Doing something

I was recently throwing myself a pity part. I felt my siblings are more talented then I am and that my life was basically boring and amounting to nothing. Ultimately I was afraid I would slip into the background and not be important or even remembered when all is said and done. Well I was told my a very good friend of mine that if I had a problem with my life, to get off my tush and do something about it. I mean talent seldom just drops in ones lap and if and when it does it needs to be kept up and honed. she was absolutely right, so I have decided to take on a few new adventures. Some may fail, some I might turn out to be super good at, but at least I can say I tried them or picked them back up as the case may be.

The following activities are things I have decided to do in the next year!

Take the rest of the cake decorating classes.
Audition and hopefully be in a collage play (even if it is in the chorus. hehe)
Take an art class (pottery, painting or digital imaging)
Try my hand at writing
Start and hopefully not kill a garden. haha.
Take piano lessons


I think that is a good list to start out with. I have done the plays and the cake classes before and Loved them! the other things are new and I hope to enjoy them or at least learn something. I am actually kinda excited about it and hope this gets me out of my funk!

Go to work to catch my breath....since when?

So as most of you know I have a lot of siblings and those siblings are extremely talented! which usually means they are doing way cool things with their talents and where does that leave me. Going to watch my awesome bros and sis's in these different forums.

This means that most to all of my weekends are used going to concerts, competitions, road trips, preparations and whatnot. It's fun. I love it. But that doesn't leave room to get myself caught up on stuff at home. What kinds of stuff you ask? well there is laundry, dishes, yard work, house work, grocery shopping, spending time with Juliet and lately unpacking and starting to get ready for the holidays. I usually stagger into bed (after putting Juliet to bed for the 5th time) barely able to keep my eyes open.

So when do I get a chance to just sit down and breath? well ironically at work... Yes I have to do things. I file and input information, type up letters, send out mailers, talk to customers and insurance companies. But all of this I can stop for 5 minutes and just catch a breath. Read a little CNN, catch up on a blog or myspace or even just sit and think of nothing. I mean we get two fifteen minute breaks a day....you don't get those on the weekend. haha

Who would have thunk that work is a place where I could catch a break. Like I said earlier, I love my family dearly and love supporting them and have no regrets at all. I just have found lately with me, and I am sure with a lot of other people, work has become a place to wind down from the weekend and weeknights.

Crazy huh?

An ode to a sister.

So we all have sisters in our lives, wither they were born in or just super good friends who have become our sudo-sisters. I am fortunate enough to have several sisters and a couple of brothers. It makes it a lively bunch when we all get together as well as a real network of support and love. I love them all dearly, but one particular sister has helped me out greatly lately. I will not say her name but I am sure she knows who she is. Don't get me wrong, I love all of my family with a passion I would do anything for them. But sometimes you lean on one more then you lean on another and sometimes that leaning post changes. So today I would like to say thank you to this particular sibling with a little poem. I tried my hand at it, so I don't' know how it will turn out but I hope it gets my point across.

A Sister, An Angel
by: Maura Duke

What could be said about you or to you
To let you know how much you mean
I could call you loving, smart, a real friend, which are all true
I could tell you, you are a light, a guide, a rock on which to lean

But would it be enough dear sister
Would you understand, grasp or comprehend
That being your sister is a gift, a blessing and honor
that you are more then a rock, a blessing, a friend

You are without a doubt
An honest to goodness Angel
Put here for me, to help me out
And life without you would be sad, lonely and fickle

You lift my spirits, made me want to do better
You help me see, but not just me - everyone around you
You bring peace and love through your smile, a word or a letter
How many can do that? Let me tell you sister - very few!

So I ask you again
My dearest sister, my Angel
Can you understand or even comprehend
The sheer love I have for you, how grateful

So thank you dear one
Those tiny words do nothing for what I feel
For all you have done
You helped me live, you helped me heal

Thank you, thank you, thank you!
My Sister, My Angel.

Sharps and Chokes

So as you all have noticed. I get a big kick out of my daughter. She is so stinken funny!!! And at times to big for her britches but that's ok. She is only 3 (well 3 going on 16, I like to say) so her words association sometimes gets jumbled. Which usually results in a few chuckles on my part. Here are the two stories that go with the title of this post.

Sharps

We have a new little kitten

2 words

2 words NO MORE NO LESS can be used... Have fun and try not to use the same answers as the person before you...

1. Where is your cell phone? ..................In purse
2. Your significant other?..................Have one
3. Your hair? ....................................... Short straight
4. Your mother?................................ Good Friend
5. Your father?...................................... My Rock
6. Your favorite thing?.............................my Daughter
7. Your dream last night?........................ don’t remember
8. Your favorite drink? .............................Chocolate Milk
9. Your dream/goal?.............................Cake Shop
10. The room you're in?.........................at desk
11. Your ex?....................................Which one
12. Your fear?..................................To many
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years?.........Doing well
14. Where were you last night?....................At Michele’s
15. What you're not?..................................overly boring
16. Muffin?.......................................... Chocolate Chip
17. One of your wish list items?........... Another baby
18. Where you were born?................. AFB, Alaska
19. The last thing you did?.......................Helped customers
20. What are you wearing?.................... A dress
21. Your TV?.........................................Decrative only
22. Your pets?........................................ Husbands count?
23. Your computer? .................................is packed
24. Your life?......................................... Having fun
25. Your mood?...................................very full
26. Missing someone?........................my sister
27. Your car?...........................................Love it.
28. Something you're not wearing?................ grumpy face
29. Favorite Store?.....................................so many
30. Your summer?....................................was hot
31. Like someone?.....................................of course
32. Your favorite color?......................... scarlet maroon
33. Last time you laughed?.........................just now
34. Who will re-post this?...........................good question

Tagged

5 Things...


5 Shows I Watch
1. Supernatural
2. Big Bang Theory (I also LOVE this one!)
3. Hero’s
4. Sara Conner Chronicles
5. Fringe

Now mind you, we don’t’ have cable so these are the shows I either have the series on DVD or I get in static on my sometimes channel two……But they would be the same I think. :)

5 Favorite Restaurants
1. Kim Lee’s
2. Olive Garden
3. Red Lobster
4. Melting Pot
5. Roundtable (for the pizza buffet! I know fancy!)

5 Things that Happened Yesterday
1. Went to work.
2. Made an awesome pasta dish…LOVED IT
3. Said good bye to Jason who left for another 2 weeks.
4. Watched some supernatural
5. Played with Juliet, the cat and the dog.

5 Things I look forward to
1. Starting a cake making business.
2. Christmas
3. Disneyland in March!!! HECKS YA!!!!
4. Hopefully having more children
5. The day Jason doesn’t have to leave town to work and can come home every night. :)

5 things I love about the fall
1. Crunching leaves
2. Changing colors
3. Thanksgiving and Christmas
4. Black Friday
5. The cold

5 things on my wish list
1. A home job for Jason
2. More babies
3. To learn to play the piano
4. For my cakes to do well
5. Watch my children grow old and be happy, while Jason and I grow old happily.

5 important things to me
1. My husband
2. My Child
3. The gospel and my sticks (meaning scriptures)
4. My Bro’s and Didders and parental units
5. My grasp on reality (don’t’ always have it but it’s important when I do. :) )

5 people I tag
I’m suppose to tag people but no one really reads my blogs….so I guess I would tag Grandma, Ruth and Mom. Maybe I will post this on my myspace and see who plays along. :)

Awareness

The following website has some great issues that need to be looked at and addressed from feeding the hungry to breast cancer awareness! But the cool thing about this site is if you go to the different tabs and click on the "click here" button it helps the causes out.

You see each click is counted and the sponsors have to pay a portion of their proceeds to the different agencies based on how many clicks their site gets. I go on every day and click at least 3-4 times. At the bottom of the page (after you have clicked on it) it tells what you have donated to and how many it has helped so far.

It doesn't cost anything and it is super fast and easy to do. I would encourage you to keep this site in your favorites and click on them everyday. Or you can get to it from my blog and click away from there.

Its a small part we can do and face it, we all need to do our part. :)

http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=2&link=ctg_bcs_home_from_ths_home_sitenav


thanks!

Final Name

Ok everyone, I loved all the suggestions and I appreciate that you took the time to give them to me. Here is the name I picked. I hope you like it. If not to bad...hehe.

Frosted Dreams


I was driving along and kept thinking of all the different names I could name a cake shop. I didn't want it to long or short, I wanted it classy but fun, rememberable but not over bearing or snobbish. I kept trying to incorporate cake in the name but then it all of the sudden came to me. I don't need 'cake' in the name. dur.....so then I start thinking about all the other qualifications I had and viola...Frosted Dreams came to me.

Anyway, there you go. I have my first -out side the family- gig in February. Its a friend of mine wedding and I am kinda nervous. I get nervous when my family eats my cakes so we will see how torn up I am over this as the time gets closer. :)

I am currently working on a logo and when I get that I will post it on here and on my myspace.


Thanks again!

Our new digs

So most of you know that I have moved. We now live back in Carson City. Just wanted to post a pic or two of what our new digs look like.










This is our house.










This is the side/extra room, it has it's own door.











Wahooo. a front yard....WITH GRASS!!!!!!











Kitchen....you can see into the dining room and then into the living room. This is from the door that leads to the extra room.











another pic of the kitchen...I like kitchens. :)










Duh a stove.....like I said. I like kitchens......










Dining room. The Window in there is HUGE and faces the front yard. Perfect for a Christmas Tree.










Living room.











Guest bathroom. It has the washer and dryer, two sinks and beautiful tile floor.










Rebekah's bedroom.

I didn't take pics of my or Juliets room......but they look like rooms. hehe.

Hope you all get a chance to come visit soon. I totally love it and already feel like I've lived there for a long time!

short but sweat this time kids. (as Deborah would say) Catch ya on the flip side....

what? it's alive?

I have never been a dog, mayhaps pretended to be a dog when I was a youngster but cant' recall wanting or trying to think like a dog in the last 10-15 years. But I had to sit and think what the heck the dog was thinking the other day and this is the best I could come up with.

Set the scene: Frodo our dog, Brooklyn our newly found cat (seriously found her last week, she is only 4-5 weeks old) and Rebekah's new puppy, Toby are all in the kitchen or dining room chomping on some grub. Frodo has come accustomed to the cat but Toby has only had a few encounters with her.

Ok...this is the story from Brooklyn and Toby's point of view...

Toby: Yum, that was good. Now what else can I stick my nose in or eat up around here?

Brooklyn: This cat food and baby formula is pretty tasty if i do say so myself!...what is that smell...oh dog.

Toby: whats that smell....oh cat.

Toby walks over and smells Brooklyn then licks her

Toby: not to bad, does it move?

Brooklyn: uck slobber, if I don't move maybe it will go away

Toby: Oh, maybe its one of those chew things....cool!

Brooklyn: uck you stink

Toby takes Brooklyn's back paws and starts dragging her across the floor.

Toby: hey this is fun

Brooklyn: what the heck...did he really just do that?

Me....no no Toby (Toby hears blah blah)

Toby: whats that girl saying...they are so weird

Brooklyn: MEOW

Toby drops her and they both look at each other for a second.

Toby: cool your alive?

Brooklyn: dur I'm alive

Toby: whatever, still fun to play with

Then Toby takes Brooklyn by the scruff and start carrying her around. I swear if cats could cross their arms she would have because you could see it all over face.

Brooklyn: You have got to be kidding me. I yelled to be taken off a wall to be brought to a place where the stinky drooly dog carries me around.....what a jip...shoulda stayed on the wall.

Me: Toby. drop her!

Toby: well that wasn't a good tone, I'll just drop her.

Brooklyn: yuck now I need a bath

I scoop her up to see if there is any damage. Toby looks at me with the "what" face and Brooklyn looks at me with the "took you long enough" face.

Toby: whatever, oohh whats that

Brooklyn: well at least now I am being carried....so that's nice.

So basically Toby thought Brooklyn was carry around material. the whole time Frodo is watching everyone with little interest and I am trying not to laugh.

It was cute, I have a feeling there will be a lot of stories about the three of them. :)