Cheeky Treats: It's 10:30 p.m. on Sunday, November 6, 011

Ok.  I have to admit something.  I'm a little tipsy right now.  Don't judge me.  I deserve it, especially after the day I've had.

In yesterday's blog, I mentioned that I had the challenge of creating 24 cupcakes with mini textbooks on each, with the work "Macroeconomics" scribed on each.  I didn't sleep last night because I was wondering how the heck I would accomplish this task.

Well . . . I did it.  It took me the most of 4 hours, but I did it, damn it!  And they were beautiful!  They will be posted on the Cheeky Treats ~ The Cupcake Boutique Facebook Group tomorrow.  My back hurts, my head aches and my eyes are crossed, but it was worth it.

So, I just finished two glasses of red wine (at Shawn's place) and now he's running a bath for me to soothe my aching back, and I will relfect on this day with pride of this accomplishment.  Did I mention that the textbooks actually open?  Ha!  How cool is that?!  Did I mention that I'm tipsy after two glasses of wine?  Ha!  How cool is that?!

Cheers!

Nadia

It's 6:39 p.m. November 5th

Hey all.  So yesterday I posted a 15+ list of things that I had to accomplish yesterday, and to be honest, I just couldn't do it.  Who could?  There are only so many hours in the day, and by 5 p.m., I was totally bagged.  At least I got the orders done. . . there is a God in heaven. . .tanks-a-god!

So - I whisked myself away from the Cheeky Treats Baking Studio and spent the evening with my sexy beast of a boyfriend Shawn and his awesome three boys. 

Then I was up again at 4 a.m. 

Sigh.

Well, I HAD to finish baking, especially for the Barrie Farmer's Market, which started at 8 a.m.  I arrived at 8:10 a.m.  Enough said.

So, I arrived home at 12:45 p.m. after an awesome sales day at the BFM, and had to deliver an order to a customer.  Did that - no hiccups - yay!  Then, back to the Cheeky Treats Studio to bake a Raspberry Pie and Cheeky Brownies for an order, and make dessert for dinner.  So, now I'm back at my Shawn's place, just finished cleaning up after dinner, and my two amazing children and his awesome two of three are singing away in the family room. 

How lovely. 

While I'm writing this. 

I can't concentrate. 

All I know is that tomorrow will be challenging - I have to make 1.5 inch wide textbooks out of fondant, with the work "Macroeconomics" scrolled in writing across each one - 24 of them to be exact. 

OMG.  Can you appreciate the difficulty in this?  Holy crap . . .this one will keep me up all night.  I'll let you know how it goes!

Cheers!

Nadia

Cheeky Treats ~ It's 5:50 a.m. e.s.t.!

So - I was up at 4:37 a.m. because I actually thought it was 7:00 a.m.  That's right. . .you guessed it. . . my clock was set wrong.  Must've been one of the children!  Doesn't matter, because I acutally wanted to start my day at 3:30 a.m.  I'm a "snoozer" people, and every time that rancid alarm goes off (which is set to 107.5 Kool fm, btw), I get a sick feeling in my stomach and slam on that "SNOOZE" button, then delicately fall back into the delicious dream I was dreaming. 

When the clock showed 7:00 a.m. I'll be honest. . . I panicked.  For you see, people, I am a professional baker.  I own Cheeky Treats ~ The Cupcake Boutique, and I have many orders for today and the weekend, as well as a couple of donations to whip up and deliver.  I typically do not sleep on Friday nights because I prepare all night to sell at the Barrie Farmer's Market.  My goal today is to get all my work done by 6:00 p.m. so that I can have dinner with my boyfriend and his three sons. 

Let's see what happens.  This is what I actually have to accomplish:

1.  make brownies
2.  make 2 chocolate pecan pies- 1 x 11", 1 x 10"
3.  make 1 lemon meringue pie
4.  bake 60 Red Velvet cupcakes (my specialty)
5.  bake 60 Chocolate classic cupcakes
6.  bake 48 Vanilla~illa~illa cupcakes
7.  bake and pipe 30 assorted flavoured teenies
8.  make cookies - not sure what kind yet. . .any suggestions?
9.  make whoopie pies - Chocolate and Red Velvet
10.  make brownie pops
11.  press 40 apples for homemade apple cider
12.  Three deliveries

I think I'm forgetting some things . . .oh, yeah:
13.  make old-school batman cupcakes (x 24)
14.  prep icing and toppings for a kids birthday tomorrow - the parents want the children to decorate their own cupcakes so I must prep 8 icings (all different colours) and find 8 toppings for the kids to decorate their cupcakes with - it's fun

I think that's it for now.

Oops:
15.  make lunch for my kidlettes
16.  take them to school
17.  do laundry

Yup - the list looks daunting, but I can do it somehow.  I'll let you know how it goes!