Getting serious

The dream is taking the form or reality, basically the form of a paper called "proposal" for the lease.  It looks  like a very good deal, we'll have a good grace period before the commencement of the rent, and it will definitely help us with the opening, with getting the place up to code and applying to all the necessary permits.
Honesty, it is a little scary.  As much as I want to do it, signing the lease is a compromise for 5 years! it'll be longer than many of my relationships have been.  On the other hand, I am willing to do this for at least 15 years.
So, I want to show you an example of the cakes that motivated this dream of having a cafe...

The thing is not only they look good, but they taste really good!  What do you think?
I would love to hear your comments.

Money money money money... money!!!

I'm thinking that if I write it enough times, it will materialize right in front on my eyes!  But no, that is not happening!  At least I have already 37.5% of the total amount we would like to have to open the cafe... But I think we need to wait to have at least 50% of the money.

On the other hand, we already talked to the guy that is in charge of the lease.  I already gave me my info for my credit check.  I am sure I'll pass, but until they tell me anything, then I will not know for sure.
This makes me nervous.  What if we don't get approved for the lease?  Then all our dreams will be pretty much crushed., at least for the moment...  we can always look for other places, but this location hat we are looking at, would be the perfect for us, big enough and versatile enough to do so many things...
Well, we'll see how it goes.
 

Every journey starts with a single step

Here I was, in my bed thinking... I really hate my job!  I need to do something different! I've been talking to Ina many times, about having a café where she can sell her cakes, (which by the way are incredible), and as always, I would end up saying "just let me win the lottery and we'll do it".
Turns out that winning the lottery requires a lot more than 1 dollar and a dream.  Dreams are very cheap, and very abundant when you are making very little money for a job that you don't enjoy anymore.
So, one night without even buying my regular Mega Millions ticket, I started to write down a menu for the cafe, how much would cost, and how much would I need to sell to be able to pay the rent and have some money too.  I spent the night awake, thinking of possible expenses, of what would I need to do, or better, what would "we" need to do to make the dream a reality.
The next morning I called Ina and we talked about it.  Let's open a cafe, where we can have some light menu, something like soup, salads, sandwiches and pizza, and make the desserts the highlight of the meal... because, again, I was just thinking of a way to sell Ina's cakes.
That was the first step! The moment we talked about it, the dream started to take shape, a shared dream with different visions, different colors and taste.
After that conversation, I spent the first $25 for the business in a couple of books I ordered from Amazon.com:  "Running a Restaurant for Dummies" and "Starting a Small Restaurant, Revised Edition"
That was on February 6th.