Market Checklist

 I still laugh when I see the "Market Checklist" printout that I made back in 2013.  We've even included it on the wall of framed pictures at our shop to remind us of our humble beginnings.  

Back then, Kate was working forty hours a week at wholesale plant nursery in accounting & I was driving the airport shuttle & checking guests in & out of the Best Western full-time.  So, when Friday nights rolled around, we had to switch gears & make sure we had everything in the truck, ready to go on Saturday morning.  Here was what that initial document looked like:

I don't remember what we forgot to bring to one of the early Golden Hill markets, but that was what prompted me to create the list.  Organization is very important & this list helped put me at ease, knowing that nothing would get left behind.

As we started doing other markets on other days, the checklist got updated to this version:

We developed a system where we threw all of the dirty dishes in the waste water bucket & emptied the leftover food from the big cooler into the refrigerator after the market.  Everything else pretty much lived in my truck.  Eventually, the list became scratch paper to write down customers orders & then scrapped altogether to save some paper & ink at the hotel.

I think my favorite item on the list is "Sunglasses: 2."  Pretty important for any farmers market if you ask me.