walked into ma shop today, and did ma usual...clocked in, got a glass o soda, and checked todays orders.

oh dear.

one of the orders, has stopped me cold. it's called "teatime" and that was all that was written on the order. but i know this cake. i've seen it, and heaved a sigh of relief i'd never have to make it. why you ask? because....

it's fondant. *sobs*

right about this time, a clerk who's speakin on a phone asks me if i've seen the order. i have. she asks if i can do the order. i say no. hahahahahaha

then i find out on the other end of the phone is one of ma boss ladys. the really cool one i get along wif. so i tell clerk to tell boss lady i said "of course i can do it. wtf?"

this is a running joke between us, because any time bosslady asks me if i can do something, i say "of course i can" even if i've never done it before. *shrug* call me cocky, eh? soooooooooo...i pull the cake out to thaw and run 'round getting as much as i can do before i start on this monstrosity. since i figure it's gonna take me forrrrrrreeeeeeeeeevvvvvvvvvvvverrrrrrrrr.

then....surprisingly....i made it. rather quickly ('bout 45 minutes) and......easily. huh. i even figured out a new way to put the handle on (straws, a decorator's best friend)

so here it is...ma first fondant cake ever...

all's i gotta do it get throu today...lol....8 hours...then YAY, two days off. ma lil mind's been up to no good, got some ideas for pics.

did a few nifty cakes, but i'm too lazy to post em...lol

i'll post later...

so today BOTH boss ladies told me i was in charge of generic and dessert cakes, blondie is no longer allowed to do any of them. while that makes me giggle, it SUCKS! lol...now i have even more work to do. and decorator boss lady told me today they're lookin for a trained decorator, and when they find one. blondie is no longer working in the decorator section. HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...damn! guess i WAS taking her job!

in cake news today...

in a strange case of foreshadowing...got home from work last night and wanted velveta shells n cheese.... mmmmmmmmm... then today, i get an order for this:


i'm gettin good @ that photo-editing program....edited out then name and ya can barely tell.....go me!

what's work without an enemy, right? there was my arch nemisis, then derrrrrrlene, now? it's "blondie". blondie is the decorator who thinks i'm after her job. never mind the fact we only have 3 decorators, and could use another. *shrug* i don't know if that's it, or she's upset there's another young(ish) girlie @ work that guys flirt wif, instead of her. i have no idea. but anyway, she don't like me.

she's not out n out rude, but she does little things. leaving me all the shitty cakes to do, or (not proven)hiding orders after i've taken em, or leaving me huge messes to clean. little things, like last monday, she was working up front, and took a cake order for 12:30 at 10am, knowing i wasn't going to get there until noon. the ONE day i'm late (i showed up @ 12:45), custo's been waiting since 12:30, and blondie took off for a wedding cake delivery a few minutes before custo got there.

i bust off the cake in 'bout 10 minutes, as blondie walks in... ignoring me completely except to say, "your late. (boss) is pissed. your in deep shit" HA! hahahahahahahahahahahahahahah.
i got (literally) a smack on the ass from bosslady. blondie got an asschewing and dish duty.

score 1 for kricket

flash forward to today: there's an order taken for cupcakes, to be arranged on a board and iced over like a crown. in the SHAPE of a crown. no probs. easy. it's explained to blondie several times. she starts the order, and i see she's doing it completely wrong. me: "hey blondie, i think the custo wanted them iced over, pull-a-part style" blondie: "i KNOW what they want" okeeeee

10 minutes later, boss decorator comes by and tells blondie she's doing it wrong...and explains AGAIN how they want it. i've got ma back to them, icing ma cakes and grinning like a fool. 10 more minutes later? i turn 'round and see her doing it completely wrong again. this time? fuck it, keep ma mouth shut, go 'bout ma business....

right before me n boss decorator go to leave, she's checking all the orders that have been done already. she see's blondie's "crown" "WTF!?!? how many times do i have to explain to her???"
i say no worries boss, and scrape it all down. preform ma magic, and voila! fuckin perfect. as bosslady and boss decorator both agree.

she thinks i'm after her job? BAHHHH, i gots ma own job.....

ok, ok, ya'll know i'm not a girlie girl.....

but...there's no finer pleasure in life, or no quicker way to get out of a funk, then buying a pair of cute shoes...

dum made me buy an outfit last week, cute lil summer top, breezy lil turquoise skirt...i just needed some shoes to go with it...

found em!!!



and before ya ask, once ya'll nudge dum into takin me somewhere that ISN'T fishing, ya'll see the entire outfit

i'm feeling very blah today. very plain and maybe a lil depressed.

eh. it'll pass.

i finally found a sleeping pill that works. they usually either have the opposite effect on me (keeps me awake) or i fall asleep and wake up an hour later, aka...no effect.

these things, called midnite, are all natural, just melatonin, lemon palm, chamomile, and lavander.

it worked well, and i woke up 'round nine this morning, feeling just fine. of course...it being ma day off, and since it's all cloudy and gloomy outside, i did spend the rest of the day napping...it's now 4 and dum wants to go fishing. since promised to go, guess i'll have to =P

well... the cake i worried, and stressed and blogged bout yesterday. hasn't been picked up. i was 9 types of ready to call the bitch before i left, but it's the shops policy to wait 12 hours after their "pick-up" time to call. the only happiness i get out of this situation is custo will be getting a call @ 9pm. hahahahahahahah

in another great big "fuck you"...3 hours into my shift, i realized i'm the only one out of the THREE decorators who EVER makes cookies, cupcakes, dessert cakes, and generic cakes. ffs, tuesday is just as slow as monday, yet there's BOTH of the other decorators there. so i said "fuck this", claimed cramps and other girlie ouchies, and left.

...have fun girls!..... hahahahahaha

(for those of you not familiar with emoticons, the >=/ face usually represents frustration, this has been your lesson for today)

frustrated you ask? how is that possible?!!? heh. i've been testing my limits as a decorator lately. namely, because ma new shop dosn't have a copy kake machine. that's a machine, you put an image in, and it projects it onto a cake, for ppl like me who can't draw for shit. ya just trace and voila! presto! and whatever magic words you wanna use, ya gots an image! yea. they're fuckin lifesavers. especially for ppl like me who can't draw a straight line if someone held a gun to ma head.

but, i'm going off topic again. so ma new shop don't have this machine. =( mores the pity for me. the other day i had to freehand 3 lil monkeys on a cake, and thank the GODS they were basic shapes (circle, oval, rectangle). today? hahahahahahahahahah*takes a breath and*hahahahahahahahahaha

i'm checking out the few orders i have to do. 5? sweet!! go about ma usual sunday business, getting re-stocked, etc. then i go to decorate the cakes. OMFG. one of them, requires me to DRAW a dirtbike. WITH a rider! FFS!!!!

i go to the office and sit and smoke and bitch one of the bosses (the cool one) then i get to it. i draw (ish) it wif a paperclip, then go over with black, then colors. i think it's shit. it's goofy, and we're going to be giving this cake away =(

i send a pic to dummy (who's fishing) asking if it looks like a dirtbike. LMFAO, ya'll wonder why i love this man? i get the reply "Old. X.R. 250"

other boss lady says good job, and i pack up to go home, we'll see tomarrow if the custo likes it or not.

but whoever murphey was, he must have worked in a bakery....