cake therapy

well folks, today i woke up feeling much better than the day before and proceeded to do all sorts of craftiness. probably a bit too much as i dashed about painting here and stitching there...taking pictures of this, taking pictures of that. i even climbed atop a rickety chair for a bench monday picture (which left me out of breath and whoozy). it's not even 5pm and i am pooped with a capital P. sheesh! methinks i should have just stuck with the cake baking. cake baking? what cake baking you ask?well, you know you must be feeling better when you manage to wrestle an assortment of ingredients into the oven to create something sweet and delicious. you know you must be feeling even slightly better than better when you manage to do so sans coughing fits and using up interesting ingredients. the best part though...the bestest of the best part is discovering you have wonky ingredients that will bake up a nifty cake, a bundt cake no less on National Bundt Cake Day!**so here you go my friends, happy bundt cake day!
**though for some reason, my bundt cake looks more like a giant donut...but shhh....it was still baked in a bundt pan so it counts!

wreck this cake

i'm sooooo busy my head is going to spin itself to the land of the lost. though, to be honest, i am more busy thinking about all the things that need to be finished this week, too many things. i am a manic jek. happily enough, i was distracted from the busy by a visit with the mama and superstar bean but now i must get back to all that busy i so mysteriously speak of, mostly thinking of those darn papers that need to get written and working on a couple of presentations for this weekend. of course i had time in the middle of this very real busy to bake a cake for a flickr friend.


and then of course, in the tradition that is flickr collaborations and inspired by her wreck this journal project, i baked a cake, decorated it and then wrecked it...happy tuesday! i must run off to the market for milk and toothpaste, tomorrow will truly be spent in school mode so don't call me unless of course you are in the neighborhood and have coffee on you or smiles and hugs, those are nice as well.

I am a Diner Fiend

I am forever looking for diners to eat at. Last Friday we arrived at LAX quite early so decided to grab a bite before entering the chaos that is the airport. I remembered that there was a Pann's back from when my greatest gal pal lived in the area and so we hunted it down. Pann's does not disappoint. Fabulous diner grub just as you would expect it only tastier and the decor was simply too too. I would highly recommend this place if you are ever in the LAX vicinity. Like I mentioned before, the onion rings are superb.

I had all these grand plans for posting prior to Valentine's Day. I made a list of crafty heart day fun and was going to make one thing a day but having a visiting teenager kinda calls for some unexpected fun. The young lady has been here since friday and is a delight. Other than the teen angst and hullaballooo I had to go through with the young man, everything is just dandy. I sent the kids off on their own so that I could have today to catch up on bad television, bake and post post post away. Let's see if I can get it together enough to attempt something crafty. I nthe meantime you can check out my Kaboodle page on fun Valentine's Day finds for you, me or your loved ones...and yes, this is a shameless hint as my birthday is coming up...you can check out my birthday list too...happy february! Ooh, I almost forgot! Today is "Wave all your fingers at your neighbor" day so make sure you smile and say something cheerful to your neighbors! Or if you are industrious, you could always bake a cake.