I Am Finally Doing it!

Hello! Welcome to my first blog post, welcome to the five people who are probably reading this (hi mom!)  and to the people who will be scrolling through and looking at my grammar/ punctuation. I’m trying, so forgive me if I type how I would talk to you in conversation.

 Let me introduce myself outside of Loli B. Hi my name is Alex! I was born and raised in New York. About 8 years ago I told my mother I did not want to go to Syracuse University, I wanted to stay in Colorado instead. My potential roommate found me ahead of time and mentioned LIGHTLY that she was a wizard (um… yeah). Prior to moving to Colorado I did graduate from culinary school, and decided maybe I wasn’t cut out for the culinary world. Can you believe it, me doubting myself?!? Oh wait, we don't know each other well enough yet...this girl questions everything! 

I decided to take a completely different route, I wanted to be a therapist focusing on eating disorders. Well, after graduating college in 2020 (don’t put a timeline on your life), I had a reoccurring dream. This dream came to me when I was eight years old: I was running a small bakery, one that I owned. I had the dream again and again and I felt that maybe God was trying to tell me something. 

I finally listened. I took a lot of twists and turns to get here, but we made it.  

Why blog? 

I wanted to create a glimpse into my world. I share what I love, hate, and everything in between. Why should you care? Shouldn’t we swap our stories? Tell each other what works; what doesn’t; what products we love;  pretend like we have our lives together; and even giggle at ourselves!  Like my website states, I live to bake, but my world is so much more than cookie sheets and sprinkles. I found 2020 the year of learning ( i.e. beauty; Christianity; food; what I will/will not do; communicating my fears; facing them; and most of all -- a lot about myself). 

My posts are straight out of my head and heart. I figured why not try this vulnerability thing out (with the whole world), come back, pull up a chair, I think we might become friends. 

-Alex