Fall in Pittsburgh

A Fair, Two Festivals, and a Bunch of Granola

We’ve had a busy past couple of days over here! On Thursday, I was contacted to sell granola to a shop near Lancaster, PA. This wasn’t my first wholesale request, but it was the first time I said yes! I’ve been baking and baking and baking some more.

Half pound bags of granola by Braid Bakery shop on Etsy

This was just the beginning… you should see our countertops now. But you can’t really because they’re covered in granola 😬

I’ll be shipping 28 bags of granola out this week (on top of other orders) and Jimmy laughed at my timing. Here I am, eight months pregnant, making 14 pounds of granola 😂 (more…)

Thank You

Hi everyone! I just wanted to say thank you for all of the comments, text messages, and tweets about my sickness and the missed marathon in my last post. You all made me feel a lot better with your kind words and care.

I’d also like to thank whoever invented crackers and DayQuil.It has taken me a few days to regain my strength, appetite, and zest for life in general. I’m honestly still not feeling 100%, but I’m doing much, much better!

I have even managed to dress in real people clothes instead of sweats and large t-shirts. Score.I spent the weekend just hanging out, taking it fairly easy, and enjoying the fall weather. Lola was walked.

A run was.. run. (It was pretty awful because I did it too soon after being sick. Oops. You live and learn.)

Candles were lit.

Work boots were purchased. 

Smiles were shared. 

It was just the kind of weekend I needed.

It wasn’t the weekend I had planned, but it was better than I could have planned because it was a part of God’s plan. I took it as a sign from Him to slow down and enjoy life and not get caught up in always doing instead of enjoying.

Of course I’m still bummed about the missed race, but it’s no biggie. I’m not sure if I’ll try to find another or if I’m just going to run for the sheer enjoyment of it for now. Any thoughts/input?! I’d love to hear from you 🙂

I hope everyone has a great week. I have an interesting/challenging weekend coming up!

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Bible verse of the day: May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. Psalm 19:14