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Bakery Day 24: my favorite day of the week...



Ok, that is a true statement and not so true. It’s not true because business is bad on Wednesday’s, in fact, we only reached 50% of our month one daily goal. That is very stressful I will tell you. All the comments people make to us say that September will be better but I know there are no guarantees in life and at the same time, I will not focus on the negative and continue to believe we are doing great.

The good news to Wednesday’s is that I really didn’t work today. Well, I did but I didn’t do any baking other than one tray of croissants. I will explain why in a moment ... I did go food shopping in three stores for the bakery and I came home and cooked vegetables for two types of empanadas for tomorrow: one with onions, peas (because I had some extra) peppers, and mushrooms, and the other is potatoes, mushrooms and peas. I will try to bake 6-8 of each with the hope they sell.


I also worked behind the counter for about 1 hour. Why? Well... I tell you the Dave version (which means the long story)..

Monday night I got a message from my friend that a woman found three very tiny cats and they need homes as she cannot keep them, “would you like another cat?” She added.. I made it clear a while ago we were not getting another cat but I told my friend, since they were black and Sandy loves black cats, that the woman has a female black one and she cannot get homes for them, then I will take one, but only if...

I wrote her back 20 minutes later and said I do not need to be a backup plan I will just take one and we will surprise sandy with it Wednesday morning. So, that is what happened. We got the cat and brought it to the bakery and I gave it to sandy and so she went home to the apartment to set up the one room where the cat would be safe and have food and water and a place to go potty. We will do not have a name for the cat but sandy is working on it as I named teaspoon so she should name this one.. it’s so cute and super tiny .. smaller than my hand.

In the bakery I did ok... one or two small problems with customers and me getting their coffees correct but it all worked out in the end ...

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Tomorrow is the best day of the week for us... I hope it makes up for today and then some. I will get to the bakery as early as I can to get as much done as possible. The start will be: white bread, integral, pan payes, and then empanadas, and then cookies and muffins and whatever else I can squeeze in...

Now... I sleep

Thank you so much for reading this, and remember...

#doeverythingwithlove


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