Thanks for joining in on my grand adventure! As you see in the about me section, I have a few things going on. I wanted to follow my travels through Pastry school as a record for myself and something my son Grayson can see later on when he gets older and wonders... "why was my mom so crazy when I was little?"
First a little background. My husband Wally and I got married in June of 2011, I accepted a brand new job as we were heading to the airport for our honeymoon. A 12 day cruise of Italy, we had an amazing time, a few too many martini's from the beautiful martini bar and came back to find out 3 weeks later that maybe that martini bar was a little TOO much fun. Our son Grayson was born in March, and I was laid off from that new job in June.
After the initial fear and shock of it wore off, Wally looked at me and asked "What do you want to be when you grow up?" While I had loved my old job, I wasn't loving where my career was heading. I couldn't think of anything that I would really want to do for the rest of my life. So I thought, thought and thought, only to have my answer be "Well if we had a million dollars (who wouldn't love that option right) I would be a cupcake baker."
I should mention now, I am a very lucky lady. My husband has not only been one of the most supportive people in my life but he is also my best friend. He allows me to vent, he's a great dad and he actually tells me to do things I always think I can't. So that September we started Sweet To The Core, and I started a search for Culinary school option that wouldn't cost us our house but would provide a good education at the same time. Needless to say Johnson and Wales, the CIA and Cambridge School of Culinary Arts were out (did you know that most of them don't offer financial aid options!)
This January, for the first time in .....12 years I attended a college orientation. Ordered my uniforms and knife set (WOO HOO KNIVES) and started this adventure. I hope to share every week with you something I've done, made or learned in this process and maybe inspire a few others to do what they love. So...let the adventure begin!
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