Sunday, November 11

Someone needed to snuggle with Momma. Love her!

Saturday, November 10

I didn't realize the bag was so big. Hopefully they like them!

Friday, November 9

Wishful thinking... I don't buy them often but sometimes it's worth the chance.

Thursday, November 8

Chocolate Buttercream. Even I have a hard time staying away from this one. Yum!

Cakes! Again!

I have a going away cake to make, some birthday cupcakes, some "my work I'd getting cake so is yours" cupcakes and a birthday cake that I baked tonight. Hopefully the chocolate turned out good it was taking forever to bake tonight.

Tuesday, Nov 6

Our fish at work died a month ago. I was at Petco picking up a new one and found the perfect Betta bowl for Troy!

Monday, Nov 5

Momma doesn't feel so great. Isaboo decided that she'd rather snuggle instead of letting me read. That's ok!

Sunday, Nov 4 - Such a Momma's Boy

Bear can be so needy some days. When he is all he wants to do is lay in my lap. He's my cuddler that's for sure!

Cold Baby

I gave the dogs all baths today. They're still a little wet so they're cold. Bear is laying with me under a blanket. Isaboo suckered Daddy in just giving her the blanket he had.

That Look

This is the look I am getting while I am trying to play WoW tonight. She's pathetic!

Cream Cheese Icing

I don't make cream cheese icing that often but I do for the spice cake recipe I found. It's Alex's birthday today but he's getting his cake tomorrow.

Happy Halloween

One of Troy's co-workers asked when I would be making cookies again. This was a couple weeks ago. These are Sam's cookies. I hadn't made the one with his name on it yet!

Pumpkin

I made this one with my red velvet recipe but dyed it orange instead. Buttercream icing and colored sugar,

Pumpkin Shaped Cake?!

If this turns out right I'll have a pumpkin shaped cake and some baby pumpkins tomorrow night!

Dalilah

With life so busy we don't always get to see our loved ones. This is one special girl to me. Not only is she my youngest cousin, but I was given the honor to also be her Godmother.

Done!

It's not perfect. But that's me. I'm not perfect and nothing I do is perfect. But it will taste good. That's what's important!

Planning

I baked the cakes tonight and started laying out how I want the flowers to go.

Cake Flowers

I am making a cake for my grandma's 80th birthday. It is the largest cake I've ever made. It is a 1/2 sheet, I'm still debating on one layer or two and probably will up until it comes to put it together and whether or not the layers break on me. Here's step one. The flowers.

You Have Got To Love Double Coupon Day!

Rainbow was doubling an unlimited number of coupons today, not just 5 like the normally do. Besides the fact that some things were pretty picked over, I still managed to save almost $30 tonight!

Tea not Coffee

I am a coffee girl. I love my coffee! But I also love tea. Especially when I'm not feeling good. In the evening it is usually camomile because it is decaf so I can sleep at night. TeaSource is where I go to get it. I think I am becoming as big of a tea snob as a coffee snob. But, a lot of my pickiness in my tea comes from the fact that they use berry leaves in a lot if teas. Can't have that now can we?!

What's That?

I came home with his book the other day and Troy asked, "what's that?" He's not used to me reading an actual book. He's used to me reading books on my Nook.

Something for Me

This past week I've kind of been feeling like I'm doing a lot for everyone else and not so much for me. So today has been a "Do what I want to do" kind of day. I did a little sewing. Drank some coffee then some tea. Did some reading. And went for a pedicure. It was kind of nice doing something just for me!

Where Did the Summer Go?!

So I realize I have completely screwed up this 365 project. I've taken a lot of pictures between July and October, but it hasn't been every day and I sure haven't been posting them. It's been a busy summer, we've done everything from landscaping and grilling to boating and Isaboo's first adventures in the lake, which she HATED by the way! We still have some work to do on the landscaping, but it will have to wait until we have some extra money. the project grew to a little bigger than I had planned for.

My life at work this summer has revolved around the Nagios World Conference North America, it was a fun conference and we got a lot of compliments on how well it went. I've already started planning for next year.

We're getting things ready for winter and I have started a little bit of Christmas shopping. I have the biggest cake I've ever made coming up next weekend. It's is my Grandma's 80th birthday and my mom asked if I would make the cake. I'm hoping it goes well. I made the funnest I've ever made for Russ in August. It was World of Warcraft themed.

Here are some of the photos that I've taken this summer.

Don and Dauph got married!

We went to the MN Zoo.

Russ' "For the Horde" World of Warcraft cake

Isaboo went into the lake for the first time and hated it.

 

Bear played in the lake and loved every minute of it!

Our office is moving to the Atrium Building at Bandana Square

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We have a new landscaped wall and front stairs.

Troy, Russ and Alysa were in John's wedding

 

I have been trying some new crafts, Modpodge, Glass etching and sewing. 

I got pretty flowers for our anniversary

Troy's boss has a suite at the Twin's Stadium. We've been to a couple of games this summer.

The 2012 Nagios World Conference North America was successful!

I made the week after the conference Nagios Employee Appreciation Week, treats every day!

 Tarzan died! :( Shamas made him a headstone.

Troy got Batman themed cupcakes to take to work for his birthday.

As I said, it's been a busy summer and first half of fall. There's still a lot of things to do before the end of the year. Hopefully I can get back on track with this project!

Coffee ice cubes

The best way to make iced coffee is with ice cubes made from coffee. As they melt they don't water down the coffee.

Wednesday, July 11

We visited the Embassy Suites to discuss what we needed for the convention. This is the cool mug they gave me.

Look what I got today...

It's official! I have a degree!

Socks

I hate matching socks! They will sit in the basket for months before I finally sit down and match and fold socks. I did it tonight! The ones left are missing thier pairs.

Sunday, July 8

Day 2 of installing decking on the new front stairs.

Saturday, July 7

Day 1 of installing decking on the new front stairs

Friday, July 6

I stopped by Half Price Books and look what's coming up!

Turn off the furnace already!

I'm tired of the heat and the humidity. I am so ready for some cooler temps. This is why I like the fall!