i wouldn't be me if i didn't brag a lil.....

this is a wedding cake i did yesterday, a 1st anniversary cake actually, to match their original cake.



another good pic of it, but now ya'll see how much of a mess i make...

i know it's been a bit since i've been around, i promise i'm still here, reading blogs and commenting (or not) more often than anything. between work and trying to relax with dum, i've been missing from chat.

i'd talked to ma mom earlier today, but we were discussing work, ok, so i was bitching about work. and it was a few hours later before i realized i'd forgotten to wish her a happy mothers day.

lmfao...

when i called her tonight, at least she understood. i was at work and focused on what needed to be done for the day.

anyway, we discussed my lil sisters graduation tomarrow night and dinner etc. as i was saying my goodbyes and see ya tomarrows, she said

"i've been thinking about something for a few days now. what's *dum* call his mom?"

i told her he calls her "mother"

she said, "ok, then i'd like it if he called me mom, or ma. none of this mrs. *last name* or mrs. *first name*"

oh. wow. i said i'd let him know.

while this could be considered normal for parents of a live-in boyfriend (don't know, never had one before, really) for my mom, that deffo AIN'T normal. lmfao...

especially when you know that she and ma dad had Mister *for those of you who have only known me as kricket, mister was my ex husband* call them Mr and Mrs *last name* for the first three years of our relationship, and after that, first names....

ma parents only met dum once....but i think they like him

in other news, i'm prepping for a huge cryfest tomarrow, as my lil sister, my heart, walks the stage for her AA degree. two weeks before her high school diploma, i might add. ye gods she rocks.....


*muwah* i love and miss you all....

i was listening to talk radio today. one of my favorites was on, Mark Levine. and he played a clip from a talk mr. king was giving. to high school students. as the clip ended, i vowed to get rid of all my stephen king novels. and i own quite a few, as he was one of my favorite authors. but what he said presents to me a person i could never support, give 29.99 for a new book, or 8 dollars for a movie ticket. here is his exact quote.

"I don't want to sound like an ad, a public service ad on TV, but the fact is if you can read, you can walk into a job later on. If you don't, then you've got, the Army, Iraq, I don't know, something like that. It's, it's not as bright. So, that's my little commercial for that."

how dare he? seriously....how fucking DARE he? once again, some fat rich asshole tells high school kids that only stupid people join the military.

what kind of bullshit is this??? these men and women place themselves VOLUNTARILY in harms way to fight for their country, never mind the cause. they willingly accept the responsibility to sacrifice their lives if need be. they spend weeks, months, YEARS away from their parents, wifes, children. they miss thanksgivings, christmas', birthdays, graduations.

my father is one of the most intelligent people i've ever met. and he chose to devote his LIFE to the United States Air Force. he gave them 23 years, and in return he got a severely damaged (from stress) heart, a shadow box plaque containing an american flag flown over the white house, and a monthly check.

so, fuck a bunch of stephen king. one of the many wonderful things about this country.....he is free to call our bravest men and women stupid, and i am free to never ever again hand over my money to him in the form of books or movies.

my district manager was in my store today, for the first time since i got passed over.

he stopped by and said hey to ma new manager (forever known as Derrrrrr) was talking to her and said hello to me. i was faced with my decision, be ballsy and ask to run the bakery closer to ma house, or be a mouse and say hello back. i nodded ma head to a corner and said i needed to have a word with him when he had a minute.

the conversation as follows:
me: so what's going on with ** street?

him: i don't know, that's not my district.

me: don't you guys TALK?

him: we do, and i'd thought that position was filled.

me: you know i deserve my own shop. ask anyone.

him: how mobile are you?

huh???? then he tells me about a new store opening in his district in august. which is more than 100 miles away from here. he wants to know if i'd move to that area. i tell him i'd have to talk to ma boyfriend.

i'm so shocked he'd even ask about me MOVING that i forget some excellent questions, such as if there's other candidates in the area. i talk to ma mom, who has worked with the same company for almost 20 years, if he'd even suggest such a thing if he didn't plan on putting me there. according to mom, he ain't no bullshitter. he wouldn't have offered if he wasn't going to produce. also, the company will pay moving expenses if ya move that far away.

i ask dum his opinion, and he tells me "i'll follow you, if you want to go, let's go" which i don't doubt, but plan to ask several more times before i decide.

this store that's opening, will be in another state, but closer to my parents house than my own.

this store will also be a HIGH volume store.....more pay, better bonus...

but i'd be leaving ma home......the place i spent ma few teenage years (before i moved out) and where i've spent the last 4 years.

i don't know what to do. my DM didn't give me a time limit on the offer, but he does need my answer soon....

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right, i know i promised these pics a LOOOOOOOOOng time ago. but here it is...pics of the laptop cake i did ages ago








ta-da!

i think i'm gonna take a quick nap before me n dum go out for dinner and a movie. gonna go see that ben stein documentary....


yay date-night!! i'm even gonna wear a skirt! whooohooo!

work is.......work. haha. store manager's on us all about everyone working what they're SCHEDULED, no more no less. since i always work MORE...i've learned a nifty trick of going into the system and changing my schedule to reflect what i'm actually going to work, usually so it looks like i left a lil early. HAHAHAHA.... and there's really no way for him to check it, as computers don't lie!! *giggles evilly*

on the cake front...nothing fantastic, till yesterday afternoon. the usual b.s. cakes, beach scenes, confetti, blah blah blah. till i got a phone call from the post master general for the local u.s. post office, wanting a cake for all his employees now that the tax crunch is over. he said he didn't really care how it was decorated, maybe slap a mail box on it or something. i joked about putting an angry dog on the cake. he had a good sense of humor, and this was the first cake in a while i had complete freedom on, so i had fun with it. kinda sucks cuz i made the envelope too big, hid the detail work i did on the inside of the mailbox, but...live n learn...

now that ma one and only decorator is gone, it's just me and an apprentice...and she ain't doin all these pain in the ass cakes yet...i dodged a bullet tho, was supposed to do ma very first 3 tier wedding cake this saturday, i was beginning to get the dry heaves just thinking about it, when the bride called and canceled the cake. *whew*

this is a MONSTER of a cake...took me about 3 hours.....



a "diva" cake, fit for the likes of dutty....


and a favorite of mine...not terribly difficult, but hard NOT to smile when your makin him



this was a 1st anniversary cake i did, to match their wedding cake...


seeing as how we're coming into wedding cake season, doubtful i'll be able to dodge ALL the cakes....*grabs her stomach and fights a heave* i just don't wanna make a bride cry on her wedding day....

sometime, shortly after hitting over 500 people on my "friends" list, i started thinking....when was the last time i checked out the friends activity list? months and months.

when this feature came out, i was still a freebie member, but i thought it was one of the coolest things NN could have done. i mean, WOW, putting all my favorite people in one spot, so i can quickly see if they've posted new pics (CAN'T miss ya'll nakkie) or new blogs (a deffo addiction). then i started accepting every request. i stopped using the feature, as i had to weed through all these people i don't know.

soooooOOooo......i went thorough and only kept people i know, either from chat, or here, or favorite posters.. and i'm back in business! instant access to all the lovely new pics and blogs. lol....tho i still have twinges of guilt when i decline a request.

and if i've accidentally deleted you, or somehow missed having ya on my list at all, throw a heavy object at me and i'll fix it right up

we ended the day on a perfect note.....and took lots of pics....dummy's FIRST time in the ocean...



i have so many favorite shots, and will get to post more, but i DO have to give him first crack.....so i'll be nice...

we also took bunches of nakkie shots at home.......so keep lookin back, eh