I'm still on the fence about how I feel about them. I like that I can see at a glance what blogs I haven't read but I don't like that I can't leave comments. I like that I can just click on the name & it'll take me to the actual blog so then I can read comments & leave my own. I'm not sure. Anyone else try it and have an opinion?
I went to see my quack dr yesterday. I have some fluid behind my left ear but no signs of infection. He gave me those fabulous pills to take for congestion. BLUCK!! The other pill is ds's zyrtec. I tried to switch pills w/him 'cause mine are TOO HUGE to swallow. Oh well. I don't feel a whole lot better today. Especially since he drew more blood for an iron count & blood sugar, both of which I was supposed to "deal with" when I saw him last August. Needless to say, I've not started taking iron pills nor have I cut down on sugar and fat (see prev post if you have ANY doubt). They called back but would not leave a message with dh. I'm guessing they were not calling to say my blood work is good & keep doing what I'm doing?????
Well, here are some of the cakes I baked this week.
Here, we measure flour by the gallon & vanilla by the cup!!
I think this recipe calls for 2.5 gallons of flour, 2 gal of sugar, 4 cups of cocoa, 2/3 cup of baking soda and 12 cups of oil for 6 cakes. FUN!! The icing is 2lbs of butter, 8lbs of powdered sugar and 1/3 cup of vanilla. It's the MOST DELICIOUS CAKE!!! And I HATE chocolate cake. Yummy.
Here is my main mixer. I can mix 3 cakes in this mixer 
Here is the little brother 
Here is GRANDPA!!!!!!! 
I'm a little burned out right now on baking but I TRULY LOVE my job. It's really fun & I work w/fun people. Most days, the kids are not too bad. Most of them really respond well when you joke around & play with them. The little ones are really cute too.
This just in: 2 times this week, I've had dreams about Christmas lights. The big C7 lights, not the tiny ones. What do you think this means????? Any dream people out there? A link to a dream website?
Edit: Julie, I think you are RIGHT ON w/what the dream means. I bet those big lights use ALOT more electricity than the little ones.
I've had this ear/head thing for 4 days now! I tried to get in to see my Dr on Mon but there were no openings. I made an appt for Tue but the Dr got sick & cancelled. Wed was his day off so the rescheduled for this afternoon. If I live that long. It's not horrible and I can still go to work (unfortunately) but everything I say echos inside my head and either I can't hear what other people are saying or they are WAY TOO LOUD!!! I want it to go away & I want to feel better. Oh yeah, I HATE my doctor!!! He wears nylon socks w/flip flops and blames EVERY ailment I have on my weight.
I've been working on this card for 3 days. I'm not sure the pinks "go" in real life. Both colors are in the stripe but they somehow seem to clash on this card. Thoughts, opinions, criticisms??
I'm putting all my stamps & stuff away for awhile. The pressure to create is too great w/it all sitting out (and it's driving dh nuts!) I will be home, semi-alone, on Saturday. Lets see if having it all out of site makes it out of mind or makes the heart grow fonder.
Today is DH's birthday. I won't reveal his age but, he is OLDER THAN ME!!! (the most important fact!) I actually baked him a cake this morning (at 5:45am!) I considered just making one at work today & "accidentally" bringing it home but, he wanted lemon cake & I'm making chocolate today.
After making this card, I see that maybe I should hang up my stamps. Well, there are no stamps on it other than the sentiment but...... My muse is TOTALLY gone. And, on my own, I can not even place balloons in an artistic manner.
Suzanne Ferguson
I went to my third SU party this year! I can't beleieve there is ANYTHING else I need but, managed to spend another $50. But, I already have all the SAB stamps sets. So my demo is going to trade me a SAB for one of her old, no longer using sets. Cool!! My boss has a party scheduled for March so I still have at least one more to go!
I liked these project more than the ones I did at the last party. I messed up the button on the bottom of the Flower card. The frog card has the frog pop-dotted and the "knees & elbows" are bent (thanks Marge) so he looks very jumpy. The b/g doesn't looke quite right now. Either I NEVER should have colored the dragonfly or I should color it all now. Will have to consider what else it needs.
I'll be here!
Dh bought the plane tickets last night. Today, he booked our hotels. We'll be in Aneheim (Hi JULIE!) for 7 days (doing the whole disney thing again) and then San Diego for 4 days (Hi DEBBIE)! I'm excited, the kids are excited. Even dh is excited!! I love SD!!! The OC isn't too bad either.
Now, I just hope that dh gets a weeks worth of audits so his company will pay for dh's airfare, the hotel in OC and most of our food for the first week. We are VERY lucky that dh gets to take trips like this & we get to tag along.
We leave on June 16, two days after the last day of school. I hope we have no more snow days! Hmm, I need to start making packing lists!
Ok, y'all want to know about cakes?? I'm baker for the school district here. My job is basically to bake about 6 12x24 cakes everyday. Then, I'm also responsible for baking cakes for any special event. This week, I baked 5 18x26 sheet cakes along w/everything else! Some I bake from scratch, some from a VERY easy box mix: just add water, literally! Today, I baked coffee cake for a special event on Monday. They wanted a cherry streussel cake but, since the recipe makes 2 cakes, I made one cinnamon. OMG, it smelled soooo good!!! I wanted to cut it & eat it right out of the oven. Ymmmmmmm. Gives me a reason to want Monday to come!!
It's a great job (wonderful people PERFECT hours and the pay SUCKS!!!!!!!!!) and I can't imagine go back to a "real" job every again. I've heard, there are jobs that you get one or maybe one & 1/2 days off at Christmas. I can't believe such a thing!! And, I've heard there are jobs where, when it snows, you have to go to work!! Unbelievable! The only down side is I really don't feel much like baking when I get home. I think that has MORE to do w/the wanting to spend every waking hour here on the shack instead of being burned out.
Just really busy & no time to post. I want to post a pic of something but, I haven't DONE anything to make a pic of. So, here is post to say Hi and I'll try to get something more informative on later :P
I got these at the Target $1 spot (but they were $2.50 -- someone explain that??) I have NO IDEA what I'm going to do w/them but, they were too cute to pass up. They would be adorable on my stamp table w/some sort of embellishment in them but, they will probablby end up on top of my cabinets in that empty space between the cabinet & the ceiling. I can never find anything to "go" there.
I threw this together this afternoon. In my mind, it needed to be on light blue BG paper but, it turned out ok. The balance seems off to me but, I'm rather unbalanced so..... I do have to say I'm LOVING the Brillance inks. VERY COOL!!! Pain to clean up but very cool nice coverage. And just to add fuel to my fear of waste, this is a stamp set I've had for more than 6 mos. Still haven't used my new sets.
I have 14 new sets of SU Stamps. I have a new set of Art Warehouse stamps. I have 3 new Bella Stamps. I have tons & tons of cool patterned papers and just about ever color of cardstock and I can't do ANYTHING!!! Nothing is coming to me in inspiration. When I just try to "throw" something together, it looks like CRAP!! I don't know what to do. I feel like I'm wasting so much "free" time (I'm off work again today) and that I've wasted soooo much money on stuff and not using it. I've looked at the cool stuff at the Stamp Shack Gallery but, instead of inspiring me, they just make me feel less "worthy".
First off, I'm fine after the accident. My neck & shoulders are a little sore but not nearly as bad as I thought they would be. I'm so glad I didn't go to the Dr. or the ER 'cause I would have felt like a fool now.
I promised myself yesterday that I wasn't going to waste all day on the computer. And I didn't. I read all the post at the Shack to start the day & said I wasn't getting back on until I had accomplished something. So, I left at 9am to go to the PO (all my valentines are FINALLY mailed) then the auto parts store for brakes for the red car. Then, I took the kids down to the party supply store to buy beads for Mardi Gras. Then bowling. We came home, ate lunch & then went shopping.
DH wanted to go to a base-ball card convention & since there was a Target next door, we went with him. Becca wanted a pink DS Lite and we couldn't find it around here. This Target has like 5 of them. Becs was VERY HAPPY!! Then, we saw that they had clearanced all thier World Bazzar stuff to 50% off! I had wanted this white drawer unit for Becca's room since I saw it but there was NO WAY I was paying $150 for it. I said I'd wait until it went 50% off. It was 30% off on Friday and I considered it but, when I saw it for 50, it was MINE (or hers I guess). We also bought her the matching chair for her computer desk. Now, her computer desk looks like crap compared to these 2 cool pieces but, we'll get her a new desk sometime.
After Target, we went across the street to Best Buy so I could buy St. Elmo's Fire for $6. I wanted to go to Office Max & look for my favorite off white speckled paper but, I was soooo tired by then. Scott was getting hungry so we stopped at Outback for dinner. YUM!!!!
While driving home, I called my mo to see if she wanted to go to Hobby Lobby with me. She said she did & said dad would drive since I was sore & didn't feel up for driving. I bought a set of Art Warhouse stamps (interactive Christmas Circles -- woohoo!) 2 brilliance stamp pads & a big circle punch. All half off so I got them all for $28!!!
Then, we tried to find the nursing home that my Uncle is going to be moved to on Monday. We got lost like 3 times. But, getting lost w/my dad is actually kinda fun. I think my dad and I are the only ones who truly understand each other: we both have the most twisted since of humor! Finally found the nursing facility and it's gonna be more than an hour drive for my aunt. We were really hoping it was a MUCH shorter trip.
As part of the "agreement" for my dad to drive, I had to go to Walmart w/them. After all that, I finally got home at 10pm. Becca's computer wasn't accessing the internet AT ALL so I had to fix that. Finally dropped into bed at about 11:30 and never did get back to my computer. So, I honored my agreement to NOT spend the whole day on the computer but I STILL haven't played w/my Bellas. And now I have new toys too!! Today, I will STAMP!!! OR ELSE!!!
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