Messy Me, Local Buns, Mean Breakfast

Very soon I am going to give you a video/photo tour of the biggest obstacle of my life.

That being, my ridiculous pile habits.

Here and there, tucked away, hidden by the façade of neatness,

are my many piles of papers, purchases, and pressures of life.

I can't seem to break away from it. 

No amount of tubs, accordion files, or manila folders have the ability to change my cold, disorganized soul.

 (Said perfectly by my best employee, Audrey.)

The ultimate portrayal, however, is my closet.

But I will save that for another day, which will give you something to look forward to.

(My bakery daughter, Audrey, or as I call her, Aud.)

But, I make a mean breakfast, which I have to get started way sooner than

I care to think about.  So I better check out now, yo.

Adios!

Today at Homestead

I am hoping that blogging again will prove to be more therapeutic than a trip to the Rocky Mountains, so to speak.  Because I gots to tell ya, this bakery gig is MEGA FUN, but very stressful and SO MUCH HARD WORK.  But, I love it, I do.  (Repeat to self as needed.)  So regardless of how many people do or do not read this, I don't care, I will just continue on, sparing any psychiatrist their own sanity having to listen to me. 

Did I tell you that Eli works for me? Yep, he does. 

And let me tell you, he is ONE HARD WORKER!

And look how tall he has gotten.

Our lunch special today was Chicken Marsala on Pasta.

Beautiful and rave reviews!

And our soup was Wild Rice Soup...and was GOOOOOD!

And now I am about to fall asleep because I've been up since 4AM.

And as with this end-of-a-long-day video, I am giddy and need to be put down.

Look at me, on a roll for three entire days!

I'm proud of myself.

Hodge Podge

Meet my team!  I have THE BEST employees ever. They make me laugh constantly and they laugh AT ME constantly (K-Man says that's because they are on my payroll, whatever.)

We bake THE MOST delicious things!

Every single day.

I have only gained a moderate 20 pounds, give or take. Whatever. #LovePounds

Isaiah hangs out there often.  And, well, is forever Isaiah.

Oh, and this is me after having picked up AND DRINKING a coffee cup thinking it was mine,

only to realize it was that of one of our regular old-man customers. 

Seriously, I did that. 

Brenden and me at a wedding over the summer! 

(I'm about 5 months pregnant according to this photo.)

(Now awaiting my little bundle of bread any day now!)

That's it for now, friends.  I need to get the 12,485 pictures off my phone and onto this site

so that you can be fully caught up with all my goings-on. 

Be a blessing to everyone you encounter, okie dokie?

Love ya,

Lori

I'm baaaaack!

Wowie!  Look who the cat dragged in.  It's me, your long lost friend Lori! SO much has happened since I last blogged, that I don't even know where to begin.  I'll give you a few bullet points:

*We sold our beloved homestead home of 20 years.  So sad, I can't even think about it.
*We bought a new, adorable house in our small, adorable town.  We just love it!
*I opened a bakery a year ago that is now a booming success.  I can't wrap my brain around it.  I am having such fun!!
*We are no longer homeschooling...but, my (not-so) littles are doing just fine and dandy in public school.  They love it and everyone loves them!!
*The four big kids are all on their own now and doing very well with their various schooling and careers. So proud of them!!

Well, that pretty much sums it up! 

I really miss blogging and it took me FOREVER to even figure out how to log onto the old blogging block.  I obviously need to change all my photos and everything else.  SO MUCH as changed. I'm rusty though, so it might take me a while to refigure everything out.

I really hope to make this my place to once again share the funny things that happen within my family...and also at the bakery.  Lots of behind the scene silliness goes on that you'll love!

Okay, same old Lori...I took my sleeping pill and now I'm getting loopy.  Alarm clock goes off at 4AM to go start the bread, cinnamon rolls, and other pastries! 

Thanks for sticking with me! 

If you're still here following along, I'd love to hear from you!

Pie recipe...cafe design ideas!

Click HERE for the strawberry pie recipe!

It's blurry because I'm a horrible photographer, AND what you don't see here

is all my people standing with forks in-hand, hurrying me along. 

I literally can't focus under such pressure!!

I'm in the thick of research and planning my POTENTIAL bakery/cafe!

It's not a sealed deal yet...but, I am feeling like such a big

business girl these days!

I thought I'd share with you some of my design ideas I found on Pinterest...

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Oh, I could go on and on and on!!

But, I've got cinnamon buns to get out of the oven.

Have a glorious Tuesday, friends.

Lazy Lori

 Good Monday morning, friends!

Typically, I have long since hit the floor running by 9AM,

but guess what?  I'M STILL IN BED!

It is a CHILLY, rainy morning...and I hit a wall of EXHAUSTION over

the weekend, and I am giving myself permission to be a Lazy Lori today!

Woo!

Here's some pics from our goings-on the last couple days...

 Strawberry picking!

See the look on Daisy's face?

That's exactly how I feel today.  

But, we're both hard-working mamas, so we'll pull ourselves together soon!

Lemon tarts.

Isaiah planted pumpkins.  

Field to fork fresh strawberry pie!

Snuggles on the couch on a Sunday evening!

I hope you all have a great week! 

My Homestead this Week.

Good Friday to you, my friends!

I fully expect this Friday the 13th to be an abundantly blessed day!

I've been wrestling (and losing) with technology this week, 

as I have tried to get up to speed on the latest photo storage and clouds and poofs of smoke...

whatever.

All I know is, it took me multiple days to get just a few ding-dang pictures/video

onto this little blog.

SO....enjoy...make postcards out of them...print them on t-shirts!!

My homestead this week:

Wynona, my window chicken, in her therapy session with me

as I washed dishes.

Have a super great weekend!

Love ya,

Lori

Cell Phone Pics of My Moderately Exciting Life

 HEY, friends!

Happy Friday to ya!

It's super sunny and delicious here in Kansas, which is nice, and always 

puts me in an extra happy mood.

I was scrolling through my 2,133 cell phone pics and thought

I'd just share some with you, since my life is soooo moderately exciting!

Here we have Lucy driving.  Yes, she's only 10 years old, I realize.

But, when we were driving down the long driveway of our neighbors' house,

I couldn't resist scooting over when she said she wished she 

could drive.  She was shocked! 

This is one of my hens.  She has a limp and was being picked on pretty severely

by the others.  Girls are mean!  So, we separated her out, and she 

found her way to my kitchen window flower box.

And the rest is history.

This is her new spot where she sleeps every night.

It makes me so happy!

And she needs a name.  I'm thinking Phyllis.  Your thoughts?

This is us while K-Man shopped for light bulbs.

I think the expressions speak for themselves.

We love him anyway.

Did I already show you this?

Not sure.

But, I made this cake for a big party at the restaurant where I waitress occasionally.

 It is my personal policy never to reveal that I am the baker of the specialty cakes,

but when they point blank asked me WHO made it (because they LOVED IT!),

I told them.  They all applauded.  It was fun!  Then I took a selfie.

This is Isaiah at a spelling bee.

He made it to the third round, but lost with the word GRINNED.

Which everyone thought was hilarious because he is ALWAYS SMILING.

:)

This is my recent grocery cart at Sam's.

I'm going again today and I do think a flatbed is in order.

And lastly, this is my latest picture of Lucy and Macy.

This is no illusion, folks...Lucy is outgrowing her QUICKLY!!

And that's it!

I hope you all have the best weekend and Mother's Day ever!

Blessings!

Lori

My Visit with Patty!

 Friends, I haven't been on a vacation in I don't know HOW LONG.

Like, LONG.  

But a few weeks ago, I got on a big airplane all by my frumpy self...

 

(The view over Seattle...SWOON!)

 Even splurged and bought myself the deluxe cheese and fruit platter...

then landed safely somewhere in the middle of Washington state and got to

visit my very best west coast friend, PATTY!!!!

I even shared a room with JB.  3, 2, 1...let the rumors begin!

Hahaha!

I got to spend a lot of fun time with Patty's kiddos...

they are awesome.

And even got to know the cat, up close and personal!.

We had THE BEST time!  Though I do wish it had been under better circumstances,

as it was the one year anniversary of Patty's husband's death

from brain cancer.  Sigh.  

But it was such a delight to get away and share MUCH-NEEDED laughter

with my dear friend.

Watch for our comic tour, coming to a city near you!!


(I know it looks like I have a baby bump...and as much as I'd like to think
it's just the angle...it's probably more likely a, Lori-bakes-a-million-things-a-day bump.)

fun weekend...BIG SECRET!

Happy Tuesday, everyone!

Side note real quick, I just now saw that the link to my business FB page on my last post was

wrong, my apologies!  It's correct now...and here it is again, in case you

want to go LIKE it!  That'd be great.

We had such a fun weekend!

My sisters, niece, and mom got together for a girls' day.

We cut hair, ate good food, and just thoroughly enjoyed each other to pieces!

And the Littles and I enjoyed a thrilling shopping spree at Menard's with Kman!

Thrilling!

I'm up to my eyebrows in baking again this week.

And I'll let you in on a little tiny secret...because I have a hard time keeping

anything quiet. 

I am CONSIDERING and researching the idea of opening a cafe/bakery.

SQUEAL!

A real live storefront!  Little me, doing that!

I can't wait!

Alrighty, gotta run for now...much to do!

Peace and blessings, friends!