Well, I have decided to try my hand at this whole "blogging" thing. It is something I have wanted to do for a while, but wasn't sure what to do. Still am not, But with the help of Nicki (my sweet little red-headed helper at The Mixing Bowl) I am at least this far.:)
I want you all to get to know us...as more than just a place that you come to buy good food...but get to know us. Many of you do, many of you have went from strangers in this past nine months, to being very near and dear to me. I want this to be a place I share stories about that. About what you all mean to me...to the girls who work with me...to my family. Of course, I want to throw in some good recipes here and there, and funny stories...but every week we have something that touches our heart happen at our store.
When I started on this adventure last year, (opening the Mixing Bowl) I had no idea what this would really entail...I had visions of me leisurely preparing delicious meals, and making everything taste and look beautiful...all by myself...ha! After about 8 weeks of no sleep cranking out more meals than I could count praying that this would work....I realized any "leisurely" thought I had was completely absurd! I would literally come home some nights at midnight or after, climb in bed smelling like whatever I had cooked for the day...get up a few hours later...hop in the shower and start it all over again. I would dream of chopping and cooking....I guess I was ate up with it!
But, I couldn't go on like that forever...and finally felt like we were getting established enough for me to hire someone...so I did...and from there...we have just been growing. I am so thankful for the girls who help me. I may be the one telling them what to cook and trying to make sure everything is to my tasting...but without them, we wouldn't be growing like we are....They are the peelers, the choppers, the pudding mixers...etc and I for one minute don't forget that!
We also couldn't do this without YOU...our customers...You have no idea how much I appreciate you all. I know without you, I would not be able to do what I truly feel I was meant to do. I love cooking. I love creating. I love family. I love friends! This is so much more to me than making a meal for you...I have gotten to be part of some seriously special occasion meals and it has truly touched my heart. Retirements, anniversaries, baptisms, birthdays, your family holidays...then to hear the stories from you afterwards and to really feel a bond with you all...That's what this is all about for me...that's what this has turned into.
So, that's what I want to do here...share those stories...and oh...I have so many already. This journey has been therapeutic for me. After being married for 18 years, and having 4 children...then going through a divorce and wondering what life held for me...how would I survive? Where was my identity? The things I did the best in life were nurture and take care of others...that was my "element" (I have been told:) This was a dream of mineI had had for a long time,but in my marraige, it probably would of never happened. So as sad as a divorce was, (and it didn't happen because of this dream!) I turned that into an opportunity for growth.
I have gotten more out of this experience in doing this than I might of gotten sitting in the best counselors chair. Until you do what YOU love, until you take RESPONSIBILITY for YOU, until you HELP others in doing it....I don't know if you can truly be happy. I have days where I wonder and worry and think "what have I gotten myself into"...but even on my hardest days...it is better than before I started this. I love what I do. I hope you do too...and never forget how thankful I am for the opportunity to do it!
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