I think that interning is a GREAT idea! But don’t let them talk you into making a baby cake like that one. ICK!

And there’s still a lot of time between now and April, so don’t panic.

I gather there’s some behind-the-scenes action that is prompting you to consider making your blog private? Ugh. Sorry.

I usually use the first date to screen whether or not someone seems sane and kind and thoughtful. I figure that it is possible that someone might be nervous, and attraction might develop as long as you can respect a guy. Best of luck to you!

If you just want to make your blog private from prying eyes, you can have a private blog for invited readers only just like my friend has. You get a page like this when you log on:

http://strugglingauthor.blogspot.com/

Hope that helps?

Kc, Thanks! I use Wordpress, so it’s a little different. I just need to figure it out.

Finally, a cake that even I wouldn’t eat!

My kids and I will be happy to be taste-testers! I have those mysteriously shrinking jeans too! Glad you made a decision on pastry school. Uncertainty can drive you nuts.

Wait! I got it! You use this cake in Bible study to help illustrate a story about King Solomon. YOu know, the one where two mothers claim the same baby, and Solomon offers to cut the baby in half to see who falls for this logic. After the lesson, the cake can be a “prize” in class!

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Don’t blame yourself on the jeans. Obviously, they have been washed a lot and therefore shrunk too much! THAT’S the ticket!

On a more serious note, I agree with you on the bakery thing. Keep your day job while you “learn the business,” so to speak. Just curious, will this new commitment cut too much into your other volunteer work/social time?

Sounds like the right decision as far as the school is concerned. Just make sure I’m the first person in line when you open your own bakery, m’kay?

well, I added you to bloglines just a few weeks ago. It’ll be a pity if you go private

And yes, it is the weirdest cake ever. No wait, there is one here that, well, go and see it yourself (ewwwwww)

http://daddytypes.com/archive/michelle_new_baby_cake.jpg

I would eat the baby.

xoxo,
TDR

Sounds like a good decision! And it just occurred to me, why would someone who bakes such lovely and interesting things need to spend that kind of time and money in pastry school anyway when some interning time on the weekends is more than enough to top up all of the stuff you already know.

You are following your heart and dreams and that is the important thing.

What? Private blog? No pastry school? And no job? Wha’?! This is making me nervous. I thought there was a plan?

Well, I hope that somehow you open a very posh bakery with some sort of miracle funding, and we can all come to buy sweets. We will send all our friends as well. Of course, we want to be invited to the Grand Opening 2009.

Maybe you could start designing the “shingle” to hang out front, or the landmark sign now. Just make it happen, right?

And send me an invite to the private blog!

I am glad that you thought that cake was as creepy as B and I did. It was AWFUL.

I understand about the private blog, I hope that I’ll be privileged enough to read it.

Interning is a good idea. I, conversely, have decided to go back to school. Either USC or UCLA depending on which of the two programs I decide I am more interested in. I need a recession=proof career. Also I don’t see myself writing radio spots when I am 60, but HS Guidance Counselor? Director of Libraries? Perhaps…

I agree interning sounds like the way to go with the baking & pastry options. And yes, we know the school would not be viable already knowing about the miserable typical salaries for the ‘chefs’ here. I hate that you feel the need to take the blog private. It’s always a tough slog though, and it’s understandable. Many of the blogs I used to follow have gone ‘dark’ or private. I usually don’t feel like a close enough ‘friend’ to be invited, so I just move on. It’s probably why I’ve got no Facebook account either.

On the job front Every single Occupational category followed by the Dept of Labor has been losing both jobs and average Income since Bush waltzed into office. That’s Never happened before, except during the Great Depression. The only exception was for ‘professional degrees’ Doctors & Lawyers & such. But even their incomes (on average) have barely kept up with inflation.

So there really are very few ‘recession proof jobs’ & careers. You just need to resign yourself to some serious retraining almost every 10 years of your working life. Yes, even the Docs too. And you’ll still be running behind then still! (EPI.org).

So this is one reason why to go private, to hide from the likes of me spreading the good news on the economy. (Cepr.net, tcf.org). Cheers & Good Luck! ‘VJ’

I don’t have VJ’s reticence about claiming buddy status. Please invite me if you do go private.Thanks!

Very exciting about your job plans. I have 2 friends — both in their forties — making epicurean career changes; one toward pastries, the other as a chocolatier (I love this word enough to have double checked my spelling!). FWIW, they are 2 of the most interesting women I know.

I am a casual reader of your blog, but I love it. Can I still read it if it is private? I never make snarky comments.

On another note, jeans are very unforgiving. I am constatnly trying on old ones to gauge my weight, it is far more indicative than a scale. Sorry, and I totally know the feeling, about a year ago everything was to tight…….I finally got it together.

I’m not sure about the private thing yet, but all of you regulars will be welcome…have no fear!

I always stop in on this blog when I visit your baking blog to find a recipe to satisfy a sweet tooth, since I too, am a 30-something singleton in LA…. I wonder what it would be like if I had my personal life for others to see. While it’s an interesting voyeuristic peek into someone else’s life, I don’t know if i could do it and would understand why you’ve decided to make it private.

But the baking blog will stay public, right, right?? Don’t make me nervous…

If you make it private will you include me pretty please?