My finest moment...in baking

I am still in shock that I actually created both of these cakes. I have to say that it took many, many hours of planning and hard work, but as you can see it paid off. Both cakes were beautiful and tasted heavenly. I'm so proud!!! I've made a lot of cakes in my short life but never have I made 2 cakes this big for one day!! The wedding was soooo fun and we had the best time. Me and Jason stayed till about 11:30, then went to a local place with some of our cousins. This is probably the most beautiful wedding I have been to and also one of the funnest. I'll post pictures of the other wedding stuff later. I just had to get these cakes on here!!

Ok, so I'm a bad blogger

Yes, it's for sure. I am not a good blogger. I have had the best intentions of course, but just have not done it. I actually tried to do a Thanksgiving blog but the pictures where all crazy so I gave up. Maybe I'll try again later. Lauren, I need your help! Many of you know me well enough to know that I tend to get overwhelmed sometimes. Even if it is just one thing that is overwhelming I am paralyzed and cannot focus on anything except obsessing over the one thing that has me so stressed. Well, right now that thing is a Wedding cake and Groom's cake for 500 +. I have spent the last two days baking non stop. 3- 16 inch round cakes, 3- 12 inch round cakes, 3- 8 inch round cakes, 3- 6 inch round cakes, 2- 16 inch square cakes, 2- 12 inch square cakes and 2- 8 inch square cakes. THAT'S A LOT OF CAKE!!! 18 cakes total. I have gone through about 20 lbs of butter, about 100 eggs, about 20 lbs of sugar, and about 30 or more lbs of flour. This has me a little overwhelmed! The work is 1/2 done, now I just have to get to Meridian, MS with the cakes and decorate and put them together!! I know this will be fun, its just I want everything to be perfect!! Which nothing is life is but lets get as close as we can, right!! Seriously, please pray that everything goes nice and smooth!!! LUCY

What a week!?

First off, my dear sweet husband has been out of town all week and will return home Friday night around 7:00 or 8:00! He hates traveling so it's not fun for him and I have to say I've missed him greatly and with the week I've had I'm really ready for him to come home. So let me tell you what has been going on.

Monday was a pretty average day, I really accomplished nothing around the house. I sort of took a vacation day!! It was fun but I felt guilty of course the next day.

Tuesday was pretty good! I did some things around the house that morning and around 2:00 I started cooking for the catered meals I had that night. At about 4:30 Lauren and her bunch stopped by to pick up some food they had ordered. Mary Fuller came in the kitchen and said that the puppy (yes, that's right, 3 weeks ago I brought home a new puppy) was "wet". I immediately knew that she has tee-teed somewhere. I walk around the house looking on the floor thinking "no big deal" then, as I walk in the den I see a puddle on the left cushion of one of my brand new couches and then see that there is tee-tee tracked all the way to the other side of the couch. I RIP the slip covers off the cushions and go into panic mode. I'm so mad at this point I can't think. Did I mention that I was trying to leave to deliver some food right as this all occurs. I put the slip covers off to the side and dealt with them when I got home. Thankfully, they are fine but the DOG at this point is only allowed on the couch when I am also on it.

Wednesday I'm doing odd end things around the house. Jason calls me and reminds me that some men will be coming by to work on the vinyl siding on the back of our house where are sun room is. This room has about 13 double pane windows that are 55 inches wide. During all the work we have been doing on our house 2 windows have had to be replaced. I was worried about something else happening! It did! While the men were working a 3rd window broke into a million pieces. Luckily it is tempered so it has not fallen yet. The man who broke it and the other men working did not speak English. Of course I call Jason and tell him what has happened. I left the room for the remainder of the time the men were working in fear that a 4Th window would be broken. I really had to go away and pray that God would help me not loose control and that the windows would be fine. No more were broken, thank the Lord.

THURSDAY! For the past few days my new puppy has been eating her poop. I know this is disgusting and believe me I'm totally grossed out by it. I'mcringing as I write. I've been a little concerned about it but I've only caught her doing it about 3 times. Well, as we are laying on the couch tonight, the dog jumps off and I begin to smell something horrible. I jump up off the couch and see a pile of something on the rug, then I step in a pile of something on the rug. I rip the blanket from the couch to make sure there is nothing on the couch. I did not see anything on it. Of course I begin cleaning up. I'm not sure if its throw-up or poop. It really doesn't matter because both are bad. I think my rug it ruined but thankfully it was a bargain find that I paid less than $100.00 dollars for, but still I'm sick over what has happened. After I clean up as best I can I pick up the blanket on the couch and see something in the blanket and yes there is a small amount of disgust on the COUCH!! At this point I'm laughing!

Its Friday morning and the men are back working on the vinyl siding. I will stay out until they finish!

I know that these things are really pretty stupid and in the big picture they don't matter at all. I think God is trying to tell me that he is in control of every little aspect of my life. Maybe today and in the future when things don't go as planned I'll be able to say thanks to the Lord for being in control of everything in my life. Even my windows, rugs and couches!!

Happy Birthday to me!

It was a great 27 Th Birthday! Thanks to Lauren and my sweet friends, we had a blast laughing and eating at Old Mexico on Tuesday night. For pictures of the get together check out Lauren's blog- thehaugefamily.blogspot.com. Wednesday was great too, thanks to the sweetest husband ever. He made a steak dinner, decorated a cake, and bought me some flowers. Since this was our first Halloween in our house we enjoyed giving the Trick or Treaters lots of candy. And as you can see in the picture the two cutest kids came by to see us, Madeline and a Rooster! It was a great birthday and I thank the Lord every day for wonderful friends, an amazing husband and all our loving family, without which life would not be near as precious!!

Making progress!!!

So, we finally hung the curtains in the bedroom. They look great! We have also mananged to accomplish a few more things that have been meaning to get done for some time now. For example, the planters that have been sitting on the front porch for six months completely empty. I finally broke down and went to the Nursery and got some plants they told me where hard to kill. We'll see!! They said all I need to do is water 3 times a week, feed every 3-4 months and don't let them get a frost! Sounds easy!! The picture of the China cabinet is something we got at a garage sale. WE LOVE GARAGE SALES!!! I have to say that we have got some really good stuff at garage sales and flea markets! The china cabinet also has a buffet that matches. We got both for $150! The buffet is pretty beat up so I think we are going to try to re-sale that one at our next garage sale. We have a garage sale at least 3-4 times a year. Our last one we made $475.oo!! My husband is the master of SALES!! I've also pictured our old couch that we've had since we got married ( it was mom's). This couch and love seat have just been recovered!! The love seat was a garage sale find that we only paid $50.00 for! Now they are both brand new. They are going out in the sunroom!! Hope you like the update. Many more things to do so I've got to go!! Just so you know for future blogs, I am the worst speller in history! And I'm horrible with grammar. Most of the time I laugh about it and say "we'll, I'm really good at alot of other things like COOKING"!!

Where do I begin?

Well, I was the first in the family to get a blog but the last in the family to actually use it. Mainly due to the fact that for the past ten months our life has been crazy. This is because we have been remodeling our house since late January. I know your wondering why did it take so long but when you are doing all the work yourself, running your own business and your husband has a full time job it just takes that long. Plus Jason and I are both perfectionist but in different ways. Now we are finally in our house but there is still many things to do, such as finish the sun room that runs along the back of the house and decorate....the WHOLE house. I swear its taken us 1 week and 2 days just to figure out where the furniture will go in the den, how could I hang something on the wall? I know it will all come together, it will just take MORE time. I'm having church supper club at my house sometime in November so I've got to start what I've been avoiding. I need to just stay up all night one night but most days I'm just too tired!! I'm sure many of you that have kids are thinking "you don't know tired" , I think the same thing myself. You Mom's do it GREAT! There are so many other things besides our house that have consumed our last few months. I'll tell you about those things later. Our social life has completely gone down the tube. I can't remember the last time we did something with friends. Jason and I love to entertain and have parties, it kind of our ministry, being hospitable to those we love. I have to say that since I've moved here ( 3 years ago) Lauren and I have hosted some fabulous parties. Jason and Jeff always help and of course, fork over the money to host things such as a cocktail party for 40 people with a sit down dinner. We both can't wait until the house is done and we can celebrate with our friends and family. We love this house and thank God for his blessings!! I pray that our home will honor God and it will be a place of refuge for Jason and myself! And if you need a place to hang out, come on over!!! I'm posting some pics of the house, some are showing you the true madness we are living in. ENJOY!