My Career Daydream

I decided this weekend what I would do for a living if I could chose any job. Up until this weekend I couldn’t really think of any career I would like to have. I hadn’t given it a ton of thought but wondering what practical career I could truly enjoy and turned up few answers. This weekend it struck me, thanks to the food network. I decided I would like to own a bakery. Not a cake shop because I don’t feel I have the creativeness to run a really amazing cake shop and I don’t want to spend the years training to make perfect cake decorations. Making things like wedding cakes would be awesome but I just don’t have the right talent set for that. A bakery though is a totally different skill set. My bakery wouldn’t specialize in cakes we would be a place for all other things baked. As I think about it more I have decided that I won’t be limited to cupcakes, we would include cookies, brownies, and small special occasion cakes without elaborate decoration. Our focus would be pure taste-bud heaven. I would want to create the most sinful treats, my motto is that you can always add to an already sinful treat. Take a cupcake for instance, why just a cupcake and icing? Wouldn’t you like a candy treat hidden in the center, wouldn’t you like your icing to have some peanut butter mixed in or some candy on top? As I have started brainstorming on this idea, usually while I am on a boring run or at work, I come up with new creations. One idea hit me in the shower, cupcake with the icing in the center and then fried, kind of like a fried twinkie. I am sure my ideas aren’t original, many people like myself bake these delicious treats at home. But how many people out there are missing out, I run in to people all the time that enjoy my cookie and cupcake creations and I think how they have missed out on these things for so long. My main deciding factor for this particular career is my love of baking. My main concern for this career is that I love to eat baked goods and there would be heavy sampling involved. I dream of coming up with creative icing flavors and fillings for my cupcakes, as well as fun toppings. We won’t be about frilly decorating we will be about flavor and fun. I will also include tons of cookie and brownie options that I will rotate and probably several versions of rice krispie treats. I have also experienced some yogurt stores in CA that are different than most at home. They are self serve and you add your own toppings and then you just pay by the ounce, this might also be a part of the store. Anyway, this is pure fantasy but I was proud to finally know what I would like to do for a living, even though I will probably be in corporate accounting forever. I have considered more heavily investing in this hobby and turning it in to a side project but I am afraid John and I would weigh 300 lbs a piece before I got any business. For now I will just have to bake for my coworkers and friends, which my husband always enjoys. There praise of my sweet treats is satisfying and I am glad they enjoy them. Plus if I fatten them up I won’t have to worry about my own love handles. Maybe I will post on my blog recipes of particularly popular treats I make so you can try them on your own if you also enjoy baking, I will warn you that there will be no low fat items on this list though. Maybe the bakery will offer a few healthier choices though.

My blogging is getting worse

This blog I wrote last week and forgot to post. I have to get caught up.
I don’t know how anyone that has never worked in an office environment can ever truly appreciate the TV show The Office. As I am typing this email there is activity going on around my cube that could be the plot line of the office. The 3 high up guys in accounting are all in the office behind me discussing hamstring stretches. I am afraid if I turn around I will see men stretching each other out or bending over in akward positions. There is also a lady that dresses in a sweat suit everyday and ughs which looks strange since I am in business clothes. I spend my day trying to look busy and sometimes only do like an hour of work. Having had many bosses and coworkers in a few different office environments I know when I watch The Office John just can’t appreciate it the way I can.
This weekend is my first weekend alone since John and I moved in to our apartment. He will be spending the weekend in Vegas with his BG friends and I will be worried about having to drive to Vegas to bail him out. I baked him cookies for the trip since it is his birthday but he won’t get anything else for his birthday unless he makes it back without any problems on Sunday. I have already planned a few things for my weekend alone to pass the time. 1. Get Thai food since John never wants it, 2. Skype with Audrey and Eva, 3. Go to the beach, hopefully with a neighbor but I don’t care to do it alone, 4. Get my haircut, 5. Workout more than I usually do on the weekend. I think that is all I have planned, other than cleaning the house and going to the grocery which always happen on the weekend. That is one good thing about living on the beach, when you are in need of something to do or just somewhere to relax you can just wander down to the beach with your towel and kill a couple hours. This is also dangerous because I tend to do this even when I don’t have a couple hours to kill. There are some sacrifices too, you have to accept that sand will be tracked in the house, a surf board will take up your closet space, and you have to wash more beach towels. We are pretty much available from July thru Christmas so start planning your visits.

Nothing eventful

So I haven’t written a blog in a long time, probably because I have been busy at work. Also last weekend wasn’t anything to exciting. Friday night we got off work and had some drinks while we watched the sunset. After a couple glasses of wine we were asleep at like 9:30. Sat. I actually ran some errands I had put off forever and then John headed off to go surfing. I decided to go on a long walk on the beach because I haven’t walked barefoot along the water yet. The problem is that I walked so far away that on the way back my toes and hips were killing me. The sand here is super soft so you really have to work at it when you are walking. The walked turned in to like a 2 hour outing. By the time I got back the bottom of each of my big toes had huge blisters on the bottom. Sat. night John and I made a huge crockpot of BBQ and after a big meal and a few drinks we were asleep early again. We did rent Men Who Stare At Goats and I liked it more that I thought I would. It was kind of cooky, which you can tell from the previews.
Sunday we had a little Easter Service and then we went for our first hike. I enjoyed the hike more for the conversation with John than the actual views. We also got our Rockband replacement guitar this weekend so we played a few rounds, I think I improved with time off. I also ordered a new netbook that just came in and I am waiting to see some of you on Skype. It is tiny but we can plug it in to our regular computer screen and accessories if we need to do anything major. We also watched Capitalism: A Love Story. It was a Michael Moore movie so it has its pros and cons. It raised some interesting points though. It is warmer in KY today than it is here but we are going to brave the breeze and head to the beach for a couple hours.