Lucas and I took a walk to the mall (maybe to buy some cupcake related items...more on that later...) and to Tim Hortons (obviously....I don't even go out anymore without going there....How do moms who don't drink coffee survive?) this morning.
This has become a regular event, and since Lucas is such a good shopper most of the time, I treat him to a Timbit on our way home. Terry found out about this little habit and asked me if I buy Lucas a Timbit every time I stop at Tim Hortons. Pffftttt not every time Terry that would be ridiculous.....it's more like every second time. Whatever, it's more like 1/2 a Timbit anyway because he never eats the whole thing. Terry was concerned I am pushing my Tims habit onto Lucas. Nothing to worry about Terry, we met a baby today who must spend waaay more time there than we do. This mom and her kid (who was 2 at the most) came up behind me at the till and all the kid said the whole time they were there is 'daba daba'. DOUBLE DOUBLE!!! I asked his mom if that's what he was saying and sure enough that is what she orders all the time so he picked it up. Hilarious.....Now I just have to teach Lucas '1/2 hot chocolate'.
Stopped at the park on the way home....figured the swings were a much better treat for Lucas than a Timbit. One of the last days for the swings I think. Video taken with my phone....unbelievable that you can take videos like that with a phone. Please ignore my baby voice/noises.
Dudes I am obsessed with cupcakes. I have cupcake insomnia. I think about cupcake ideas before I go to bed. A friend of mine asked me if I would like to make cupcakes for her daughter's first birthday, my first paying cupcake job! So now I constantly think of things to do for her cupcakes, and what I am going to do for Lucas' birthday cupcakes, and I still want to make maple fall cupcakes but I am running out of fall-time, and then Christmas is coming up so I want to make some winter/Christmas ones......you can see how this might get out of control and keep me up at night.
I made my own fondant the other night. I have never worked with fondant before so I thought I would give it a try, but it is so expensive to buy. It turned out great, wasn't that hard really, and I am so excited to make fondant tops for my cupcakes and little things to put on them.
I ordered cupcake liners and other awesome things from etsy yesterday. I had to use an extreme amount of self control to not order everything I saw from this cupcake shop..... or this could turn into a semi-expensive hobby. I think Terry would rather me develop hobbies that make money rather than cost money....just a guess.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
Items I covet at this moment:
Just in case you wanted to get me a super expensive gift for no reason.....
How cute would this dress look with black tights and black heels?? CUTE.
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=28989964
Some black heels to go with said dress:
http://www.aldoshoes.com/ca-eng/women/pumps/platform/75464846-ledec/95
New Uggs...almost a necessity for Saskatchewan winters:
http://www.uggaustralia.com/ProductDetails.aspx?gID=w&productID=5825&model=Classic+Short
I want these!!!
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=32942968&ref=cat3_list_14
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=33106723&ref=sr_list_3&&ga_search_query=teapot&ga_search_type=category&category=vintage.housewares.ceramic&ga_page=&includes[]=tags&includes[]=title
Cupcake bender....WARNING...pictures look delicious.
Enough about soccer. CUPCAKES!!!!
I went on a cupcake baking bender last week. A good way to deal with my post-nationals depression.....as long as I don't get too depressed and end up eating them all. Pumpkin Spice with Cream Cheese Buttercream, Chocolate with Mocha Buttercream and Cookies n' Cream.
To be sung to the tune of Natasha Beddingfield's Pocket Full of Sunshine: (which I hate)
I gotta freezer gotta freezer full of cupcakes, I gotta freezer gotta freezer full of cupcakes I gotta freezer gotta freezer full of cupcakes whooooooooooaaa ohh ohh ohhhhhhhhhhhh.
Take them away! Oh sweet escape! Take them away! Oh sweet escape!
Anyway, I love baking cupcakes. Not just the finished product but I actually LOVE the process. Such....a.....loser.
The only thing on my Christmas list this year is this:
http://www.kitchenaid.ca/flash.cmd?/#/en/product/KSM150PSER/
It is absurd that I bake so many cupcakes and don't own one already. I think I may have to purchase it myself and put it under the tree from Santa though.....it might be out of the Christmas budget and it is definitely out of the maternity leave budget. I should have put it on my wedding registry when I got married but I didn't know then that I would become a cupcake fiend.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Sorry blog...
It's been a while.
I have kind of been in a funk in the past week. Most likely due to soccer withdrawal and nationals disappointment. All I have wanted to do is lay on the couch and watch TV. So now that I have caught up on all my shows, I need to find something else to fill my time. I mean Lucas takes up a lot of it, but he also naps lots too.
We came in 4th at nationals, which was kind of bittersweet. A blizzard decided to move in that weekend, and our team was kind of pumped about it. We usually have an advantage over other teams in crazy weather, but apparently playing in a blizzard can be dangerous or something (icy field, zero visibility, white ball to match the snow....I fail to see the problem....). So thankfully as it turns out, we headed indoors on the turf field all weekend. Which turned out to be great because the games then were shortened to 60 minutes instead of the usual 90....we would have died playing four 90 minute games in four days.....and also we had way more fans out than if it would have been outside. First game against BC we played really well and ended up tieing them 0-0. Could have won that one, lost opportunites, etc. Second game we beat Ontario 1-0. That was huge. No Saskatchewan team has EVER beat Ontario in a national competition. HUGE. I remember playing provincial team back when I was younger....in my prime....just kidding I don't think I had a prime....and we would lose upwards of 8-0 to Ontario. So a huge accomplishment. All we had to do was beat Manitoba to move on to the final. THE FINAL. Toba? Should be no problem. Too bad they were playing a flat back 11. For you non-soccer types, that means they pretty much sat back and defended all game so we couldn't penetrate into their half, got a few breaks on us and scored 2 goals to win the game 2-0. Soooooooooo disappointing for us. But alright, bronze medal game against Nova Scotia, as long as we come out with a medal that would be more than a Saskatchewan team has ever accomplished. Lost 1-0 to Scotia. Terrible.
Siiiiiiiiiiiiigggggggggggggggghhhhhhh.
The good news is I now don't have to get up at 5 am to train and the bad news is I no longer have to get up at 5 am to train and play soccer with my friends. Soccer withdrawal. When does indoor start?????
I have kind of been in a funk in the past week. Most likely due to soccer withdrawal and nationals disappointment. All I have wanted to do is lay on the couch and watch TV. So now that I have caught up on all my shows, I need to find something else to fill my time. I mean Lucas takes up a lot of it, but he also naps lots too.
We came in 4th at nationals, which was kind of bittersweet. A blizzard decided to move in that weekend, and our team was kind of pumped about it. We usually have an advantage over other teams in crazy weather, but apparently playing in a blizzard can be dangerous or something (icy field, zero visibility, white ball to match the snow....I fail to see the problem....). So thankfully as it turns out, we headed indoors on the turf field all weekend. Which turned out to be great because the games then were shortened to 60 minutes instead of the usual 90....we would have died playing four 90 minute games in four days.....and also we had way more fans out than if it would have been outside. First game against BC we played really well and ended up tieing them 0-0. Could have won that one, lost opportunites, etc. Second game we beat Ontario 1-0. That was huge. No Saskatchewan team has EVER beat Ontario in a national competition. HUGE. I remember playing provincial team back when I was younger....in my prime....just kidding I don't think I had a prime....and we would lose upwards of 8-0 to Ontario. So a huge accomplishment. All we had to do was beat Manitoba to move on to the final. THE FINAL. Toba? Should be no problem. Too bad they were playing a flat back 11. For you non-soccer types, that means they pretty much sat back and defended all game so we couldn't penetrate into their half, got a few breaks on us and scored 2 goals to win the game 2-0. Soooooooooo disappointing for us. But alright, bronze medal game against Nova Scotia, as long as we come out with a medal that would be more than a Saskatchewan team has ever accomplished. Lost 1-0 to Scotia. Terrible.
Siiiiiiiiiiiiigggggggggggggggghhhhhhh.
The good news is I now don't have to get up at 5 am to train and the bad news is I no longer have to get up at 5 am to train and play soccer with my friends. Soccer withdrawal. When does indoor start?????
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