The Eye Shoppe

04/07/2026

My amazing friend! If you have any gluten free needs, she’s the bomb!

Missing Ingredients comes from a deeply personal place. After being diagnosed with two autoimmune diseases and a wheat allergy in 2010, I had to rebuild my life from the ground up. Food had always been tied to my happiest memories, and losing the ability to enjoy the things I loved was heartbreaking. So, I got stubborn. If I couldn’t find gluten‑free food that tasted like the real thing, I was going to learn to make it myself.
Years of trial, error, and a very patient husband later, I finally created recipes that brought that joy back. Baking became my escape, then my passion, and eventually my career. After COVID—and later being laid off—I decided life was too short not to do what I love. I started selling from home, then at farmers markets and pop‑ups, sharing gluten‑free treats with people who know exactly what it feels like to lose food you love.
Today I’m still baking to order and showing up at markets while dreaming of my own commercial gluten‑free space. Being trusted with something as important as your food—especially when getting it wrong can make someone sick—is an honor I never take lightly. Thank you for supporting this little dream of mine. I can’t wait to keep bringing you gluten‑free goodies that everyone will enjoy.

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02/09/2026

This is my favorite way to advertise! If you have a small business & would like to advertise in my daughter’s school musical, feel free to reach out to me or Megan (contact info below). Thanks for any consideration! ❄️🧊⛄️

01/29/2026

Check out this online auction to help Minnesota during this extremely challenging time ❤️‍🩹

While we’re packing and moving and renovating, our hearts and thoughts have been with our friends and colleagues in Minnesota during this extremely difficult time. If you want to help raise money for mutual aid, the wonderful organization is hosting an online auction on 1/29 and 1/30 of so many incredible items and experiences, including signed books from Suzanne Collins and Ali Hazelwood and social media collaborations from Michael Threets. Please consider bidding and supporting mutual aid efforts in Minnesota!

01/27/2026

Those who don’t know history…
May we learn from these lessons & their lives not be lost in vain ❤️‍🩹

Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day. 81 years ago today, the concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated by the Soviet Red Army. Over 1 million people were murdered there.

With the current political situation in the world and the rise of far-right ideologies in many Western countries, I think it's particularly important to listen to the stories of Holocaust survivors and remember all of the awful crimes against humanity that were committed in N**i Germany based on hatred against certain minorities.

Let's not forget that the beginnings of all of this seemed rather harmless at the time and many German citizens thought that the politics of Hi**er and the NSDAP (N**i party) were exactly what their country needed at the time. Many didn't realize that by silently accepting their neighbors' deportation (whether they were Jewish, Roma, homosexual, disabled, a political "enemy" or something else that the N**is didn't like about them), they also accepted that they were being tortured and brutally murdered. The NSDAP was democratically elected and was supported by about 40% of the German population for a while.

Nie wieder - Never again. Wehret den Anfängen - Resist the beginnings. We remember.

*Edit: I also shared a video from last year on my page that includes an interview snippet from Holocaust survivor Margot Friedländer (she just passed away this past May at the age of 103!): https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1CUvWhUcBN/
Since the video is barely getting any views while this post is getting tons, I'd like to recommend watching that short video as well. I also recommend reading/watching the story of “The Wave” which tells a valuable story of how easy it is to fall for authoritarian mechanisms.

*Edit 2: I added that the Auschwitz Concentration Camp was liberated by the Soviet Red Army.

01/01/2026

Welcome 2026 ✨

12/25/2025

Merry Christmas, Friends!
We’ll be closed until Jan 2 to spend some much needed time with family in and out of town. Have a relaxing holiday season & we’ll see you soon! ❤️

12/13/2025

Happy birthday to this ✨Queen✨ 😂
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11/30/2025

Thank you for supporting me! It means the world! 🖤

11/28/2025

Happy Turkey Day! 🦃

11/28/2025

“What is it about this profession? On the surface, the human eye is a perfect little light-bending antenna that gathers information, and we get to apply this crazy blend of physics, medical technology, and fashion to keep people seeing. But at its core, it is SO much more. As people move through our office at roughly, an annual-pace, they reflect God’s light back on us. It is ALWAYS powerful, but occasionally singular in its effect! To be constantly exposed, one at a time, to an infinite variety of lives-experienced, it ends up being a lens that focuses the circle of life like a movie done in time-lapse photography. What a gift people give to us!!! ❤️” - Paul Gooch, OD
As providers, our patients become our friends and family, and our interaction with every one of you means more than you will ever know. I hope each of you has a blessed Thanksgiving ❤️

11/18/2025

I love it when manufacturers get creative with their frame color names. This one might be my all time fave! This cutie is the Kensie Silken in…

🩵💜🩵 80s Tracksuit 🩵💜🩵

10/31/2025