{"id":203,"date":"2012-11-24T10:10:27","date_gmt":"2012-11-24T18:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dirtydishesonline.com\/dishin-dirt_(the-blog)\/?p=203"},"modified":"2014-07-24T15:42:31","modified_gmt":"2014-07-24T22:42:31","slug":"reflections-on-our-first-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dirtydishesonline.com\/dishin-dirt-the-blog\/reflections-on-our-first-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections On Our First Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just a few words&#8230; There are SO many little victories that were celebrated; launching the website, showing up on a Google search, installing and loading the wall of shelving, our first referral, our first appearance at a bridal show, our first Etsy order, our first magazine publication, our first styled shoot, our first mention on the radio, our first wedding, purchasing our dish delivery vehicle, our first charity event, and many more&#8230; \u00a0And as we celebrated even the smallest hurdle, it was with anticipation that someday we would look back and it would seem very quaint even though it felt so enormous in the moment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dirtydishesonline.com\/dishin-dirt_(the-blog)\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/moving-dishes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-214 size-full\" title=\"transporting Dirty Dishes\" src=\"http:\/\/dirtydishesonline.com\/dishin-dirt-the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/moving-dishes.jpg\" alt=\"Vintage Dish Rental\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dirtydishesonline.com\/dishin-dirt-the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/moving-dishes.jpg 800w, http:\/\/dirtydishesonline.com\/dishin-dirt-the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/moving-dishes-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/dirtydishesonline.com\/dishin-dirt-the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/moving-dishes-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Every small business functions as a part of a community and I am grateful that this small business was able to grow in a country where the entrepreneurial spirit is celebrated and supported. \u00a0I&#8217;ve met many new faces and have met enthusiasm for this idea at every turn. \u00a0I want to thank all of the wedding professionals that have boosted me up and all of the new clients that gave me a try. And without the support of my family and friends, this would not have been possible.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dirtydishesonline.com\/dishin-dirt_(the-blog)\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/storing-and-washing-the-dishes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-215 size-full\" title=\"storing and washing the dishes\" src=\"http:\/\/dirtydishesonline.com\/dishin-dirt-the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/storing-and-washing-the-dishes.jpg\" alt=\"Dirty Dishes Vintage Rentals\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dirtydishesonline.com\/dishin-dirt-the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/storing-and-washing-the-dishes.jpg 800w, http:\/\/dirtydishesonline.com\/dishin-dirt-the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/storing-and-washing-the-dishes-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/dirtydishesonline.com\/dishin-dirt-the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/storing-and-washing-the-dishes-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking forward to year number two! \u00a0There are bigger dreams and many more tables to be set!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dirtydishesonline.com\/dishin-dirt-the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/signature.bmp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-212\" src=\"http:\/\/dirtydishesonline.com\/dishin-dirt-the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/signature.bmp\" alt=\"Alta Sue Radke - Dirty Dishes\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just a few words&#8230; There are SO many little victories that were celebrated; launching the website, showing up on a Google search, installing and loading the wall of shelving, our first referral, our first appearance at a bridal show, our first Etsy order, our first magazine publication, our first styled shoot, our first mention on&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5],"tags":[49,9,34,50,72,48,47,10],"class_list":["post-203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feeling-good","category-about-dirty-dishes","tag-alta-sues-dirty-dishes","tag-dirty-dishes","tag-dirty-dishes-las-vegas","tag-dishes-delivery","tag-las-vegas-vintage-rentals","tag-small-business","tag-vintage-dish-rental","tag-vintage-dishes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/dirtydishesonline.com\/dishin-dirt-the-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/dirtydishesonline.com\/dishin-dirt-the-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/dirtydishesonline.com\/dishin-dirt-the-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dirtydishesonline.com\/dishin-dirt-the-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dirtydishesonline.com\/dishin-dirt-the-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/dirtydishesonline.com\/dishin-dirt-the-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":340,"href":"http:\/\/dirtydishesonline.com\/dishin-dirt-the-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions\/340"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dirtydishesonline.com\/dishin-dirt-the-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/dirtydishesonline.com\/dishin-dirt-the-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dirtydishesonline.com\/dishin-dirt-the-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dirtydishesonline.com\/dishin-dirt-the-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}