Happy New Year 2008!

Whew. It's been a great year. Lots of work putting together our little business. It's not really a business. It's the beginning of a possible business. We've made it through with a few regular customers and a lots of wonderful donations to homeless dogs and shelter dogs. It's really been the most wonderful and rewarding experience I've ever had with animal welfare. I'm really glad to have started The Honeybark Bakery.

What's new?

Well, the new treats this year are all about Honeybears. The decision has been made to add little bears or big bears to the bag because this is our new treat. Big bears for the original sized treats and mini bears in the mini treat bags. I'm not steady on giving up on my little heart and flower shaped treats because it makes my job more interesting and fun. The treats that have been added to our selections included the Yammy Bears and the Cranbeary Bears or Berry Beary Good! Still not sure about that name...Plus, they were a bit too purple for my liking, gotta tone down those little purple bears a little bit. I just didn't like the coloring. Nothing was added to the treats, it was the real cranberry but it was just a bit overloaded. So I'm working on that recipe. The pumpkin treats were really pretty. Love those. Plus, I'm trying very hard to go greener with my packaging, like using the brown bags and also using recycled packing material and maybe using recycled paper more often. Plus recycling ink cartridges and lots of other things to try and save our environment. It's not easy being green but we're getting there. Each day is one more step to save the environment. Little things to help.

The website needs fixing so it might be down for a few days to try to add in some great photos, change some things, make it a little bit easier to use and show the world our treats in a new light:)

Katie's sleeping on the floor on my feet while I type on my laptop. She's being very snuggley today, perhaps because I left her for a bit yesterday and missed her nighttime ritual. She's really such a little bioclock for me. At 5-6AM, she's awake and barking at the neighbors or me leaving for work. Not always, just most days. At 7AM, she barks at the garbage men, according to reports. At 11AM, she runs around outside and chases the birds and squirrels and waits to sneak up on the letter carrier. At noon she has lunch. From 1PM-3PM she wanders aimlessly or sleeps soundly. At 4PM she goes out again to run around. At 5PM she wants her pre-dinner snack and then at 6PM she eats, 7PM she plays, 8PM she poos. It's very regular. I could set my watch to her. Her calendar is fuller than mine. Nice.

Alright, I've resolved this year to finish more books and so I must keep to my resolution and go read for an hour. Wish me luck.

Happy new treat year!
2008...whoa...