A busy week for A Sweet Idea

This weekend I had two cakes due.  I was a bit worried that I'd bitten off more than I can chew considering the frantic state of my kitchen when just doing one!  But I'm happy to report all turned out well.

If fact, everything went pretty smooth, surprisingly enough.

The coconut cake was fun to do and I am really happy with how it turned out.  

It's for a 50th birthday luau.

This next one is for my best customer.  I've done two of her daughter's parties and this is the second for her son.  It's nice that she keeps coming back.  And I work with her now, so it's all good.  I love how my pins turned out.  The bowling ball, well that's another story.   But what can you do right!

Anyway, I'm happy they are both complete and delivered and now I can relax . . .

right after I clean up the disaster in my kitchen!

Sue

Weekend before last, I traveled to Dallas to attend a memorial for my cousin, Sue, who lost her battle with cancer on Valentine's Day.   She was 48 years old.  She was a beautiful person with an even more beautiful spirit.   And it was so wrong that we had to say good bye to her so soon.  And wrong that I didn't know her better.   We saw each other every 5 or so years.  But we were family and when we did talk, she never failed to end our conversations with I love you.   I realized how much I take for granted.   I just assume that those I love, know I love them and am thinking of them regardless of the fact that I rarely call or actually say the words I love you.  And I take for granted that Chloe will always want to tell me about her day, even after I tell her to "PLEASE! Just give me a few minutes without you talking."  Or that Logan will always be so eager to tell me how much he loves me each and every day!  Or that any special moments that I get to share with my family will wait until I close the computer or turn off the t.v.  So, to my family and my dear friends I'm going to do better.   For all of you who make my life so full, I'm going to do better. So, whenever it is that we have to say our last goodbye, one of us will be able to say we shared a great conversation . . .hug . . . laugh. . . cry . . .or moment the other day.  

Okay, so just so you don't expect miracles, you need to know that as I was typing this, I had to tell Craig to stop touching me.  Clearly, I have my work cut of for me. 

 Thank you in advance for your patience!  

I truly love you all!!

A cake for A.J.

Yesterday, we went to A.J.'s TaeKwonDo birthday party.   I thought this was going to be a pretty simple cake.   The cake had other ideas.   The frosting would not behave and would not smooth out.   I finally had to throw my hands up and surrender.   

Cake: 1  Christy:  0

A.J. was thrilled I got his belt right and Logan had a great time, so I'm thinking it was a good day, regardless of my lumpy icing job!