I'm still here!

I really should start blogging again. I started posting privately on Facebook recently. I like that I can vent about things that are completely inappropriate and no one has a clue. It's like my new diary, but still on a timeline of my life, which I consider so valuable.

Maybe I'll post here again soon. We shall see.

Merry Christmas to me!!

Okay... us!! But I'm pretty excited about this one!! Our 3rd (or 4th) $15 4-cup coffee maker is starting to crap out on us and what could be more perfect timing than Christmas? WooHoo!!

I came so close to getting a Kindle Fire, but do we really need more than one in the house? Well, I'm not sure. But I'm about to test that theory.

I forgot how bad our coffee was until my first cup of this one!

YUMMY!!!

I officially deem 2011, the year of appliances, big and small!!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

~n~

My baby's growing up!!

Wow!! If there was a day to remember it would be this one!! Kylee was hired on for her first official job today!!
I noticed that Sonic Drive-in was hiring part-time and didn't give her much of an option to refute the matter. It's time she had a little dose of reality rather than staying home, grounded every weekend!
So she filled out the application at home, I gave her a few pointers, and drove her down to drop it off directly with the manager on duty.
As it turned out, the owner was the one who accepted her application and he was gracious enough to speak to her right away! After a few minutes outside on the patio, Kat was hired on the spot!!!
When she got into the car we did a big screaming-hug-dance!!!
It was an amazing moment that I will never forget. The butterflies and adrenaline of my own was hilarious on it's own!
I couldn't have been more proud. She handled herself impeccably and she starts the new job with the new year!

My baby. <3

~n~

Happy birthday to me!

And I have the bestest friend in the whole wide world! I don't think Michelle and Kyle will ever truly understand how loved they made me feel yesterday.
They say that I do so much for them that it was the least they could do. I say that everything I do is because it's what friends do. And I never would have expected anything like this in return!
I am thrilled that Michelle and I have designated our Tuesdays to seeing each other. And I feel so blessed to have the opportunity to know Mason like she knew my babies.
I am so lucky. <3

~n~

Our 2011 Christmas Card!

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Chocolate mosaic

This was a cool grooms cake.

~n~

Ruffle cake

This week tried my patience. But I did get a couple of cool cakes out of it.

Football cookies

And these cookies to match!!
(I can only post one pic at a time from my phone. Otherwise, I would have posted the football theme together.) :)

~n~

Football cake

I decorated this football cake last Friday at work. I love it!

~n~

So upset.

I can't believe this has happened!!!! I signed up for Google+ a couple of weeks ago. It had existing albums of repetitive pictures and albums I didn't want, so I deleted and sorted out the pictures. I didn't know that I was deleteing them from my freaking blog!!!!! AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

So now that most of my pictures are gone I'll have to reload them one at a time. First I'll have to find the time, then attempt to figure out what the heck is missing. It's gonna take a while.

I'm pissed.
~n~

Booties and boobies

I think it's sort of a conflict of interest to post pictures of what I do at work on my Facebook page, so I'll keep it reserved for my personal blog. After all, I still have to be able to brag about what I'm doing, right? ;)

I baked and decorated these cookies yesterday. I think they turned out pretty fantastic, too! <3

~n~

A new job

And a new cake! This is the first cake that I did for my new employer. When presented to the birthday girl, it will have a cupcake on top in pink to match.

I like this job. I think I'll stay a while. ;)

~n~

Happy Birthday to Pam!

I needed an excuse to bake this week. I baked one like this last week as an experiment. It was gone within 24 hours and the last piece was fought over! It's a white cake with real bananas, homemade caramel sauce drizzled between the layers, and Wilton whipped icing. The caramel wasn't very noticable, but it must have contributed to the overall flavor that was just like a banana cream pie, or banana pudding. It was fantastic!! So this one belongs to Mama Pam for her birthday! I am already planning to put one together for the July 4th party on Monday. I'm planning red, white, and blue pedals and the cake will be 9". So more pictures to come!! :)

Oh, and the pedals are made of marshmallows. ;)

Summer has arrived.

And with summer, my access to the computer diminishes. You can imagine why, but it's okay. I'm not a big fan of it anyway.
I don't have much time for an update today. Hopefully I will soon for a more detailed description of what's been going on around here, but for now, while I have it and I remember :) I'll post my fondant cake from last week...

I took my first Wilton class on Tuesday. We made a bow and prepped a few flowers. It's wasn't what I expected, but over all, it was nice to get out and learn something new.

I made this the next day for Felicia's sister, Christina's 18th birthday. I just hope it tasted as good as it looked!! I can admit, though, it looked good! I was especially proud of the cleanliness of the design. I've never paid for a cake that looked this cool! And of course, it automatically enlisted me for the kids' cakes for the rest of my life! Hehe! That's okay, though! I enjoy it! ;)

Copy Cake

I copied this from a picture in a Witon cake book. I'm pretty happy with it! I get a little carried away taking pictures, but can you blame me? ;)

This was the first time that I used whipped icing. I actually like it a lot. It's not as heavy as the buttercream, although, the buttercream does seem to have a better flavor. It worked out great for this design. This is a 6" white cake with teal swirls and Wilton whipped icing. Yummy. :)

Mother's Day Weekend & Kodee's Talent Show

And nothing could kick this weekend off better than new pictures of my girls ~ TOGETHER!!!
Every time I see these it warms my heart and I have to push back the tears! :)

I love this one! I call it her Julia Roberts laugh! Hahaha!

Kodee, before her performance. Not nervous at all!

During her song ~ She did great!!

Kodee, being too hard on herself afterwards...

But her friends were there to cheer her on!

Good girls! :)

I know, I know...

I haven't done this in a while, but now I have something worth sharing! My first PRETTY cake!! Yay!!

Today I play.

Kat gets her lower braces on today and I have a photo shoot ~ 8 adults & a toddler. I also had a nice morning with my mom.

A good day so far. And time to play!

;)
~n~

I made cookies.

This is my first attempt at frosting a sugar cookie. I had extra icing so I tried my hand at a little writing, too.

(We'll call this yesterday's post.) ;)

~n~

I hope Sookie eats it.

Possums are nasty. Don't let this baby fool ya. We found it under our fence today when Tobi came completely unglued, trying to get over the fence!!! As it turns out, the darn thing has dug a hole under our new fence and is living within feet of my poor dog's sanity.

I hope they get it. Ugh. Picturing that thing grown up gives me the eebie jeebies.

~n~