Yesterday was the premier tasting for Tempted Pastries and Pies. There was a lot of work leading up to it and I was exhausted by the time it was over. But it was worth it!
Lately, its felt like I've been standing with my feet dangling off the edge of the pool just waiting to jump into the deep end and see if I can really swim or not. I guess that has yet to be determined but I at least stayed above water yesterday.
I started prepping a little Friday and then after soccer and pumpkin picking on Saturday, I gave the kids to their grammy for the afternoon and headed home and baked my butt off. I think the kids and I both needed that! They made pumpkin people with Grammy (awesome idea and sooo cute by the way). I made mini pies, cupcake pops, cheesecake, whoopie pies, pumpkin roll, chocolate chip cookies and my favorite, FAVORITE, white chocolate lemon cookies. It got to the point where my feet hurt, my back hurt and even though I swore I was going to let Steve sit in the living room and just watch me run around like crazy I recruited him. My man makes one heck of a cheesecake crust! He just got himself another job!
I woke up Sunday feeling anxious for about 5 minutes. . . I then looked in my kitchen and realized how much stuff I still had to do. Ran a little late but I got everything done and I didn't do it alone. Its always the moments when you're about to go under head first that you realize how much your friends and family matter and make a difference. My mom, sister, pseudo-brother-in-law and husband did so much and I'm incredibly grateful. Thank God for Casey Miller too! I left her at my house and by the time I got back she had her entire car loaded of my goodies and she was ready to go. I think I did introduce her yesterday as my husband's wife's wife but she's also a good friend and I'm happy she took time from her weekend to help. She and my sister were down trying to pull people off the street and they even infiltrated a "man cave" to deliver a box of stuff to. They all networked and refilled when it needed and made the job so much easier for me. So, so grateful for that. Steve was awesome and so supportive and it was like he knew what I needed to hear before I knew I needed to hear it. My momma kept the kiddos and brought them up later to get their sugar rush. Chase tried one pumpkin whoopie pie and when we moved the tray and he went for another you just heard his little voice shout, "Hey where dey go??".
We didn't get the all people I baked for (seriously I made a lot of food) but we did get a handful and I got some e-mails and a potential order for next week. As Brent said, he's the pseudo-brother-in-law, all that I could control went really well and I'm happy that it did, that it was better than the disaster I had mapped out in my brain. I hate that I do that, map out the disasters, but I do.
I let my body recover and it really needed it. I think my back fixed itself in my sleep last night. I'm excited to see where this goes, how it pans out, how I can really use the internet to push this and if I'm lucky its going to be a very busy November and December!
I'm waiting for my logo and hopefully the site will be up in the next 10 days or so and orders can start pouring in! I know I'll be putting the lemon cookies on the menu. What else would you like to see? Leave me a comment and let me know!
9.27.2010
9.22.2010
Setting up Shop
Here goes my very first blog post. This is something I've thought about doing for a while but haven't with no real excuse other than finding a name for a blog is really hard!
If you are coming across this and don't know me, I'm a wife to Steve, a hard working food and beverage director at a local country club, and a mother of 2 active, handsome, wonderful boys! Gabe is 6 and in the first grade and Chase is 2 and home with me and does everything his big brother does.
About 5 years ago, I was at a crossroads and it was one of those moments when I realized everything I did was for someone else. The husband or the baby or whomever. I knew I needed to do something for me and on impulse I picked up the phone and called a local pastry school and enrolled. It was like something took over me that day. I don't know what it was or what made me call but I did and I was immediately smitten with the smells, and the conversations about different flours and sugar, the loud hum of the hoods, the smack of dough against the side of a mixer, seeing ingredients in their bowls and then turning them into something delicious in a matter of hours with my own hands.
I met some amazing girls and graduated with confidence and a game plan. I worked at a local bakery and imagined what it would be like to be the one in charge, making the decisions, having it be mine. The things I would change, what I would keep, everything down to the uniform was in my brain. . . but my husband got an amazing job opportunity and we moved. It turned out to be something wonderful for our family but I didn't find a bakery to work at once we moved and the confidence I once had wasn't there anymore. I knew I missed it, the sounds and smells and creations but circumstances were what they were. I worked from home and getting a job in a bakery meant daycare and a lot of changes we felt our family wasn't ready for. Steve and I talked often about me baking again and after a long discussion one night we decided it was time. Start small, start slow and see what happens. After all, it would feel hypocritical of me to raise my kids telling them to make sure they were happy, find what they love and find a way to make it their job if I wasn't doing the exact same thing myself. I needed a push and that conversation that night was it. It was time for me to break out the whisk and springform and put something in the oven. . . just wasn't quite sure how to do that.
So. . . after some discussion on Facebook (gotta love social networking) and talking with some family I decided to start this blog, an Etsy page and get back to it. Tempted Pastries and Pies will become something real!!
This week is an exciting one. Not only am I posting my very first blog post but Tempted is having its first tasting on Sunday. I've invited about 200 people to come down and taste a little bit of the goodies I'll be offering on my Etsy page and give me some feedback. Hoping its all wonderful of course. . . and hoping it's wonderful enough that they remember me and place an order once the site is all the way up. . . maybe spread the word to their friends ;)
I love making desserts because its the food that people celebrate with. . . imagine a birthday with no cake, Thanksgiving with no pie or Christmas with no cookie. I want to be the person who makes those things for you, who puts something tasty and wonderful on your table so you have more time to spend with the family you share those moments with. So here is to new beginnings and future celebrations and something tasty!
If you are coming across this and don't know me, I'm a wife to Steve, a hard working food and beverage director at a local country club, and a mother of 2 active, handsome, wonderful boys! Gabe is 6 and in the first grade and Chase is 2 and home with me and does everything his big brother does.
About 5 years ago, I was at a crossroads and it was one of those moments when I realized everything I did was for someone else. The husband or the baby or whomever. I knew I needed to do something for me and on impulse I picked up the phone and called a local pastry school and enrolled. It was like something took over me that day. I don't know what it was or what made me call but I did and I was immediately smitten with the smells, and the conversations about different flours and sugar, the loud hum of the hoods, the smack of dough against the side of a mixer, seeing ingredients in their bowls and then turning them into something delicious in a matter of hours with my own hands.
I met some amazing girls and graduated with confidence and a game plan. I worked at a local bakery and imagined what it would be like to be the one in charge, making the decisions, having it be mine. The things I would change, what I would keep, everything down to the uniform was in my brain. . . but my husband got an amazing job opportunity and we moved. It turned out to be something wonderful for our family but I didn't find a bakery to work at once we moved and the confidence I once had wasn't there anymore. I knew I missed it, the sounds and smells and creations but circumstances were what they were. I worked from home and getting a job in a bakery meant daycare and a lot of changes we felt our family wasn't ready for. Steve and I talked often about me baking again and after a long discussion one night we decided it was time. Start small, start slow and see what happens. After all, it would feel hypocritical of me to raise my kids telling them to make sure they were happy, find what they love and find a way to make it their job if I wasn't doing the exact same thing myself. I needed a push and that conversation that night was it. It was time for me to break out the whisk and springform and put something in the oven. . . just wasn't quite sure how to do that.
So. . . after some discussion on Facebook (gotta love social networking) and talking with some family I decided to start this blog, an Etsy page and get back to it. Tempted Pastries and Pies will become something real!!
This week is an exciting one. Not only am I posting my very first blog post but Tempted is having its first tasting on Sunday. I've invited about 200 people to come down and taste a little bit of the goodies I'll be offering on my Etsy page and give me some feedback. Hoping its all wonderful of course. . . and hoping it's wonderful enough that they remember me and place an order once the site is all the way up. . . maybe spread the word to their friends ;)
I love making desserts because its the food that people celebrate with. . . imagine a birthday with no cake, Thanksgiving with no pie or Christmas with no cookie. I want to be the person who makes those things for you, who puts something tasty and wonderful on your table so you have more time to spend with the family you share those moments with. So here is to new beginnings and future celebrations and something tasty!
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