The Epic Fail!

This week I had a very low experience. When I say low I mean it actually made me cry. So I had a very busy week planned but I had it all scheduled according to what was happening. The pirate ship cake I was so excited about this week was to be done. Then LOTS AND LOTS of mother in law time. Most of that turned out well. All except the cake part. Ugh! I hate even discussing it now but I figure I have already been honest up until this point so I better not try to hide the truth now.
So I had a misunderstanding with my friend as to when she needed the cake. So inevitably I was up all night to try to get it prepped in time for her party. Well I learned something about myself. After 11 pm I am good for watching TV and somewhat writing a blog. Those are the extent of my abilities. That being said it had to get done. So I set out with a mission of completing it. To say the least I was heart broken about the way the cake turned out. I don't think it was quite as horrible as I thought it was when I delivered it however it was BY FAR NOT MY BEST WORK!
I feel like I capable of soooooo much and this brought me back to reality of no matter how good you think you are or can be, you can be knocked off of that high horse in an instant (or at least it seemed like an instant). Well all of that said it was defiantly a lesson learned. However I will be remaking that cake even if it has to wait until the first week in May. I have decided to put my oven mitts back on and continue. I will show my kids that no matter how one particular bad event happens you should dust yourself off and keep on keeping on.
Now on to the other part of my life. I can tell I am sooooo much more in shape these days. I have walked Kennesaw mountain twice in a week. I even drug Mom in law up with me! Plus I had a smack in the face with this experience to but this one was the kind that should make one scream, "Harder, Harder!"
I know now your dying to know right!?! Well we went to Cracker Barrel. My favorite meal is the chicken and dumplings with Mashed taters, mac and cheese, and green beans. Now about three months ago I would have eaten the entire meal but today I couldn't even finish half of it. I was so excited because it is feeling so real the reality I am making for myself and my family.
This whole process for me is about my family and being the best me I can be and I have to say despite my horrible experience and in light of my wonderful experience I am pretty darn proud of myself. Life will continue on and so will I (hopefully shrinking most of the way ; )



PS sorry no pics of my miserable fail this week? Trust me your not missing much

Graduation Day!

So this week was my last day of my cake class. I officially "graduate" from Wilton school of Basic cake decorating. I think I got a 4.0 GPA but that is just a speculation! This week we discussed the art of ROSE making. Lets just say I have some practice to do on that : )

I chose to do an Easter Basket cake as my final project. I really liked the technic involved in the basket weave. I also experimented with how on Earth to form an egg for the basket. None the less once I actually got the cake done in less then a hour. The next cake I will be doing is next Monday. One of our family friends has asked for a pirate cake! Now this one should be lots of fun to do. I think I will start it on Sunday. Then my mom in law comes in town on Monday and I will bake her a birthday cake sometime before she leaves town.

Now as for the weight loss goal. I managed to get to the gym a whole one time this week. Yeah I know last week I was redetermined. As you can tell that attitude worked out well right? The truth is I honestly couldn't show my face in public for while this week. At the beginning of the week face exploded. Seriously it was soooooo swollen. I still can't believe how big it was. That being said then my sunburn started to peel. All of this lasted the entire week. Then Friday on my anniversary I went for it. I got to the gym and biked for 5 miles and then used the eliptical for 1.5 miles. This morning my neighbor invited me to go to Kennesaw Mountain to take the trail with her sister. I have to say I was a bit nervous about this. Many people I know have told me about how rough this trail can be. I really enjoyed it. There were a couple of times that I had to watch my breathing but over all it really was fun. Not to mention I have never seen Stone Mountain and I can't believe you can see it so clearly from up there (its 25 miles away). It really just reaffirms why I love living here! Maybe I will take the inlaw up there when she gets here! Oh and hopefully I still get to go next Sunday with the neighbor. I think she enjoyed me being there to even if she won't admit it! Lets see how this week goes with no cake decorating to do! Time to focus on weight this week I guess!