Just one?! No, no, just kidding.
I think my greatest talent is baking. I also just love to do it and would love to do it more if my husband wasn't such a health nut and actually ate more than 2 bites of something. He also doesn't eat cooked fruit-lame! I love trying new recipes for cookies, muffins, cakes, breads, pies, you name it. I like to try to make things healthier, not just for the hubby but because I like to make good for you food taste good.
My love of baking comes from my mom who would have never thought to go to a bakery to buy a cake for a birthday party. She made the Barbie dress cakes and the Pooh cakes and the ice cream cone cupcakes.
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| Making cupcakes for my mom's 60th birthday party. Hey-I made that pillow too! |
My first job was at a bakery. I will always remember the smell of the bread in the morning and the fresh donuts and muffins. My second job was at a donut shop, a good one where they still make everything fresh. I used to work a 5am-12pm shift on the weekend (sounds crazy for a teenager, I know, but I am a morning person) and I would roll out of bed at 4:45 and get to work to a hot corn muffin and a giant cup of coffee and watch the sun rise through the drive-thru window.
Over the years I have always gone back to cooking and baking jobs. I made pizza, worked at a different bakery, a chocolate shop, and a specialty food store. In fact, I consider it my life's ambition to one day open my own coffee/bake shop. Something small and manageable with great coffee and great baked goods. R wholeheartedly supports me and often when I'm bored at work tells me to keep working on my business plan.
On a side note, I'm not ready to be my own boss but one day I know I will and I plan to start my mornings with a hot muffin and big cup of coffee and watch the sun rise through the windows of my little shop.
And while I am at it, I will put my other talents to good use- keeping a balanced budget, sewing linens for the shop, picking out art for the walls.
I hope that making money will also become a talent too!
And I hope to have a little kid running around the shop, asking to lick the beaters, acting as my taste tester, and generally lighting up my world.
1 comment:
Those look so good! Wishing with you that one day you will view that sunrise through your shop with your little one in your arms.
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