Photobooth Friday: I see you

Oh how I adore polka-dots. Especially red on white polka-dots. I have been looking for a red & white polka dot dress FOREVER and have yet been able to find one that works on my person. Someday. This strip is from my birthday bash last year. I can't wait to do another birthday bash, perhaps next year I will do one at the black and white booth but it isn't as cheap as the old one that is now gone but it is at a bar which may help me get strips of people I don't know...hmmm...I'm not a big fan of sloppy drunken strips when in any moment someone may moon, flash or flip off the camera. Call me a fuddy duddy but I'm not a fan. Happy Friday folks! Don;t forget to check out the other boothers at the Photobooth Friday Flickr group.

When life gives you lemons...

Take pictures! So, Even though I couldn't get the cupcakes out of their liners, I did ice three of them simply to take some pretty pictures. Welcome to my bubble. Today I have to watch Bonnie & Clyde for my film class (thank you library!) and then I need to study study study for my midterms on Monday! I'm also gonna have a play date and can't wait! So...here's some eye candy to tide you for the day!

Happy Thursday!

My not so nifty adventures in baking....

with silicone cupcake liners. Hm.

I got a dozen pink silicone cupcake liners on sale after Valentine's Day and couldn't wait to try them. Last week, Mr. A-go-go was having an exceptionally cranky few days so I decided to bake him some gingerbread, his favorite. Skipping over the same old loaf pan I went for these liners imagining all sorts of prettiness and the fabulousness that would be this batch of gingerbread cupcakes. Sadly that did not happen. They took forever to bake and they spilled over big time. Luckily I used a cookie sheet under the whole shabang but sheesh what a mess! I attempted to remove one while hot so I could sample its deliciousness but all it did was fall apart. At least they were moist! After allowing them to cool forever and ever I tried to remove one again and it was a no go. Drats! Screw this I thought. I whipped up a batch of citrus butter frosting that was oh so yummy and I iced a couple just for a photo shoot because really that is what it's all about, getting a good picture. The pictures cam out more fabulous than the cupcakes but I will be saving that fabulousness until tomorrrow. Words of the wise, don't fall for silicone! Unless of course you want to use them as paint cups for your kidlets or maybe at a little prettiness to your Bento boxes (thanks to featherbed for that suggestion!)

I had grand plans...

but the bee said chill...



I woke up ready to cross items off the list I wrote out yesterday while in one of my classes. I logged on to check my email, uploadsome flickr pics and maybe read a few blogs but then I got sucked in and then my sister called and then...and then...and then...you know how it is. I have internet ADD. I can't keep a focus and can literally coast about online all day long really. Today I researched vacation yurts, jobs in Portland, music by They Might be Giants, recipes for curried sweet potato and then bento boxes and of course what to put into bento boxes. Sheesh. Did someone wack me with a silly stick?

Yesterday it felt like one of those days when, when/where the Norse Gods decide to play with me. Everything seemed to go wrong but the everything was really nothing like really really wanting a cinnamon iced coffee but balking because the Starbucks at Target was fifty cents more than the Starbucks by school and then I felt really bad for craving a Starbucks drink while at the same time feeling guilty I was at Target but we needed ink for the printer and all I bought was ink...and a pack of gum. So then I get to school and thanked the parking guards for finding a pot on my first try. I then thanked the parking machine gods for accepting my mangy money and hoisted my backpack onto my back and decided to try the student store for a bottle frap but they raised the price there also. Hello? Why yes, yes I am a cheapskate. Sheesh! I get to class thirty minutes ealry and the class before mine was canceled so the room is empty. I take a seat and get some reading done and the clock keeps tick tick ticking along and no one else in entering the rom. I go outside to make sure my class wasn't canceled and it seems like it isn't so I go back in and read some more. Class is about to begin and like two minutes and no one else is there! Now I feel like everyone knows something except me which isn't a new phenomenon but it still makes me antsy. I decide to go to the main office to see if the room was changed and I run into another clasmate. Okay, I feel a little better. People start trickling in and eventually the professor arrives and we get down to business. Phew! Have I also mentioned that I'm insecure? After that I made it to my car for my healthy pretty lunch. On my way to my next class I manage to successfully purchase a cinnamon latte and enter the Forum for my film class. Great. I'm in another room completely alone when usually there are half a dozen or so kids hanging out and talking on their cell phones. Never to each other. Eventually things even out, class starts, the young couple behind me spend the entire lecture whispering to each other whilst eating potato chips or doritos or something, we watch MASH and suddenly it is time for my last class. Things went back to normal. I still haven't gotten into the swing of this semester and midterms are next week. Sigh.

Today I need to go find someone I dont know to interview. I wish I could do this online but I can't. I have no confidence for this. I know I will write something fabulous and fun but I don't exaclty have a good track record for approaching strangers. I try and they tend to look at me like I'm nuts. Grr. Wish me luck.

The Week in Review: March 26-April 1

Happy Monday folks! Last week started off a little shakey what with me missing my Mamos, a headache that was vying for migraine status and too many things to tak care of! Phew! Luckily it all evened out somewhat and I'm ready for a new week with just as much stuff to take care of but I feel much better about it knowing I'm not the only one. Thank you for all the warm fuzzies.

Last week I crafted, I cleaned, I baked and I whined. I had lunch with a friend, school & a walkabout downtown. We attended two "events" that were a bit of a dud. One being over hyped and the other being scheduled for a place that really would not have been a good idea. While I dislike The Grove in so many ways, I appreciate their managment and security staff. There were oodles and oodles of wee kidlets there, probably not a good place for a mob pillow fight. Yup, a pillow fight. Turns out they heard about the crackdown and relocated to downtown but Mr. A-go-go & I were already at the most material possessed place on the planet. We were there to take pictures not fight. I wear glasses, nice vintage frames. I would prefer they stay in one piece. C'est la vie. We took some random shots and then gorged ourselves on a Calzone in The Farmer's Market. I like The Farmer's Market.

This week is school, crafting, cleaning and all that jazz. I even get to go get my teeth cleaned. Whoo-hoo! We're also trekking up to San Luis Obispo for egging it up with the family and the little prince. Coming up, the camping trip! Yay! I am craving me some s'mores with gingerbread cookies. Yum.

Catch ya later! And a word to the wise. Silicone cupcake liners suck the big time. They need to be greased otherwise your cupcakes won't come out and really, why bother? Pooh! But the picture sure looks pretty.

Chocolate bunnies are popping up everywhere!

Who knew? I finally managed to catch an etsy treasury! It takes a lot of patience and digilence and the putting off of many chores. Now that it is done, I will share it all with you because you never know which of these bunnies will make you slap happy! Not all of these bunnies are on etsy but a good number are...have fun! To get more info on the bunnies click here!

Take a peek at some of the blogs of these crafty folk:

*Dog Bone Art
*Everyday is a Holiday
*small fox in a big world