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Refreshments...1
So tonight marks the beginning of a two-day-ish marathon of cupcakes. It's...gonna be a long one. It also coincides with the first refreshments table I'm organizing for after the English service. It's small compared to the cupcakes, but I'm starting to get nervous. After I complete the cupcakes tomorrow (I pray I have time to make the ( Read more... ) -
Big Bakes!
10 hours, a pantry and fridge stocked with leftover ingredients (and a few new ones), and a mad woman = a dessert table (done for fun). I hope anyways.
I'll be baking up a storm of orange scented sweets...for fun!
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Procrastinating...
I'm thoroughly useless today. It's not like I haven't done ANY work. I'm just...I dunno...It's snowing, it's my birthday, my mind is racing because of various things mostly relating to baking ( Read more... ) -
Flabbergasted...
So I come in, check on the work the coop student is doing, try to give him instructions, and he asks (I couldn't believe it) a stupid question. I've been tasked to get him to research a specific accredited program. A 3rd party institution (called the Insurance Institute) writes and regulates the courses for people who want to become brokers or ( Read more... ) -
=)
So I've made a conscious effort to be more positive and to try to make my workplace more positive. That's right, I'm staying. I want to give this chance a place and to try to make it a better place (pretty naive of me). I think, so far, it's slowly changing how I approach my work. But I don't really want to get into that right now. I want to ( Read more... ) -
Stuff...
Let's go from sad news to good news and then my baking obsession ( Read more... ) -
My Next Phase...
Brought on my the cold weather on Monday, when I found my fingers unable to type as quickly thanks to working in the foyer where cold air creeps in through the glass...I've taken to knitting. I generally have phases. I had a crocheting phase a couple of years ago which quickly passed after finishing a giant baby blanket. I'm currently knitting ( Read more... ) -
Russian Tea Cakes
Yesterday was a pretty good day. I got to work, finished updating a file, and then an avalanche of work appeared on my desk =) I like work. I don't know why, but staying busy and getting stuff done speaks to the artisan in me (I like being able to physically see the fruits of my productivity). It was nice to eat my lunch in peace as Helmut ( Read more... ) -
Dependent on Technology...
I wear my "old school" badge with pride. I love picking up a book, I don't own a cellphone, I'm not addicted to a Crackberry, and I'm quite content to ignore my e-mails (well...I try). This past week, however, has shown how dependent we, "old school-ers", are ( Read more... ) -
Good Food...
Trying to console myself right now. Getting back to work today after taking Friday off is pretty rough. So I'm going to think about the food I've eaten lately ( Read more... )