Plus, my kids' birthday are March and April, and one or two days for each birthday will be taken up with cake-making. Every year, I design and make the cakes for their birthdays. Last year, I made Appa from Avatar: The Last Airbender for my son:
and Wall-E for my daughter:
(Appa had, I kid you not, 22 cups of powdered sugar. It was a HUGE cake with so. much. frosting.)
This year, my son wants Lightning McQueen. My daughter just told me she wants a Hello Kitty cake.
I think all writers need to find a balance in what to do and what's too much and what they need to do in order to still be able to write. I have a lot of thoughts on this, but I'm still thinking over them, so I'll leave it at that.
How do you balance your writing with everything else you do?
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Today's Rising blog tour is a review of the book over at the incredible Donna Weaver's blog.
The paperback giveaway at Laura's blog still has a few more days. (I'd posted it ended Saturday, but it ends Sunday.)
Those are terrific cakes! Just don't let my kids see them. Their birthdays are all in March and April, too.
ReplyDeleteThis balancing thing can be difficult, especially when you want to spend enough time with the kids (and need to). The first victim by us is always the household -which doesn't really bother me as long as it doesn't turn into trash central and there's always enough underwear in the drawers. And food on the table...
The kids are definitely top priority. And the rest... we work on a day to day basis.
It is SOOOOOO hard finding a balance!!! I mean, if it were easy, there wouldn't be all kinds of self-development classes and books on the subject (I have to register for personal development classes for work...there are lots of classes on "balance," lol. And, apparently, I need to hear it often.)
ReplyDeleteI'm so excited about Rising 2!!!! *HUGS*
You can make a cake for me anytime!
ReplyDeleteI was bummed to take your name off the list, but I understand. Some things you just have to say no to in order to maintain your sanity.
I tried to withdraw from the challenge yesterday too and they talked me out of it. Darn it, now I gotta get my butt in gear. I hate that. :))
ReplyDeleteCool cakes!
Those cakes are amazing!!!! My son would love all of those or the Lightning McQueen cake. Hello Kitty not so much. My daughter probably wouldn't care much as long as she got to eat it. Right now we're just trying to find something egg and dairy free that remotely resembles cake that we can feed to our son for his birthday in a couple weeks.
ReplyDeleteHow do I balance? Not so well. I just do my best and then be happy with it. Blogging does come after writing though.
*Flapping arms and squealing* I love your Appa cake! I loooove it! I also love your wall-ee cake. My bday is in April, too. I wouldn't mind having either one of those cakes *wink*
ReplyDeleteAw, I'm sorry you had to drop out. But, it's good to look at everything you have to/want to do and make choices on what actually fits and what doesn't.
ReplyDeleteYour cakes are awesome!
Gotta do what you gotta do! Those cakes are amazing!
ReplyDeleteLovely cakes, lucky kids :-) You have to do what's best for you.
ReplyDeleteWOW! Those cakes are awesome! I want cake now. And I understand how life gets so busy. I'd love to do more blogfests, but I just don't have the time.
ReplyDeleteAhhh, you will be missed at the challenge but I understand. I just blogged about balance myself. It is difficult! Since I have a "day job", I find it challenging to write anything but I try. Your cakes are amazing :)
ReplyDeleteGood for you for finding the balance right now.
ReplyDeleteLOVE the Wall-E cake btw!