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10/21/2026

Just today 💜

10/16/2026

A reminder from your local cookie lady:
You are allowed to be a work in progress.
I’m a work in progress.
My business is a work in progress.
My house is VERY MUCH a work in progress. 😂
My brain? Currently accepting suggestions.

And I’m starting to think that’s actually okay!

We spend so much time trying to become the “finished” version of ourselves.
The organized version.
The successful version.
The confident version.
The version who drinks enough water and remembers appointments and folds laundry immediately.

I have news:
That woman may never show up. 😂

But this version of me is here.
She’s raising three kids.
She’s making cookies.
She’s collecting vintage junk.
She’s trying to take care of herself.
She’s figuring out what she wants her life and business to look like next.
She’s occasionally zoning out in the Aldi parking lot.
She’s laughing a lot, too.
And she’s learning that she doesn’t have to earn the right to enjoy her own life.

So, on this unofficially-sweet weekend:
Be a little sweeter to yourself.
Eat the cookie.
Buy the weird vintage thing.
Take the picture even if your hair looks insane.
Rest when you’re tired.
Try again when you’re ready.

And remember that “still figuring it out” is a perfectly respectable place to be.
Now THAT is a vibe I can get behind. 🍪❤️

10/15/2026

A little cookie career appreciation post because apparently sometimes you have to remind yourself how far you’ve actually come. 🍪

I’ve made A LOT of cookies.
Fancy cookies. Ridiculous cookies. Cookies that took approximately 900 hours. Cookies that I was convinced were going to be easy and then immediately regretted my life choices. 😂Cookies for birthdays. Graduations. Baby showers. Weddings. Holidays. Teachers. Kids. Adults. People celebrating huge milestones. People who just really wanted some cute cookies.

And somewhere along the way, I started treating “I can do this” like it was something I had to constantly prove.

So I’m trying something new:
I’m going to let myself be proud of the things I’ve already done.
Not because everything has been easy.
Not because I’ve done everything perfectly.
But because I kept going.
Even when business was hard.
Even when my brain was hard.
Even when life was hard.
Even when I wasn’t sure what the next chapter was supposed to look like.
I kept making cookies.

And honestly?
That’s pretty freaking cool.

So here’s a little cookie museum of things I’ve made over the years.

Which one is your favorite? 👇🏻❤️

10/14/2026

I think I’m rediscovering one of my favorite things about myself:
I am easily delighted.

Give me a $3 vintage basket and I’m thrilled.
A weird old cookbook? DELIGHTED.
A goose figurine wearing a tiny hat?

Honestly, cancel my plans.
A perfectly preserved piece of 1970s Tupperware?
I will be thinking about it for the next three business days. 😂

For a while, I think I got a little too caught up in measuring my worth by productivity.
How much did I accomplish?
How much money did I make?
How many things did I check off?
Did I answer all the emails?
Did I post enough?
Did I clean the house?
Did I do ALL THE THINGS?

And I’m trying to remember that joy doesn’t have to be productive.
Sometimes you can just like something because it’s weird and colorful and makes your brain happy.

So here’s to finding the tiny things again!
The vintage treasures.
The ridiculous cookies.
The family jokes.
The thrift store finds.
The little moments that don’t accomplish anything except making you smile.

I’m calling that a pretty good use of my time. ❤️
Now excuse me while I go stare lovingly at my collection of stuff I absolutely did not need. 😂
And a reminder that you can shop some of my vintage finds at our cookie shop in West Fargo too!

10/10/2026

Today is World Mental Health Day.

I don’t have a perfectly inspirational post for you.
I don’t have a five-step morning routine that cured my life.
I don’t have a beautiful “look how far I’ve come” montage.

I just have this:
Sometimes things are hard.
Sometimes getting through the day is the accomplishment.
Sometimes you can be incredibly grateful for your life and still have a really hard time living it.
And I’ve been learning that those things can coexist.

I’m working through some stuff right now—ADHD, depression, perimenopause, burnout, and the general chaos of being a business owner and mom.
I’m not sharing that because I want anyone to fix it.
I’m sharing it because I know I’m not the only person whose outside life looks pretty normal while their inside life feels like a junk drawer.

So if that’s you, too:
You’re not behind.
You’re not lazy.
You’re not failing at life because some days take more effort than others.
And you don’t have to turn your struggle into a beautiful lesson immediately.

Sometimes you just get through Tuesday.
And then Wednesday gets a turn.
That’s enough. ❤️

Also, please enjoy this completely unrelated picture of something that makes me happy because we contain multitudes. 😂

10/08/2026

A tiny business-owner confession:

Sometimes I look at a finished cookie order and think…
“Wait. I made THAT?” 😂 Because there are absolutely days when I feel like I don’t know what I’m doing.

Then I look at something like this and remember:
Oh…Maybe I do know a few things.

I think that’s something I’ve been working on lately—remembering that feeling unsure doesn’t automatically mean I’m failing.
Sometimes you’re just tired.
Sometimes you’re overwhelmed.
Sometimes your hormones are doing interpretive dance inside your body.
Sometimes your ADHD brain has opened 19 tabs and somehow none of them are the one you actually need.
And sometimes…You make really freaking cute cookies.

So here’s your reminder from me today:
You can be struggling AND still be talented.
You can be tired AND still be proud of yourself.
You can be figuring things out AND still be good at what you do.
Two things can be true at once.

Anyway.
Here are some cookies because apparently that’s my preferred method of emotional support. 🍪😂

10/06/2026

I spent about a decade as an elementary teacher before Cookie Krums happened.

And lately I’ve been thinking about how much of that version of me is still hanging around.
The part of me who wants everyone to feel included.
The part who gets ridiculously excited when someone learns something new.
The part who believes that “perfect” is wildly overrated.
The part who can turn almost anything into a craft project. 😂
And, unfortunately, the part who thinks she can take on approximately 47 things at once….Apparently that last one followed me out of the classroom. 😂

Teaching taught me that people don’t learn or grow in a straight line.
Kids don’t.
Adults don’t.
Businesses don’t.

And apparently neither do I.
So I’m trying to give myself the same grace I would have given a kid who was having a hard day:

You’re still learning.
You’re still capable.
You don’t have to get everything right the first time.
And you’re allowed to try again tomorrow.

Happy belated World Teachers’ Day to all the teachers, former teachers, substitute teachers, daycare teachers, coaches, librarians and anyone else who spends their days helping little humans become bigger humans.

You deserve approximately 700 cookies. ❤️🍪

10/03/2026

A little Saturday-Morning reminder that has taken me approximately 36 years to learn:

Your life does not have to look impressive to be meaningful.
Sometimes it looks like three kids making an enormous mess.
Sometimes it looks like cookies cooling on the counter.
Sometimes it looks like a pile of laundry you are choosing to ignore because absolutely nobody has died from wearing the same hoodie twice.
Sometimes it looks like going to bed early because your brain has simply submitted a formal resignation.
And sometimes it looks like big dreams, big plans and a whole lot of “HOW AM I GOING TO DO ALL OF THIS?”

I’m trying to get better at noticing the good stuff while I’m living it.

Not just when everything is clean.
Not just when business is booming.
Not just when I feel confident.
Not just when I have everything figured out.

The ordinary stuff counts, too.
Turns out, life doesn’t have to be picture-perfect to be picture-worthy. ❤️

And yes, I absolutely took this photo before the chaos resumed. 😂

10/01/2026

One of the things that has been making my brain disproportionately happy lately:
OLD STUFF. 😂

Give me a thrift store, flea market, dusty farmhouse, weird little basket or a piece of vintage Tupperware and suddenly I am a woman with a PURPOSE.

There’s something about old things that I love.
They’ve already had a life. They were useful. They were loved. They survived somebody’s kitchen in 1974 and somehow made it all the way to me.
And maybe I relate to that a little more than I’d like to admit. 😂

I’ve spent a lot of time lately feeling like I should be doing more, being more, accomplishing more.
But maybe there’s something to be said for simply being here.

Still useful.
Still learning.
Still collecting a few scratches along the way.

Basically… emotionally, I am a vintage Tupperware container.
A little worn.
Still functional.
And probably holding something nobody remembers putting in there. 😂

What vintage thing could you NEVER walk past at a thrift store?

07/05/2026

❤️🤍💙How I SHOULD Feel Today VS. How I REALLY Feel… 💅🤷🏻‍♀️😘

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