Sorry y'all!

Hey y'all! I have been really slack on my blogging game. I just have not felt up to my normal healthy self in such a long time. I actually don't remember the last time I felt "good." I have been struggling to breathe and been so tired. I had two doctor's appointments yesterday. My pfts, while not good by any means, were not much different than last time I went into the doctors and my pulse ox was up. It just seems so weird to me. I feel so bad, like so awful. I feel like I can barely breathe. It seems like my tests should reflect that. It makes me mad. Of course we talked more about going ahead and consulting with the transplant people, even though my doctor does not think I need one just yet. She also suggested I start sleeping with oxygen. I plan on really stepping my game up, not only with blogging but also with my health. I just have to so something to feel better.

But in other news I went to the library and checked out two books on owning a bakery. I am really going to make this dream come true. I have also been experimenting with different cupcakes.
These cupcakes are Key Lime with a graham cracker crust bottom and the other are blueberry cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. These cupcakes were a hit at my house. My mom downed about 5 of the key lime ones the first night I made them.




I promise y'all I will start blogging more. I'm just finding it hard to write about things when nothing interesting is going on.

Fall Break!

Well I've been on fall break these past two days and I thought I would enjoy what every college kid dreams of: 4 whole glorious days of sleep. No such luck. First, I was roped into going to family day lunch with my little sister and babysitting my baby brother. Secondly, my mom decided to sign me up to make cupcakes for my little sister's school fall carnival. Now I do love baking so this was not such a horrible thing for me to do. I decided to do two batches. Halloween cupcakes with sprinkles for the kids to decorate and I made chocolate cupcakes with ghosts on top. This is a little sample of my ghost cupcakes:

They were a hit.  My duties did not stop there. I also had to help get my little sister and brother ready. I put together both costumes (being the creative one in the family gets a little tiring). The fall carnival was a blast. I got college kid wasted on some cotton candy (meaning I simply ate cotton candy until I wanted to puke). Here's some picture of my little siblings in their Halloween best:

Now I have to figure out just what I'm going to be for Halloween. I don't like costumes that show off my stomach because of my awful g-tube scar. So after hours on Pinterest, I have narrowed my options down to two: A toddlers and tiaras girl or Juno and Bleaker(courtesy of my boyfriend who will dress up like a nerd if I want him to. So sweet!)

Baker's the last name and my chosen profession.

Before I get on with my blog post for the day I have devastating news...
I had my hands full and dropped my ipod touch. The screen shattered and a piece broke off the side. My poor baby:

You can't really see all the damage in the picture but its cracked all over. Sad day.
Now back to my post for the day. I know in my last post I talked about how I'm so indecisive. Its completely true! I'm 19 so its completely okay for me to be! But baking has always been the one thing I loved since as far back as I can remember. For Christmas one year I clearly remember getting cookbooks and baking supplies. That's why I have decided to go to culinary school to get my bachelor's in Baking and Pastry and food management.  This college is located in another state than my own although its not too far. Eventually I want to open up my own bakery or even like a bakery truck. How awesome would that be?! I have a crazy cupcake book called Hello Cupcake! and just checked out What's New Cupcake? from the library sooo here are some of my cupcakes I've made:

    

Okay so the apple ones (bottom picture) were kind of a fail but cute nonetheless. At least I figured out my mistake. Note to anyone who wants to attempt the apples: make sure you use doughnuts that are big enough to cover the whole cupcake top. It calls for mini but obviously you can tell that did not cut it.

As much as I would love to be a baker I feel that people wouldn't exactly like to hear someone constantly hacking who is making their yummy baked goods. Some might get paranoid about it. Mucus frosting anyone? So I figured I could wear a face mask but I'd want a super cool mask. All Cfers know what I'm talking about. Those hot annoying face masks we have to wear around the hospital or at CF functions. Maybe I can design my own! I'm not going to let CF stop me from being a baker. My cough would make people cringe in any career I'm in so why not? To those who do not know why CF, or Cystic Fibrosis is: A disease tat affects both the lungs and digestive system of a person's body. Abnormally thick mucus is created clogging up airways and the digestive track. This mucus that clogs the lungs can allow life threatening infections grow in the lungs. The mucus clogging up the digestive system stops food from being properly digestive and prevents the nutrients from being absorbed. For more info go to: www.cff.org

One more thing: Hopefully soon I will be posting a post about a project I'm doing that I found on Pinterest!