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		<title>Welcome</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I once read an article that compared starting a new business to having a baby. Opening Nibbles&#8217; really did parallel my first pregnancy. We tried for 4 long years to get pregnant and had just about given up when I finally became pregnant with my daughter, Sammi. Nibbles was in the planning stages for about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nibblesplaycafe.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3275526&amp;post=57&amp;subd=nibblesplaycafe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I once read an article that compared starting a new business to having a baby.   Opening Nibbles&#8217; really did parallel my first pregnancy.  We tried for 4 long years to get pregnant and had just about given up when I finally became pregnant with my daughter, Sammi.  Nibbles was in the planning stages for about 4 years including much research, meetings with designers, feasibility studies and then the search for the right location.  Once the lease was signed &#8211; 9 very long months of filing for permits, dealing with utility issues, bank loans and then finally, the build-out.  Those last couple of weeks were very similar to that feeling of just wanting to get that baby out.  And once you finally deliver the baby, reality hits &#8211; the pregnancy is over but the real work is just beginning and you realize that this is a very long-term commitment.  According to the article I read, a business and child go through similar stages, starting in infancy through the teen years.  If you&#8217;ve done your job right, they both will become independent and you learn to let go, sending them out on their own.</p>
<p>Nibbles is just becoming a toddler &#8211; developing a personality of it&#8217;s own.  I thought Nibbles&#8217; was going to be a play center that had good food and a comfortable setting for adults.  I think Nibbles&#8217; wants to be more of a cafe with good food and coffee, that happens to have some play areas for young children.  My staff and I are taking a look at this and trying to accept this difference.  (Much like I needed to learn that my little sweet baby girl had a very strong personlity and was not quite the baby I imagined while I was pregnant &#8211; once you have kids, you find out they are so much more than you could have ever dreamed!)  I hope Nibbles&#8217; will be a place where families can come hang out with their kids and feel comfortable. And I need Nibbles&#8217; to survive financially.  We want our guests feedback and ideas &#8211; it takes a village to raise a child, and it will take our &#8220;village&#8221; to help Nibbles&#8217; grow.  Ple ase send me all of your thoughts here and I will keep telling stories about how Nibbles&#8217; is developing!&#8221;</p>
<p>Kathleen</p>
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