January, February, March, April... May

“Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” - Ferris Bueller

I'm always so surprised at how fast life moves around here.. Ferris Bueller had it right all along, you better stop and look around or you could miss it. These past few months have just flown by, one day we are planning for the weekend orders and the next day it's here. The next week we are figuring out what we are going to make for the next holiday, and BOOM it's already time for that holiday.

February was beautiful and busy with lots of reds, pinks, chocolate, and strawberries gallore. The season for love and desserts.. honestly i'm not mad about it. I love chocolate, and I love cake, so the more the merrier. February however was not uneventful as the age of 40 began to quickly take hold. My age was starting to show and my body was starting to have issues. Four weeks later I was down 21 pounds and on a better journey trying to get healthier. It's been almost three months since i've had fast food and i'm proud of that. Eating lots of sweets has never been a big factor in my weight, it's always eating bad when you are short on time. So cheers to the changing of lifestyles.

April was a month of progress and change, a month chaotic fun around here. Every weekend was crazier than the next and we were all just enjoying the ride. A little about my husband and I, we work polar opposite schedules and he wanted a change in jobs and lifestyles. So we began planning the change for the lead baker position which was going to finally bring in my husband into the shop full time. Anytime you add such a core position there is always a learning curve that will take a lot of time. Andrew knew all of our products and in the past has made some of them, but has never fully worked along side me. We are now entering our third week of training and it's starting to get a bit easier. He's gotten on board with baking fresh cookies first thing every day, making all of our breakfast pastries, and has officially made vanilla cake batter at least five times. I'm pretty sure his eyes roll everytime I tell him that we need to make another batch of it. He's doing a great job and I hope that if you make it into the shop that you can tell him that!

April and May are wedding cake season for us and boy have we had a busy one. This coming weekend we have five very large orders.. not sure how that happened, but it did. Plus a ton of cupcakes and our regularly busy weekend as well. June couldn't get here soon enough.. i'm ready for a break! Next up....