Although, Shana may be mowing her lawn, our lawn is still a few days away before Terry can once again run behind the mower, a best guess estimate, about two feet of snow. Although, we are starting to see a few gravel spots showing in the driveway, I wonder if the "frost boil" is going to appear in the middle of the driveway once again. Remember that one which my children were going to haul in material and fix for me! Oh well, I guess your mother will not mind pushing my truck through this boil one more year. It appears that there is a massive "cookie sales" campaign waging throughout the state this year, everywhere I look I see signs advertising cookies. Seeing this, I sat down and gave it some serious contemplation as to how all of these cookies could be sold one single lot. Why waste time and energy attempting to squeeze $4.00 from people who really do not want any cookies but cannot say "no" to a cute little girl or sexy "Cookie Mom". Heidi, if you follow my sage advice I can make you the "Cookie Mom Of The Year" in Anchorage. Next year, you will need to contract of fifty foot van to haul cookies instead of relying on your Chevy. The concept is simple, prior to ordering your cookies you pre-sale them. The predominant market that I have identified for you is the veterans. In January, you approach the Veterans of Foreign Wars or the American Legion and asked to purchase all of your cookies. When those cookies arrive, you dress your troops in their uniforms, give them each one small American flag to carry and you deliver your cookies, free of charge, to the Veterans Hospital where each patient will receive one or two boxes of cookies compliments of the VFW or American Legion. If those patriotic organizations do not want to fund the entire thing, you then turn to the corporate world and get donations from these large companies! Erica, you can also do the same thing only on a smaller scale. You can also go to these organizations or from cash contributions from local businesses, but you deliver your cookies to the Senior Citizen Centers in Homer, Anchor Point, and Ninilchik. It would really solve your problem of getting these cookies sold in a timely fashion, competition and filling your freezers full of cookies! Not only could you boost your cookie sales easier than fighting with other leaders in the middle of Fred Meyers, but you could also write it off as a project for the troop. See, I do come up with some good ideas, I do not spend all of my time thinking up trivial prattle.