Parry and Riposte

The last few days have been interesting to say the least . I made my sales goal for the month of September, The new workout program and diet are working well, feel stronger more flexible and more confident in my fencing . I even have a chance to travel outside of the US for a tournament this season, a trip that will require about 150 dozen cookies for the entry fee and probably another 100 dozen for travel expenses. 250 dozen cookies in 5 months roughly 50 dozen cookies a month. Its going to be a long haul but as I have found in the past its reachable, set a goal and reach past it, thats the only way to grow. With all the good things that have been happening recently there have been things going on in my personal life that have taken a toll on this months profits, and have had me questioning if continuing with my dream is possible, after some heavy thinking I have decided that I will not stop fencing, I will continue on with my cookie venture, yes things have been cloudy lately and because of the situation I have had to reallocate cookie profits to help  keep gas in the tank.    It happens, the only thing I can do is parry what life throws at me and riposte! So here is to getting more cookies into the hands of you hungry cookie monsters and to selling 50 dozen cookies in the next 4 weeks!! 

commitment, sacrifice and dedication

Saturday started what promises to be a busy, interesting frustrating and intense few years. Coach came back from London full of ideas and goals for the next few years and the key words that came from the meeting were  "commitment, sacrifice and  dedication."

Commitment to the workouts and the program. Some of the changes  are not going to be easy , but they are necessary and the payoff is worth it. 
Sacrifice, there are plenty of things I could do with the money that cookies bring in, and there are days I'd rather stay home and veg on a  or spend time with my family and friends rather then practice, but dreams are not handed to someone  there will be plenty of days when things will be missed because Ive chosen to chase my dream. My family, friends and fans are behind me in this quest and I thank you I could not do any of this without your support.
Dedication to see the goals through to the finish and doing what it takes to make things happen.   Its going to be an intense few years, its going to take alot of work and I don't want to think about the dozens of cookies it will take, but I'm looking forward to the challenge and adventure!

1464 days

A few hours ago my friends took to the piste in London for the start of the wheelchair fencing events at the 2012 Paralympic games. An opportunity to compete at the Paralympics is a great honor and privilege, but its more then that it is the payoff for the hours months and years that you have put into your sport.   When I started fencing I knew I wanted to compete  but I didn't know how far I wanted to take it, my goal has crystallized in the last few months, It is time to start adding international events to my schedule in a bid for Rio in 2016. This is not a simple nor an inexpensive goal, it means longer hours training, more time at the salee, more frustration and more cookie sales. The games in Rio are just a little over 4 years away from today 1464 days to be exact. between then and now there will be 12 National events and at least that many international events. My road to Rio will be paved in shortbreads held together with the support of all of you cookie monsters out there on twitter, facebook not only in your purchases of my products, but also all the #goodluck tweets and Likes I receive on facebook when I'm away at tournaments. As I approach this season I am going to set a 30 dozen in 30 days goal each month the money earned from these sales will help fund the entry fee's to tournaments, replacement of  gear as it breaks and salee membership fee's. To get the road to Rio started i'm setting a September sales goal of 30 dozen, and I only have 25 left to sell this month! Thank you all for your continued support I couldn't have done any of this without your support and love of my evil shortbread cookies  and if you havent already tell you friends about this guy you know!