well, i guess i should blog about something.
i have no one to talk to at the moment, but am feeling like i need to get some stuff out...so...here goes nothing.
sometimes i feel like i just say the same things over and over....my mind does that a lot, so that's pretty much just what comes out. over....and over.......... i apologize.
well, my phone is dead. it worked for a day. then died completely. also, my old phone is just sending texts in the middle of my typing them. gosh i hate that phone. i'm dwelling too much on this, i know. but really. the ONE phone i've ever liked. ah, my brain.
my friend marcus has FINALLY arrived. he travels a lot, so we only get him for a few months at a time once a year if we're lucky. last time he was here was last summer for tracy and josh's wedding when piper was little....by little i mean younger than she is now, but way fatter. she was a little leery of him for the first couple of days, but now loves him again. thank goodness! we're really glad that he's home. we miss him when he's gone. its nice to have a friend who always feels like he belongs. you know what i mean? sometimes you have friends that are just a lot of work. you're always worried about them feeling awkward and not entertained enough or...whatever. he's not like that though. he just fits. speaking of people that fit... uncle alex is on his way home! he's had a rough end of the semester and we're really looking forward to welcoming him HOME. he will arrive on friday night after spending some time in jersey for God knows what reason. so....summer is here! let the games begin!
i have a lot of cake orders coming up at the end of the month for graduations and baptisms and 50th anniversaries....7 cakes total, with some cookies and brownies and whatnot thrown in the mix. woohoo! i'm pretty excited to make them all, but i'm really having trouble organizing my time so that its not a HUGE deal for me to make a cake. yes, its an art and it takes quite a bit of time...but i think maybe i'm in the wrong mindset about the whole thing. i started my own business so that i could spend more time with piper (who is very close to walking...many many steps have been taken...just not a lot in a row). BUT having your own business is a lot of work, and therefore takes a lot of time. so i can't just expect that i'll have enough time to do all of my work when piper is asleep...its just not realistic. i need to have people help me when i need help...i need someone to watch piper while i bake, or even while i just get myself organized! i just need to accept the fact that i am only one person and i have kind of a lot going on. i'm a single mom and i own my own business for starters. i need help, and i need to learn how to ask for it and accept it because i just can't live like this anymore. i'm tired of doing everything half way. i need to do life well. i just feel so unaccomplished, even though i'm getting things done. i just know there is so much more.
okay i feel a little better. now i just need to DO what i just decided for the hundredth time.
phew.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
really!?!?
so i have this great new cell phone...got it about a month ago, after 2 years of the cell phone from hell. its a really great flip phone...takes movies and everything. i love it.
so i got back from being out all day, gave piper dinner, gave her a bath, read her a book, put her to bed around 6:45...the usual routine. then, because i didn't have a chance to go on a run this morning, i got ready to go on a run. since there were a pile of clean clothes on the stairs with my running clothes in it, i decided to just take of my clothes and change right there at the bottom of the stairs because it was easier....at the same time my mom came in the room to put some laundry in the wash, so i said...oh, here are my clothes. thanks mom!
went out on a run...which was actually really great and i probably could have gone for another mile if i wasn't afraid of being outside in the dark (yes, i am from new hampshire, and i know i shouldn't be afraid of such things, but what can i say.). i think the run went so well because i was afraid that i was going to be attacked by a bear the whole time, so the adrenaline kept me moving. but seriously...running through the woods when the sun is setting is scary. also, i swallowed a bug. blagh.
got back from my run, got some gatorade, spilled some on the floor, wiped it up, went outside and walked around, stretched, came inside, decided to go down to camp to make beds so i didn't have to do it tomorrow morning, looked for my cell phone so that i could make a quick phone call first..........where is it? oh no. its not in the diaper bag. its not in my room. it was in my shorts. my shorts are in the washer. oh no. yup. i washed the only cell phone i have ever liked, and its probably ruined. i of course have no insurance on it. nooo...i'm too cheap for that. also, i've never needed insurance on any of my other phones (all of which i hated, except for that one that made the cool noise when you opened and closed it...).
so. my poor little phone was sitting under a heat lamp for 15 mins until i read something that said don't do that....right after i read something that said DO do that. anyways. now its in a baggy with rice...hopefully drying out. if this doesn't work, i guess i'll have to switch back to my old phone. also known as...the worst cell phone on the planet.
and it didn't make me feel any better when i read an article that said that 2000 people wash their cell phones every day (mostly men). now i'm just lumped in a group with 1999 other idiots of the day.
so i got back from being out all day, gave piper dinner, gave her a bath, read her a book, put her to bed around 6:45...the usual routine. then, because i didn't have a chance to go on a run this morning, i got ready to go on a run. since there were a pile of clean clothes on the stairs with my running clothes in it, i decided to just take of my clothes and change right there at the bottom of the stairs because it was easier....at the same time my mom came in the room to put some laundry in the wash, so i said...oh, here are my clothes. thanks mom!
went out on a run...which was actually really great and i probably could have gone for another mile if i wasn't afraid of being outside in the dark (yes, i am from new hampshire, and i know i shouldn't be afraid of such things, but what can i say.). i think the run went so well because i was afraid that i was going to be attacked by a bear the whole time, so the adrenaline kept me moving. but seriously...running through the woods when the sun is setting is scary. also, i swallowed a bug. blagh.
got back from my run, got some gatorade, spilled some on the floor, wiped it up, went outside and walked around, stretched, came inside, decided to go down to camp to make beds so i didn't have to do it tomorrow morning, looked for my cell phone so that i could make a quick phone call first..........where is it? oh no. its not in the diaper bag. its not in my room. it was in my shorts. my shorts are in the washer. oh no. yup. i washed the only cell phone i have ever liked, and its probably ruined. i of course have no insurance on it. nooo...i'm too cheap for that. also, i've never needed insurance on any of my other phones (all of which i hated, except for that one that made the cool noise when you opened and closed it...).
so. my poor little phone was sitting under a heat lamp for 15 mins until i read something that said don't do that....right after i read something that said DO do that. anyways. now its in a baggy with rice...hopefully drying out. if this doesn't work, i guess i'll have to switch back to my old phone. also known as...the worst cell phone on the planet.
and it didn't make me feel any better when i read an article that said that 2000 people wash their cell phones every day (mostly men). now i'm just lumped in a group with 1999 other idiots of the day.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
oh, hey!
sorry, guys. i've been busy. and right now my computer is being lame. BUT i just wanted to post a picture of the cake i just did for the owner of a fabulous burrito shop in downtown laconia called Burrito Me. His wife had a surprise 30th birthday party for him and asked me to make the cake! She wanted Happy Birthday Aaron to look like the Burrito Me logo, so i took my first venture into fondant lettering...which btw is a pain in the butt. but does look nice. basically i found a font that was similar to the burrito me font, printed out "happy birthday aaron" on the computer, cut those letters out of the paper with an exacto knife, THEN cut the letters out in fondant and let it dry before i put it on the cake! the swirlies are also a part of the logo. top layer vanilla, bottom layer chocolate, chocolate and vanilla swiss meringue buttercream for the frosting and the filling. it was quite delicious if i do say so myself! here it is!
and check out the Burrito Me facebook page to see their logo so you can compare!
I had a ton of fun doing this (with a little bit of frustration and a very little bit of sleep), but the end result was totally worth it. Thank you, Mandy, Aaron, and Remy for ordering!
p.s. this is a sample box I put together for someone...
spicy chocolate brownie, chocolate dipped shortbread,
vegan chocolaty chocolate cookies, and lavender heart cookies
(half dozen of each cookie, and 3 brownies)
A custom sample box with 4 things in it like this costs around 30 dollars, depending on what you order.
thats all for now!
ALSO, piper is wearing pigtails and took 3 steps all by herself! :)
Saturday, April 17, 2010
praying for flight.
sometimes, life is not what we expected it would be.
but it is what we have been given.
so we take it.
and we run.
we run as hard as we can.
sometimes we fall.
but sometimes
we fly.
i am praying for flight.
but it is what we have been given.
so we take it.
and we run.
we run as hard as we can.
sometimes we fall.
but sometimes
we fly.
i am praying for flight.
Monday, April 12, 2010
stuff
here's a quick update on some things i've been doing while i haven't been blogging.
easter orders went out...people mostly ordered the carrot bread and shortbread cookies, but i did have an order for a lemon meringue pie and a cake, and some other random things. people seemed to love them! and i did love making them :) also, i got my first order from the website (for that pie) about 10 minutes after i put the website up! no action since...but thats okay.
i have been working on choosing which farmer's markets i'm going to be a vendor in this summer, which is something i am very excited about. there's something about the farmer's market community that just makes me happy and feel like i'm doing something that is ME. finally. so, if you have any tips on which farmer's markets in the area are worthwhile, please email me or comment with some pointers! (piperlove@ymail.com)
also had an order for some wedding shower favors from an old friend of mine, which was fun, and they were super cute.
burrito me was asking for some more cookies that were cheaper to sell so that more people would buy them, which would be better for everyone! they were getting the 2 most expensive cookies to make, which were the vegan cookies, and the coconut chocolate chip, which are both delicious, but have some expensive ingredients in them, so we felt that maybe we could get more people to buy something else that was just as delicious, but a little more affordable. i would rather have more people buying than less. duh. SO i made them these lime shortbread and spicy chocolate brownies. they were both really yummy, and i think they will go perfectly with BURRITOS!
(lime shortbread) (spicy chocolate brownies)
my friend lindsay turned 21 and her sister and dad threw her a fabulous party with a 5 course meal and dresses and bow ties and candles and everything! they asked me to make some chocolate cupcakes for dessert with blue, green, and purple frosting in the shape of roses on the top. they were quite pretty and really tasty if i do say so myself.
in other news i have received my first wedding cake order!!! pretty excited! a 3 tiered chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and raspberry filling....YUM. thats in july.
also, piper has had a double ear infection that just won't seem to go away for the last month. fun times. poor thing.
thats about it for now!
easter orders went out...people mostly ordered the carrot bread and shortbread cookies, but i did have an order for a lemon meringue pie and a cake, and some other random things. people seemed to love them! and i did love making them :) also, i got my first order from the website (for that pie) about 10 minutes after i put the website up! no action since...but thats okay.
(this is the chocolate cake, covered in chocolate ganache)
also had an order for some wedding shower favors from an old friend of mine, which was fun, and they were super cute.
burrito me was asking for some more cookies that were cheaper to sell so that more people would buy them, which would be better for everyone! they were getting the 2 most expensive cookies to make, which were the vegan cookies, and the coconut chocolate chip, which are both delicious, but have some expensive ingredients in them, so we felt that maybe we could get more people to buy something else that was just as delicious, but a little more affordable. i would rather have more people buying than less. duh. SO i made them these lime shortbread and spicy chocolate brownies. they were both really yummy, and i think they will go perfectly with BURRITOS!
my friend lindsay turned 21 and her sister and dad threw her a fabulous party with a 5 course meal and dresses and bow ties and candles and everything! they asked me to make some chocolate cupcakes for dessert with blue, green, and purple frosting in the shape of roses on the top. they were quite pretty and really tasty if i do say so myself.
in other news i have received my first wedding cake order!!! pretty excited! a 3 tiered chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and raspberry filling....YUM. thats in july.
also, piper has had a double ear infection that just won't seem to go away for the last month. fun times. poor thing.
thats about it for now!
Friday, April 9, 2010
ever feel like this?
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)