When I started to think about having a cake/cupcake business, I know I will have to invest for so many baking tools, but the problem is, how? They are just too expensive and though hubby is not directly disagreeing with the idea, I can feel that he’s against the spending part. I am trying to spend little by little and I just keep my eyes close every time I hit the word “BUY”. If possible, I also don’t elaborate much to hubby because I don’t want to hear any of his oppinions as I know it already – THAT’S EXPENSIVE!
So far, I already have some of the basics like flower and round cutting tools, impression mats and modelling tools, but there’s so much more to buy. I don’t even have cake pans if I wanted to make layered and tiered cakes and when I told hubby about it, as usual, he said, “That’s expensive!” So, what do I do? No matter how much I want to carry on with this, I just don’t know how. I hate ranting on my blogs, most especially here since this is a food blog, but it’s all I could do and this is about the cake business anyways, so yeah I will just let my heart out here because further discussions with the hubby is not a good idea, but really, I can’t help but ask myself, “Am I asking too much? Isn’t it that what I would want to buy are all for this business which I know in time will give back whatever is spent? This isn’t for my personal interest anyways, right?”
How about you? What do you do when you have a business idea that you really want to pursue and hubby is somewhat not into it?
I know it’s been awhile since I shared something I cooked in my kitchen – the latest was my FTF entry (only last Friday) and I am really glad that at long last I am back in the meme again and even back to cooking and blogging. I am trying to get my online life as organized as I can while applying for jobs. Who knows? Maybe God grants me 1 soon. 
I stopped and just rested myself from cooking for 1 whole month. We spent the holidays in the Philippines and all I did there was eat… eat… and eat – me, being cook-free! 
Oh, I did cook twice (menudo and letson paksiw – forgot to take pics) and I cooked for like 10 people! weew! I didn’t know I can do that as I only know how to cook for 4.
Anyways, as what I’m saying… this food blog will soon live its name – Come Dine In with me and my family…
Late last year, I have this feeling that Alyssa’s not having a good lunch in school. She isn’t gaining weight so I talked to my kumareng Irish about it. She suggested that I feed Alyssa heavy snacks after school like rice, pasta or any carbo. And so I tried and to my surprise, she eats them like an adult – 1 cup of rice isn’t enough. 
So, I continued…
Then I had a meeting with her teacher before we fly to Philippines and one teacher approached me and she just confirmed my hunch – “Mummy, I have been wanting to talk to you for a long time now, I would want to say that Alyssa is not eating her lunch. If you are paying for lunch everyday, I would suggest that you just make her packed lunch because she’s not eating the prepared food in school.” There you go… My Cheeky Munchkin needs some serious talking with mum.
So before I continue talking with my aunt about funeral planning, I sat down with her and asked her why – doesn’t she like the food? what does she like? And she answered, “Mum, I want my packed lunch with rice and viand.” I know it will be hard to think of her everyday packed lunch, but I am willing to do it just so she eats lunch with gusto. But then, I was too late to inform the school – I should have written a letter before the school term ends last December.
Now, hubby’s still hesitant if she should stop her school lunch or not because for him, it’s better that she’s forced to try different kinds of food and not just eat what she’s used to.
Good thing, today we have food tasting session where parents can try the dishes off their current menu. It’ll surely help me decide on what to do the next term.
