Old Lady

Well, I've been in Utah for about a week and a half, and everything is moved in.  I haven't started working out yet, so my day basically consists of sleeping in, going to work out, taking my good old time getting ready and then watching One Tree Hill while I cross-stitch.  I'm sorry, could I be any more of a grandma?  The best is that Megan does it do.  Man, we are a couple of bag ladies.  Sitting on the couch all the live long day cross-stitching.  I never thought that is how we would spend our time when we moved in together.  But I love it!!!!!

I made it to Utah!!  I now live in Provo.. well at least sort of.  I can't technically move into my apartment until Monday, so I have a few more days living in suitcases until I become official.  Unfortunately, I keep thinking of things that I need out of my car that I can't get to because my trunk is packed to the heavens.   I'll be grateful when these last 3 days are over and I can finally have a place of my own.

MOVING DAY

I'm moving to Utah today!!!   

Who knows what this move will bring??  I really have no plans for once I get there, but I guess I will just see where the wind blows me!!  

Wish me luck!!!!!!!!!!

Empty Nesters

So we took the little bit of furniture that I had purchased to the storage unit tonight.  Now literally everything I know is packed.  It makes it very empty and lonely here.  I think we're all ready to head on out of here.

My new car

So today was my first official day of being home since I left my job. The day after I quit, we took a road-trip to Utah for a wedding, so this is the first day that I've had to just sleep in and be the lazy enemployed slob that I am really hoping to be for just a couple weeks. So after I woke up (late of course), I was flipping through the channels with no idea of what comes on at this time of day. Lukily, I was able to find something to watch. CMT Cribs!!!!! The episode that I watched was of Elvis's house Graceland. It was actually pretty cool.

So on there, they went through each room of the house nad then at the end went through his car collection. And then I found the cutest car. Apparently he drove this car on the movie Blue Hawaii. Now I have never seen that movie, but I'm sure my mother just loved it when she was in high school. Anyway, I just thought the car was so cute.

So lately me and Megan have been looking at cars that we would like to buy. And one day, when I'm more employed and a little more settled, I would really like to buy a Nissan Murano.. or so I thought. But I think this morning, I really did find the perfect car for me. I just need to get my hair dyed blonde, and poof it really big (Megan could help me with that), and then get some kind of floral scarf to put around it, and get some really big sunglasses and maybe some red lipstick. Then I would look perfect to get in this sexy car and go up and down the coast of California!!!!!

Purse Cake

So a while ago, my sister Christine got this cake book. The front cover had a picture of a cake that looked like a purse, and she said that she would make me that cake for my birthday. Since I am not going to be here for my birthday, she offered to make it for my last day of work. Boym she had now idea what she was getting herself into!!!

Now I thought the cake was going to be just a little thing, but much to my amazement, it was ginormous!!! It took 3 cake mixes, each one cut in half so that it was six layers tall. I was totally amazed that it was as big as it was. I never expected that.


So after all of the layers were stacked together, Christine carved it into the shape of the purse. She had never carved before, so she just kind of took a glance at a picture and then started going into the cake with a knife. I was pretty impressed.

After it was carved, we covered it with frosting. Now a little history on this frosting.. it was a recipe that Christine had never used before. It tasted like home-made vanilla ice-cream, and was basically a liquid. She would try and try to get it to cooperate, and it would basically just mush around. It was pretty funny.
Then came the fondant. As I like to say, this is when crap hit the fan!!! For some reason, while Christine was making the fondant, she added the chocolate and it all started crumbling. She was trying to knead it to make it smooth to roll, and it just kept getting worse and worse. Whatever she added to it did not seem to help and it kept crumbling. She was really upset, and I felt horrible. Here she is making this huge cake for me and it turned into this big mess. After a lot of stress, she ended up mixing the bad fondant with a new batch of good fondant and got it all to work together somehow. Then me and my Niece Alyssa had to help her carry it over to the cake because there it was too big!! I was so glad that it worked out though!!!


Once we got the fondant to roll, it was pretty much a home-stretch from there. All of the decorations that she had made went on without a glitch and it was perfect... and big.... and amazingly cute!!! I can't believe she just up and made this purse cake for me. I have the coolest little-big-sister on the face of the planet!!!

Quoting my dear friend Megan... Something new and exciting it coming on April 24.

Hold on to your hats kids, its gonna be a wild ride.