Lemonade for Thanksgiving?

Not the beverage one usually thinks of for this holiday, I know.  But for me, particularly appropriate as I've been given a really huge batch of lemons and need to make SOMETHING good out of them.  Or maybe I should make my famous lemon tart?  The one that's traveled with me over the last 25 years from Chicago to San Diego.  Yes, I think that might be more appreciated as a refreshing alternative to the ubiquitous pumpkin pie.

My goal when creating this blog was to make it informative, entertaining and above all, an expression of the joy that I have for designing and bringing into reality, cake.  Quite seriously, cake has been the subject I've thought about, every single day, for almost half of my life.  Isn't that wild?  That one could make a living with flour, sugar, butter, eggs and a whole freaking lot of Creme de Cacao, is pretty amazing.  And as an added bonus, I've been able to make countless numbers of people break into hand clapping delight and whoops of glee on whatever their special occasion might have been.  AlI in all, I think I've been one lucky Cake Girl. 

So, it is with some trepidatiton that I sit here on this Thanksgiving Day 2008, pondering my future.  Certainly not the future I had envisioned for myself say, five years ago.  My business, which I built from nothing almost 22 years ago to the day, is gone.  My wonderful bakerettes have been scattered into the wind.  I will soon be leaving the home I created as the sanctuary I escaped to each day.  I have to get an effing JOB!  (Never thought I'd be posting my resume on Monster.com!)  And I am now forced to examine that question I always thought I had the answer to........who am I.......now?

And the most infuriating  thing about all this?  I have to go and change ALL my profiles on MySpace and Facebook and LinkedIn and who knows where else.  DAMN!  That'll be a job in itself.  I have to create a Brand New Me!  Hey, that might not be so bad!  I can be WHATEVER I WANT!  How many people, at the age of 53 (almost), have this opportunity?  This freedom?  I'd better finish up this post and GET ON IT!

So, my friends.  I wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving and please, have a big ol' slice of my Lemon Tart.  It's truly the best there is.  It's made with 53 years of love.