Hi there.  I’m Joy.

I’m a designer, wife and a momma to the MOST obnoxiously cute puppy ever (see picture below).

Also, I love to bake!  Back in college (specifically my senior year), as a way to relieve stress, I spent many Friday nights baking and watching episodes of Bones and Everybody Loves Raymond.  YES, sometimes I would turn down AWESOME opportunities to hang out with friends so that I could drown my sorrows in brownie batter – sometimes a girl just needs her alone time in the kitchen to make things and contemplate whether or not she’ll be repeating her senior year of college.

The amount of baked goods in my kitchen at any one time was equivalent to the amount of stress that was currently in my life.  Luckily I was never tempted to eat any of the goodies…I just made a lot and tried to send them off with friends.

I’ve since graduated from college and have a lot less stress in my life, but my love for baking remains the same.  You’ll find some of my favorite recipes on this blog along with snippets about my life with Rob (my husband) and the ridiculous things that our puppy does.

Enjoy your visit!