Hi! 

Thanks for stopping in- here is a bit of an update on the world of Zimt. 

Things have been really busy. So busy, in fact, that... I am really going to type up that employee manual and train people this week to be Oompa Loompas. It's just gotten a bit ridiculous, really- I can't be a production facility and expect to also do a decent job managing every other aspect of the business. Not possible, at least not for me.  I had some prettttty late nights in the kitchen. The most extreme was til 4:30 am and then home to do an hour or so of computer work and then waking up at 8:30 to prep for deliveries. zzzzzz. My mom and Oma came along, and my mom even drove while I sat in the back and did Excel-y things. They're so cute and enthusiastic. Here's an example:

They visited me and helped in the kitchen... yesterday, I think, and they saw a whole bunch of chocolate I had made that needed to be packaged and then my mom started crying and saying how proud she is of me and then Oma just kept saying that this is amazing and that I have a production facility. So neat! She was really not this stoked of me and Zimt at the beginning of the summer, when I was selling chocolate from the loft of a barn at a farmers' market. I can remember her face when she first saw me- kind of extreme disbelief and dismay. Heh. Things are changing! But this is just the beginning of the work, I am sure- good things take time and lots (lots) of effort, apparently. 

Some exciting news- Zimt is now available at 75% of the Whole Foods locations in the Lower Mainland of BC! Cambie, Park Royal, and, as of 1 hour and 24 minutes ago, Capers (!) on 4th Avenue all are in possession of Zimt! I didn't realize I had gotten a purchase order from Capers, but saw it this morning in the minimized windows of the things I need to print out once my printer starts working again. And then- here, this was my day:

• laundry
• make voucher for jiggytv.com 
• find *surprise* order
• go to kitchen to put together surprise order 
  
• not enough inventory for surprise order
• started chocolate to finish up later
• go to Oma's to print out invoices and voucher 
• go to Greens to get fruit for fondu demo for jiggytv.com
• guest appearance on jiggytv.com
• go to Greens to demo- fun! =D
• go to Mom's to get invoice for Capers
• go to kitchen to finish up order
• go to Capers and drop off order
• go to Greens to drop off sample of new bar
• go to Indigo to drop off invoice- cannot find invoice
• go to bank
• go to home

Kind of tired- and a bit upset that I didn't get to hang out with Tiger tonight and study stocks. 

There's lots more stuff, but I am really tired and falling asleep, so I will try to finish up tomorrow. Or within the next week. 

There are now truffle boxes, though!


=)

emma

PS. I am really behind on my text messages and FB and I am sorry about that but will catch up asap!