Farmer's Market + Location

Here are some news again!

While we are on the waiting list for the Farmer's Market here in Moncton, we could get a table at the market in Sackville, which is about 20 Mins away from here. Someone cancelled and so we could get a tiny table over there. There was a baker right opposite of us, and nobody there knew us so far. The market was on for 3 hours only, but based on all these factors, I think we did pretty well. Our cash had quite a bit more money in than before :-) Not that we were sold out, but it was also difficult to estimate how much we can sell without knowing what will work or not.

Now I hope we have the chance for next week as well. They will call Wednesday / Thursday, so that we have some time to prepare. Let's keep our fingers crossed for it!

There was a cafe right down in Sackville, run by Germans, but the atmosphere there was sort of being in a train station. Very cold. Apparently it did not work out that well, now it seems to be for rent... Feel sorry for them there, but when the shop opposite the road does not know there is a german cafe, then it is sort of a bad marketing I would say.


We also looked at a potential location for our business. Looks very promising, but now we have to do the calculation on rentability. My accountant has to help me out on this - ah, there are some further news! There is a program here called Business Immigrant Mentorship Program, short BIMP. Tried to get onto this but it is full until end of September this year, when a new course will start. My accountant is a mentor in this program, where business professionals provide 4 hours per month for a duration of 6 months to the newcomers. It is to help them find their way into the business and help finding the information they are looking for. However, my accountant has a mentee he is taking care of already, but it looks as he does not keep him really busy. When he saw the progress we made, he applied to have me included in the program as well, with him as mentor. I was happy, as we get along pretty well and it can be an enormous help for me. So actually, I stepped in between two programs, but that shall be fine. This program really helps newcomers to this business world and it is great idea.

Oh, by the way, here is the weather forecast for the coming days :-)

Winter Impressions

New equipment!

So, after some other things to do, finally some Updates! We now have a washing machine and - drum roll - also a Dryer! Yippieh! At these outside temperatures, we could only get our clothing frozen stiff back inside...

The connection for it in the basement was existing, but when delivering the machine, I was told that the plastic tube is not accepted by the insurance companies anymore, it has to be a metal hose. Otherwise it will not be able to cope with the higher temperatures of the dryer and could catch fire! And that in a wooden house, Hallelujah!

So, off I went and bought a metal hose, pulled it as an accordion and ... too short! So first of all getting the plastic hose out, the metal one in there somehow and connected with a clamping piece. Difficult as this stupid thing is flexible and soft and I do not want to have holes in there where none belong...

After that back to the DIY store and getting another hose... Learned that I could have used a glue instead of the clamping piece, would have been easier... Oh well! Doesn't matter, now it is up and running!

Pretty proud of myself, have also changed the doors! From left opening to right... or something like that...

Here is the proof:

Our Dryer! Ordered during the Boxing Day online sale event! With the metal tube and the big connector at the wall is the high-voltage current for the dryer!