Oven and Echoes
Hi! I am Renee Brooks, and I live in West Virginia. I am a geek, a baker, and a small business owner who dreams of educating West Virginians and people abroad on how they can make a financially stable business that also helps their community by providing a local service at a reasonable price. Join us on an entrepreneurial journey to see what kind of change we can make in the world - one word at a time.
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0004 - Heavenly Delusion a Review
11/30/2025
0004 - Heavenly Delusion a Review
Hello everybody and welcome to another episode of Oven and Echoes. I am your host, Renee Brooks and today we are going to be talking about an anime that I binge-watched yesterday called "Heavenly Delusion". And this anime in its first season has 13 episodes. There are talks about a second season but I'm not sure it's fully confirmed yet. But this anime came out in 2023 and I genuinely wished that I would have watched it sooner but I didn't have access to Hulu back then. So now though I had to chains to watch it and OH MY GOSH is this going into my S-Tier category? It is! I love it! It's so good I love how visually compelling this anime is. It's so good! And there's so much to uncover in this so let's kind of - dive right in. So this anime is very much along the post-apocalyptic sci-fi kind of genre. It just doesn't lean too heavy into the sci-fi like as far as like sci-fi concepts: Like there's futuristic AI systems, there's guns that are far beyond even what I know guns can do nowadays that can shoot like very high density lasers out of a very small package so that's kind of where the Sci-Fi aspect comes from. But the post-apocalyptic aspect is very intense in the whole show from beginning to end and if I had to describe this anime in like 10 words I would say, "Calamity Occurs! Man eating monsters roam free! Can humanity survive?" So imagine this right so this is a semi-futuristic society that we find ourselves in, It's pretty much Earth but maybe like in the 2050 maybe 2100 year...right? So just a little bit further than we are now and some weird anomalous world ending calamity has occurred and just large swaths of society have completely collapsed. And there are these man-eating creatures and they're just everywhere. Just all over the country. All over the world...and we are specifically seeing what it's like in Japan. Well you know pretty much any island would have a very difficult time in some sort of calamity like this just for the sheer fact that they have no easy access to other goods. They are pretty much stuck with whatever they have at their disposal with no help from outside communities. So like places like China and other areas like that - it's all very much landlocked and they could actually they could probably collaborate together and fight better. But in...in the terms of Japan they're kind of off on their own and we get to see these different pockets of humanity trying to survive with these man-eaters just roaming about... It's intense like we'll just we'll just use that as a one-word descriptor...it's intense. So in this anime, we end up following like two core groups of characters. The first group is with Maru, who's 15 years old and Kiriko who's like 18 to 20 years old right? And the other group of characters is pretty much like a collection of kids and adult caretakers in a futureristic orphanage/school facility that they have called like "Heaven" like quote unquote...and this facility has everything! It's got ample food, it's got ample water, it's got an AI security system, it's got an AI educational system, it's got doctors and scientists and like just resources abound and best of all it is completely secure like it's got walls. It's very SAFE right? And this anime really jumps back and forth between these kids inside of this safe environment versus like Maru & Kiriko who were just out in Japan trying to survive. Not only against these man-eating monsters but then also against like fellow humans. Which is good and bad you know? You'll you'll have that in a lot of post-apocalyptic stuff because like humans have a dark side so that's just another part of this anime that I genuinely genuinely appreciate. But like the one thing that got me interested in this anime was a TikTok that I saw. So I'm just gonna try and paint a picture of it because it really drove home how dark this is and I'm just gonna say ahead of time that there will be body horror in this description it will be dark it's kind of unsettling so I'm just gonna kind of warn you of that. This this anime itself is also very unsettling. So if you're not into that kind of thing this review probably will not be for you but...imagine this scene: Right? So imagine that there is a boy with like brown, like darker hair, and they have a pocket knife in their right hand and they are staring down -this_ pretty much like Chevy Silverado sized tardigrade creature... And I'm gonna take another aside and say tardigrades are really cool! If you've never seen a tardigrade before you should Google it because like from if you look at them from a microscopic standpoint and you just kind of see them like two-dimensionally as they're Boot Scootin around in like I guess like the fluid that they live in they are microscopic creatures and it's pretty much like a bear shaped creature with six legs and like little tendrils on their finge rs and they have like a little probuscus kind of thing that they used to eat like little micro things like... They are microorganisms and they eat even smaller things than them, but these creatures are insane...right? Tardigrades can survive in the vacuum of space, they can survive really dark ERRR really cold temperatures, really warm temperatures. They are like the World Championships Survivors of Apocalypses and just world ending calamities. They're amazing... But imagine that this very young boy is staring down this creature that is roughly the size of a truck and and it does it kind of looks like a tardigrade. I think in the show it has like eight legs instead of six but it still looks very much like a tardigrade and all of a sudden this boy charges at the tardigrade with the knife in hand leaps and like stabs the tardigrade in the face and the like tardigrade is like taken aback. Like it has taken some damage. It's hurting...but quickly the situation here devolves for the worst. Right? So these creatures are other worldly or maybe this might be another aspect where the sci-fi stuff comes into play because the face of this creature begins to like unravel into these white strands or these white bits that just immediately affix themselves to this boy's arm and hand and the boy and I mean immediately starts to panic because these things are man-eaters. Right? Like you don't just give something a name just because you think it sounds cool...right? Like they're...I recently went to the doctors and like they told me about a new variant of Covid that has come out called Razor-Throat Covid and there's not a single part of me that wants Razor-Throat Covid. Like mainly because I can imagine that they called it Razor-Throat Covid because it makes your throat feel like it's got razors in it like it feels painful?! like...so...when... When you hear the descriptor, "man-eater" like it's not "boy-eater" it's "man-eater" like a full-size man-eating thing that should be terrifying! That should give you pause and understanding and like, "no you shouldn't attack this", "no you shouldn't do this alone" - like you know! Herd mentality! Fight it as a group...SOMETHING! I'm not sure but whatever happened here is not what should have happened... And this boy is trying so hard to get their right arm free and then like as they used their legs and their other arm for like leverage to try and get away...pretty much anywhere that a human comes in contact with these creatures their skin can morph around it to just start eating...people. Right? This is just what they do. They are the new apex predator kind of deal and they just eat people. And this boy immediately goes from having three...three appendages free to no appendages free and then then the next scene you just see this boy hanging unconscious pretty much like from mid chest up to head just that's all that you can see and like otherwise they're just...eaten...gone...like and that is that whole TikTok that like I saw that I'm like: "I have to see that!" "I want to see what's going on here!" So that is definitely a a core part of the show that ends up being pretty pretty intense but this show really dives into so many different aspects that I just absolutely love right? There's great pacing in this show. It really makes you want to watch like episode to episode as soon as you get done with one, you want to jump into the next one. I love that! The mystery of the show gets unraveled at a very nice pace. Like you don't get bombarded with a bunch of stuff...you do get a lot of world building as each episode progresses like it is very is very linear and how much you learn about the world it's not like it's not like a freaking like a horrible bell curve or something it's very gradual and I like that. And the animation that they have is just stellar. I love this! But then the two main parts that make this show really stand out for me...one of them is just their great balance between how serious the world can be and the small-peppered amount of comedy that they bring into the like into the story. Which is just so it's so valid right? Like when you have such a dystopian world or such a dystopian situation like you need to find like a silver lining in it. Otherwise like humanity cannot survive in just like a no-win scenario. Like I guess technically you can but it's it's really hard and so having some sort of comedy is great but the way that they made this show is so special to me because they made the small amount of comedy not feel overwhelming and there was still just this this overtone or like I guess some that's probably not the word right word there's just this overall tone of somberness, darkness, hopelessness there's there's a lot of different things and the comedy never really took away from it so I genuinely appreciated that. The other thing that I genuinely loved about this show is it actually deep dives into some different gender issues. That resonates with me a lot as a person just for the fact that gender is a complex thing - when you're dealing with it - because in like some people who are Cis they're not gonna have that level of issue in in themselves as people. But when you have somebody who IS dealing with some sort of gender dysphoria or just any anything about where like when they don't feel like they are who they are. Having any kind of representation is is very valuable so I appreciate in how they added that into the story but I'm not gonna give that away. It's such it's such a good such a good story! I'm just gonna kind of have to leave that where it is. Like I know I probably didn't describe that show too much but I I loved everything about this show! They...the way that they animated it. The way that they revealed the story over time the just watching the humanity struggle in the way that it does in this show is just...it's art. I love how they portrayed this and I really hope that there is a second season like because I totally I totally would watch that but I'm gonna have to read the manga like there's no other way. But that's pretty much all I have for this episode I hope you all have a lovely day and I hope this might have inspired you to you know watch the show because I totally think it's worth a watch but until next time guys you all have a lovely day! BYE
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0003 - A Wild and Wonderful WV Winter Blues Farmers Market
03/09/2025
0003 - A Wild and Wonderful WV Winter Blues Farmers Market
So...I don't think that my home bakery would be nearly as profitable if it wasn't due to the education and opportunity I received from the West Virginia Department of Agriculture. Let me explain. Hey there! Welcome to Oven and Echoes. I am your host, Renee Brooks and we are writing an article for BAKr. Today we are talking about why the West Virginia Winter Blues Farmers Market is a great experience for new and experienced West Virginia farmers and producers looking to sell their goods to local West Virginians. This episode will hopefully be quick because I am practicing to be more concise - with my posts - so that they sound more professional. So, let's go into a little bit of backstory about my bakery, right? So my bakery is called BAKr, I founded it in February of 2024 and at that time, the Winter Blues was going to be my f-f-first ever event. -like- right out of the gate. I was going…ff-like-f...for apparently…one of the biggest events that you possibly can do. And I didn't realize how big it was. Even at that time, I was super -unsure- where to start. With anything. Other than I knew I had to bake as many cookies as I could get my hands on. And this is where I really want to say, thanks to the West Virginia Department of Agriculture. Because they took the time to make…uh…something called the Farmer's Market Vendor Guide. And this guide is a-pretty much -like- a PDF that you can download for free from the West Virginia Winter Blues…like…page on the West Virginia Department of Agriculture's website. And it is very well-written, and it has new vendors in mind, when -like- when they decided to write it, they really were trying to focus on -like- "What's a new vendor gonna need? What are the basic things that they're gonna need to know?" And it was a game-changer for me. I was very unsure of myself at the time and by them producing a document like this-I realized how…how helpful some different agencies can be because once I got ahold of this, it's filled with everything. Lemme…Let's see, I got some notes here of what I personally liked. So this free guide -like- overall…right? If you don't want to listen to anything else, at least listen to this... this free guide that they provide covers in-general, how to be a vendor at a farmer's market, which is wicked! it covers so much stuff. Like, it covers, what items are and aren't allowed to be sold - what restrictions are placed on certain goods - what state regulations to follow…for, you know, for different businesses and what best practices are for food safety and label requirements for the foods that you're trying to sell. But, most importantly -above all of that other stuff- this guide is specific to West Virginia vendors for this event. Which is huge, right? So the West Virginia Department of Agriculture went -out-of-their- way, to create this really nice and concise document for brand-new and experienced -like- food vendors for a farmer's market, which is amazing! And I have to say that even, for me, it helped me dispel -like- possible misinformation that I could've encountered out on the internet. Because, you know, you shouldn't believe everything you hear on the internet. That's not...that's not true. It's not...not everything out there is true. Um, but for the most part, it really made it concise for me to understand -like- Cottage Goods laws -like- specifically in West Virginia, which is really, really neat. I really liked it. But I…I couldn't get around the fact that something like this was free. Like, it blew my mind that they made this document for free, which is great- because having free education is something that I'm really behind. Like, I'm really for...people...being able to get information for free. Because how can you better yourself, if you don't have an education? Right? An education is great because -like- our brains can suck up all of this info and -like- and I gotta say that when I have this manual, because I get kind of anxious and I like reading through -like- documentation. They made it so good and I was able to absorb so much from this document and I just kind of keep it with me. It's…it's in my documents that I have here at home because it's full of good info for when I'm actually doing vendor events as BAKr. I really like it. So if you're interested you can get a copy of this Farmers Market Vendor Guide here at THEN click on the link for the Farmers Market Vendor Guide. But (heh) that all being said and done, I feel that the West Virginia Department of Agriculture, genuinely cares about West Virginia farmers and West Virginia citizens. Because this document has so much information on -like- FOR vendors - on how to keep their food stuffs safe-for-the-public. The fact that they go out of their way to make something that's so detailed and concise, and it has all the stuff that you would need. And it covers such a huge breadth of information, right? This covers stuff that isn't even just for Bakeries! It covers stuff for jams, for jellies, for honey, for…you name it, -like- it goes really far out there. But as-a-whole, I just appreciate the fact that they put so much time and care into making that because - having a mis-informed vendor…could then lead to someone jeopardizing someone else's health from -like- making a food that -technically has botulism- or -whatever it is-, because they didn't…prepare it correctly. =( So, that's…that's a big TO-DO. That's a big thing that I like about this. You know, the whole event, the West Virginia Winter Blues Farmers Market, and the West Virginia Department of Aga-Agriculture. And I'm going to say this right now, it's going to look to -like- search engines that -like- I'm just -like- BUZZWORD, buzzword, BUZZWORD, buzzword! But that's the problem though -is that- I don't know other ways to mention, either the event itself, or just -like- "who they are" without saying it a whole bunch? -like- I'm still learning. So whatever, uh, let…that's a story for another time. So now…the other thing that I want to mention is just more about the event itself, right? So we kind of went over just now -like- the manual or it's kind of like a guide that has just tons of helpful information in it. But the other thing is just the event itself, right? -like- now only do they try and educate people but this event is very much geared towards, not only citizens, but vendors during their most, I guess, -like- troubleD-time throughout the year? So-this event happens during Winter around -like- March, right? -like- late February, early March. And this is important because for a lot of these smaller producers, smaller farms. If they have anything at all that they can sell…this -like- during the winter months is when most businesses have a rough time because it sucks to go outside. It's cold. All right, you know, -like- I can stand -like- sweating in the summer but then -like- I just…it's hard being outside when it's cold because it's dangerous…it's more dangerous. I feel -like- anyway. -.- So they…the West Virginia Department of Agriculture, schedules this event -like- late March. (Not Said, but should have said February) It's already going to start helping people who aren't making, you know, maybe...who didn't make their sales this year, or, you know, they didn't even make enough money that they were hoping for. So this just gives another opportunity for them to actually make money. And the other thing too, is that the Department of Agriculture organizes this whole event and they have been doing this since 2008, right? And this year they had roughly -like- 160 vendors. In one space. It was a lot. With all of these vendors, you got to have a place for them to set up, so they Organized with the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center, which it's, that's a huge boon. Because it's a huge enclosed space for vendors to be able to sell all their stuff and have enough room to bring a lot of product. But there's also more room for customers to kind of -like- navigate between the booths. -like- It's…it's quite a lot of room! And it's also free to the public! So then anybody in West Virginia can go to this event and just kind of explore…local, West Virginia farmers and producers. And it also gets people out of the cold! Because it's INDOORS -like- that's a HUUUGE thing, right? For all of those different aspects -that- is one of the things that helped me out for my first time ever with my bakery. Because -like- when I was wanting to start this - I had no idea what I was doing…right? -like- I knew how to bake and I wanted to SELL what I baked but I didn't have -like- an avenue yet. -like- I wasn't exactly sure…how I was going to get these cookies that I was making into the hands of the people! The people who want the cookies… So I actually heard about the West Virginia Winter Blues Farmers Market from a friend, and I applied to be a vendor. And, like, and I had applied -like- LATE. I DID-NOT think I was gonna be able to get in AT-ALL to be a vendor, but as luck would have it, -like- they had space and they're -like- "Hey, you're gonna be one of the last few bakeries that we put in here…so you know…as long as you got your stuff…you're good to go." I have to say though that they, the…the employees and other volunteers that do anything for the West Virginia Winter Blues Farmer…Farmers Market. And I'm specifically talking about the West Virginia Department of Agriculture employees that helps set this up because they helped me go from having -like- very little confidence and -like- understanding what I was doing, I'm -like- this is a huge event -like- they got me from having zero confidence to making me feel SUPER CONFIDENT with EVERYTHING I was doing because not only do they provide that Guide that I keep harping back to -because I just love the sound of harps- You know…bing-bom-bing. They have to ask you what you're selling and it makes complete sense because then depending on what you're selling it then tells them different avenues that they have to kind of -like- walk you down. -like- If you're having baked goods, -like- are you using buttercream icing? Because that's not, okay. You can't use a butter-based icing because it's not shelf-stable. Same thing with -like- a cream cheese icing, right? -like- it's not shelf stable, it has to be kept refrigerated in order for it to be safe all-day-long for you to be able to sell stuff. But they also ask you, "What your food labels look like?" "Are your food labels meeting the requirements?" and then -like- you can actually SEND THEM a version of your label and say, "This is what my labels look like…can you help me tweak it?" or -like- "You know…"Is it missing anything?" and they will guide you through -like- what it's missing, which is incredible. So that you don't actually get in trouble with -like- state government because you don't want that. You don't want to get in trouble with the Feds. Don't want to get in trouble with the State…it's not fun, right? In addition, they called me and asked me these questions, right? But then, before the event itself, they also do a blanket webinar that they use to help educate all of the vendors about the event. They allow you to ask questions, -like- they show you -so-much-stuff-. They pretty much like, take all of the information that they have for the event itself and cram it into a video that you then can go back and watch later -like- they will give you a link so you can go back and see it again and that's super handy because we all know that we're not going to remember everything and it's just nice to be able to kind of go back and -like- revisit stuff that you may have missed. And just the amount of people -like- the people in that division, in that department and also -like- any volunteers that they get, those are the nicest people! -like- I really want to slam my table but I know it's gonna make my microphone shake… But the volunteers that they have are great -like- last year and this year. -like- It's just fantastic. Because even -like- this year, they were able to figure out -like- where I was as far as a booth goes And then they also had people that would actually help bring the stuff -like- As long as you loaded it onto a cart, they would help bring it to your booth -like- once they figure it out where you were and that's Super-Handy! Because then -like- even for me, I'm a one-person operation right? I make 30 different types of cookies right now, all-by-myself -like- I do like getting help but I don't -like- I feel like a burden if I go through and I if I ask anybody for help because -like- I imagine that with how complicated even -my-life- is that I am forcing -like- I feel bad for forcing someone else to take time away from their life and their goals and their stuff to help me with my stuff because I want to be -like- self-sufficient. But that's also another story for another time. As I've been a vendor -like- one of the other troublesome things with vendoring is remembering to bring your table and remembering to bring your chair and they provide -like- for the event. -like- Once you pay your vendor-fee, they provide a table and two chairs which is fantastic because it allows you to automatically plan for -like- "well I'm actually gonna have three people at my table, so I need my own chair" or sometimes they can -provide- another chair. Um you can also order more tables -like- it's huge. They're SO accommodating with everything that they do…With this event. -like- they figure out so much about your event to make sure that you're in the right spot. You know, that you're not being crowded up with a whole bunch of Bakers. It's a fantastic event, right? And now I'm kind of rambling. So let's kind of get back into the bullit points here. But two more things. So I also really liked the…the ability to cross-sell between the vendors during -like- the vendor hour. So then before the event actually starts for the public…as a vendor, you can actually go around for -like- about an hour…and shop…at the other vendors. This helps you build -like- business connections, it helps you interact with the different vendors, -like- it's…it's really nice because you get to learn like, what your neighbors are selling, you get to learn their story. That's possibly one of my favorite things about this whole process of vendoring - is getting to meet these different people that, -you know- they're doing something oh-so-similar to me, right? We're both selling things at a farmer's market - last year, one of the favorite vendors that I met, was the Terra Fate Plant Nursery in Huntington, right? And they are super nice! Super, super nice people. And I love them to the moon and back. I think that they have a really nice thing going on and they even invited me to their opening… Right?! Because they were actually going to open their storefront for the first time which is -like- a big deal for a business. -like- That was a massive deal for that business and I made new friends at last year's event and I made new friends at this year's event -like- it's…it's incredible and I think that's…that's my favorite thing, is just making the connections either with the different vendors that you're around or if you get the chance to make a connection with the customer because it's it's a local West Virginian! You know you're actually meeting people in your community. You're getting your business name out there and it just feels…feels cozy. It feels very much in the community. It feels together and I…I like that - it feels nice. Ah, but okay. Then the last thing, right? The last thing that I really -like- about this event is at the end of the event. They… -like- the Department of Agriculture gives you a questionnaire. And this questionnaire kind of goes over the event as a whole -like- what you thought about the event, what worked and what didn't. -like- You know, in general, how much did you make, you know, based on cards and cash and everything. And it's really helpful because it kind of makes you immediately reflect on the event. And I wish that other event coordinators would do something -like- the Department of Agriculture is doing because then as a vendor myself, it makes me think like, "Was this a good event for me?", "Did I actually make the money that I was hoping?" -like- "Did I bring the wrong stuff?" "Did it not sell very well?" And it also helps the Department of Agriculture know if they put up a good event -like- did they have any issues that caused problems for the vendors? Or did they neglect something that they normally did in previous years that they didn't do this year, that caused issues? It's really good because then -like- it helps…it helps both sides. Both the people who want to sell the product and also the Department of Agriculture willing to put their time and effort to organize an event like this. So I really want to thank -like- and I know this kind of feels -like- I'm brown nosing…um or whatever but genuinely uh because I know I keep saying it, but I really want to thank the Department of Agriculture for setting this event up because it helped me prepare from the beginning of when I heard about the event and until after I had gone home. Right? It…-like-…they give you so much information that it makes you feel very confident in what you're about to do and what's going to happen and with that confidence -like- I was severely lacking because it was my first-ever-event. I'm just very grateful for the support that they put into this event and the effort that they put into it, because seeing all of these different vendors -like- try their hardest to sell these different goods. It helps me grow as a business owner to learn how to operate my business safely and figure out the best practices. And it's…it just means a lot. But yeah, I've kind of gone over some of the other things that I had written down…for why I -like- the event so much, which is really great. But I think as a whole to kind of wrap this up with a nice little bow. The biggest thing about this event is it helps vendors during a time when they are the most vulnerable, it helps small businesses when they're vulnerable and it gives a very easy avenue for all of the citizens who want to participate in this event -like- they get to come in for free and they get to shop at all of these local vendors of people in West Virginia who are working hard to provide something...unique to their communities and to their friends. And I really hope that going forward, the Department of Agriculture continues to support the West Virginia Winter Blues Farmers Market because -like- from me…from the voice of just one vendor it's genuinely helped my business and I really hope it continues to grow year after year. So I also hope that you, The Listener, are also having a good day and I hope that this message finds you well. Have a great day! Bye! =)
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0002 - Review of Pen + Gear: Tamper Evident Deposit Bags
03/02/2025
0002 - Review of Pen + Gear: Tamper Evident Deposit Bags
All right - so this is Renee Brooks and I am back here in...well with...Oven and Echoes for a review this time! I am reviewing some Tamper Evident Deposit Bags that I got from Walmart and the creator of these "Tamper Evident Deposit Bags is Pen + Gear. So, I was also going to leave this review also on Walmart's website but since I bought this in the store and I don't have the tracking, I'm not allowed to...Which I think is kind of weird so I'm like - I'm just gonna post this on my website because I'm allowed to talk about a product and say what I like about it; what I don't like about it. So initially, when I got these bags, they ARE decent like *rustles bag intensely* you know...very baggy...you know you can feel the bag...you can hear the bag...very baggy. um...BUT And they're decent. You know like the adhesive is decent. The quality of the plastic is decent; is very -like- slippery. It feels kind of...kind of...niche! Kind of nice. um BUT when you really start looking at the bag itself...if you were let's say like a bank or another financial institution looking at these bags...they're not very...I guess like professional? Because in the first box like it doesn't show it on the Walmart page but then I was able to take a photo of the bags that I got and granted... I don't think...I don't think this matters but somewhere on the box it says...uh "Copyright 2021 Walmart Inc and Pen + Gear is a trademark of Walmart Inc", so I don't know if this is just an old version of the bags but when you look at the front of the bags and the first warning section there are two misspellings that are super obvious and it makes these bags kind of lose their credibility as being "tamper evident bags" which I shouldn't be expecting a lot from like a Walmart security tamper evident bag like but I was kind of sad because it says any attemp to reopen this bag so it's missing a "t" (Not Spoken: at the end of attempt) and then there is another spot that says "if closure and/or bag is distroyed" and they spell it d i s t r o y e d that's kind of weird...BUT aside from that like there is there's also this weird section that has two different instructions for use...it's like...it's almost like someone said, "Hey let's put a whole bunch of instructions on this." and they're like "Well...wait-now that we have our first set of instructions...let's do a second set of smaller instructions in case if they don't understand the first set of instructions." which is very weird it just feels like this is kind of like a I don't know like a grab bag kind of thing be like who knows what you're gonna get with the quality of this product. But So if I had to rate it - if you need tamper evident deposit bags that like because pretty much once you seal these the only real way to get them back open is with scissors which is nice but then other than that like they don't necessarily feel super official like it it has stuff on the side that says it's a "tamper evident security system" but it doesn't actually doesn't look like it does anything to actually protect the bag or like to show that it was opened in some way or fashion... But besides that like if I had to actually like recommend it like if you need it in a pinch like you ran out of like whatever bags you have-these can work in a pinch-there is enough space for you to be able to like write who it's being sent to, who's it from like who prepared the bag, the date that the bag was prepared, the account number that it's been deposited to, and the amount that you're actually depositing. But otherwise it's very... It's a little jank like so if if you're just starting out your business like these are solid you know like if you don't care about the misspellings easy peasy they're great bags if you care about like professionalism and how your brand is going to be perceived by others if anybody gives a good decent look at this bag it just it's icky it doesn't feel very professional in my opinion so I'm gonna go ahead and chalk this up that like you can buy it if you have to but don't expect much. So I hope this message finds you well and I hope you're having a great day and until next time,Ciao!
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0001 - Introduction
02/15/2025
0001 - Introduction
In this introductory episode of Oven & Echoes, Renee Brooks explains the purpose of the podcast, which will cover a variety of topics, including anime, business, and personal growth. She shares her journey with her bakery and small business, emphasizing the importance of problem-solving and self-improvement. The podcast aims to document her efforts and offer listeners insight into her life and endeavors.
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