Why am I?

[2sdae]

I agreed to make 50 decorated sugar cookies for my fil's office and now I am just so not feeling it at all. I dread rolling out, cutting and baking for hours, then having to decorate all those cookies too. They wanted stars, moons and suns. Not too difficult, I am just fightin the lazys today. I got up and all gung ho now that I have entered the fair competition for cakes and now all I wanna do is cake!
Cookies seem tedious right now! How do you guys get through this part and just lick butt on some awesome detailed cookies?
I wanna wow them with minimal effort..isn't that awful!:embaras sed:

[likitiki]

how about topping them with fondant using the same cutter? would that be out of the price range? I think that makes cookies super easy to decorate and a nice smooth surface for any detail work.
Do you need another swift kick in the butt?

[Candie]

I know how you feel. On Monday I volunteer to make some cookies for my son's preschool, I procrastinated so much and at the final hour I just didn't feel like doing them , but I promised so I shake those feeling with a big cup of really sweet and creamy coffee and I got going. Once I started I felt better and at the end I was glad to get it done. So GET-UP, SHAKE-UP and GET THAT MIXER GOING.

[Amanda]

I feel ya. I get that way too sometimes.
Procrastinating is kind of like feeling nauseous. When you're nauseous, the sooner you throw up, the sooner you'll feel better. So, up chuck that procrastination and the lazies, and you'll feel better once you get going and get some of it done.

[2sdae]

good kick in the butt would help.
I got them made and baked but not decorated yet. Shoot it took me 3 hours to do that and ended up with 65 from my batch of dough. So now to top them off, I made stars, moons, suns and some ice cream cones and mushrooms, last two were at the request of the 2 youngest.....odd I know.

[Cakepro]

Originally Posted by Amanda

I feel ya. I get that way too sometimes.
Procrastinating is kind of like feeling nauseous. When you're nauseous, the sooner you throw up, the sooner you'll feel better. So, up chuck that procrastination and the lazies, and you'll feel better once you get going and get some of it done.

That analogy is absolutely hilarious!!! I am going to think of that the next time I have a big task that I just don't wanna do! LOL

[jeri]

Getting going is the hardest part to anything! I worked 8 hours today and had to come home and ice 2 wedding cakes tonight. I have 3 tiers done and needed to take a break so guess where I am? I have 3 more tiers for the second cake to do tonight and 2 side cakes that will just be covered in buttercream. Tomorrow is the BIG work day.... decorating both cakes. I have to be up and outside to do yardwork by 6 a.m. then back in the kitchen by 8 a.m. I am sure I will work all day tomorrow on the fondant and decorations! I booked 2 more wedding cakes this week so what I thought would be a quieter summer is turning out to be busy. I don't want to book any at all the last 2 weeks of July. I plan to tear my dining room/office apart and re-do it. That will be the real kick in the butt for me. You just always have to take the first step... the rest are easy!

[2sdae]

here they are..well I cant find the pics of the mushrooms cookies, I'll hafta take more.
Not my best but I did try, my 2 and 3 year olds were um..helping too.
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...l/DSCF1331.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...l/DSCF1323.jpg

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...l/DSCF1320.jpg

[likitiki]

I think that they look great!

[2sdae]

too plain and uninteresting, but it was what I could manage in the time I had and with 3 kids.