JUST A BIT EASIER?

I'm glad I have been able to blog a bit more lately. I love writing when I am in the mood. Over the winter, I just haven't been in any mood to write. It's the winter blahs. I guess it was heightened by the whole, business slowdown. I am really hoping that business will pick up like I expect. I have a lot riding on the success of this business. And I really need to see my sales increase a bit more.

If it was just a bit easier, if I didn't have as many mistakes from employees, or if just some people were less inclined to drive through the golden arches and instead, find some GOOD food at my place, maybe I'd have more of a fighting chance! I really do pray every day. I have to take the time to thank God for all the blessings I have. I also have to just keep in mind that whether or not I am worrying, the bills are still going to come due, and eventually get paid. I am still going to have the same amount to pay for my utilities, mortgage on the restaurant, house rent (until I get the mortgage note on that), taxes, etc. And worry isn't helping it get paid any faster.

I put up $2 a week on a lottery ticket. I have this crazy notion that if God wanted to bless me somehow, I was going to give him a way to do it! So every week, I slap my two bucks down and hope for a miracle. That is what winning the lottery is, right? In the meantime, I have to check my deposits and spending every day, as I write my sales summaries to send off to my accountant for month end tax reporting and such.

And now April is coming up, and end of year taxes will be due. Along with quarterly taxes coming due, I will see how much I will be behind really soon. And then the whole issue of the housing mortgage approval. Will it happen? I don't know. It is my prayer that somehow, a little bird or a whole flock of birds will whisper in some people's ears in this town that my food is better than McDonald's and worth the wait. Fast food can't just be fast and cheap, it has to be good quality, which McDonald's just doesn't compare with me over. When you have a bunch of pimple faced kids working your grill, you can kind of expect that you will get what they grow themselves. Years ago, McDonald's was putting horse meat in their burgers. It was a bit of a fiasco for the food chain, when they got caught. Anything to keep costs low, I guess.

I never want to think like a chain. Even if I ever do expand to open other stores someday, I want people to know that we are a very personable experience at every turn. We aren't just another store number with profit as our only interest. If only it was just a bit easier to get there.

Couple days left for the month. We aren't doing all that hot this month. I hope April shows some improvement. And I hope I get this mortgage for the house. THAT IS MY PRAYER!

"Be still, and know that I am God!" - God