We sat for a few hours with Benjamin, our web guru, yesterday afternoon. After talking as usual about philosophy, politics, the fate of the world and such things for a little while, he showed us the progress of the CookieCabana.com website. What we saw looked good, needing only a few visual adjustments. The "back end" as he calls it, or the workings behind the public face of the website, is being developed in parallel. This is a rather complicated programming feat, and it is fortunately going forward with relatively few glitches. We also took a very un-scientific opinion poll from our kids, which did reveal some points both to Benjamin and to us... damn, kids can be so brutally honest! But, that's what we need... honest critique. The only thing that keeps me a bit on edge is timing. I hope the final website will be ready when the countdown hits 00:00, and although even if the "final" products is not completely ready by then the site will still be functional, we really want to go online "finished" on the first go. Let's think positive... "Yes We Can".

During the past few days... I had a meeting at the bank to set up a credit facility to cover costs of expansion when necessary. The thing is, we have to do this now, so if and when we need money for doing something quickly it will be available on very short notice. The meeting was great, everybody seems excited and interested in our idea and business plan, not to mention the taste of the cookies themselves... but nowadays credit decisions are made by computer programs not bank officers. Anyway, I have to complete various forms and provide all the information the bank wants... and then the computer will tell us how much credit we are worth.

Also, we ordered the boxes the cookies will reach all of our thousands of faithful customers that we are going to have in. Here, I'd like to tell you a little story from our private lives. Our dog Cookie, a brown and white Dalmation, is the embodiment of positive thinking. Whenever we are in the kitchen, he stays patiently around. Everytime someone walks in the general direction of his food bowl with somthing in their hand , he follows them knowing that whatever is in their hand is going to the food bowl. Although during the course of making a meal quite a few trips are made to the refrigerator, the cupboards, or other parts of the kitchen, and things don't usually end up in Cookie's food bowl, his positive attitude remains as strong as ever. The only image in Cookie's mind is that any movement toward his food bowl is meant in his favor. Of course, every now and then his positive outlook on life is rewarded with a treat.

He has taught me a lesson. Keep thinking positive... and good things will happen. What do you think?