Labor Of Love

Well, not really labor, more like playtime. My friend Phyllis had a birthday so I made her a cake. Phyllis is my fairy loving cowgirl, so I made a fairy cake with a cowgirl fairy. Phyllis' fairy name is Fidget; hence the name on the cake.

Mr. Plantfreak built a base for me.

I covered with green fondant and tin foil.

I made a little troll. We all think it looks like a Vulcan George Bush. Heh. Heh Heh.

That's Phyllis/Fidget on top!

Phyllis was completely blown away!

She didn't want to cut it! But there was Chocolate involved so we made her.

What a Doozy!

Last night had some serious storms in our area. We had pea- sized hail...we had marble-sized hail...we had ping pong -sized hail...and we even got a few tennis-ball sized hail!

Devil dog went running outside, got about 15 feet out the door, got hit by hail, cocked her head and looked up (blinking real hard), turned tail and ran back inside. Jade the Psycho Puppy sat on the couch shivering in terror. Someone had to sit and comfort her so she wouldn't have a heart attack.

Some tornados were sighted but none got near Golden. We were very lucky!

Bakery Delacious!

That's the name of my fantasy bakery. My friend Karen picked it out for me. If only.

In cake related news though, my friend Little Miss G asked me to do a cake for her son (his birthday is the 12th). He is an avid duck hunter so I made a duck hunting cake.

The ducks are flying everywhere!

Little Miss G works for Aflac, therefore, there was a need for the Aflac duck on the cake.

Can you see the gun coming out of the duck blind?

Man, there's a lot going on with this cake.

I hope he likes it!

I hope everyone had a fabulous Christmas and New year! We decided to do Christmas in Natchez, Ms this year. We stayed at a great hotel, The Natchez Grand.

What a Motley Crew!
We're standing by the Missippi River

Dad wanted to try the barbecue at the Pig Out Inn.

I have to say the ribs were awesome!
Phyllis! The pig is wearing cowboy boots!

Cody won the present jackpot this year! Grandpa Sute and Page bought him a car! Cody has been beside himself ever since, and has been bugging the snot out of me to drive everywhere.

That's about as much emotion as you'll ever get from the Cody Monster.

AJ got an awesome laptop from Grandpa Sute and Page, and I got cookbooks, cookie cutters and fairy fun, Oh my! Page definitely has my number! We had a great time, just not long enough to toodle around Natchez. We might have to go back for a weekend...when it's warmer...without kids...with spending money. Oh yeah.

Fashionista

My oldest elected to get new clothes for Christmas this year. I never thought I would see that day. Only one little hang-up, he didn't want to get clothes from Tyler. So, off we went in search of malls in the main direction of Dallas. Mind you, we were searching for shopping malls, not shopping centers. Let the hilarity ensue...

We get to Terrell and used directions from Mr. Plantfreak to go to the mall. The outlet mall. That just won't do. So, off we go to Rockwall. They have to have a shopping mall, right? No. I had things to get at Michael's and asked a lady for suggestions. She was very nice and gave me completely off the wall directions. Even with two sets of eyes we never found the streets she said to use.

I had an idea to call Mr. Plantfreak. I didn't say it was a good idea though. He told me I was going in the wrong direction and to turn around. He would be wrong. Several strangers later, we made it to the mall and Cody was in skater clothes heaven.

As we were driving home- we ran into another shopping mall. Really, now we're just finding them by accident. It was 8 o'clock when we got home-we left at nine that morning. But hey, Cody is stylin' and that's all that matters.

Well, since it seems I'm only doing monthly posts...let me give you a rundown on all my doings.

Since November I have sold 59 dozen cookies (I've made way more). It just kind of snowballed and I love it when people have happy tummies.

Cody turned 16 this past Tuesday. It's killing me, I want that cute little toddler that loved getting hugs from Mommy and looked at everything with curiosity and wonder.

AJ turned 15 on Friday. We went out to eat and it was actually enjoyable!

I'm still scrambling to get presents in the mail, get outfits for our out of town trip, clean house, blah,blah,blah!

I worked at the paying job and let me tell you the crazies are out! I had a lady trying to read me bible verses on the phone (she called looking for a pomegranite tree).

I had two different people come in and want to buy pieces of a plant, not the whole thing, just a piece. That's called pinching and you do it when no one is looking. Jeesh.

But really, the cookies are what have done me in. Mark says I'm in the wrong business. Maybe I can open a bakery, hmmmm....

What A Crock!

It does absolutely NO good to get up at 6am and put a roast in the crockpot if you don't plug the #&^#*#!$#$& thing into the wall!!!!!! Hmmph!

Taco Bell anyone?