I announced my retirement in our staff meeting at work last week, although it's several months away (28 weeks actually), I am so excited I can't hardly stand it!
I really wanted to get my cookbook ready before then, but it really is a lot of work putting my recipes together, coming up with new ones. I've put too much pressure on myself and I think I need to slow down, my time is coming and I'll be able to focus 100% on just that. I have a few other ideas brewing in this big ole' head of mine as well and again, putting too much pressure on myself to get started. My last actual working day will be August 29th, with my planned official retirement date of September 19th. I will be saving 3 weeks of my vacation to use out in September. I'm still making lots of notes as I cook, I made a Mexican chicken and rice dish last night but I think it needs some tweeking before I post that bad boy. It was good but it could be better.
Since I haven't been faithful to this page I thought I better jot down a few notes about my plans. I've committed to making a grooms cake for a wedding in June, gasp! I'm planning on making some cupcakes today to try out the recipe. I'm using a white cake mix and turning it into red velvet...should be interesting! The bride (not the groom, after all it's his cake...) has requested a whipped frosting so I'll be experimenting with some whipping cream, powdered sugar and also some cream cheese to see what I can come up with.
Hope your day is blessed!
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