I was doing some research online seeing if I could actually find anything, and I couldn't really.. then I decided to look for an old house in the area, well I ended up finding a house in a nearby city that is already a bed and breakfast. They wanted to sell it because it had been their mother's dream to own a bed and breakfast and they didn't have time to run it the way that their mother would have wanted them to. Anyway, it was $500,000. Yeah, like I have that kind of money. It was beautiful though! I mean really really pretty. I just think it would be awesome to do.
My other idea is a catering business. I think this is what I'm going to go with for my project. I really want to do it with country style food, like what I make for parties and stuff. I think that would be really fun too. I don't know how this would work or where I would find people, but I was thinking about having ideas for themed parties like superbowl, birthdays, anniversaries, things like that, and have a book or something of ideas that customers could look through. I was also thinking it would be fun to decorate and stuff too.. anyway.. I guess I'm writing all of this to see what you (my many readers, ha!) think! What do you think would be the better idea?
For the sake of the project, I think it would be a lot easier to do catering because I am sure there is a lot of information on it and it may be less expensive to start than a bed and breakfast, but I doubt it. Our business plan has to be REALLY detailed and it will probably end up being 50 pages long, all of the financial, marketing, operating aspects of it have to be gone through and researched, so I am really excited about it, and more excited to see if my plan would actually have a chance of working :)
Anyway.. off to bed.. The sooner I go to bed, the sooner I'll be on my way home (after working from 8a-11:30a, of course :P)
in case you were wondering, this is home. Of course it's a really old picture but that's basically it :)Yes, I've only been at school for 10 days, but I'm such a homebody.. I love being home. Don't get me wrong, I like getting away and having time to do whatever I want and be on my own, but I'm just drawn to it.. it's in my blood. I think I'm going to be a farm girl forever.. sigh...
On the other hand, it would be nice to go back here!! I wouldn't mind that at all! Anyway.. the main reason I wanted to write was because I put a counter on my blog, and it doesn't seem like very many visitors, 28, but seriously, I wonder who all reads this. Let your presence be known haha.. I guess I'm just curious. I know I'm not that interesting, and mostly I just blog because I like to write, and speak my mind since I rarely do it in person (unless of course you're family or really close friends, then I'm more than willing to talk your ear off ;) )
This is turning out to be a really random post. My tv sleep timer just went off, which means its time for me to think about going to sleep since I have to get up early in the a.m. but I want to finish this! I am doing a business plan in one of my classes this semester. If you know me, I have always dreamed of owning my own business, so I am really excited about this. We are supposed to come up with a business idea, it's even better if you're really interested in it. I have a few ideas. One is a bed and breakfast. I have always thought it would be a fun thing to do! So I was doing some research online seeing if I could actually find anything, and I couldn't really.. then I decided to look for an old house in the area, well I ended up finding a house in a nearby city that is already a bed and breakfast. They wanted to sell it because it had been their mother's dream to own a bed and breakfast and they didn't have time to run it the way that their mother would have wanted them to. Anyway, it was $500,000. Yeah, like I have that kind of money. It was beautiful though! I mean really really pretty. I just think it would be awesome to do.
My other idea is a catering business. I think this is what I'm going to go with for my project. I really want to do it with country style food, like what I make for parties and stuff. I think that would be really fun too. I don't know how this would work or where I would find people, but I was thinking about having ideas for themed parties like superbowl, birthdays, anniversaries, things like that, and have a book or something of ideas that customers could look through. I was also thinking it would be fun to decorate and stuff too.. anyway.. I guess I'm writing all of this to see what you (my many readers, ha!) think! What do you think would be the better idea?
For the sake of the project, I think it would be a lot easier to do catering because I am sure there is a lot of information on it and it may be less expensive to start than a bed and breakfast, but I doubt it. Our business plan has to be REALLY detailed and it will probably end up being 50 pages long, all of the financial, marketing, operating aspects of it have to be gone through and researched, so I am really excited about it, and more excited to see if my plan would actually have a chance of working :)
Anyway.. off to bed.. The sooner I go to bed, the sooner I'll be on my way home (after working from 8a-11:30a, of course :P)
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