Picture Time & The End of the World.

8:30 in the morning is not the ideal time to take a picture of anyone. It is especially not a good time to take our picture and specifically today, since three of the four of us, for various reasons, did not get a good night of sleep last night.

But, nevertheless, we showed up with our makeup on and our pretty aprons so we could post our (Bestey's brother just threw a cookie at her...) smiling faces for you to see. (Betsey threw the cookie back at him and it flew in between me and the laptop.)

So here we are.

Left to right... Skye, Anna, Tammy, Betsey.



It took several times to get the picture just right. Betsey closed her eyes... then Tammy closed her eyes. Then I was leaned in too much and looked like a hunchback. Again, it was 8:30. Give us a break.

So, after I bragged on Mrs. Lee's committment to her standing 11:00 appointment with our salad bar, she did not show up today! This means that either A) the world is coming to an end today and we are not yet aware of it; or B) something really interesting happened sherriff's department and hopefully we will hear all about it tomorrow and have something interesting to post.

Yesterday afternoon, right in the middle of our lunch rush, the health department came in for their surprise "scheduled" inspection. After temping our soup and chicken salad, checking to make sure all the silverware was turned upside down in the containers and that the icing containters were 6 inches off the floor, we passed with flying colors. This came as no surprise to us considering we spend a considerable amount of time cleaning up after Tammy, whose ADD tends to cause her to conveniently "forget" that you have to wash the spatulas and icing comb after each use, lest we accidently spread bright red icing onto a beautiful white wedding cake.

Today was very busy for a Thursday. A customer came at 9:40 came for a dessert tray that we were supposed to have ready at 9:30 and we had actually forgotten about it. (Don't worry - we whipped it up in no time!) We ran out of our famous Baja Chicken soup before 12 o'clock. A group of local teachers who are getting ready for the new school year came in and were evidently ravenous after rearranging their bulletin boards and wiping clean their desks. Betsey decorated this beautiful birthday cake:



Anna cut her finger chopping celery for the salad bar. Anna also made the most delicious Oooey Goooey Brownies ever to come our of our oven! Oooey Goooeys are a very special kind of brownie with a cake base of various flavors (dark chocolate fudge, carrot, coconut, strawberry, french vanilla, red velvet and pineapple... these are some of the more favorite ones...) topped with a delicious and creamy cream cheese and powdered sugar filling. The best part is that they are big enough to share, and everyone knows the general rule states that anything you share with one or more persons has automatically half the calorie and sugar content. It's a pretty good deal if you ask me. The most delicious Oooey Goooey that came out today were the Coconut Oooey Goooeys topped with toasted coconut. They were so delicious and warm and decidedly ooey gooey that it was hard to just have one little nibble.

Due to my lack of sleep last night, and the fact that the dishes are done, I can officially call it a day. Tomorrow is bread pudding day and my day off. So I will report back to duty on Saturday with pictures of the wedding cakes for this weekend. Have a wonderful Thursday afternoon!!