We are crazy I know.

Two realities voiced themselves just before Thanksgiving as the shadow of an opportunity flitted across our path.

Dad scoured the countryside for a soft pretzel stand without luck and I tucked my last lawn in for the winter. Now What? Should I get a job over the winter? And Dad, he will never decide. Marlena came home from a hectic Saturday at Mom-in-law’s candy stand in Maryland and updated me with the latest gossip of the day “Hey the pretzel stand is for sale.”

“We can do that!” Two weeks later we are applying for a Maryland food license, signing a lease, lining up vendors, setting up bank accounts, credit card processing, and generally losing our sanity.

NOTICE the WE. Yes, Dad and I. WE are working together on this. Not just us either. We’ve got wives and kids that want to help. YES three generations of hormones, testosterone, and general Greekness. It’s like we have been pregnant for months and missed all the obvious signs. Now the Due date is December 17th and I am all tied up in knots hoping and praying that the umbilical cord doesn’t get wrapped around this babies neck… And We have got to deliver this baby.  A special needs baby. We just don’t know how special. (Don’t worry. Our lactation consultant will be on standby for the first month.)

Will she ride the short bus or will she be the short bus.iness to la la land?

We’ve got all the bases covered and we just need some help with the NAME. A NAME to bring this baby home.

Please share your boring creative  Ideas in the comments below!
Pick one of these that strikes your fancy or suggest a new name.

• Pete’s Pizza, Pretzels, & surPrizes
• Happy Tal’s
• Pete’s Twist
• Uncle Dan’s
• Dan & Lydia’s
• David’s
  (my brother David died at 9 months old back when I was 4 years old)

Our names:
Paul & Marlena Stoltzfus   kids; Brielle Rebecca, Soren Tate, Tal Jamal
Daniel & Lydia (Grandpa & Grandma)

Commodities we will sell:
Pretzels, pizza, soda pop, coffee, and ice cream.

Sound fun?!
Stuff we will give for free to excuse the emotional markup on commodities:
Happy,  Smiles, Hugs, Laughs, Entertainment,

kinda like: Family operated Country Store/Old fashioned Ice cream parlor/Pike Place Fish Co. (without the fish!)

P.S. I like love using the strikethrough.