Neal Wilson ✅ @neal@social.typica.us

@gnomon This is why I set it a little earlier than I would otherwise need to.

I set an alarm this weekend since I needed to get up early to do the baking at the shop. My cat thinks the alarm means that it's time for cuddles.

Cameras should have green eye reduction (like red eye reduction but for photos of cats).

Shop is open. Time for breakfast with this cat.

I used to let another site take care of that, but handling it myself lets me keep a bigger chunk of the money and the people supporting my work seem to be more comfortable doing that on my site directly rather than going through third party sites. Doing a basic Stripe integration is pretty easy.

I think I should update the page where people can send money to support my software development work to allow recurring payments. It's a little more work server side to set that up, run the transactions, let people cancel, but it's probably worth doing that.

Today's blueberry cake turned out very blue.

@gnomon Thanks, I hope they do well.

There's a new bakery in town serving my coffee. https://journaltimes.com/business/local/a-sweet-addition-to-downtown-main-street-bakery-opens-today/article_21726231-bf1f-5fea-91c9-936e4eb66de6.html

Today I made chocolate chip orange scones, blackberry muffins, raspberry muffins, banana nut bars, and blueberry coffee cake.

Okay, I was wrong about people not going for the banana bread. Everything mostly sold out.

All the scones sold, all the blueberry muffins sold, all the cupcakes sold, there's 1 slice of cheesecake left, most of the lemon poppyseed muffins have sold, most of the rice crispy treats sold. The only thing people don't seem to want today is the banana chocolate chip bread.

Did a morning cat visit after getting the shop open. I needed a nap.

The cheesecake sank, but it's delicious so that sort of surface imperfection can be fixed with some topping.

Cranberry orange scones and lemon poppyseed muffins turned out well.

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The cheesecake is a bit of a gamble, though. It's been a long time since I made one and they've always been a bit fussy for me.

I'll be running the kitchen at the shop over the weekend while my sister recovers from her muscle pain. Will need to wake up early tomorrow to get food ready for opening, but there's a lot I can prep today to help that go smoothly.