Great Music, Great Friends, Great Run, Great Food

This past weekend has been great! I am constantly surrounded by awesome people and fun opportunities. 


Friday I went to a Pat Green concert with a lot of people, some that I am not the best of friends with, but I think we are now!  The concert was at a great country western bar which was sooo fun!  Saturday I woke up to the smell of bacon and came downstairs to find my roommate's parents had made french toast, turkey bacon and sausage, and fresh fruit! Yum-o! I am such a lucky lady.  


This weekend was my roommate's birthday so I had to make the cake, of course! I made a chocolate cake with buttercream icing, pink and white decorations! Its fun creating a cake for someone you love. It was especially yummy too. 


After baking and decorating I embarked on a lil running adventure. A friend of mine, we'll call her Red, is my motivator in my running/exercise goals. She is doing her first half marathon in April. She wanted to run so I thought I'd warm up and run before she got to my house. So I ran just under 2 miles. Ha she got here and said ok let go on a long run so I went for another run. It ended up totaling over 6 miles! Ahh I've never run that much before but it felt AWESOME!!! I loved it! I have told Red I will do a 10k the same day she is doing her half marathon. I think I will be good after that run.  


We had a Fiesta for my roommate's birthday Saturday night. Yummy Mexican lasagna and enchiladas, chips and salsa, daquiris, and beer. Yea everything I don't need to lose my 25 lbs haha BUT you know what? I didn't care because I just ran 6 miles. What the heck I indulged....a lot! haha  


Its funny how endorphins from working out and alcohol can make you feel pretty good! We all went out after dinner and I felt great! I even got some courage and went into a group of guys and struck up a convo ha I may have turned a lil rosy in the cheeks and was a lil shaky with nerves but hey it was fun! 


Let the running continue and the sweet times roll!

25 by my 25th Birthday!!

So to start off my week I have come to the realization that I am going to be 25 in a couple of months. YIKES! It is exciting but scary! So in the spirit of turning a quarter of a century I thought I should set some goals to achieve before then.

Sticking with the number 25 I have decided to set goals that include the number 25 , so here goes:

#1: LOSE 25 POUNDS BY 25TH BIRTHDAY!!

#2: READ 25 BOOKS BY 25TH BIRTHDAY!!

#3: WALK, RUN, BIKE 25 OR MORE MILES A WEEK !!

Thats all I have so far! We'll see how it goes! I already resisted a donut and some cookies today and I'm off to the gym right now! Wish me luck! I have 109 days until my birthday!

Sweet Beginnings

Well this is my first blog....ever.

I love to talk and discuss life so I thought this would be the perfect avenue for such. I have to admit I am starting this in a very good place in my life. I feel like some people start blogs because they are trying to work through a problem however that is not the case for me. I feel my life is becoming very full and sweet thus the blog name " The Sweet Life." For those of you who know me will also understand the double meaning since I am a baker and cake decorator.

Last fall there were a lot of changes going on in my life and I was very low you could say. I had great friends move away; I had been gone all summer and was out of the loop; and frankly was not happy to be in Charlotte. In this time I did a lot of praying and baking ha. I took some cake decorating classes and found a new hobby and prospective side business. Through time and again a lot of prayer I started to slowly see the opportunities and people God was placing in my life. Through some heartache and fun times I am seeing how sweet life can be, trusting that God has a plan for my life.

I plan for this blog to be a place to talk about the opportunities, relationships, and experiences that I am being afforded with a taste of my yummy adventures in cake decorating.

Happy Tasting!