My name is Frieda and I am the sole proprietor of Strange Grounds Coffee House.  I just opened the doors in May, and although it is a lot of hard work and long hours, I love it and hope it will become a place where people come to relax and enjoy the things I cook and serve.  It has been the culmination of a life of dreams and hopes, but in all honesty I don't think I would have ever been able to start a business if I hadn't started participating in the HaHo.  The thing is, I'm painfully shy and awkward.  I've been a stay at home mom for the past seven years, and I very rarely left my house.  I compulsively craft things.  I sew, cook, bake, throw pottery, and glue random stuff to other stuff.  But only for my small group of friends and family.  Then a friend linked me to the HaHo website, and I thought about it, and after the summer was over I was still thinking about it, and when the 2010 Holiday HaHo came around I signed up, and it was terrifying.  It was also wonderful.  And I kept going, through the spring and summer of 2011, and every time I went I felt a little more at home, and a little more part of a community.  The response has been so positive, everyone is upbeat and people actually want to know about the things I do, and share what they do and love.  And the friends that I have made, through my association with the HaHo community, and the feeling that what I had to offer was worthwhile, allowed me to see that maybe I could do all the crazy things I wanted to do.  So now, I have a coffee shop, and it's awesome and terrifying and wonderful, and  I would never have been able to do it without having been a part of the community here.  And I hope to continue to be a part, and maybe help someone else feel the positive support that helped me.  So thank you, HaHo community.  Just for everything.