Maid-N-Meadows- LATE Spring 2019 Update

           This is such a hard post to write as we are not done! We are not ready to make cheese! We are still just plugging away the facility and milking parlor. To me it is all that I can really bear right now. I am so tired of setting proposed dates in my mind for completion that just come and go, that I kind of just watch, shell shocked. Daniel says he feels like a hamster on a wheel, but he can still feel some progress.

      And we have made a lot of progress! We have had so, so much help, too. But we have two things going against us right now. One is that we have still been distributing cheese and doing events. This takes so much time! And two, we are doing so much of the work ourselves.
      For example, here is our new cheese vat! It is really just a bulk milk tank. But the top had
to come off and the insides gutted and, and, and.....

           If this sounds like complaining, it really isn't. It is really meant to be a reminder to myself and a warning to others considering undertaking this kind of venture. The lesson is: If you want to save some bucks and do it all yourself, expect it to take a very long time. If, like us, you are trying to run a business at the same time you are building your facility, consider whether you are saving more by doing it yourself or actually losing due to lost revenue.
      As we dive into this final stage, you won't see us at the farmer's markets! We just can't afford to spend the extra time doing all the driving it would take. (Three hours just to go to the current facility and four hours down to Nashville and back!) If our cheese runs low at the store, know that we are plugging away and doing our best!
       We love all of you guys and can't hardly wait to see everyone again! We have some cool surprises to share soon and we have a whole lot to be excited about! Wahoo! See you at the markets!