if i make it through september....

yep, i have that mearl haggard song "if we make it through december" stuck in my head!
~lol~

but i'm just trying to get through september!

i have a total of 5 cakes due today, through sunday

and a grand total of 20 for the month of september!
(not my biggest month ever, but still big - and of course, most of those are due on the weekends)

and on top of that, i have my full-time job, school is now in full swing for the kiddos, jaden is still going to jiu-jitsu training twice a week, the girls start dance next week (that's 2 trips to the studio a week), we're moving into our new house this month, curtis starts his new job on the 15th & i'm throwing a yard sale on the 27th to get rid of a bunch of crap during the move - just cause i didn't think i had enuff going on already! ~lol~

whew!

while staying up very late last night with cakes, i made a decision...
i decided that i am going to stick to my guns from here on out & not accept any new cake requests.....starting in october, my schedule clears up quite a bit - and i want to leave it that way.....i'm already turning people away every single day (which i HATE!), but i'm a push-over when it comes to friends & my "regulars" (those that have gotten cakes from me over & over again).....i usually end up finding a way to squeeze them in

but i can no longer pull 2 or more late nights/all-nighters in a week.....i can no longer sit in the house, finishing up a cake while curtis takes the kids to the playground.....i can no longer spend hour after hour online, researching cake ideas or learning about whatever character it is i'm creating a cake of this week.....i can no longer stress over grocery lists & trips to the craft store - wondering what it is that i'm forgetting & will end up remembering at 2am!
i want to have FREE time again!

i've never pretended to b superwoman - i've always admitted that i can't juggle it all....& without my ability to run on very little sleep, or without my amazing husband, i'd never get half of what i do get done, done

but my house needs to be packed & cleaned, my kids need more mama time & i need to breathe

i plan on leaving alone everything on my books already - so if u've already contacted me, don't worry - we're still good

and i'll still consider wedding cakes if any new requests for those come my way

don't get me wrong - i still LOVE to decorate....it's my art - a creative outlet for me....& i do consider it to be "me" time......but not when i'm trying to bust out multiple cakes within a very short time....then i begin to dread the nights when everyone else is soundly sleeping in their beds - and i know that i'm going to be staying up, drinking cup after cup of coffee, decorating, & listening to poker after dark on the tv (remember, we don't have cable & there isn't much else on the local channels in the middle of the night - and the radio stations play the same songs over & over again)

i praise God for blessing me with this talent! i thank Him for allowing me to use this ability to not only make others happy, but to feel a sense of fulfillment in my own life.....God is truly working in us these days & we're so thankful for everything He's blessed us with

but, i'll be perfectly happy just doing one cake a week (or even less) until i can take this gig full time....i am confident that my clientèle will come back to me & that biz will b booming again....i still don't know when that will be - it's such a HUGE risk for us to take right now.....but i pray that it will be sooner, rather than later

but please pray for me - as i make it through september!

*u won't hear much out of me until monday.....see u then with plenty of cakes to post! ;0) have a FABULOUS weekend!