I just finished my second Wilton cake decorating course at Michael's. My teacher recommended taking pictures of all the cakes we made to see how we are coming along. The first course we had to make a cake every week. The second course was all about making flowers with royal icing, the kind of flowers that harden and you can put on a cake later, so we were only required to make one cake at the end as a grand finale. It has been alot of time and energy making icing and cakes and preparing for class so I am taking a break from classes for now. Maybe I will take the third course in a few months but for now here is a slideshow of the cakes I have made recently...
Now I am going to eat the grand finale cake!! Yum.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
It's all about me!!!
So I saw on a friend's blog that she had a list of a hundred things about herself and I thought it might be fun to do. I am a bit worried that you will get tired of reading about me but I guess you don't have to read my blog if you don't want to right? So here goes...
1. I only like my coffee crisp or in ice capp form
2. I don’t like drinks with fizz in them
3. The only pop I like is diet coke and I prefer it flat.
4. I hate rollercoasters
5. I can’t even stand the swings at the park
6. I also hate scary movies
7. I am a wimp
8. I am glad I am finally secure enough to be able admit that
9. I wish I was good at taking pictures, really good
10. Dusting is one of my least favourite household chores
11. I don’t like cooking, it's the deciding that's the worst
12. I am terrible at typing, terrible, pathetic
13. But I am a perfectionist so I try to go back and fix all my mistakes
14. I went to three different universities to get my degree, UCFV, TWU and Open University
15. I have considered sending a joke into reader’s digest, maybe I will still do that someday
16. I used to collect reader digests when I was a kid
17. It is bugging me that I didn’t capitalize “reader’s digest” but I am resisting fixing it
18. I have always wanted to be bilingual
19. I would be bilingual but I was too shy to practice my Romanian enough to become fluent while I lived there
20. I decided that I would talk to the next person I heard speaking Romanian and I did a few weeks ago! At the park across the street a mother was there speaking with her kids and I spoke to her. She thought I was Romanian. She moved away only a couple of weeks after that so we didn’t get to spend any time together.
21. I was a bit sad but also relieved, getting to know new people scares me
22. My dentist is Romanian. I am WAY too shy to speak to him in Romanian!
23. I have also studied French (of course), German, Latin, Spanish and a bit of Sign
24. I used to do signing to music for the offeratory at my old church
25. I found it less stressful than playing my flute for the church
26. I don't know why I felt it was necessary to say yes whenever they asked me to do something in front of the church
27. I took a boundaries class a few years ago :)
28. I had five different roommates before I married Jason
29. I have only lived alone for a total of three months or so. I didn’t like it.
30. At my old job, I got hired four times in total
31. I am listening to my daughter count in Spanish right now and she is better at it than English I think. Thanks Dora
32. The scariest thing I have ever done is move to Romania
33. The gutsiest and craziest thing I have ever done is sit on (straddle) a crocodile in the middle of nowhere, Northern Ghana
34. My most exhilarating moments have been giving birth to my two kids and finishing my first 5k race
35. My favourite time of day is 8-11pm
36. Unlike my husband, I don't like playing team sports
37. Baseball and volleyball are my least favourite team sports to play
38. I used to like watching baseball
39. I saw the Blue Jays play at the Skydome in Toronto four times one summer
40. I was a Canucks fan when I lived in Ontario and a Blue Jays fan in BC
41. As a teenager I had posters of Pavel Bure and Joe Carter on my wall
42. My dad went to spring training one year for work. He took pictures of Joe Carter for me
43. I have worked for both of my parents and my father-in-law at various points throughout my life
44. I developed a fear of dogs while living in Romania. Stray dogs are everywhere.
45. I don't really like cats much. Sorry cat lovers
46. We have a fish and that I can handle
47. I don’t like eating fish though, except tuna
48. I also don't like onions, green peppers and mushrooms
49. Someone told me I was a picky eater once. I was offended :)
50. I think my love language is quality time, but I have never actually read the book, is there really enough to write a whole book about it?
51. I have a fear of phones, I don't like calling people. So don't be offended if I don't call. I even used to avoid calling numbers I knew would be automated
52. A few other people have told me that they hate phones too so I feel a bit better now
53. I used to live in the states and learned the hard way they don't know what a chesterfield is
54. When I was learning to talk I used to say "deedaba" all the time and my parents never figured out what it meant.
55. I haven't been able to wear contacts since my kids were born.
56. My favourite pizza is Hawaiian
57. As kids my brother and I had hamsters, his bullied mine until we came home to his with holes bitten out if its sides and mine happy at last
58. I named both of my hamsters Hammy
59. Hammy the 2nd died after I let him lick the condensation off my window
60. I had a carrot patch kid when I was a kid, cabbage patch knock-off
61. I started dreaming of working in an orphanage when I was 11 after two kids I fell in love with were taken away by child services
62. I don't really have a sweet tooth, just a chocolate tooth
63. I never liked spicy foods until a college friend got me into eating fries with hot sauce on them
64. The shortest I have had a job was about a week
65. I did the early morning shift at a fitness club in the basement of Cedar park place. Alone. With massive body builders. The Abbotsford Killer was on the loose. It was way too frightening.
66. I also worked at Apollo in the daycare. I still have never seen the inside of that gym yet.
67. This was going to be a list of 100 but I am feeling really egotistical talking about myself so much. It's someone else's turn now. I look forward to reading other people's lists.
68. I had fun talking about myself so much though. I could go on:)
1. I only like my coffee crisp or in ice capp form
2. I don’t like drinks with fizz in them
3. The only pop I like is diet coke and I prefer it flat.
4. I hate rollercoasters
5. I can’t even stand the swings at the park
6. I also hate scary movies
7. I am a wimp
8. I am glad I am finally secure enough to be able admit that
9. I wish I was good at taking pictures, really good
10. Dusting is one of my least favourite household chores
11. I don’t like cooking, it's the deciding that's the worst
12. I am terrible at typing, terrible, pathetic
13. But I am a perfectionist so I try to go back and fix all my mistakes
14. I went to three different universities to get my degree, UCFV, TWU and Open University
15. I have considered sending a joke into reader’s digest, maybe I will still do that someday
16. I used to collect reader digests when I was a kid
17. It is bugging me that I didn’t capitalize “reader’s digest” but I am resisting fixing it
18. I have always wanted to be bilingual
19. I would be bilingual but I was too shy to practice my Romanian enough to become fluent while I lived there
20. I decided that I would talk to the next person I heard speaking Romanian and I did a few weeks ago! At the park across the street a mother was there speaking with her kids and I spoke to her. She thought I was Romanian. She moved away only a couple of weeks after that so we didn’t get to spend any time together.
21. I was a bit sad but also relieved, getting to know new people scares me
22. My dentist is Romanian. I am WAY too shy to speak to him in Romanian!
23. I have also studied French (of course), German, Latin, Spanish and a bit of Sign
24. I used to do signing to music for the offeratory at my old church
25. I found it less stressful than playing my flute for the church
26. I don't know why I felt it was necessary to say yes whenever they asked me to do something in front of the church
27. I took a boundaries class a few years ago :)
28. I had five different roommates before I married Jason
29. I have only lived alone for a total of three months or so. I didn’t like it.
30. At my old job, I got hired four times in total
31. I am listening to my daughter count in Spanish right now and she is better at it than English I think. Thanks Dora
32. The scariest thing I have ever done is move to Romania
33. The gutsiest and craziest thing I have ever done is sit on (straddle) a crocodile in the middle of nowhere, Northern Ghana
34. My most exhilarating moments have been giving birth to my two kids and finishing my first 5k race
35. My favourite time of day is 8-11pm
36. Unlike my husband, I don't like playing team sports
37. Baseball and volleyball are my least favourite team sports to play
38. I used to like watching baseball
39. I saw the Blue Jays play at the Skydome in Toronto four times one summer
40. I was a Canucks fan when I lived in Ontario and a Blue Jays fan in BC
41. As a teenager I had posters of Pavel Bure and Joe Carter on my wall
42. My dad went to spring training one year for work. He took pictures of Joe Carter for me
43. I have worked for both of my parents and my father-in-law at various points throughout my life
44. I developed a fear of dogs while living in Romania. Stray dogs are everywhere.
45. I don't really like cats much. Sorry cat lovers
46. We have a fish and that I can handle
47. I don’t like eating fish though, except tuna
48. I also don't like onions, green peppers and mushrooms
49. Someone told me I was a picky eater once. I was offended :)
50. I think my love language is quality time, but I have never actually read the book, is there really enough to write a whole book about it?
51. I have a fear of phones, I don't like calling people. So don't be offended if I don't call. I even used to avoid calling numbers I knew would be automated
52. A few other people have told me that they hate phones too so I feel a bit better now
53. I used to live in the states and learned the hard way they don't know what a chesterfield is
54. When I was learning to talk I used to say "deedaba" all the time and my parents never figured out what it meant.
55. I haven't been able to wear contacts since my kids were born.
56. My favourite pizza is Hawaiian
57. As kids my brother and I had hamsters, his bullied mine until we came home to his with holes bitten out if its sides and mine happy at last
58. I named both of my hamsters Hammy
59. Hammy the 2nd died after I let him lick the condensation off my window
60. I had a carrot patch kid when I was a kid, cabbage patch knock-off
61. I started dreaming of working in an orphanage when I was 11 after two kids I fell in love with were taken away by child services
62. I don't really have a sweet tooth, just a chocolate tooth
63. I never liked spicy foods until a college friend got me into eating fries with hot sauce on them
64. The shortest I have had a job was about a week
65. I did the early morning shift at a fitness club in the basement of Cedar park place. Alone. With massive body builders. The Abbotsford Killer was on the loose. It was way too frightening.
66. I also worked at Apollo in the daycare. I still have never seen the inside of that gym yet.
67. This was going to be a list of 100 but I am feeling really egotistical talking about myself so much. It's someone else's turn now. I look forward to reading other people's lists.
68. I had fun talking about myself so much though. I could go on:)
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Camping with Daddy
Since Hannah had such a good time the last time we went camping - and Kiera did not - we decided that it would be good if Jason and Hannah had a father-daughter trip and Kiera and I stayed home. A couple other fathers and kids joined them as well, Dan and his little girl, Dahlia and Brian, Jason's brother, and his four kids, Brianna, Alyssa, Matthew and Katie. They went to Cultus Lake and had a good time for the first two days and the first night. Then it started to rain and since I was there visiting with Mandy and our two little ones that evening, we just decided to bring the older ones home with us. The men stayed behind for the night so they could pack up the next morning. It turned out to be a good thing we took the girls home because Jason discovered a pool of water in their tent when he went to bed that night. Everything was soaked. He was able to join his brother and his kids in the tent trailer, fortunately. The next morning when Hannah woke up she said she wanted to go back to camping so I guess it must have been a good time. They went to the lake a few times, although it was too cold to swim. I am told the kids played cards together and did lots of colouring. They also got to make s'mores and feed the resident mouse until it ended up stiff in the bushes beside the campsite. Hmmm... maybe people food wasn't so good for it.
Birthday Week
Since there are only four days between Jason's birthday and mine, we usually celebrate together every year. This year we ended up having birthday celebrations that lasted almost a week. It started on friday with a birthday lunch with four generations of women: my grandma, my mom, me and my girls. What a great thing to be able to do! It reminds me of a picture I have from when I was a kid and my great-grandma was still alive. That evening Jason and I went out for dinner and to a BC Lions game. Just for the record, Jason's gotten some teasing for making me watch football for my birthday but I was the one that really wanted to go to a football game. I thought it would be fun to do something different. It was different. I don't know anything about football and it was too loud for Jason to explain everything. So I watched the Felions, the "dancers". They are definitely not cheerleaders, just a distraction for the men to watch between plays. Maybe next year we should celebrate our birthdays in the winter and go to a Canucks game so I can at least understand some of it. :) Anyway, it was a fun night, hanging out with my best friend. The kids had a great time too, thanks to my brother-in-law and sister-in-law who babysat for us.
Next came dinner at my other brother-in-law and sister-in-law's on saturday, then dinner at my parents' on sunday. Then Jason and Hannah went on their father-daughter camping trip (more about that later). Kiera and I went up to visit them the second day and I took along a basketball cake for Jason's birthday. On wednesday, which was Jay's actual birthday, the girls and I decorated the front window to welcome him home after camping. In the evening we went out for dinner and then over to his parents' for desert. And that's it! Birthdays are over in our house for another year. Although... we still get to enjoy my father-in-law's birthday tomorrow! :)
Next came dinner at my other brother-in-law and sister-in-law's on saturday, then dinner at my parents' on sunday. Then Jason and Hannah went on their father-daughter camping trip (more about that later). Kiera and I went up to visit them the second day and I took along a basketball cake for Jason's birthday. On wednesday, which was Jay's actual birthday, the girls and I decorated the front window to welcome him home after camping. In the evening we went out for dinner and then over to his parents' for desert. And that's it! Birthdays are over in our house for another year. Although... we still get to enjoy my father-in-law's birthday tomorrow! :)
Monday, August 25, 2008
Our First Crop!
We finally got the first tomatoes from the plants Hannah and I planted! We started them from seeds and have watched them grow quite tall. They don't look that great but amazingly enough, they still produced some fruit. They developed blight or something. I am not a gardener. I think I actually have a black thumb. But we put off turning them into fertilizer and were surprised when they still grew fruit and it eventually turned red. We haven't tasted the tomatoes yet though, so that will be the true test.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Quotes and other things
Hannah quote: rolling her tongue, she says "I can fold my tongue like laundry."
Kiera quote: "UP!"
Okay, that is not a funny quote but it was very exciting to hear her first real word last week (that we recognized anyway). Now she also says "hi", "ow", "yup" and of course, "Mama" and "Dada". She also signs "all done" and "more". I never really intended to teach her signing. I never did any with Hannah. But I did it a couple of times for the fun of it and she picked it up right away, so I decided to teach her a few more. She is growing up so fast. She also took her first steps last week. What fun!
Kiera quote: "UP!"
Okay, that is not a funny quote but it was very exciting to hear her first real word last week (that we recognized anyway). Now she also says "hi", "ow", "yup" and of course, "Mama" and "Dada". She also signs "all done" and "more". I never really intended to teach her signing. I never did any with Hannah. But I did it a couple of times for the fun of it and she picked it up right away, so I decided to teach her a few more. She is growing up so fast. She also took her first steps last week. What fun!
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