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I got through last week. And I'm managing to get through this week. And if i can get through next week, I can definitely get through till the end of the year. I think starting Monday will be the challenge. Early mornings and late nights will ensue.

Looking forward to the year end like never before. I always seem to get myself into a frenzy this time of year work-wise, baking-wise, and trying to catch up with everyone before the year's out. It's stressful and tiring. But so worth it...

So to recap... it was the week that you wind down to christmas and the holiday season.

Unless you get a massive order in one week out. and then put another two on top plus your own stuff to do.

It was a huge learning experience. Lots of hours, hard work and perserverance but so worth it. and i cannot thank my parents enough for their tireless efforts over the past week. feel so loved.

Over 2000 cookies, 4 massive fruit cakes, 100 macarons, 4 dozen cupcakes, 20 gingerbread trees, fondant for all the cookies, macaron fillings, cupcake toppers AND 2 macaron trees.

All done in the hours after my 8-6 job. Yes, there were quite a few late nights (early mornings).

But we got there... despite Murphy's Law trying to come into play! We beat it down good!

And I am relieved, tired, happy, broken but still here. Still me.

Can't wait for the break.

It's december!!! Who can believe it!

It's been a very very busy week for me.

Baking baking baking, sorting out  some real estate issues, work, catching up with friends... oh how life gets in the way! ;)

Been my busiest week yet in the kitchen. 4 days straight of pretty much non-stop baking. Not to mention 37 degree heat on the first day of December. CRAZY!

And we were even crazier baking from sun up till sun down... and then some.

It's that time of the year when I usually reflect on what I've done (and a lot of the time, what I haven't). I'll get around to it... soon. Just need to take a breather!

So many things have happened, are happening or hopefully will happen. Some good, some bad, some necessary.

been a pretty shiat week all around.

we played shithouse netball today. and the opposing team weren't even that good. we just fell apart. no idea what happened. gave away all these penalties and intercepts. lost by a whopping 10. can't even blame the two new kids on the block. we. were. SHIT.

works keeping me super busy. felt like a debt collection/chaser today. just pay us damn you!!! it's overdue you govt entities thinking youre above the law!!! bwahahaha.

cannot wait for the booze 4 pm tomorrow. and i'm the one who ordered it. teehehehehehe. free reign on the credit card!! woohoo!! . . . jokes. there are limits.

i have had a massively big week. weekend. monday.

which is why this place is getting neglected.

need to really start doing stuff for my party.

times aticking.

awesome photos on facebook

i'll upload here when i get them off don.

out.

these jampacked days are so time consuming (lol?) but great!

aspire breifing.

then me and donna hit 2 and a half op shops in a row with a maccas break.

summer hill. have to drive around like 4 times until we found the place cause it was so easy to miss. and it just happens there was a accident and there were lots of police cars. and donna was like.. haha theyre prolly looking at u driving around the same streets suspiciously or something. -_- it's not like i wanted to!! haha

then reverse garbage. and lol, that place really does sell garbage!!! so random! at least she got a couple of old records. i don't even have that kind of record player anymore. those massive discs ones.

then we were to tempe tip. that was good today. homewares wise. clothes i always thought was so-so. like.. hard to find good things. got my goblets for my party. and there was a bit of a random uhm.. altercation at the registers. nothing to do with us. but well.. random..

then dropped donna off in the city. went to get mum. and went to spotlight to be massively disappointed by the unorganised, unpriced and generally useless staff there. and i thought target was bad? nah.. we're champs compared to them. fail. won't be going back.

then we hit liquorland when we got home to get some booze. they didn't have melon. so i'll see if they have it at surry hills. if not, i'll just have to go to dan murphys.

m pain.

work.

gazillion customers.

by 8, the front paths were so crowded you had to push your way through.

i was on the registers until 9.

fun? no.

i got to hold mon's 4 month old though. hes so cute. and he only smiled at me.
=D =D =D

this morning, i had a trial run for marble cake. i overbaked it cause i used a different sized tin. and i was using a fan forced oven as well. otherwise, flavours were good. decided that pink coloured cake is a little bit too unsuitable for boys. haha it was more like a napoleon cake cause i made tri colours instead of dual.
CARB OVERLOAD. CARB OVERLOAD. CARB OVERLOAD.
CARB OVERLOAD. CARB OVERLOAD. CARB OVERLOAD.
i'm gonna go crazy!! i srly felt sick after eating it too!! hahahaha
donna was 'right on time' today. promptly got to my place at one.
then we went to vals and walked around westfield so that donna could see the "renovated" westfield (cause she hadn't been down to the centre in a few years). she got her HP DVDs and cracked a joke to the register lady that

"i wasn't her frend back then so i never got her the other HP DVD"

and the register lady thought it was really funny. -_-
thanks donna. hahahaha
picked up my sister along the way.
donna and her did some sort of 'dumb people hug'. its where u try to hug each other and you miss.
ROFL.
oh and i thought the monkeys comment:

"where's the third one?"

was so appropriate and shitass funny at the same time. off with the boys...

we played wii at my place!! [they ate (and ate) and drank tea as well]
tennis and baseball ['foul ball'] and mario party. wheeee

me and my sister as a team? shitass crap.
me and val? can't lose =D.
donna and monkey? dumb + dumber. =P

i got my cake tin from myer.
ANODIZED. ANOLON. tough shit. at least i hope it is. its expensive.
so im gonna have to made a oblong shaped cake. stick two cakes together.
im making the cake board at the moment. sticking them together.
thanks coz for giving me so little notice.. i realised that im actually really really busy this week...

tomorrow:
- final cancer vaccy
- need to do stuff for mum
- need to do stuff fot dad (>>MSY)
- grocery shopping
- second cake trial

wednesday
- ASPIRE day

thursday
- work

friday
- making cake

sometime during the rest of the week:
- wash scout
- clean other fish tanks
- clean room
- clean house in general

weekend:
- work
- big family thing
- jan's 21st
- work
- justin's 21st
- pac for trip
- SLEEEEEEP