What makes you happy? Some folks will say money or peace. Some will say quiet or partying. Others will find happiness in an herb or a spirit. I’m one of the weird ones, since mine would be all and none of the above. Whaaaaa? How sway, De? I enjoy all of them. I’m not going to turn down any at any given opportunity because they do satiate a need. They all produce seratonin, your brain’s natural happy drug. But that happy is temporary. It feels amazing – at the moment – but eve

It seems like I’ve been baking for forever. As long as I can remember, I’ve been making batter and tossing it in the oven, hoping what came out would be delicious enough to make my family smile. Pretty was a secondary thought, but it had to taste good. Unlike most, I didn’t have those sweet memories of being in the kitchen baking treats with my grandmother, or dotting flour on my mother’s nose as we laughed over raw cookie dough. I do have a favorite memory of baking a strawb

So i was going back over some of my earlier blogs and had to laugh at this one. It was fascinating/overwhelming me that new flavors and combinations wouldn’t leave me alone. I could tell i was trying to fight them, but decided to compromise, in bits and pieces. HA! I’m all in now, baby!! My imagination isn’t just a greedy mistress, she’s a harem now! People regularly ask me what flavors i offer. Well, pull up a chair America, cuz the list is infinite.  Yes, i still have my ba

I have a 2 year old spaniel named Franklin Delano Brown. Why Delano? Because i couldn’t think of anything else that fit so well with Franklin. It’s so presidential… Is he a fearless, born leader? Not even kinda. He’s a rebel without a clue, but smart as a whip when he wants to be. He’s got a 24/7 food dish, his own water dispenser and is allowed Tbh, i am a lot like Frank. I have everything i could possibly need in life at my fingertips – food, water, shelter, family, friends

When you think “con game”, you think of being swindled, stolen from, hoodwinked. But that’s not the whole story. While the original “Confidence Man” (con man) was set on deception, you have to admire the root of it (just hear me out…). The whole scheme behind “a con” is to gain your mark’s confidence by exuding confidence in what you want them to buy into. Your confidence earns their confidence. The Con. At work, i am responsible for training all of our Customer Service Reps

Groundhog, schmoundhog… This is Southern California and we don’t do seasons! It’ll be winter, spring and summer all in one week and we roll right along with it. Only in SoCal can you wear flip flops with a sweater, shorts with Uggs, or scarves and woolly caps with tank tops. Yeah we do. Don’t hate. So when folks say “Spring is Coming” we say, “Umm, ok…”, because it’s already been here, gone and come back as far as we’re concerned. That’s why i’m excited to roll out our Spring

New year, new goals. New visions, new plans. New shoes, new hair. You know how it goes. So my vision board has started to slowly come to fruition and i’m super excited to see what’s going to play out in the new year! Here it is, let’s go over it: Weddings – ehh, we’ll get there, not a high priority. Priorities – GOD FIRST always has worked out beautifully so far! I can’t wait to see what else He has in store! Self-Sustaining – Primary Goal for 2018!!! By year’s end, I want to

I was having a conversation with a dear sister of mine about order cakes for the upcoming holidays. She said, “I’m just going to start taking orders at work. Just going to walk around and write them all down…”  We laughed about it, but it’s really a brilliant idea! Earn free cake by filling in the gap for me! If I could walk around your circles all day and talk to folks about my cakes, you know i would. But since I can’t, you can chat them up on my behalf! It usually helps to