I'm a Cookie Baker...apparently! :o)

"When you're true to who you are and what your spirit is telling you to do, that truth will indeed set you free." (I have no idea who said this, but I have had it in my "book of important things" for at least 5-8 years, and happened to look at it today!)

Today was a great day. I got a call from my Auntie Val on Sunday evening that she had just spent the entire weekend with my Nana cleaning out their house. And let me tell you, their house was BAD! Nana is on steroids right now and has turned into my feisty old grandmother again. She has literally worked her little tail off cleaning out, organizing, throwing out, etc. every closet, cabinet, drawer, and room in her house. Then they called me. Auntie Val said that Nana and Papa agreed to let me come over and clean their house (now). SERIOUSLY? Yes, seriously! I couldn't wait for this morning to come! I know, I know, and yes, I was seriously excited to clean (which I love any ol' way you look at it, but c'mon people, this is my grandparent's house!).

I feverishly got to work while they went to breakfast. When Nana came home she yelled "My house! IT SPARKLES!" Awwww. Well of course it does Nana! Then she came over and kissed and hugged me. REAL kiss and a REAL hug! Not one of her famous "Nana kisses". For those of you who are looking for me, please just look up...I'm the one floating on that cloud up there. :o)

Then I stopped in by Dani and Carolyn at Three Sisters' Spirit to drop something off for them and in my sweaty cleaning clothes with customers buzzing in and out (busy morning!) Dani asked me to get my butt to baking and (at least) start making some cookies to sell out of their store. Now, I didn't tell you all this last week, but when I went (last week) and had my readings done by she and Carolyn (something you MUST do!!), I made a special treat for our coffee clutching...Crown cookies. I know right - crowns for the Queen and her Princess. Well, they were a big hit and I'm so excited about my creation (I promise to make a batch and take pictures to post). Well, today, Carolyn "dropped the cards" again, just to see what had come up since Friday, and I want you all to be clear and present (and possibly sitting) when you read this next paragraph.....

I am going to do it. The name of my cookie business will be called...COOKIE CONCOCTIONS. "You create 'em, We bake 'em"! And the premise is this: I will have certain "base batters" -- peanut butter, oatmeal, lemon, sugar, etc. and then you will choose one base and up to 3 items to mix in! For instance, let's say you want a lemon cookie with macadamia nuts and craisins or a chocolate chip cookie with walnuts and toffee bits. No problem...and in many cases, I can have them done for you in as little as an hour! HOW'S THAT?! I know, right?! No matter what, I love to bake and this is just another extension of being in that love for me. And I will always be a baker, so again, just an extension of what I already am. Cookie Concoctions...the home of the Original Cake Batter Cookies! Ma'an, I'm telling you, it's one "Hot Cookie"! :o) You can almost feel my joy through the screen can't you?

When I came home today, I opened my book of Moxie to see what God may be whispering to me today (after all the above excitement) and this is what "he" had to say to me..."Give me a place to stand and I can move the world" (Archimedes). Did I mention that Dani offered to let me "stand" in her store to sell my cookies? Did I mention that? I should. I should mention that. :o)

I feel raised up today. By my husband, my new friends, my old friends (I thought Kelly was going to jump through the phone), my mom, my daughters (holy crap are they giddy).

I feel free-r today. Seems that when you are true to your spirit and what she is telling you to do, the truth has set me free. Ahhhhhhh.

PS Merry Me, don't you want to come along for the ride? :o)