Jessica's Baby Shower

White cake with fondant and buttercream icing.


Chocolate cake with buttercream icing.


Buttercream baby booties.


Buttercream baby rattle.

Wild Spirit feather detail

Grizzly Claw reference
Red-Tail Hawk reference
Cooper's Hawk reference
Eagle reference

Wild Spirit

Finally done with Wild Spirit. I am so happy with how it came out.

Wild Spirit WIP5

Almost done with her. I just need to make some feathers and add them to her.

Wild Spirit WIP4

Small update here. Added the hooves. Just wanted to show what she looked like...naked.

Gymnast

I think I'm done with this. If so all that needs to be done is a clear coat, which I'll do when the Wild Spirit is done.

Wild Spirit WIP3

Did a little more work. Still have some to go.

Gymnast WIP2

Almost done with this. I just want to add a stripe or two to the outfit.

Wild Spirit WIP2

I started this back in February. Finally working on it again. Not sure how much time I spent on this today. I was working on it and the gymnast at the same time.

Gymnastics Cake WIP

I have an order for a gymnastics theme birthday cake for a little girl next month. At first I was simply planning to decorate a cake with icing, making a girl on the balance beam or something. Then I got this wild idea to do a sculpted gymnast out of either modeling chocolate or clay. I couldn't find the chocolate so I got clay. Here is how she is coming along.

Approximately 3 1/2 hours

My day at work

Today I was pretty shocked because Fiona actually let me do some cake decorating! I got to decorate a cake for a 2nd birthday. It looks like this cake, only it is hot orange, hot yellow, turquoise, and hot pink.

I also got to do a cake like this, only the bottom border was white scallop with blue and grey stars in between each one and the star on the field wasn't smooth. It was done with the #5 star tip, just like the other cake's number was.

And I got to do some cupcakes that look like this.

I also made fondant flowers in hot pink, turquoise, bright yellow, and soft yellow that look like the small 5 point pink and purple flowers on this cake.


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On some reading thing

So, it seems that if the book is paper it doesn't matter how interesting it is...I'll never finish it. But, if the book is downloaded through Kindle onto my iPhone...I can't put it down. Right now I am reading the Stephanie Plum novels written by Janet Evanovich and loving them. I'm reading half a book a day...and there are 15 numbers books and 4 between the numbers...this could get expensive.   Vnvhe Yvhv Hvtke

Sample Cake

Just a sample of what I have been doing. Just did this at home. I haven't been doing the decorating at work. Just the base and the border on the bottom. Just a little practice piece. It's only 3 1/2" x 4".

Second Day at the Bakery

Today I was scheduled for 12 but was asked to come in at 10. So far I have iced five cakes and put the border around the base of it so Fiona can do the decorating. On 30 min lunch break now. Don't get off until 6. My hand is a little sore from icing and from working at ACE the other day, but not too bad.

After going back I did at least another five cakes. Some single layer, some double layer, some single layer with a tier, some double layer with a tier. Basically, I did a lot of icing lol.

First Day at the Bakery

First day of work yesterday went really well. I helped make butter almond cookies, cake balls, and thumbprint cookies. I also folded boxes and put address labels on things. Took a few orders for cookies and such.

Baby shower!

I filled my first cake order today. :D Amanda's step-sister is also pregnant so her step-mother was throwing a baby shower for both of them and wanted two bellies...one pink and one blue. The pink is a white cake and the blue is a chocolate cake.

New Job!

Well...it didn't take long for me to get a new job. I walked into the local bakery and put in an application and resume and was told to come back the next day to ice a foam cake and show what I know. Fiona first showed me her method then had me copy it. She was pleased with what I know and told me I can start next Thursday. I can't wait. :)

Take this job and shove it, I ain't workin' here no more...

So I no longer work at Schlotzsky's... YAY! When I walked out that door on Monday I'd never felt more free. It was a great feeling to finally know that part of my life is over and done with. I was there for two years and two months. At least I have management experience from it. Everyone has been telling me that I needed to leave, that I was better than that place.

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Baby Shower Cakes

Today was Amanda's shower. I made a baby belly cake and a new idea...a baby bottle. I am happy with both and so was everyone that came.

Dolphin Cake

I needed practice...and another cake design to add to my portfolio...so I made a birthday cake for a friend. She loves dolphins so I decided to try to make a dolphin cake. I am very happy with the outcome and she was extremely surprised.

Baby Belly Cake

Today I decided to practice making the cake that I want to make for Amanda's baby shower next month. I just love trying to cook/bake in my mom's kitchen. She has nothing that I need and if she does she has no clue where it is. I was unable to find the folding hook attachment for the mixer. We have no rolling pin. I couldn't find the cupcake pan until I didn't need it anymore. Fun stuff, really.

The cake is just a white cake with red gel food coloring in it to make it pink. I didn't have the form that people have used for the belly, so I used a metal mixing bowl. Since I couldn't find the cupcake pan, I used a tiny loaf pan.

Step 1
Here you see the bowl cake, which I started shaping a little, and the tiny loaf, which is upside down.


Step 2
Here I have shaped a little more, cut the loaf in two, and cut the top off of the loaf and placed it on the flat part in the middle of the belly.


Step 3
Here I have finished all the shaping.


Step 4
Here it is iced. I learned not to used whipped icing for this.


Step 5
The finished product!


The whole thing took about 5 hours. Supplies cost about $15. The recipe for the fondant made twice as much as I needed for this cake.

No car for the moment

Yesterday morning my dad had me drop my car off at the shop. They are supposed to be letting him know something today, but last I heard, he hadn't. He's hopeing it's the condensor so he can fix it himself, for cheaper. I'm just hopeing it gets fixed! I have a stupid truckers tan! Ugh!! I also hate driving somewhere and getting out feeling nasty and sweaty. I hate Texas! Give me Alaska any day!

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Ugh

Today I feel like crap. I am at BMI and I want nothing more than to be back in my bed, asleep. My throat hurts and my head feels stuffy. I am not sure if this is allergies or a head cold. All I know is I do not like it.

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Neverset

I saw Neverset at Scout the other night and had a great time, as usual. They did not need me to work merch for them because Cameron came with them on the tour. I helped a little when he needed to step away from the table, but that was it. It was kind of nice to be able to stand at the stage and enjoy the full experience, instead of watching from the side. It had been a while since I had done that. I got some good pictures of the guys on stage and am pretty proud of a few of them.

I just have to say that Ryan looked really good. He has lost a lot of weight and is looking buff. He told me that he has stopped drinking alcohol, started eating better, started drinking at least a gallon of water a day, and is exercising every other day. Doing that he has managed to lose about 50 pounds. Seeing him is definitely an inspiration.

I will put some pictures on here soon. Until then you can view pictures on my Neverset Army Myspace or click here to go straight to the photo albums.

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GRRRRRRR!

I am so sick and tired of my family! I want to move out of this damn house but am unable to because I give half of my crappy pay check to my parents. They assume, as they always do, that I am not saving a dime and still spending money foolishly. Boy are they wrong. They have no clue that I have close to $400 saved in an account.

Today I could have put my fist through a wall and not cared about the damage it would do, at least not to the wall, and possibly not to myself either. I am so tired of not being good enough and having every mistake I've ever made thrown back into my face. "You could have gone to college and be making more money" Really? How is that possible when I went and looked into school and was very excited about it only to be told I can't afford it and I'm not college material. Or, yeah mom, let's just throw my weight issue back into my face. No, I haven't been to the gym lately, but it's hard to keep myself motivated when I'm constantly being told that I should cancel the membership because we all know I'm not going to stick with it. But yet she'll send me some Baylor weight loss study where you take medicine so they can see how you react to it and they pay you. Sorry mom, I'm not willing to risk my health for money.

Money seems to be everything to her. At one point in time she said I should sell my eggs for money. Umm hell no. I'm sorry, but I do not want to be like Chuck and wonder what children are out there that I created.

*sigh* I just want to be somewhere that I belong. somewhere where I don't hate myself and don't wish that Chuck and Johnnie had never met. Somewhere away from the negative people in my life that call themselves family. But, unfortunately, I am stuck in this hell with no hope of a brighter future in the the distance. I feel myself slipping back into the depression that has been my blanket for most of my life. The one thing in my everyday life that I have always been sure of.

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And I'm done

I have finally finished the Twilight Saga. All 2,560 pages of it! I have never read so much in just one week, apart from school of course. I am pleased to have finished it, but sad that it is over. Now I need to find something else to read that will hold my attention. lol

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I can't believe I'm reading so much!

Well, I finished Eclipse today, not too long ago to be exact. I am trying to get Breaking Dawn right now, but Kindle is not cooperating. Ugh. It's odd to have read so much this week. Twilight has 544 pages, New Moon has 608 pages, and Eclipse has 640 pages, for a grand total of 1,792 pages. *falls over* I just have not wanted to put the books down. Even now, when I have just finished a book and am waiting for the next to finally pop up on my iPhone, I still want to be reading. This is a good thing. I have missed finding enjoyment in reading.

Wow

It only took me two days to read New Moon. I completed it last night. Today I will be starting on Eclipse and am looking forward to it very much. I might try The Southern Vampire Mysteries (the Sookie Stackhouse series, the books behind HBO's True Blood) after I finish off the Twilight Saga. I was told if I like Twilight then I should like True Blood as well. Well, I am off to read!

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OMG I can read!

I can not remember the last time I sat down and actually finished a book. Perhaps while I was still in high school? Well, that has all changed. I finished Twilight in a matter of four days, I believe. Tonight I moved onto New Moon. I have been reading for 7 hours! I did not want to put "the book" down. I say "the book" because I am reading it on my iPhone. I am in the middle of chapter 12 and only stoping because I must sleep before going to TSU. So I should probably bring this blog to a close.

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Boating Fun

I'm still not feeling well, but I couldn't pass up an invitation to go out on the boat.

For those of you who remember, my family was going to go fishing a while ago but was unable to because of a motor issue. Well, my dad took it to the boat doctor and they could not recreate the problem and found nothing wrong with it so dad decided to take it out for a test run today.

Everything went really well until we got close to our backyard and the there was this high pitch noise telling us one of the engines was overheating so we basically lost that engine for the rest of the ride.

Other than that it went well. Nobody fell overboard. No phones were lost in the lake. We almost lost a guide rail on the way home but some guy honked and pointed at the boat to let us know it had fallen off.

Dad has to take it back to the boat doctor to see what's wrong this time. Hope we get another test drive that can go smoothly so we can ride longer.


Here is our route, or as close as I can get to what we did lol. The blue dot to the right of 2094 is about where we lost the guide rail.

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Not Well

Lately I have not been feeling very well. I have had a bad headache and soreness in my body and my stomach has also not felt well. Today I had planned to go to the health store to get some herbs, but Schlotzskys messed up that plan. I had to do salads then take a catering order to Pasadena. They didn't get me out of the store until too late so I was already behind schedule for my run. After dropping the order I didn't know if there was a store nearby that I could go to so I just went onto BMI. Turns out there was a store not far from where I was. *sigh* You mean to tell me I could possibly be headache free if I knew that at the time? Oh well. Hopefully I'll get out of here with enough time to go past a store so I don't have to suffer another night.

Last night Nokose asked our mother and father to help me in dealing with this pain. He was afraid that I may be offended by this, but I found it to be a very sweet gesture and am very appreciative for this help.

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Wedding

*bounces up and down* I'm so excited and happy. Thank you Crick and Lacie for wanting me to be a part of it even though I am so far away. It means the world to me. Lacie I know you will make a beautiful bride and make Crick's heart skip a beat when he sees you in that dress. This will be the beginning of many happy years to come. I am so happy that you found each other. I wish you both nothing but happiness, love, friendship, and lots of fun.

A Day in the Life of...

0:00 Shower time!

1:07 Read Sam's A Day in the Life of...lmao

1:36 Nokose signed off without saying anything...how rude

2:25 Decided it was time for bed so I got offline and turned on flutes

3:41 RLS is a pain in the butt, hello Rock Band

4:13 Hoping that playing the guitar and dancing will stop my RLS so I can sleep

4:18 Realized I had eaten something since brushing, brushes teeth again

4:20 Trying to sleep, hopefully the next entry will be at 8:30

4:53 Texted Amanda so she won't forget iron pills

7:30 WTF?!?! Since when is my alarm set for 7:30?! Snooze!!

10:23 OMFG! Thowing on clothes and running out the door!

10:30 Corprate is here! *spazes out*

10:34 Only two salads from yesterday?! *spazes out more*

11:57 Debates on locking Greg outside since he is sneaking out to smoke after 11:30. Would act like I did not hear him banging on the door even though I am right next to it

12:16 Felt Billy walk behind me. Hello Sweetie.

12:18 Salads done! 6 Turkey Chef, 3 Garden, 3 Greek, 4 Smalls, 2 Caesars, 2 Chicken Caesars. Work area clean, dishes clean, romaine hung for tomorrow

12:21 Changes shirt in car. Yes I can do that without showing skin!

12:23 Called General to let him know I am on my way

12:24 Calls Missy, no answer

12:26 Orders first fast food burger since I started my diet. I need iron dammit!

12:28 Really wishes Nokose was here to fix A/C and other car problems, but moreso the A/C. And it's only 85!

12:33 Food!

12:37 Forgot how greasy and salty fast food fries are

12:40 I'm trying to reach Missy, not Fun 4 U!

12:43 Roadwork and traffic! I do not want to be prepared to stop!

12:45 *cough* Stop stirring up dirt! Rolls up windows and suffers in the hot car. Come to Texas Nokose!

12:46 Laughs at bumperstickers "Gun control is being able to hit your target" "Honk...if you go down" Scuba flag on that one

12:48 Freeway! Yay! Now I can speed...I mean move at a good pace...

12:50 Vibration in the rear! Crap!

12:55 Slow people in the fast lane! Move it! GRRRRR. Turns up flutes to try to calm nerves

13:13 Arrives at office building

13:15 Have I told anyone how much I hate being in elevators?

13:18 Go away Colonel Smith. I am not your secretary. You do not pay me. I am not messing with your computer.

13:20 BMI phone rings, but it is not BMI business

13:21 Finally I can eat my burger!

13:28 BMI phone rings, again not BMI business

13:46 Missy calls...and she's gone

14:03 Sam's online! Yay!

15:00 Posted first part of this blog

15:28 Getting very tired. Leg won't stop shaking.

15:31 - 16:03 BMI phone rings. This is not TSU and this is not TSU's time. Do not call about TSU issues with General when he is on BMI's time and is paying me to do work, but is unable to give me things to do because of your constant phone calls!

16:35 OMG! Parents are coming to talk about enrollment?! Why was I not told to dress nicer?!

17:12 Checking BMI emails and am getting angry at other people who waste BMI time and money.

17:16 Updated this thing.

17:41 Sent Sam a picture of me to show him my hair. He said my Native choker looks like a dog collar.

17:52 Legs are still moving

18:00 Was supposed to be off at 17:00, obviously I am not.

18:40 Finally left work and called Missy

18:47 On hold

19:00 My car is so hot! Perhaps I should think of this as a free sauna...

19:11 Yes! No traffic!

19:12 Hello truck can you not see me or something?

19:17 Finally off hold

19:34 I'm home and being attacked by dogs!

19:37 Stared at by Hank while eating chicken, green beans, and mashed potatoes

20:20 Strip bed and start laundry

20:25 Stomach feels icky. I bet mom used whole milk in the potatoes

20:50 Made bed and laid on it. Was attacked by Cleo

20:59 Read latest achievements to Missy

21:15 Rock Band

21:20 Eddie is online!

22:20 Watched Zach attempt to back a trailer into the driveway and almost hit my car

22:30 Done rocking

22:40 Ate a meatball sandwich

22:47 Sam is online!

23:03 More laundry, fun

23:27 Missy must have lost her signal or hung up on me...

23:31 Most recent update

23:53 Missy is online!