BUSY WEEK AHEAD

Well it is midweek and so much to do. It is supose to rain all week . We was going camping but the rain and the cake I guess we will wait.
I have got a large cake to do this weekend. It will be a three tier and each tear done a different way. The bottom will be musical notes, the middle will be black and white checked representing his tire store and the top will be camoflage. For the tires Coy and I got some of Kiefer old cars and took the wheels off, scrubed them , soaked in very hot water, cut in half and stacked them on top of the cake. It is for Stephen at B&B tire, he is the big 40, Staci has a big party planned for him but he does not know it is going to be so big. She has tried to notify everyone that knows him to come. If just his family shows up it will be a lot of people. They are also going to have a slide show.

Tony showed up some pictures of the set up and they went to Sam's and spent over $600 on food. Big Earl Stratton will be doing most of the meat. He is Sheridan top griller. He fixed roasted ears of corn for Timberfest, they are always a big hit.

Tony said there had been thousands of dollars spent on this party, but all they have is each other to buy for. They cannot have a family. They talked about adopting but it was so expensive and hard to find a child and from there I don't know why they didn't. They have a thriving business and lots of money. Steven inherited his dad's business and has come a long ways with it. It was very small then. His dad died with an aneurysm. His mother died with cancer when he was about 4. He is the youngest of 5 kids.

Well it is the 14th and I have finished all the cakes and Tony picked them up. They turned out really well. Pictures later. I have Kiefer and Maranda also. They had to have someplace to stay this weekend so my house was it (That was OK with me) . It was not too bad doing the cakes and listening to them too. Maranda helped me with them and done a very good job. Good experience, maybe another cake decorator in the family. I am just about through with that, it is so stressful to do a big cake for someone else. I did not sleep well last night. Loss of sleep for nothing as usual. They nearly always turn out good. I have had only one cake to crack, that is pretty good considering all the cakes I have done over the years. It was a stacked cake like I was going to do this one. I got to thinking about that and decided to call Staci in the morning and make a suggestion that she make shelfs for each cake by putting plastic boxed at different levels, covering each of them with a black or black and white checked material and placing the cakes on them. Staci was at Wal-Mart when I called and that was a wonderful idea. Isn' that just like the Lord to work out things.

MY BROKEN CAKE
I got a call from someone and they said my cake was falling. I got so upset and thought the cake was actually falling, so I jumped in the car and rushed out to the country club, got stopped by a police for speeding, got a ticket, got out there and found one of the cakes had a small crack in it. I had brought my repair kit, icing, knife, and anything I thought I might need. I repaired the crack and put it to the back and it was fine. That has been my worst fear I would mess up someone special day. Thank the Lord that has not happen. I pray over every cake.

Needless to say I lost money on that cake. I never charge enough, nothing like the bakery's charge.

Looking at the 10 day forecast it is going to be in the 70 this week,so camping we go. We will pull our camper out after church and start packing. We got out packet to manage parks today.

Have got to go and try to get some sleep.

HAVE A BLESSED DAY