As usual, I'm behind on my blogging. Luckily, it's because we have been super busy lately with John's work, traveling, on the search for a house, and cakes!!
Orders Orders everywhere!
If anyone knows anyone in the cake business, they know that Thursday- Saturday are 'round the clock work! I have been averaging at least one wedding a weekend (with both a wedding cake and a groom's cake), along with at least 2 orders of other cakes (birthday, showers, anniversary, etc, etc). Needless to say, that I'm exhausted come Saturday evening and want nothing than to just relax for the next 2-3 days. I feel like being a baker is like having a schedule like a nurse. You work about 3 or 4 days/ week, but you are on 12+ hour shifts. Last Thursday I put in a 14 hour day, and last Friday I was baking, decorating, designing, etc for 18 hours!! Whew! Then Saturday is set-up & delivery day.... So, usually Mondays & Tuesdays are my "weekends". However, business has been booming, and I find myself back in the kitchen on Mondays or at the computer working on quotes, researching & sketching ideas for clients, scheduling or hosting cake tastings, etc... But I'm so happy that I'm busy and love the fact that I create my own schedule- (however, it can be my demise at times)-
I'm working on an Easter Cookie collection next week (Monday & Tuesday) , which I will be selling online, (Facebook, Etsy, here, email, etc, etc....)- I'll be sure to post pictures once I get everything tweaked to show examples of what will be available the week of Easter.
House hunting- who ever said this was fun???
However, I love to look at houses & see people's decorating style and what all I could do to make that house our own, but after the first couple, it's just pure disappointment.
John & I went out with John's mom, Sherry, yesterday to look at 5+ houses. I woke up & told John, "I just have a feeling that today is the day! We will find our house today!"- Well, after many letdown sighs, and "Well, it's a pretty house, but just doesn't fit our needs" later.... We are back at square one. We will find something soon- keeping our fingers crossed & praying praying praying!
Pregnancy- 22 weeks- (almost)
In just a few short days, we will hit our 22 week mark. 5 1/2 months pregnant! Woah!
Baby Caroline is a whopping 1 lb this week and 8 inches long- about the size of a small doll. She is seeing (if we shined a flashlight at my stomach, she would move away from the light)
gripping (the umbilical cord, since there isn't much else in there to hold onto)
hearing (voices, Cooper barking, gurgles in my stomach, TV, radio etc-)
tasting (everything I'm tasting)
Last Wednesday morning, we got out of bed and I went to the kitchen to make John's coffee, and noticed that I wasn't standing as close to the coffee maker as usual. Looked down and BAM! I have been told that the bigger bump will just appear one day and that was the day. I called John in there & said, 'John, look at this!" His reaction- "WOAH!" We had gone to our Dr. on Monday & he warned us about it. He told us that I was about to hit a growing spurt and to be prepared. Well, even though we were told, it took us aback for a minute.
She's been kicking and moving around a lot. She moves a little in the morning as I'm waking up, after I eat meals, especially dinner, and she feels like she's in there dancing away when I lay down at night. John always puts his hand on my stomach to feel her & he's even said how much stronger her kicks and punches have gotten.
I will try to update this more frequently.... I promise that the further along in my pregnancy, the less work I have taken on, so I will be able to blog more...
Also, if you are missing the "Recipe of the Week" entry, worry not. It will come back as well. I have started to sift through my recipes and plan on compiling them into a "cookbook" for myself. I have all my recipes on those little recipe cards at the moment, and have decided to convert them over to a typed book-style. It's one of my 'nesting' projects that I've already preplanned for myself since we haven't found our house yet, it is to fill the void of organizing & cleaning like crazy in this little cabin. :) So, once I start to really get going on that project, the recipes will be so much easier to blog about!
1 comment:
Loved it again, Neelley! Thanks so much for letting me in on your blog. It's my favorite, hands down! I would love a copy of your recipes. You know, I didn't know until the last blog, that you were a commercial baker. I so want you to do some Easter cookies for my family and me. I love you, Carly, just like I did in 4th grade. You've grown into such a wonderful young woman that I'm proud to call my friend!
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