Diet coke cupcakes...

My journey to weighing 500 pounds will take a lot longer with these babies. I bought the triple chocolate fudge cake mix, and they're great with no icing. Only 1 point without icing, 2 points with.

1 box cake mix of your choice
1 diet soda of your choice

Bake according to directions on box.

I used diet coke with mine.

That's as fancy as I am getting tonight.

I'm a loser.

I know, I know.

A lot has been going on. I've gotten a job and we sold our old house and bought a new one. It's been a busy couple of months. Still, it's no excuse.

I haven't been able to cook as much since starting this new job, and I hate it. Some evenings I don't get in until 7:30 or 8, so Scott has always eaten long before I get home. Sad.

In other food related news, I started Weight Watchers a while back and have lost 12 pounds so far. I probably gained 11 of those back when I went to my mom's house this week for the 4th of July. She had the biggest spread to date. Grilled hamburgers, hot dogs, bbq, homemade mac and cheese, potato salad, baked beans, squash casserole, green bean and corn casserole, corn on the cob, banana pudding, key lime pie, etc etc etc. You get the idea. Thank God I don't live close to my mother. My ass wouldn't be able to make it through the door.

Speaking of ass, Abby gave me a kick in mine by tagging me for this meme. :) Hopefully I will be back to my regularly scheduled posting soon.

Seven random things about myself:

1. I have ridden an elephant.

2. I have an irrational fear of tornadoes. I was obsessed with the Wizard of Oz when I was a kid, and ever since then, I frequently have dreams about tornadoes. And by frequently, I mean once a month or more. I think I had one either last night or the night before last, and they're always terrifying.

3. I really, really regret getting a master's degree in something I hate. I regret it every day.

4. When I was a kid, I wanted to be a radio dj. I probably would have been way happier if I just stuck with that dream. LOL.

5. I have the biggest crush on Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs. He is such a MAN. GOD.

6. I won $10 in the New York MegaBall yesterday... lol. Thanks to Scott's mom for the tix.

7. I'm so close to cashing out on moola.com... I can almost smell it... LOL. I only need 17 more cents.

Yes!!!

She is here. My beautiful KitchenAid Accolade mixer..... yessss!!!!

I decided to name her Edna. It's very fitting. I used her to make a load of icing yesterday and it was WONDERFUL. I had to make 3 cakes this weekend, but I didn't get to take a pic of the last one. :( Crap.

This one was for my sister's birthday. She's obsessed with llamas, so I had to make her a llama cake.

And then there was this one. Make sure the kids aren't near the screen... haha. It was for a "Saucy Lady" party I attended on Friday, lol.

Rockin' out! Now for a week of non-baking and non-fun. The in-laws are staying here 6 nights (gah!) and we're working on various house related projects, like painting the exterior of our house and replacing our shower walls. Yippee!!

I'm in love...

Oh yes, I'm in love. I always said I wanted a red one, but then I fell in love with this blue color. I will soon be the proud life partner of this beauty:

I have to come up with an appropriate name. Paula is up there, but I dunno... we'll have to see if she looks like a Paula.

Yes, it's been a while.

And no, I'm not dead, haha.

I've been busy. But I have had time for my cake decorating classes, and I just finished course 1. Meet my final cake!

A little too old lady for my liking, but hey, I do what I'm told. I start Course 2 next Tuesday night. :)

*throws rainbow stars everywhere*

Don't mind the smashed-ness of the cake. It kinda got squished in my car... :(. I thought since this cake was so flamboyant, it should go out to none other than one Richard Simmons. Super!

A far cry...

It's a far cry from my last cake. It's a far cry from a work of art.

I'm taking these Wilton classes, but they're not moving fast enough for me. I've taken matters into my own hands and skipped to course two, building a two tier cake, lol.



Actually the classes are fine, but in a few weeks my friend Jill and her fiance Scott are having a "tool and gadget" party. Since I'm one of the people throwing the party, I wanted to make the cake!!!! I did a practice run today. Very practice-y. It's far from smooth, perfect, whatever, but at least I know I can do it. Once I get more tools that I need ( like a leveler, etc), hopefully it'll look better. I also am going to come up with better looking decorations. I just pulled this stuff out of my butt as I went along... haha.