Post Halloween

Some people had a really cool setup in their entryway. It was a tent attached to their porch and enclosed in black plastic. They had a grave dug, black light, strobes and tons of cool, spooky decos. Lotsa fun!

On the other hand, it's Monday. This is my desk. Feeling a little buried myself!

Happy Halloween!

Sadly it's been a very long time since I've done any blogging. Sadly, lots of changes in my life since the last time.

I miss my Mom. I miss her every day.

I miss sitting on the counter and making owl cookies at this time of year. They are yummy, crumbly peanut butter and oatmeal cookies that are shaped into an owl face with chocolate chip eyes and a cashew beak. I have made them with my kids and this year I haven't had enough time to make them. epic fail. I try to make myself feel better by telling myself that they don't know that they are missing anything. Except that kinda makes me feel worse.

These are not our cookies, but these are what ours would look like, only ours would be a little more obsessively perfect. Maybe we could make some when the new Harry Potter movie opens!

Back up of truckers outside my door today. We have crates and crates of oilfield equipment going out to Russia today. These guys sit in the middle turn lane, block the road, cut each other off and get in the way of the school busses trying to get in and out of Union. It's kind of entertaining. Although I am wondering how I'm going to get out of here for lunch today!!

shredding

Today my big project is shredding. I find it very satisfying to shred what used to be considered important documents. I like the sound, I like the shredded papers. I don't like the dust though...or the mess I have to clean up on the floor. Although I DO like leaving the mess until I'm all finished. Something weirdly satisfying about that too.....

Yesterday I brought candy and put it out for my co-workers to enjoy. And to torture myself with denial. It's almost gone now. Thank goodness!

valentines

One of the girls who works out back in the plant got flowers from her husband. Even though I personally would rather have a rose bush that I can plant in my yard and enjoy *hopefully* forever, I still always feel a twinge of something. envy? I guess.... something like, why didn't MY husband do something like that? ho hum...

Ed Hardy birthday cake

On the other hand, on another day... a cake can make you feel pretty great. Here's my latest successful venture in cakery. An Ed Hardy themed cake for my boss.

caketastrophy. Who knew a pile of sugar, butter, flour and eggs could possibly make a person feel like a complete and utter failure? Well it can and it has.

Oh my, what a difference a day can make!

Good bye food blogs, cake blogs and all my other time wasters. Things are definitely getting complicated.

ring, ring......ring?

What is worse than sitting around waiting for the phone to ring? Sitting around waiting and it NEVER rings! OK, not never, but not nearly often enough. Such is my day today. And yesterday. I get my daily doses of tiny bits of work to do, passed on by my sweet co-worker but it's not nearly enough to keep my mind occupied. The last two days I've spent reading the blog of Julie. Of Julie and Julia fame. I've gotten through three months of her blogging and I'm thinking it's best taken in smallish doses. Anyone know any good websites I can visit? (I say to myself and Al : ).

Don't get me wrong, there are things I could be doing. Things I SHOULD be doing. Organizing and preparing the wad of cake related receipts in the center pocket of my purse so that I can file my tax return. But THEN what would I have to look forward to?? I have a lame-o book I'm 1/3 of the way through. P.O.s and paperwork. What loverly choices.

I do have to say that reading the food blogging has me thinking that maybe I feel inspired to cook up something different and delicious tonight. or not.

Took on a cake project today for next month that I'm hoping won't bite me in the ass. It's a 3D building. I've done some 3D cakes before, even a building - and it was on a much bigger scale, but this one worries me. The building I did before was a QuikTrip store. This is another QT building but it hasn't even been built. All I have to go by are the architectural drawings, yikes! On the store I had pictures, architectural plans with dimensions and detailed drawings of all the signs that I was able to scale down and reduce on the ol' printer. I could go actually look at the store for any details that I wasn't sure about. Not gonna happen on this one! To make for an even more nerve wracking experience this cake is for the dude who designed the building and his QT cohorts. Cake buildings aren't like your normal cake. No rounded edges, no flowers to cover any possible mistakes. Only clean cut edges and crisp details. Double yikes! Send me some positive vibes people!

More cake envy...

Once again, NOT MY CAKE but I love this one! I figure even if I'm not caking, I'm still going to share. I haven't played Wind Waker, but this cake makes me wanna. Love the details, love the chicken, well - there's not much about this that I don't love. Curious whether the figures are sugar or plastic. Either way...awesome!

This is NOT my cake, although I wish I could say it is! Found this gem on on of my fav sites: www.cakewrecks.blogspot.com

Oh wow, nearly three months since my last blog post. So much for motivation! I should have made it a New Years resolution to at least blog weekly. Guess I couldn't bear to add to my list of things I most likely won't follow through with.

Yesterday my family went to see Avatar. It's true, the visual effects were stunning and mind boggling. It's also true that the story line was weak. I saw no point to making Grace's character smoke. More portrayal of the ugly Americans. I did feel the conflict though...what would you choose? To be an independent thinker? To follow the pack? To be the ultimate traitor? I don't have any answers, only questions. I can't help but wonder if Jake would have still made the same choice if he hadn't had the knowledge that it was possible for him to be whole again. Take that out of the equation and I think he might have made a different choice. So did he make his choice based on morality or selfishness? I can't help but think it was for self. I did love all the neon hyper glow stuff though! Maybe I do wanna be blue...

Hey there! Now that I am among the working masses, doesn't it seem odd that I find myself with the actual time to post on my long forgotten bloggie? Only now I can't think of anything to say (or anything publicly postable from my work pc) and don't have access to post any pictures without a lot of hassle. ho-hum. Gonna have to think about this one!

YIPPEE!!

Job interview tomorrow!! Wish me luck peeps!!

It's dead

oh my poor blog. Two plus months since my last post and nothing interesting to say even now. I have some great pix of my friends, but I'm afraid if I put them up here they won't like them and might post some terrible pix of me! yep, I'm a chicken. or else I'm really considerate! yeah, I'll go with the second one. I could yammer endlessly about how the job market is very slim unless you are a health care provider. I visit my Mom at the nursing home and wonder how those people can drag themselves out of bed everyday when they know what they are faced with to earn a living....cleaning up our seniors who can't help themselves? Now, I truly love one of those people with all of my aching heart, but I would not want to have to do that job for all the love in the world. Hats off to all you nurses!!

slacker

I sure haven't done much posting since I was turned on to Facebook. That, kids activities, and Dr's appt's have taken up all my spare time. Must do better!!

kookie swimming cap kid

kookie swimming cap kid
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creepy! Ruuuuunnnnn!!!

mojitos

mojitos
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Saturday night intoxicants. Thanks to Don for showing me how. Made one for my Sis and she loved it too! mmmmmmm They sure do make me wake up sweaty in the morning...must be those kidneys working overtime.

produce '09

produce '09
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Success!! and Porter peaches. yum!