Week 41: Driving, Kristen Hersh, bowling treats and more...

This week was a big week! Tuesday afternoon Justin found out he didn't have to work Wednesday. So, we decided it was time to head back to the DMV for me to take my driving test! As I am 24 and have had my car for over an year now it was long over due for me to get my license. But I can proudly say now that I have my license! I haven't done much driving on my own yet but I felt comfortable when I did. I've also been driving pretty much every where we go, still no highway driving but I am driving in the dark now. I don't have a picture to post yet as NC now mails you your license so in 10-20 days when I get it in the mail I'll post a picture.

My other experience this week was going to a small private concert. Susanne's birthday was earlier this week and for her birthday party her brother got her favorite artist, Kristen Hersh, to come play a small concert for her friends. There were maybe 20-25 of us there. I didn't know Kristen Hersh's music before last night, but it was a lot of fun. Justin was on call last night so I went with Margie and Christine.

To the baking experiences this week:
I had quite a few new baking experiences this week, the first was a cake for Bible Jump off. Bible jump off is a bible study a group of people from church do with kids from the neighborhood around our church. I'll be doing a cake a month so they can celebrate the kids birthdays.

The next on was Susanne's cake. I got the idea for this cake after watching a wedding cake show a couple months ago. I immediately decided this was the cake I would do for Susanne, even though she didn't know she was getting a cake. The circles are made of royal icing. It was pretty time consuming but I really enjoyed making this cake. I am hoping to have an excuse to making a multi tiered one using circles. I also made cupcakes with the same color scheme and circles for the party but forgot to take pictures of those.


After both of those cakes were done I had another cake other to make.
This time it was a bowling themed party. The mom requested a bowling cake and bowling ball cookies with each of the girls names for party favors. This was fun to make as this was the first time I got to use my bowling pin pan. I also realized decorated sugar cookies take much more work than I expected, so I'll be readjusting my prices. I still can't believe I get paid to bake and decorate!


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