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Topic Title: To Those of You Who Are Not Getting Responses to Questions Posted Here Created On Wednesday May 26, 2010 12:27 PM Topic View: Branch View Threaded (All Messages) Threaded (Single Messages) Linear Pages: [ << 1 2 3 4 >> Previous Next ]

cakedujour Posts: 16958	Posted: Thursday October 07, 2010 3:47 PM bump
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cakedujour Posts: 16958	Posted: Monday October 18, 2010 8:27 PM Up she goes!
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cakedujour Posts: 16958	Posted: Thursday October 28, 2010 9:34 PM bump
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cakedujour Posts: 16958	Posted: Wednesday December 01, 2010 7:40 PM bump
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cakedujour Posts: 16958	Posted: Friday December 10, 2010 8:12 PM Now that everyone's had a chance to read the recent posts, I'm bumping this back up. Just trying to help everyone, not scold anybody!
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cakedujour Posts: 16958	Posted: Wednesday December 22, 2010 9:57 PM bumpitty bump
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nelephant1985 Posts: 9	Posted: Saturday January 01, 2011 12:20 PM lol,i dont thnk ne1 has questions to ask?!
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cakeace Posts: 641	Posted: Monday January 17, 2011 10:37 PM Bump! Bump! Bump! I couldn't help it! It looked like so much fun!!! Bump!
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cakedujour Posts: 16958	Posted: Monday January 17, 2011 10:42 PM Welcome to my world, lol!
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whoknew? Posts: 5781	Posted: Tuesday January 18, 2011 6:52 PM Yay for you for bumping! Wilton should get rid of this site. The only reason I came here was to practice how to post pics. I figured since no one uses it, if I messed up, who cares?
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cakedujour Posts: 16958	Posted: Tuesday January 18, 2011 9:58 PM It's you and me, whoknew?! Your pix are good.
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whoknew? Posts: 5781	Posted: Wednesday January 19, 2011 7:55 PM Wow! A whole forum all to ourselves! Hmmmm, wonder what kinda mischief we can get into....
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cakedujour Posts: 16958	Posted: Wednesday January 19, 2011 9:19 PM "Nobody knows the trouble I've caused, nobody knows but whoknew..."
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whoknew? Posts: 5781

Posted: Wednesday January 19, 2011 11:16 PM I just watched an extraordinarily depressing and thought provoking PBS Frontline documentary on Haiti one year later. Every single day I try to take time to be thankful that my loved ones and I are safe, clean, have access to medical care, police and a social system that will not let us starve or be brutalized. I needed a break so I came to check my emails. Your post made me laugh out loud! I needed that laugh. Are you in business? I think that doing cakes for a living would make one wish to bonk people on the head. "I want a 16 tier cake with 200 sculpted figures for $50 please" "Well...after all, it's ONLY cake!" "Just leave it on the table" (no thank you, no "ooohh aaaahh" or acknowledgement that it took 23 hours) "I'd like a 4 tier fondant cake of buzz lightyear for my 5 year old's birthday. There will be 7 people at the party" "The cake fell over! I want a refund!" (after you've said 30 times, do NOT save $40 on delivery, the cake may fall over) "Honey, I won't be able to come to bed tonight because the fondant is melting and I have to have this cake ready by 8 am" "OK, bride and groom smiling couple, now that we've spent 2 hours on the tasting, consultation, planning, drawing/execution protocol for the cake, how much is your budget? "Oh. $100?"

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cakedujour Posts: 16958

Posted: Thursday January 20, 2011 7:54 AM No, I'm preschool teacher. One of the few professions that pays as little as home cake decorating. And there are still plenty of people that you want to bonk on the head! "Your child wears a pull up and wets his pants every day. Are you sure he's potty trained? Really?" "She's three. She is not going to be able to tell time before she can count to ten." "No, if he is left handed, he is going to stay left handed. We will not try to 'convert' him." "You're sorry you're late? Class ends in 5 minutes. And he isn't even in this class!" (This was the same dad as the lefty dad above!) "I threw up last night but mommy said I could come to school today. She had to go shopping with Aunt Bitsy."

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whoknew? Posts: 5781

Posted: Thursday January 20, 2011 12:26 PM cake, I just shared your preschool post with my niece, the mom of 3 (ages 8, 9, 10). We got hysterical! One of our favorites was a preschool teacher that always ended up saying this a couple of times a day: Don't hit, don't bite, DON'T BITE YOUR FRIENDS! You probably know more about their mommy and daddy's than mommy and daddy would EVER want anybody to know Well, this is why we get along so well, I LOVE kids, but oh my, they can stretch the patience really t.............................h.............................i............................n All the kids at the elementary school think I'm really neat and I tell the teachers it's because I can go home after a few hours and they have to stay all day.

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cakedujour Posts: 16958

Posted: Thursday January 20, 2011 7:22 PM I tell the parents at the start of every year: I'll only believe half of what they say about you if you'll only believe half of what they say about me. A couple of years ago we got a blow by blow description of the labor and delivery of a 10+ pound baby sister's home birth. It was part of the interview we were doing for our class book. Let's just say HEAVY editing took place. Another little girl just loved telling us about all the kissing and cuddling going on at her house. Mommy and Daddy just looove each other! I'm lucky enough to teach kids who still think I'm a rock star. When they get older their teachers will have to work so much harder to get the love I get just for letting them do cool things they don't get to do at home. Goop, anyone?

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whoknew? Posts: 5781

Posted: Thursday January 20, 2011 9:08 PM Yeah, preschool teachers get a LOT of LOVE and a LOT of DETAILS. Today I was out running around at about 4 pm so I called Samantha & said I'd pick up the kids and feed them. I always bring enough food for 5-6 kids because I always end up with "bonus" kids. Today it was 2 bonus kids, Dakota and Kaitlyn (6 and 10). I'm on the "ok to pick up my kids" list for about 3 sets of kids in addition to mine. 6 other bonus kids tried to join in, but their folks had other plans. We had a "picnic" at the school lunch area , then I took Dakota and Kaitlyn home because their mom doesn't have a car and they have to walk about a mile each way. Dakota just got over being sick, so it worked out great. The kids all end up at home fed and ready to do homework and hit the sack, and it's a nice break for the parents on a work day. I'm on standby to get Dakota tomorrow if he doesn't feel well at school.

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cakedujour Posts: 16958	Posted: Thursday January 20, 2011 9:32 PM It sounds like you're a real Pied Piper of little ones. Kids must love you. I always figure that if you've gained a child's trust you hold the most precious thing in the world in your hands.
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whoknew? Posts: 5781

Posted: Thursday January 20, 2011 10:11 PM Well, like I said, I just keep them for a few hours and then throw them back. My sister (passed away now for 3 years) was the REAL Pied Piper. Dad always says that Sus was born to take care of kids; she did it from the time she was old enough to carry another kid on her back. She had the most extraordinary patience and an ability to inhabit the child's world. She could eat imaginary pizza and jello and drink imaginary tea for 6 hours straight and still be game for 2 more hours. Gender made no difference. She was able to tease the bejeebers out of the kids until they were so frustrated they could scream, and they LOVED her for it. She could always tell in the blink of an eye which kid "did it" when they all insisted on their innocence with their earnest little tear streaked faces. (Man, was I jealous of that skill! I still can't tell! --and the worst part, the kids KNOW I still can't tell...) She could come up with games like "star wars pod racer". A kid would crawl on her lap, sit facing outward, take hold of her thumbs, and she'd make the pod racer sounds while the kid's racer bounced off canyon walls, hit other pod racers, and zoomed across the finish line. I tried all my life to duplicate her magic, but mine is only a pale shadow of hers because I lack the true patience that she had with children. After about 30 cups of imaginary tea, I'm done!

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