Ahhhhh

You ever have one of those, ahhhhh feelings?  Well I'm having one right now.  Let me say write it again, ahhhhh.  I'm feeling good right now.  Let me give you a quick run down of everything that I did this week so that you can feel my ahhhh with me.

I had four orders this week.  Three cakes and a cookie order.  For this, I had to....make my dough, bake my cookies and decorate them on Monday.  Tuesday I bagged them, baked all of my cake and made three fondant 3D animals and a palm tree.  Wednesday, I crumb coated all of my cakes (after I had to rebake two - won't go into that now), iced them in their final icing and rolled out my Tiki guy.  Thursday, I decorated all of my cakes, it took all day.  From 9:00 - 9:00.  Every night this week with cakes, I've gone to bed between 1 and 2 in the morning.

I had no car all week.  Why?  The King's boss backed into his and it's been at the shop getting new doors, a bumper, and a paint job.  The car that The King has been driving is his "project" car because my Civic that he was driving took a dump a while back and needs a motor.  So to look on the bright side of this mishap, at least we only had to buy one door instead of two for his car...

I've been prepping all week for company coming on Sunday.  That means I'm trying to get all of my laundry done and the house spotless because that's how I do it.  We are also headed out of town early tomorrow morning for The King's family reunion out in Chowchilla.  It's at his cousins house and it is so pretty out there, we will be returning Sunday afternoon sometime with the King's parents.  They will be staying with us for a week.

Oh yeah, and to add to that, I worked for the folks all day Monday - Wednesday.  I got Thursday off instead of Friday this week but my Mom threw Friday in as well because she knew how much I needed to do.

You don't need me to add in all of the Mom duties that go with that as well.  You can just imagine.

So back to my ahhhhh moment.  I'm sitting.  I'm having a much needed beverage....


My cakes are all picked up and my errands are almost completely done.  The house is almost completely done.  The packing has not started yet but I still have time.  I have to make my lists first.  But having everything else done is my ahhhhh moment.  I guess the ahhh comes from the cakes being picked up and out of my thoughts and feeling that much closer to leaving.

So I'm going to leave you with one of the cakes I did for this weekend that I'm totally excited about.  I made a cake glow in the dark.  How cool is that????  This cake is for a teenager's party that will be completely lit by black lights.  I had been thinking about making the cake glow in the dark but didn't really want to put that much more time into it until my brother talked me into it.  So here is the cake.  The kid wanted a white cake with splashes of paint on it, they didn't ask for the glow in the dark.  I hand painted the big splashes of paint and then took my brush and soaked it and then flicked it all over the cake.  The name is Alex and I did it graffiti style.  I put it on fondant and handpainted it then piped the outlines.  Enjoy...

Yeah, that's pretty cool, here it is in regular light...

So, when we return, I should have pictures of the girls to post.  I'm charging my camera as we speak and I'm planning on bringing my video camera as well.  Word has it that there will be karaoke at the reunion and the hubby has been practicing.  He'd love it if I posted a video of him singing on here...;)

Hope you all have a fabtabulous weekend.  I know I will, as soon as I get everything finished!

Mmmmm, Thank You!!

A little bit ago I had a sweet visitor bring me the most amazing muffins in the world!!  I almost missed out on these unbelievable morsels because I didn't hear my door.  I'm known for that.  Especially when I'm up in my room doing laundry with the washer and dryer going.  Kris I'm so sorry!!!  I have to say thank you, thank  you, thank you for the muffins, I've already eaten 2 and I'm not even close to stopping. ;)

I was told to share these muffins but I'm not sure if I can.  My "strict" instructions were to please give some of these muffins to my mother.  But, I don't know.  If she wants some, she's going to have to come and get them, and she better hurry, pretty soon there will just be crumbs!!

I made Kris her signature line and after I sent her the link she told me that there might be muffins in it for me.  Seriously, these are the best muffins in the world, no joke, and they were still warm from the oven!!  Thank you so much Kris, this was definitely a bonus.  You are the sweetest!!  If you know Kris, you know that she is an excellent cook/baker, and always posts the most delicious recipes!!  If you are not jealous of my muffins, you should be.

In conclusion, if anyone else would like a signature line, I'd be happy to make you one.  I work for free or for food.  Preferably for food ;)

Thanks again Kris!!  I'm going in for number 3!!!

A New Beginning

I've been a blogger since July of 2008 and have enjoyed the heck out of it. Just recently, I made my blog private and it really wasn't the same. This is my new project. I had gone private because of the crazy world we live in and some scary stuff that I have seen. I realized after I made us private that blogging just wasn't the same anymore. I missed meeting new people. So, this new blog is my way of keeping our private info private in a public world. No names. No location. No email address that can be plugged into an online site that pulls up my address and pictures of my family. I'll let you know how it goes. So far, so good, but as I write this, nobody that I know has this address except for my Mother. We'll see if I've chosen the right path! 

Unfortunately, all the posts that I've done over the almost 2 years that I've been blogging are on my other blog that nobody can see anymore.  I might get around to copying those posts over here but that's a big job, I'm not making any promises...

Mama Goose

That's me!

I'm the first to admit that I'm a little bit crazy. Not crazy like I should be only allowed in rooms with padded walls and no sharp objects, but crazy like I don't know when to stop.

I guess you could say that I'm a workaholic. Not by choice, well at least I'm hoping it's not. I work 30 hours from home for my parents doing accounting. This is what I call my day job, along with mothering The Dish and The Spoon and all that goes along with that. My night job, I turn into the cake lady. I have a side biz that specializes in cakes, cupcakes, and cookies. If you'd like to see me become less of a workaholic, I'd appreciated it if you'd order a cake. The more orders I get, the less I work for the folks. Email me, I'll send you an order form. ;)

I enjoy a nice glass of wine, decorating our home, date nights with The King, and blogging about our crazy life.

I forgot to introduce you to The King. That's short for Old Young King Cole. He completes me. He's my hubby and father to The Dish and The Spoon. I sure hope you can keep up with all of this. He enjoys motocross, good food, good beer, good people, and nice hot bathes lit by candle light. Don't tell him I told you that last part, he'd kill me.

Back to me, Mama Goose. I'm the storyteller. I'm the organizer (in my head I organize a lot better than what really happens). I'm the referee. I'm the cook. I'm the maid. I'm the chauffeur. I'm the nurse. I'm the Mom. I'm the Mommy. I'm living the life I've always wanted and I love it.