In seven years, we've gone from having five tables to having 33. We've expanded twice in the past year.

The horse ran around the fence and past the barn. When he didn't see me on the back of him he came running around to find me.

Demand still seems to be there, but the sense of urgency seems to be a thing of the past. We don't expect the market to tumble, but we do expect price increases to level off between now and spring.

I was probably being a little paranoid, ... In past years I would've worked through something like that and kept right on pushing ahead. But I'm just so excited about this season -- I just want everything to be perfect, because I think it can be a special year for us -- and I want to make extra sure that nothing slows me down.

We have improved over the past three years record-wise. In my sophomore year we went 8-2 and then 9-1 last year to the perfect season (10-0) this year.

The past went that-a-way. When faced with a totally new situation, we tend always to attach ourselves to the objects, to the flavor of the most recent past. We look at the present through a rear view mirror. We march backwards into the future.