Starting a Business, Finally

Yay!  Yesterday my first piece of paperwork arrived from the distant and inscrutable bowels of the government offices concerned.  I have officially registered for five years the trade name "Statements of Faith" for the low price of $25 filing fee and two months of suspense.

I still await my tax ID number, my approval from the county and the board of planning and zoning, and my tax license.  Not done yet, but hooray for progress!

In the meantime, I've had my first official commissions from outside the family.  Very exciting.

Eye Bombing

I found these on a Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Pinterest board and immediately thought of my sister.  She went through a googly-eyes phase a few years ago.  Too funny.  :D

Sunday Splurge: The Cookie Cake

As part of our new resolution to eat healthy and be fit, we've decided to stop settling for cheap calories during the week in favor of a nice dessert on Sundays.  This week's selection was the Pepperidge Farm Cookie Cake.

Quite frankly, I would rather have had the cookies.  It was damp, spongey, cold, and surprisingly bland under the excessive sugar and cheap icing.  It was basically a wet chocolate chip cookie pumped full of air.  You end up with an insulin rush without the satisfaction of feeling like you've had something worth the trouble.

So, if you're thinking about trying it, don't.  You deserve better.  There was a Milano variety, but I think we'll give that one a miss as well.

Better luck next week, I guess.