My Cuppy Cake

It's been 2 years since we got married, but we have been best friends for years. I just wanted to take a minute to tell my wife publicly that I love her more every day and look foreward to growing old with her (insert "you are already old" joke here). I enjoyed our "Fall Family Fun day" yesterday even if it didn't turn out exactly as planned. Just spending the day with her is fun no matter what we do. In fact, we are going to watch football together all day today and that will be fun too...right honey?

2 years and some cake too..

Happy Anniversary to us. We have been married for 2 years, which seems so new considering how long we have been together. I know it's regular tradition to eat the top layer of your wedding cake for your first anniversary, but at that time we had no idea where ours was. We thought it had been thrown out, and we didn't really mind. A few months ago however, Kathy presented us with a little gift. Our cake, pulled out of the recesses of the basement deep freezer. Tonight, we pulled it out and cut into it, expecting the gag-inducing taste of freezer burn. Instead, nestled in the cover of a thick fondant, our cake was soft, moist and delicious. The raspberry filling was just as sweet as it was two years ago. Thanks for taking care of it for us Ted and Kathy! (And I love you, Danny! Thanks for being you.)


Our cake then...

Our cake now...

What happens with some free time...

Awhile back, I posted something saying I was teaching myself how to sew. Well, I pretty much sewed that one seam and my career as a seamstress has been on hold since. Well, Tuesday, my first day of temporary freedom, otherwise known as no job(don't worry I now have another one) I decided to pull out the ol' sewing machine again. Without a pattern or intructions, I cut, pinned and sewed my way to new curtains for the basement. They are pretty damn good if I do say so myself for the first project ever. I have come home many times to seeing our nice couch cusions shoved into the window sill by my lovely husband. Well, not anymore people!


Apparently, I love sewing, because now I don't want to stop. The next day, I took a random yard of fabric I had and made a pillow case for the upstairs couch pillow complete with little ties. Another improv project, but it was a success. I'm now working on two more for the remaining pillows. I know these are pretty much the two most simple things I could have sewn, but I'm still pretty proud.

My Enrichment night specialist (is that what they still call it?) is really coming out full force now. I went into Roberts a few weeks ago ans saw a sign I wanted but wasn't willing to pay $30 for. So what's a girl to do? Make it herself of course. The letters look funky in this picture, but it's pretty much exactly like the one at Roberts down to the weathered edges. $6 is a lot better than $30!

Fall Harvest

Just a little final update on how the garden went. Carrots, Cucumbers, Jalapenos, Yellow Squash and Zucchini were the top growers. My tomaotes grew like mad, but not till late in the summer (my fault for bad initial planting spot then moving them later)and I have about 30 great looking green tomatoes still on the vines right now...depressing. Green and Red Bell Peppers...not great. One single Cantelope which was good, and one Onion...One. Next year will be a much different garden...this one was a learning experience which was a lot of fun.
This is what happens when you don't pay attention to your squash for a week...not the ideal result.

Update

Well for the few people that cared, I just thought I would let you know that I am officially somewhat healthy. The cat scan didn't show any cancer or mass, so that was a relief. My blood work did show some kind of inflammation/infection in the body, so they sent me to an ENT specialist to see if he could figure out what my jaw lump is and why it's not responding to antibiotics. After he probed me, he concluded it really is just a swollen lymph node which is more noticeable and more irritated because of the unevenness of my jaw. How ironic. So I guess now I just wait for it to go away, if it does.

And my stripping-induced back injury is now almost back to normal. Life is short people. Live it up!

A Day at the Races

Actually it was a day at Boondocks with the kids for a work party...but the go-carts seemed to be the highlight of the kids day (at least the highlight of the boys day). As you can see, Jazzy was a little uncomfortable with some of the driving habits of the people around us, John most notably, who liked to bump people off the track. I should probably also mention that it is not so easy to take pictures with your phone while driving these machines, so I'm sure that didn't help her either.
Joshy finally built up the courage to drive one on the beginners track. Once he did it, I think he wished he did it earlier cause he went back for more.
Go-carts were just the beginning of the fun though. We also went minature golfing (which I think Jazzy actually won), a few rounds of Lazer Tag, Video Games and tickets for prizes machines, batting cages and Bumper Boats-even though it was a little chilly, we just squirt the people on the sides watching so WE stay dry. We also had a lunch buffett consisting of hot dogs, hamburgers and some other backyard BBQ type goods. Everyone had a great time and we were all tired by the end of the day from all the running around we did. Thanks to Todd for having a work party that the whole family could enjoy.

I'm falling apart.

Health problems of any kind are really frustrating to me. Is it too much to ask to go through life without ever having to go to the doctor or take a day off for a REAL sick day? Ok, maybe it is, but I'm still too young for this. So far this month I:



Found a random lump

Had an ultrasound

Had horrible lasting migraines (which never happens so it is something)

Had blood work done which came back abnormal

Had a CT scan

Have done something to my back which has made it impossible to move for the last 3 days

Still waiting to get results of CT scan



Don't be alarmed friends. I'm too young (and too stubborn) to die so that's not happening. Right up front they were able to tell me I don't have a gigantic tumor so that's really all I needed to hear. What I DIDN'T need to hear was how big our deductible is and how much this is all going to cost me. That might be my biggest concern right now, other than figuring out how to pee without my lower back spasming in pain.


(This is how I feel and pretty much what I look like when I walk. I'm seriously considering getting the cane too.)