Cupcake Love

I have this new bad hobby of mine, it's baking and decorating cupcakes. I really don't particularly like to eat them I just like to bake and decorate them. It started last November when my twin cousins turned 2 and their theme for the party was Elmo. I was online looking up desert options for the party to help their mom out and I saw Elmo and Big Bird cupcakes. I was like Oh My God I have to make those, so I called up the twin's mom and was like so I found these cupcakes online and I want to make them for the party. She was excited and couldn't wait to see them. I looked further online to see different variations of the cupcakes and found one that looked simple enough and easy to make. I went off to the store and bought a cake mix for the cupcakes and all my icing and decorating needs. It took me about 2 hours to bake and decorate all of these cupcakes but I must say they turned out amazing and looked so cool! Here's a picture of my Elmo cupcakes. Now please note I am not a professional baker by any means. This was my first time ever decorating cupcakes so I was very happy with how they turned out.

So for Easter of course I had to make some cupcakes. My grandma was coming in so I wanted to make something for the family to eat and have to snack on. I didn't feel like making regular size cupcakes because I was also making a bunny cake for when the whole family got together. I went to Michaels and looked around in their baking isle and found this mini cupcake/muffin pan which are like bite size and I was like OMG I have to get this. I thought it would be perfect to use to make my mini easter cupcakes. My mom had gotten me this cupcake book that had all these really yummy looking recipes to make from scratch for cupcakes and muffins so I was flipping through this book and saw the recipe for lemon cupcakes. I asked my mom what she thought and we both agreed that lemon cupcakes would be a great refreshing spring treat to make. I then went online to find a frosting recipe to use on top of the mini cupcakes. I found this lemon butter cream frosting recipe that looked and sounded good. Well long story short I made my cupcakes and the frosting and they turned out amazing as well. Needless to say they didn't stick around for very long, which means that I will probably be making them again very soon. Here's a picture of the lemon cupcakes I made for Easter. The decoration on top is just sugar pieces that I found at Michaels, so no I did not make those. 

So there you have it my new hobby. Who knows maybe I will go some where with this, hey it could be my back up if this PTA thing doesn't work out. Hope you all had a wonderful Easter! 

My Life

      I am a 23 year old who is still in college trying to figure out where she belongs in this messed up world. Okay so I did kind of figure out where I belong its just getting there that is the problem. A couple years ago I graduated with my A.A in general studies but couldn't find a job because the economy sucked so badly. So one day I was at work doing my every day jobs and I was like why am I not going into this field? The pay is great, it's in demand right now and you have well enough experience to know what you are doing already. Which then started my whole "I want to become a Physical Therapist Assistant" journey. I started looking up the requirements to see what I needed and so forth, I found out that I only needed to take a few classes mostly science and then take this god awful test which I still have yet to pass in order to apply to MC's program. So I take some classes ( I'm taking my last two right now) and I take this awful test which I didn't do horrible on just not what they wanted ( which if you ask me is ridiculous because I think they put too much pressure on kids these days..which that can turn into its own little rant so don't get me started) but I ended up sending in my application for last fall anyway. I got my decline letter saying thanks for applying but you aren't quite ready for this yet. Which is a bunch of bologna because I've only been doing this for 4 years of my life by that point so I think I'm ready. Anyway, that was all fine and dandy I wasn't really looking forward to going to TP campus right then anyway. 

        Summer comes and goes without any huge adventure, and Fall semester starts up once again at MC. I take Anatomy 1 and that was a very hard but enjoyable class. I end up taking this awful test again in February to see if I can do any better to higher my chances of being accepted and nope I did worse! Given they did change the test completely so I did have to take a new test that I had no idea what was on it. Oh and I found another college that I am absolutely in love with.  It's an hour and a half away from my house but the campus is smaller, I love the safe feeling I get when I'm there, not at all like TP. Their PTA program is only 18 months long instead of 2 full years so it would be a shorter time there. I looked up how to apply to their program and guess what! They don't require you to take this awful test..YAY! So I get my two recommendation letters together, my experience form I had to fill out saying I've been a PT Aide for 4.5 years almost 5, along with a bunch of other forms. I sent it my application and now I'm Waiting...and still waiting..which is a good thing right now because they said they won't hand out acceptance letters until May or June. I'm so nervous right now it's like my life is being held in the hands of three people up at CCC and MC right now to determine if this is where I should be. 

         I don't really have a back up plan if I get turned down again. I really don't want to sit on my but for another year doing nothing. I will probably try and find another job somewhere that pays more and I can work full time. Not sure if it will be in PT still or something else. I guess we will see where life takes me and take it one day at a time.