Klemmer

There's a lot going on and I feel like I'm in over my head.
I had planned to go to Klemmer in a few days in San Francisco. It won't happen right now, but it will probably happen in March. I am excited and can't wait to go. I was unable to make the choices necessary to come up with the money as quickly as I needed to in order to make it. As it turns out, a lot of things came together so that it would be better to not go at this time. Here they are:
The conference was scheduled for October 23-27 in San Francisco.
First, a treatment team meeting was scheduled for the 25th at 10 am. They told me I could attend over the phone, but every action is judged, and this one would be held against me.
Second, the only date I could hold my son's birthday party at the location where he really wanted to have it would be the 25th of October.
Third, the money I needed to come up with wasn't coming together very quickly. People are hurting for money right now and thinking about Christmas. Nobody is thinking about how they can help dear ole Jen get to a vacation in San Fran. I've come up with some ideas I was willing to do, and some not so willing to do.
Fourth, the court case is coming up rapidly. My business infrastructure is completely non-existent, and needs to be put together if I'm going to succeed. It's disconcerting just how much a business costs when you're trying to do it right. And with the expense of this ticket, I really put myself in a bind where I'm almost completely under water financially for a few months.
Here are the ideas that I have:
Make pies for holidays. I have a gift card printed with my info on it, each card is worth 1 pie. The pies are baked when they call, which has to be 3 days before they want the pie delivered.
I made gift certificates for cleaning. People can purchase these for their friends and families for the holidays.
I am selling all of my stuff that I don't really 'need.' My heart breaks, but it's ok, stuff is stuff and it's replaceable. I really don't want to sell my camera, but I may have to. I don't want to sell my pretty scarves, but I will if I have to!!
I'm working like crazy. As much as I can. My goal is to have 3 people working for my company by February. If I can get 3 people working 20 hrs a week, then I won't be working at all except for the infrastructure side of things. The bigger it grows, the more staff will be needed to support the workers. I think I can handle 3. After 3, I'll need a CPA, someone managing clients, someone creating new advertising and opportunities, probably payroll, etc. At this point, I barely have the scheduling organized and things are disappearing and reappearing in the wrong places.
So that all being said, I feel like there's too much going on and I'm in over my head.

bread sticks

I learned to make quick & easy breadsticks this weekend
http://www.sixsistersstuff.com/2011/08/homemade-pizza-factory-breadsticks.html
They were really quick and easy, only 30 minutes start to finish. I recommend more cheese than they recommend, naturally, and it's harder to get the shredded cheese to stick, but if you can it's totally worth the crunchiness it provides to the top of the tender yummy breadsticks.
I ate them with Classico Florentine Spinach Cheese (red) sauce. It was delicious and I ate way too many of them. I plan to try them with whole wheat flour, maybe let them rise a little longer.