The Eve Of A Birthday

Cabbage Patch turns 7 tomorrow. Her birthday makes me a wee bit sad. My youngest is not a baby anymore. Yes I know, that's so cliche and 'MOM'. Still, there is a bit of remorse that my baby is really a sassy little kid now.

I'm introspective tonight. The kids are gone and the casa is empty save me and the pets (who aren't very good conversationalist and cheat at cards). I'm not much for television so it's just me and my thoughts. Lately I've been doing a lot of thinking, so much change ahead. All of it good, most of it scary.

Soon I'll be ending my marriage, that's really been over for the past 7 years and really should have been ended 4 years prior to that (what can I say, I don't give up easily).

7 years separated. 7 years in limbo. 4 years in marriage counseling. 4 years of acting like I was happy for the world to see. 4 years of trying to fix something that was irreparable and blaming myself. A lot of self examination and wonder why I can't seem to make these things work, really what is wrong with me... no not the K thing, he's gay, that's no one's fault.

And not it's time to move forward. Alone. Which is frightening and comforting at the same time. I've been alone for a long time just now it'll all be my responsibility. I look forward to that part and again, I'm terrified that I'll fuck up royally. I can't fuck up, too much is riding on it, too many people depending on me.

It's days like these that I do wish I enjoyed just watching mindless television shows just to numb my brain and make it stop thinking. So many whirling thoughts, so much to consider, so many calculations... Damn K for changing his plans at the last minute. The Tiny Terrorists were supposed to be with me tonight but he decided to take them with him... so... nothing to distract me from myself. Alone sucks sometimes.

Ah well, it'll all work out.

Just Cake

So much to write about, not even sure where to start. No matter, you just come here for cake anyway. Enjoy.

Silly Children

Supergirl is so enamored with her new glasses it's just ridiculous. So if you see her... mention them.

Asking the kids if they remembered the Alamo when they visited it last year with Aunt D and getting blank stares. Then asking if they remembered the hot dog vendor and getting strong affirmatives. Saying "The hot dog vendor was across from the Alamo." and hearing "Oh, that place. Yeah it was fine."

Having told Cabbage Patch the package we received in the mail last week was probably a birthday present and having it turn out to be the cremated remains of Dusty the cat. Making up for that by letting her open the pressie from Uncle Mike today. Yes she was more excited by a book about mermaids (that she can finally read on her own!)than the dead cat.

Having the offspring tell the woman at the leasing office that our cat died and we had her burned.

Never a dull moment.

To See Or Not To See

Today Supergirl and I had our eye appointments. Nothing surprising there, I'm still VERY nearsighted. Supergirl is slightly nearsighted with a slight astigmatism so she's getting glasses. And she couldn't be more THRILLED. We pick them up today after noon. The Dr. said she doesn't have to wear them except for watching TV and reading but she is determined to wear them all the time. Silly kid. I'm glad there won't be any trouble with getting here to wear them.

Watched Batman:Gotham Knight last night and it was very cool. Next week Hellboy II: The Golden Army. I can not wait. This is turning out to be a geektacular summer!

Okay, off to bed, it's been such a great night.

My cousin Shannon's birthday cake.
She's always wanted a Care Bear cake.

I'm A Cow



Moo.

Flags From The Fourth

I said FLAGS, not... well I DID spend the fourth with the happy people, no photos though.

A Bit Of Cake

Saturday Snippets

Promotion... approved by store director. Paperwork going in on the 12th, barring any bureaucratic hangups, will be effective immediately... not sure about pay raise though.

Coworker... pissed off beyond reason. Feels slighted. Feels SHE should have been offered promotion. Not so, not so. Sorry, didn't mean to piss you off, I was just doing my job... something you should try.

Counter Offer... Holy crap! Trip to other store to fetch cake thing. Ended up helping with two cakes because I just couldn't bear to see them done sloppy. End of visit offered same position, then says "I'll pay you more." Shocked, flattered, humbled. Not going to take it, but could be good leverage if needed.

Last night... dinner with the happy people. Lovely time, good company, fabulous food. Proved I am a Geek Goddess. Debated Batman with the Anti-Jerry, explained to Retired Accountant why Batman is the bomb and why Batman Begins is THE BEST Batman movie (I can't wait for Batman, The Dark Knight) and why there is no Robin in the next movie. Take a moment to reflect on the comic book movies released and being released. Sense of de ja vu, had that same discussion on Thursday with Sarge.

2 hours spent tonight making macros for online gaming stuff. So damn cool. Took bath and finished reading Batman comic book.

Now I need sleep, need to get up earlier than usual early to call Japan before work.

Happy Independence Day

Eat some CAKE! ;)

Stay safe.

Outstanding Day

Today I had my evaluation at work. I'm an outstanding employee. My manager wants to start mentoring me to be the assistant manager of the bakery. She said she was recommending me for a 'substantial raise' as well. I won't lose my decorating duties (thankfully) and I should be getting some help with the non-decorated items that I do (YAY!). I'm very happy about all of this, management experience will be valuable for me when I have my own cake shop.

What else... I got a sweet card in the mail from a friend with a coupon for a free Starbucks Iced Coffee. Mmmmmm....

Also... my youngest is nearly finished with summer school and guess what? She actually LEARNED! I got all teary when I dug through her backpack to see her papers and saw a paper with actual sentences on it! She's about to turn 7 and though it pains me to see my cuddly baby growing up (Super Girl quit being a cuddly baby as soon as she could crawl at 5 months) I find it amazing to see how she's growing up.

Can't forget... The other night the girls and I were watching What Not To Wear (oh hush, I don't watch it regularly. I resorted to it because the Tiny Terrorists were rambunctious that night and they LOVE WNTW, so I knew it would make then sit the hell down and stop trying to kill each other), after it was over Cabbage Patch says "you need to cut my hair." I said "Yeah I know, I need to trim it, maybe I'll put in some layers." She said "No, I want it short." Then she motioned right below her ear. Which of course made my heart stop for just a second as I love long hair. I asked her if she was sure and she insisted several times that she was. So I cut it, just to chin length, not as short as she indicated. And... I love it, she looks like a little doll.

And... I'm going to head out soon to play some games (probably Magic). See... outstanding day.

So now... here is CAKE!!

This was in the display case, it's sold now. Lots of PINK!

More Cake!

This is a photo of a cake I did this past Saturday.

It was a Barbie themed party.
I matched the designs on the napkin.

I wasn't there when the customer picked it up, but I'm told that they loved it.

NaBloPoMo

The theme for the month of July is FOOD. Being a cake decorator, I think I'll have no problem keeping with that theme. Now let's hope that I can actually have time to post every day.

Hot Pink Wedding Cake

Okay, it's not TOTALLY hot pink, but there is HOT PINK! And I LOVE it!

This is their keeper cake. They wanted to be able to serve all the cake to their guests (because they ended up with more people coming to the wedding than first planned and they needed to save some $$$).
This is so OVER the top. It was HUGE and it took about 3 hours to do. What's even better is that this cake was set up on a stand with a little fountain under it. I think this cake turned out lovely and BRIGHT and I just love that the bride went for something so bold and on the edge of being just plain TACKY!

More cake tomorrow!

Breakfast CAKE!

So damn tired. Should be at work RIGHT now. Enjoy the cake. Someday I'll actually be able to POST something other than CAKE.

Just CUTE!
Highly requested - Dale's car.
Baby shower cake.
I love this cake because I LOVED the movie! HULK SMASH! This is for the freezer case and the BEST part is that it was too tall to fit in the box so I had to squash it down in the cake and it really did look like hulk had just smashed into the cake! Very cool looking! HULK SMASH CAKE!

Pastry Duplicity

A lot of the time I do the same design over and over and over. As such I tend to not bother to post photos of the same design over and over and over. June has been a really big month for the same designs. Let me show you.

I love polka dots.
This is actually a cake for the display case. I wouldn't be surprised if it was sold by Thursday when I go back to work. I also did one that is white with lavender dots and lavender roses on top. Sound familiar? Should, I've done that design many times before.
More dots! This is actually a cake for a wedding shower. The couple had gotten married a couple of weeks prior and the person who brought the wedding cake (see below) got such rave reviews she volunteered to bring the shower cake.
Polka dots! For an order.
I guess the little girl the cake is for is 7.
Stacked present cakes. I particularly love the look of this one.
Though this one is lovely as well.
Baseball has been a big theme also. I did three big cookies done to look like baseballs that I didn't photo.
The thing about this one is that the person who took the order took it WRONG. The trim and name should have been light blue. It's a baby shower cake. I had to carefully remove the trim and letters and re-do them in light blue. I wasn't a happy camper about that.
Another baby shower cake. I like this one.
And hate this one. It was exactly what the woman ordered but I think it is hideous.
The two hearts cakes have been SUPER popular lately. For weddings...
Anniversaries...
...
Showers....
More anniversaries. Luckily I do like this cake and really like it when I get to make it a wee bit different. (the reason the hearts look smaller on some of the cakes is that the cakes are different sizes)

Slip Of The Tongue

Said by my youngest as we watch Batman Begins.
Cabbage Patch: He was going to say the F word. How do you spell FUCK? *imediately covering her mouth*
Me: Don't say that.

I know, I know, that kind of stuff is going to get me nominated for mother of the year. ;)

More Cake

I'm quite behind on my posting of CAKE. No excuses, just no motivation. Tomorrow is a day off so I may actually post something... or maybe just more CAKE photos.

Cherry Blossoms.
Pretty coral and shells.
I found the sugar shells and just HAD to make something for them to go on.
This is my display wedding cake. I totally fucked it up while staking it. Twice, I fucked it up twice. Obviously I fixed it. Here is one side of it. I really liked it with out the roses but I wanted to add the red to make it stand out a bit more.
And this is the other side. I intentionally did each tier a bit different as this is my only display wedding cake so I really had to do what ever I could to get the most out of it. Also, when I'm tired of looking at one side, I can turn it to the other side.

Out Of The Mouth's Of Babes

Me printing a document.

Cabbage Patch: Are you printing money?
K: No that's illegal.
Me: That's IF you get caught.
Cabbage Patch: There aren't any cameras in here.

hehehe if only it worked that way honey!

65 mph Winds

Just before 11:30 am, the wind started blowing really hard and then it started raining, HARD. We heard a hard bump on the window that made my darling weather panicked Super Girl start doing her Chicken Little act. I told her to chill, it was fine as she rushed upstairs to look out her bedroom window and see what hit the window. I called Sarge to ask if he would call me if his weather radio gave a severe warning for my area and as I hung up, Super Girl rushed down the stairs saying "Mamma! Mamma! Mamma!" We peeked out the window and all I saw was leaves against my window from the tree outside.... the tree that's about 12 feet from my window.

The photo of the actual tree that broke didn't come out to well due to the wind and rain.
That's my window to the right.

I Don't Like Making Ice Cream Cakes

I only decorated a few cakes today. Two were ice cream cakes, which I just don't like to do. Why? Because I have to rush through them so they won't melt. That plus they are really, really messy.

The Taste Of Summer



Nothing like an Otter Pop on a hot summer day. In fact I think I like Otter Pops better than regular Popsicles. Mainly because whenever I buy the Popsicles, I end up with a million grape flavored ones, which no one in this casa will eat. Also, I buy the store brand 'Otter Pops' so they are WAY cheaper. But I digress... Go eat an Otter Pop.