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!