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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?

09/30/2026

Okay hi. 👋🏻
It’s been a minute.

I’ve started and deleted approximately 47 social media posts over the last few months because apparently my brain decided that posting a picture of cookies requires a full existential crisis. 😂

The truth is, life has just felt… a lot.
Work. Kids. ADHD. Perimenopause. Depression. Anemia. Trying to keep a business running while also trying to remember where I put my phone… which is usually in my hand.

I’ve had seasons where I’ve felt really confident and seasons where I’ve felt like I’m barely keeping all the cookies on the baking sheet.
Lately has been more of the latter.
But I’m learning that I don’t have to wait until I feel 100% put together to show up.

So hi. 👋🏻

I’m here. I’m making cookies. I’m collecting weird vintage treasures. I’m raising three tiny humans. I’m figuring things out.
And I’m going to try showing up as I am instead of waiting until I feel “worthy” of being here.

Consider this my official return from the social media witness protection program. 😂❤️

Thanks for still being here.

09/09/2026

If you could pick ONE THING from this first picture, what would it be?? 👀

Fall Flavors are Back! 🍁🍂🤤
🍎Caramel Apple Crisp
🍺 Butterbeer
🎃 Pumpkin Snickerdoodle
& More!

Our Shop hours this week:
Wednesday & Thursday: 10am-4pm
Friday: 10am-6pm
Saturday: Downtown Fargo 10am-2pm at Red River Market

07/05/2026

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

05/28/2026

Hey Cookie Friends!!
FAVOR- Comment with some local businesses who deserve some ⭐️POSITIVE REVIEWS⭐️ on Google/ Facebook! If I’ve had interactions with that business, I’ll leave a positive review! Feel free to tag the business as well!

The Backstory (Petty Drama Disclaimer)
I’m not one to air dirty laundry… but I’m also not a doormat and don’t tolerate bullying of me, my business, or my employees at any age…

The short story: One previous customer has decided to have a personal vendetta against us here at Cookie Krums. We’re not her first business and we won’t be the last! So I’m going to try to counteract those negative waves and send out POSITIVE waves into the small business world instead!!

The long story: My Google review went from a 5.0 to a 4.4 by posting NINE negative reviews (and counting) within the last 24 hours. Some are from her, some are from her friends accounts, some I’m pretty darn sure she made just to give me more negative reviews. Why she’s mad at me? 🤷🏻‍♀️ I wouldn’t refund her custom order because she forgot to pick up her order during store hours. I followed up with her to see if I could meet her at the store after hours so she could have them for her event, and she didn’t respond until after the party. She admitted she was embarrassed and then proceeded to tell a variety of lies about what actually happened while claiming to “support small businesses”. She threatened that Karma comes back around… and I’m counting on it. My Google reviews will continue to plummet while I go around and leave positive reviews for other businesses. My goal is to write AT LEAST 3 POSITIVE reviews for each negative review she decided to bestow upon us.

So I need more positive business recommendations, please!! 🥰

Oh- and Local Bakers- message me for her name if you’d like to avoid a scenario like this one 😉

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300 Sheyenne Street Suite 140
West Fargo, ND
58078

Website

http://cookiekrumsbakery.com/

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