*sigh*

That is one sigh of relief. I made the crazy decision a few months ago to be the chairman for the elementary school yearbook. Actually, to clarify, I volunteered to help and then found out that there were no other volunteers. Yup, suckered again.

I have this really hard time of saying 'No', especially when there's a *need*. I take that back, I have learned to say no to a few things. Playing piano at weddings for one. I've messed up enough times during a wedding ceremony, you know, that special day when everything is supposed to be perfect. I definitely can say no to that.

So after many months and hours of work and time off of work, I finished it, packed up and had UPS pick it up today.

Ahhh, what a relief.

Maybe I'll do it again next year... :-)

Speechless

Its so funny. There were so many times I'd be driving home from work or just bee-bopping around and thing of these interesting stories or deep thoughts and have no where to put them. Now I create this blog and I feel like I have nothing to say. Completely ironic.

So here's my short random thoughts...

Spring is here, but its freezing outside. I thoroughly enjoyed the few nice days of weather that we had. Hopefully the good weather will be back soon.

Yep, that's about it. Gotta love it!

Happy Birthday Baby Girl!

Five years ago today, my baby girl was born. My rose among the thorns. We used to let the kids pick a restaurant to go to on their birthday, however, recently due to budget cuts, we let them pick their favorite meal for me to cook. I asked my daughter what she wanted for her birthday meal. She picked peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and mashed potatoes. Hmmm.... Ok I said. I asked if I could make meat for everyone else though and she was fine with that. I cooked up some corned beef and cabbage along with mashed potatoes and corn, and the specialty of the evening, PB&J. It was delicious!

Last night I wrote about making cake pops. Well... they looked pretty decent last night. Here are the pics:

(pictures coming soon...)

"Last night" of course is the key word in that sentence. By morning, the balls had slid down on the sticks, so it looked like they had been placed upside down on purpose. Hmm.... will have to work on that recipe and see if I can perfect it. I think we've had our baking fix for a little while though.

In the beginning

of my blog, of course. I've such fun writing my other blog that I decided to start one just for everyday stuff. Periodically, I have these deep thoughts, or sometimes just want to share random stories. With who? I'm not quite sure. My other blog has very few followers, but that doesn't make it any less fun to write in. So even if my wonderful husband and few friends from church are the only ones to ever stop in, I'll still be here writing. Maybe some day my kids will enjoy reading the chronicles of my life.

So on to my life's happenings....

Tomorrow is my daughter's birthday and I have no idea what got into us, but we've been in a baking frenzy. My husband started selling Pampered Chef and recently did his "practice" show for the family. My daughter must have been impressed because she asked my husband to make her something for her birthday and "do a show". At a PC party on Sunday, someone commented that the batter bowls were good for Princess cakes (where the cake is baked in the bowl and then used as the skirt of the doll). So my husband decided to bake my daughter a princess cake for her birthday. AND DECORATE IT!!! I had my doubts... but I have to admit, I am quite impressed!! Here is a pic:

As for me, I decided to try my hand at making Cake Pops. A coworkers wife makes them and sells them. They are SO delicious. My cube mate and I have been hearing about the secrets of making good and pretty cake pops, so we'll see how they come out. I have no intentions of selling them or anything, but they are really cute for parties, etc. Right now the balls are in the refrigerator and still need to be dipped. Pictures tomorrow!