Wish Us Luck...

It is two pie-baking days before Thanksgiving 2014.  PJP Buttonwood was open today for order pickups and general pie shopping and several customers mentioned how serene we all seemed.  And that is because today we were merely the calm before the storm.  You know how they say that immediately before a tornado it gets eerily quiet?  Sort of like that. Here is the scoop on Thanksgiving pies.  We have closed our ordering system yesterday at around 1,600 pies.  I KNOW, RIGHT?  And you may well be thinking "well, you said you wanted 2,000 orders!" and now is when I remind you that we are dramatic women with enormous pie domination goals and so, throwing an outrageous number like 2,000 out there seemed legit at the time.  We spent a lot of time yesterday discussing if, and when, we should stop taking orders and finally, the simple issue of logistics demanded that we take down the online ordering link.  Beyond the physical part of baking 1,600 pies...where in our 1,000 square foot space are we going to place them to cool, box, and be organized for pickup?  I still don't know, so if you have any thoughts, you know where to find us tomorrow.  I'm almost leaning toward a bouncer at the front door.  He could radio in the orders and we could bring them to the front door and exchange cash for pies...

Tomorrow, we have approximately 500 pies scheduled for pickup, with the remainder by 5:30 pm on Wednesday.  And while I should be sleeping, I'm actually finding it hard to relax this evening because my brain keeps whispering "500 PIES" at me, much like the creepy lady in Poltergeist that always whispered "Carol Ann...come to the light..."  I'm basically freaking my own self out at this point in the game.

Wish us luck tomorrow.  Luck that we finish baking all the pies.  Luck that we finish before customers show up.  Luck that we don't get overly tired, and thus terribly grouchy with each other.  Luck that the PJP pies that grace the 1,600 or more Thanksgiving tables over the next few days are delicious and show all of our love and hard work...

Thank you...