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MrChristopher
09-18-2007, 05:15 PM
-SHENANIGANS! That's so much fun to actually shout out in public.

-Something seems to be wrong with my computer chair. it won't lean back.

-This house is a wreck. Having kids is like letting several mini-hurricanes loose in your home several times a day. Cripes. Oh well. I'll vacuum, finish the dishes, throw some laundry in...and then, it's wine and computer time. My back has been aching all day, I need to self-medicate methinks.

-There was some talk about going to the Maryland Ren Faire this Sunday, but we'll have to see how the $$ is this week, MrsC is off this weekend due to babysitter difficulties.

-I think I want a Friendly's sundae.

Lysondra
09-18-2007, 05:18 PM
I'm coughing up hard balls of green slime. I'm super sick. Really sick. I even went to the hospital for it. They gave me eyedrops. :(

BalletBaby
09-18-2007, 05:21 PM
Yeah right. Sorry...but I just dont believe that..I'm calling shenanigans on the stupid and ugly stuff..SHENANIGANS I say!

If you don't believe me you have my myspace.

BalletBaby
09-18-2007, 05:22 PM
I'm coughing up hard balls of green slime. I'm super sick. Really sick. I even went to the hospital for it. They gave me eyedrops. :(

I guess you are supposed to poison yourself to distract yourself from the green slime balls?/:O

Lysondra
09-18-2007, 05:32 PM
Probably. Are they supposed to crawl away on their own? I think I'm breeding a new species.

LuckyOne
09-18-2007, 05:41 PM
Im fucking pregnant.

Are you fucking serious???

Yekhefah
09-18-2007, 06:01 PM
Lysondra, haven't you hacked up solid green things before? You should get to the root of this problem.

Lysondra
09-18-2007, 06:07 PM
Yeah I was a few weeks ago.. but I think I killed my body working those 12 hour shifts at the pub last week. I already went to the hospital. :( Not much I can do other than take my eyedrops and phenergan. They said all I had was a really really bad flu. :/

G-Real
09-18-2007, 06:13 PM
I just did the math. For me to bring in what I make at my day job, I'd have to sell 1500 batches of cookies/year - over 4 batches per day. And that's before the cost of materials and shipping... *sigh*

for the math, how much are you selling a batch of cookies? Also what is the number in a batch (36, 24??)

Lady Jade
09-18-2007, 06:15 PM
$20/batch of 36 (that's the average number that comes out with the recipe I'm using). Of course, I did find a couple of sites that sell homemade cookies selling them for $25+ per batch, then like $10-15 for shipping...

Yekhefah
09-18-2007, 06:19 PM
Oh, you can definitely charge way more than that! I think $30 for three dozen cookies, especially cookies as good as these, is a bargain. And $10-15 for shipping sounds totally reasonable. You will not have trouble selling them once word gets around! You could also take a leaf out of Martha Stewart's book and jack the price way up to $50 a batch plus shipping, and cater to the "expensive=better" market.

G-Real
09-18-2007, 06:19 PM
$20/batch of 36 (that's the average number that comes out with the recipe I'm using). Of course, I did find a couple of sites that sell homemade cookies selling them for $25+ per batch, then like $10-15 for shipping...

hmm what you could do is sorta start like a cooking club, base on 3, 6, 12 months..... make 36 per month, join the club for say 50+ for 3 months, 100 for 6, etc just and idea, that way you would get cash up front to pay for supplies and shipping. And you could also get a cash flow as new custys sign on...

G-Real
09-18-2007, 06:23 PM
Also, the thing is if you can make multiple batches at a time, you maximize your time......heck if you start small and have 10 poeple, say you do it over 1-2 weeks, then as you grow you can expand your operation....

nothing ventured, nothing gained, my bro started a business last year in DC and he's doing fairly well now.....

miss marina
09-18-2007, 06:31 PM
Something for you all to laugh at.


Taken from my myspace messages:

Subject: IMPORTANT! Meriina!(How do you spell someones name wrong when its their myspace name also?!)


so meriina...well just want to say hi for now and hope u want to be my friend cause im 73 years old(just kidding) well merina ur looking sexy but dont get me wrong i just want to have friends u know chat one day get to now u, well hit me back if not ill understand. take care and stay sweet.

ps: if u like big dick merina...let me know merina..


WTF LOL that ps made me crack up. ohhh yes myspace boy i want to throw myself at you! Literally a second later he messages me again "I KNOW YOU READ MY MESSAGE MERINA..WUT U THINK MERINA...

Lysondra
09-18-2007, 06:41 PM
When I was really depressed I used to pay ladies on ebay to send me homemade cookies. It was so worth it.. and yours are worth more than that!

cameron_keys
09-18-2007, 06:45 PM
If you don't believe me you have my myspace.

Yes I know...which is why I'm calling shenanigans. You are gorgeous!

ArmySGT.
09-18-2007, 06:51 PM
Im fucking pregnant.


Talk about your fucking consequences..................;D

Lady Jade
09-18-2007, 06:52 PM
Oh, you can definitely charge way more than that! I think $30 for three dozen cookies, especially cookies as good as these, is a bargain. And $10-15 for shipping sounds totally reasonable. You will not have trouble selling them once word gets around! You could also take a leaf out of Martha Stewart's book and jack the price way up to $50 a batch plus shipping, and cater to the "expensive=better" market.

True. Of course, the competition for the military market is getting really tough. There are no less than 3 nationally recognized organizations sending cookies for free! Another site is sending 4 dozen plus a box of fudge for $30 plus shipping. We know my cookies are better, but how do I convince other people of that??


hmm what you could do is sorta start like a cooking club, base on 3, 6, 12 months..... make 36 per month, join the club for say 50+ for 3 months, 100 for 6, etc just and idea, that way you would get cash up front to pay for supplies and shipping. And you could also get a cash flow as new custys sign on...

That just turns the whole thing into being more work. I still want this to be fun. The more structured it is, the less fun it ends up being for me.


Also, the thing is if you can make multiple batches at a time, you maximize your time......

That's the part that really sucks. I have to make the dough for each batch individually since it's so dependent on the humidity and the moisture content of the ingredients themselves.


When I was really depressed I used to pay ladies on ebay to send me homemade cookies. It was so worth it.. and yours are worth more than that!

Again, how do we get other people to see that? How many of you would put up testimonials on my website - with pictures of you eating the cookies?? ;D

BalletBaby
09-18-2007, 06:54 PM
Yes I know...which is why I'm calling shenanigans. You are gorgeous!

Well I don't feel gorgeous but that means a lot coming from you cameron:)

ps. how do you know it's me? Is it the tights?

cameron_keys
09-18-2007, 07:04 PM
Well I don't feel gorgeous but that means a lot coming from you cameron:)

ps. how do you know it's me? Is it the tights?

HA HA...the tights! Well...I thought I knew which one you were, but maybe I'm wrong? PM me the link so I know for sure.

cameron_keys
09-18-2007, 07:06 PM
Again, how do we get other people to see that? How many of you would put up testimonials on my website - with pictures of you eating the cookies?? ;D

Hell...I'd put up a pic of me eating YOUR cookie if it would get you business!!

Seriously though...I,for one, be more then happy to do a pic testimonial! Of course..I have no more cookies to take pics of....

Kaylinn
09-18-2007, 07:23 PM
True. Of course, the competition for the military market is getting really tough. There are no less than 3 nationally recognized organizations sending cookies for free! Another site is sending 4 dozen plus a box of fudge for $30 plus shipping. We know my cookies are better, but how do I convince other people of that??



That just turns the whole thing into being more work. I still want this to be fun. The more structured it is, the less fun it ends up being for me.



That's the part that really sucks. I have to make the dough for each batch individually since it's so dependent on the humidity and the moisture content of the ingredients themselves.



Again, how do we get other people to see that? How many of you would put up testimonials on my website - with pictures of you eating the cookies?? ;D




Sell them as "Gourmet cookies" using the word gourmet makes them sound better than normal, which they are, and it makes them sound worth the higher price, which they are.

All us on SW that have eaten your cookies will be ordering some for ourselves, and ordering cookeis for our relatives and friends for gifts. Package the cookies all pretty, make sure to inculde an order form in every shipment. That way, when I sent your cookies to my great aunt, and she sees how wonderful they are, she is gonna order some for herslef, and all her bingo friends. Word of mouth will continue to spread...and soon, you'll have a booming business.
I'm sure we all would be willing to put up testimonials for your website.

I definatly think you could charge more than $20 a batch...I would pay $30 for a batch of thoes cookies.

Just soem ideas. I think this buisiness coudl work out very well for you.

ArmySGT.
09-18-2007, 07:26 PM
-SHENANIGANS! That's so much fun to actually shout out in public.

Word!


-Something seems to be wrong with my computer chair. it won't lean back.

two Levers, right hand side, under the seat, one adjusts height, the other locks in the up right position. Try them out.

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Now I want to see the look on you face when you pulled the height adjustment one and the seat fell six inches.;D

Lysondra
09-18-2007, 07:32 PM
SHIT STICKS my drunk ramblings became a siggy?!

TigersMilk
09-18-2007, 07:35 PM
My mouth is bloody from the soaked gauze but I think if I take it out I'm gonna bleed everywhere. OH MY FUCKING GOD the pressure of the dentist clinching my tooth with the instrument and feeling the pressure of the tooth being ripped from the bone was horrifying. I hate going to the dentist. Sure Mr. Dentist man poke in my mouth with shiny sharp instruments!

Lady Jade
09-18-2007, 07:36 PM
Hell...I'd put up a pic of me eating YOUR cookie if it would get you business!!

Seriously though...I,for one, be more then happy to do a pic testimonial! Of course..I have no more cookies to take pics of....


Sell them as "Gourmet cookies" using the word gourmet makes them sound better than normal, which they are, and it makes them sound worth the higher price, which they are.

All us on SW that have eaten your cookies will be ordering some for ourselves, and ordering cookeis for our relatives and friends for gifts. Package the cookies all pretty, make sure to inculde an order form in every shipment. That way, when I sent your cookies to my great aunt, and she sees how wonderful they are, she is gonna order some for herslef, and all her bingo friends. Word of mouth will continue to spread...and soon, you'll have a booming business.
I'm sure we all would be willing to put up testimonials for your website.

I definatly think you could charge more than $20 a batch...I would pay $30 for a batch of thoes cookies.

Just soem ideas. I think this buisiness coudl work out very well for you.

Awww... you guys are so sweet! I'm really hoping to make a go of this business. I've only been dreaming about it for the last 10 years! I'm working on some more recipes, so there will be some mini-batches being sent out as I get the recipes right!

Just gotta say it again, you guys are the best! ;D

Danielle_
09-18-2007, 08:18 PM
WooHoo, I got a B on my test today. I'm excited cause it was Biology & Science & Math are my worst subjects.


My mouth is bloody from the soaked gauze but I think if I take it out I'm gonna bleed everywhere. OH MY FUCKING GOD the pressure of the dentist clinching my tooth with the instrument and feeling the pressure of the tooth being ripped from the bone was horrifying. I hate going to the dentist. Sure Mr. Dentist man poke in my mouth with shiny sharp instruments!

Yeah, the dentist is a drag. I went last week & I have to go back in a couple of days & then I'll probably have to come back a couple of weeks after that.

Yekhefah
09-18-2007, 08:18 PM
My neighbors are loudly blasting music. This is not unusual, but they're playing a big band rendition of the Addams Family theme. They just played it twice in a row and I'm unsure as to why they're rocking out to that.

Ah well, I have to go beg another club manager to let me dance tonight. *sigh* Off I go...

Lady Jade
09-18-2007, 08:30 PM
Good luck, Yekh!!!

TigersMilk
09-18-2007, 08:35 PM
My neighbors are loudly blasting music. This is not unusual, but they're playing a big band rendition of the Addams Family theme. They just played it twice in a row and I'm unsure as to why they're rocking out to that.

Ah well, I have to go beg another club manager to let me dance tonight. *sigh* Off I go...

Just have really loud sex about 3am with the windows open to wake them up}:D. Good luck girl!!

TigersMilk
09-18-2007, 08:37 PM
I'm bleeding...bleeding...and I put new gauze in there.

My cat insists on sitting on things I need to use. Off my binder gray love ball!

I wish I could drink something. I'm so thirsty. :(

Yekhefah
09-18-2007, 08:39 PM
Eh, they probably have to hear me fuck already, and if all goes well they'll have to hear it again tomorrow night when I bring home my random strange from craigslist! }:D

And anyway, they're not bothering me. I just thought it was funny. They've shut off the music now.

I don't want to go begging for a job and dance all night. I'm exhausted. I get up at 6, go to the gym or go for a walk, go to my class, come home for lunch, go teach little kids, and then I have homework and writing. I still need to clean my house. I'm so very tired and I just want to go to bed since I have to get up at 6 again tomorrow. I don't wanna work until 2 and then get up 4 hours later. But fuck it, I've got my makeup on and my hair curled... might as well go for it. I'll sleep when I'm dead.

BalletBaby
09-18-2007, 09:10 PM
I just checked my mailbox. I have a bunch of stuff for the old resident and two other apartments. Lol. Not to good with numbers eh? I'm wondering if I should get a PO. Box cause I don't want my bank statements going to someone else's apartment.

Rinna
09-18-2007, 09:27 PM
I just booked tix to see Zumanity next month. I'm so excited :hyper:

Kaylinn
09-18-2007, 09:28 PM
SWfest fucked me up so bad. I swictched my sleep schedule, started staying up till 7am and sleeping in till 5pm then I got the job cocktialing and that keeps me up on weekends until 6am....now I can't get the right schedule back. I've slept in for class 3 times now, and have missed 2 exams and fallen way behind.
Fuck. Now I gotta buckle down and study like crazy and try to catch up. Plus my grades have automaticially dropped from the absences.

Spanish is kicking my ass. It is hard, I'm confused about verbs. The verb to be. ser. For some reason, I don't fucking get it. I scheduled a tutor for Thursday. Spanish assigns butttons of homework. Like, pages and pages and pages, plus tons of shit to do online, plus regular studying. I could have that as my only class and still be swamped. But I have 5 classes. They are all behind.

My math teracher is a c omplete moron, and I realized I can learn better if don't go to class. 5 students walked out of hs class last tiem I attended. he is just a moron. Confuses me worse. So I show up for test dates and that's it.

I used to be so good at school...now I feel like I'm always behind and struggling. I'm so anal about school. Nothing less than an A is acceptable. I want to be the best, anf fallign behind and struggling is frustrating me and pissing me off.

Grrr.

Kaylinn
09-18-2007, 09:29 PM
I just booked tix to see Zumanity next month. I'm so excited :hyper:

I have seen Zumainty...it's not very good...there are much better shows to see....
Ka, Mystere are both awesome.
Zumanity is....odd....and repetative, and slightly boring after the first half hour or so....

AlexxaHex
09-18-2007, 09:41 PM
We'll have to get together and disagree with each other over coffee!


I don't drink coffee....
OH no!
We are already disagreeing!!

But I would like to meet you.

RoseLeigh
09-18-2007, 09:52 PM
Spanish is kicking my ass. It is hard, I'm confused about verbs. The verb to be. ser. For some reason, I don't fucking get it. I scheduled a tutor for Thursday. Spanish assigns butttons of homework. Like, pages and pages and pages, plus tons of shit to do online, plus regular studying. I could have that as my only class and still be swamped. But I have 5 classes. They are all behind.


Definitely try and get a regular tutor for the espanol-as often as you can. Languages are such a PITA because you can't catch up later! I think the verb for 'to be' is irregular and confusing in every language.

And I just finished butt tons of French homework myself. I swear it's more than my 4 other classes combined. Good luck and hang in there.

cameron_keys
09-18-2007, 09:54 PM
I don't drink coffee....
OH no!
We are already disagreeing!!

But I would like to meet you.

Ok...over shots of black death then.....better? :O

Let me know when you'll be here and we can schedule a meet!

Yekhefah
09-18-2007, 09:59 PM
Spanish is kicking my ass. It is hard, I'm confused about verbs.

Could be worse. I'm taking Chinese! I still haven't figured out the pinyin alphabet or how to really pronounce such sounds as "zh" (which apparently sounds like "dr") or z (which sounds like "tz"), or x ("sh," but in the roof of the mouth somewhere), or q ("ch," but in the back of the throat), etc... Plus I've joined another girl in the class of answering the teacher's "yes or no" questions with "si," but that's Spanish, not Chinese. She started doing it and then I picked up on it somehow, and now he'll ask me a question and I say si instead of shir. And don't even get me started on writing and remembering all the characters. If you ever think Spanish is hard, just take a moment, close your eyes, and thank the Lord you aren't taking Chinese. I dunno how I'm going to handle three years of this.

Yekhefah
09-18-2007, 10:23 PM
Eeee, less than 20 hours until I meet the boy from craigslist. I hope he doesn't stand me up. He's 6'2" and I've never been with a guy that tall, I hope it's not weird that he's 13 inches taller than me. I hope we have crazy hot sex into the dawn. He's just so damn GEEKY-CUTE! His MySpace has a picture of him as Clark Kent that just makes me tingle. I dunno what it is about sweet nerdy guys in glasses, and this one coming from a small town in Iowa is really turning me on - WHY? I can't wait. I'm going to bed. I've been writing longhand and my brain is fried.

sxybrat07
09-18-2007, 10:29 PM
Spanish is kicking my ass. It is hard, I'm confused about verbs. The verb to be. ser. For some reason, I don't fucking get it. I scheduled a tutor for Thursday. Spanish assigns butttons of homework. Like, pages and pages and pages, plus tons of shit to do online, plus regular studying. I could have that as my only class and still be swamped. But I have 5 classes. They are all behind.


If you're taking beginning spanish, I can probably help you with a bit of it. PM me if you have questions, I'll try to help! :) And yes, tutors are great, as long as they know what they're talking about (some of mine could speak spanish, but I'll be damned if they could help me with my grammar)

Bella21
09-18-2007, 10:32 PM
I have seen Zumainty...it's not very good...there are much better shows to see....
Ka, Mystere are both awesome.
Zumanity is....odd....and repetative, and slightly boring after the first half hour or so....

Personally, I was really unimpressed with KA. My friend saw O and loved it.

I love how I didn't start getting hungry today until 9pm. Lame. Now it's eat calories that will stay on my hips or starve. :(

AlexxaHex
09-18-2007, 11:06 PM
Ok...over shots of black death then.....better? :O

Let me know when you'll be here and we can schedule a meet!

I'm not sure what black death is, but it sounds alcoholic. So, maybe.

I will let you know fo sho. I will be working out there, not sure the name of the club but my friend works there when she's "back home". I hear it's pretty scandalous in Miami, but nothin' I cant handle after working in LA.


Unrelated random topic - My fried chicken is the SHIIIIIZnit.

britt244
09-18-2007, 11:18 PM
my crush on someone i really shouldnt have a crush on might be back a little bit. shit.

know how your body feels when you just know you're getting sick? that's how i feel. plus i'm sniffley and starting to get a sore throat. all the girls at work had sore throats or were coughing or sneezing. just great.

BalletBaby
09-18-2007, 11:22 PM
I. Hate. Cramps.

austinatalie
09-18-2007, 11:25 PM
Molly, my sister, and I fell out,. And what do you think it was all about? She loved coffee, and I loved tea. And that was the reason we couldn't agree!

Kaylinn
09-18-2007, 11:26 PM
Personally, I was really unimpressed with KA. My friend saw O and loved it.

I love how I didn't start getting hungry today until 9pm. Lame. Now it's eat calories that will stay on my hips or starve. :(


I've heard O is really good...I liked Ka, but Mystere was my favorite of all the shows. Zumanity was my least favorite.

BalletBaby
09-18-2007, 11:30 PM
Molly, my sister, and I fell out,. And what do you think it was all about? She loved coffee, and I loved tea. And that was the reason we couldn't agree!

I like water. And tequila.

Kaylinn
09-18-2007, 11:31 PM
If you're taking beginning spanish, I can probably help you with a bit of it. PM me if you have questions, I'll try to help! :) And yes, tutors are great, as long as they know what they're talking about (some of mine could speak spanish, but I'll be damned if they could help me with my grammar)


Can you explain this damn verb ser? I just don't get it nostros, vostros, nostras, vostras...all have these different ending or some shit. I'm totally lost. How do you know what word gets what ending? Is it like our verbs? run, running, ran. or is it Plural and singular. Like run and runs? Like I have the runs today?

grr. so. lost.


And yek....yes, I thank the heavens it isn;t Chinese. I attempted to learn Amarak once(etheopian) Thank god spanish is the same alphebet, and not thoes damn symbols. I couldn't do it.