For many years in an effort to stay at home with my kids I baked bread and sold it from my home. Friends and neighbors were very kind in helping to spread the word and it helped bring in enough extra income that I didn't have to leave the home for a part time job.

Don’t get me wrong, it was a lot of hard work and I was juggling 5 young kids and a bed-ridden mother, but staying at home with them was my goal, so I made it work. I had 1 oven but getting up at 4 and working till sometimes 10pm I could churn out a whole lot of baked goods. My all time high number was 92 loaves of bread that was exhausting! I also baked cookies and cinnamon rolls and dinner rolls. Thanksgiving and Christmas the orders came pouring in and the late hours added up