Yumm. . . lemon cookies!

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!