calling it quits

a while back i posted about the possibility of resurrecting "moose cakes". and after much thought and consideration i have decided to let it go. i will not start the business back. as it currently is, i am having to take care of mawmaw and help them with things at any given moment. i also have an almost 2 yr old and an almost 5 yr old that is in tball who will be starting pre K this fall and after possibly homeschooling. we also will be starting the remodel & addition to our house very soon and i just feel like that chapter of my life is over. i don't have the time to devote to cakes like i once did. it took a LOT out of me and away from my kids last summer and this summer i just want to enjoy life. i want to enjoy weekends with my kids at the pool or mini getaways with my husband. and by doing cakes i have no time for anything else. people really do not understand the time it takes for just 1 cake. just to mix it alone takes 20 minutes, the baking is another 90 minutes. it had to cool for at least 4-5 hours. then depending on how elaborate the decorating and the icing that's at least another 4-5 hours. so in one cake there's OVER 12 hours and that's considering i get to work straight through but having to stop and take care of 2 kids, feed, change, play, put down for naps, plus the daily cleaning duties around the house it ends up being more like 3 days for a cake. i just can't and no longer want to devote that time to people, who many didn't respect the time it took or my efforts. i said i was making a lot of changes and putting my boys first and that's what i'm doing. thank you all for your support along the way.