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So this week is going to be a Busy, crazy week...my first cupcake all nighter, Abq trip to deliver 14 dozen cupcakes, Zoey turns three, Monday night football, and oh yeah school (three quizzes and three papers due)....but on top of that I am pleased to announce that I have been reading every night! I have a pile of books on my to do list, including joining a book club where we are working our way through the Harry Potter series. I am also going to start reading...

I am very excited about my new discovery of food books, which combines my two loves. The last book I read actually had recipes intertwined in the book! This book reminds me of my life this year, starting over and doing what I really love which is baking.

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"Ask most people what they want from life and the answer is simple..to be happy. Maybe its this expectation though that just keeps us from getting there. Maybe the more we try and will ourselves to states of bliss the more confused we get, to the point where we don't recognize ourselves. Instead we just keep smiling, trying like hell to be the happy people we wish we were until eventually it hits us, its been there all along..not in our dreams or hopes but in the known, the comfortable, the familiar." ~Grey's Anatomy

Vanessa/Martha challenge is on...I made Lemon Meringue cupcakes this week. They were good but not my fav, kinda messy to eat and a lot of work. Lemon cake, lemon curd and 7 minute frosting all made by hand....I must say the frosting was the hardest since I don't have a candy thermometer so I played it by ear and not sure if it came out right. Everyone seemed to enjoy them so guess that's what counts...I must say I love the challenges though!

This weekend I have a Cars themed order so am making Martha's Marble cupcakes...two done! :)

Martha, Martha, Martha

So I have failed my Julie/Julia attempt...so busy and let's be honest I am obsessed with cupcakes! Now that I am getting so many orders, I long for the random days when I get to just bake for fun...no pressure, no stress, no doubting myself. {I am crazy hard on myself!!} So, to accommodate both, I have moved my Martha following to her cupcake book, atleast for now! I will attempt to make everything in her cupcake book and will post about it! Yay! I have already done some without even knowing it and had planned on doing Lemon Meringue today, so the order I make them will be random.
It doesn't get better then Martha Stewart and Cupcakes!!

This could be an epic failure or could be a huge business change but I have decided to take my cupcakes on the road, well at least to Albuquerque/Santa Fe. I have 12 dozen orders...not bad for a day trip!

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There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single, flashing, throbbing moment.
… Sarah Dessen

Most profess to want love - to give it & to receive it - but few believe in doing what is necessary to nurture & sustain that love.
… Zane

Our real discoveries come from chaos, from going to the place that looks wrong and stupid and foolish.
… Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters

In real-life fairy tales, you can define who you are for yourself and, as a result, choose your ending; you don’t really need someone to save you, just someone who can let you save yourself.

Julie/Julia challenge

I want to do a Julie/Julia thing but with Martha....I'm going to do her Baking Handbook. So the challenge I'm presenting myself is once a week bake from her book and will start from page one and go all the way through, trying everything, no matter what it is. This might be crazy, especially with my schedule and my diet but I love the idea, the experience I will gain, and the building of my baking resume.