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| my big 30th b-day is coming up. i don't know what to do for it. i really want a party. i'd planned to throw a combination housewarming/b-day party when the husband and i bought our first home, but it doesn't look like that will be happening. our apartment is small, so inviting more then 4 people over is out of the question. considering that my b-day is on a tuesday (29th), no one will be able to come on the previous or following weekends because of xmas and new year. anyone else have ideas? if not, looks like i'll be postponing the celebration for later. ******* here are some random pictures for your viewing enjoyment. 
here's the last cake i made: tropial drink in a pineapple cake. 3-layer, 6" round chocolate cake with buttercream frosting and fondant accents. in my defense, i planned the entire execution of it in my head as i drove home from work. the boss's b-day was the next day. i was going to make a cake, but changed my mind at the last minute. i'd completely decorated her office and the break room in tropical decor. fyi: the red floppy thing is a lame attempt at a drink umbrella. people thought it was a hibiscus; i didn't correct them. i'd consider making this cake again. i'd definitely give myself more time to plan and more time to make fondant accents so they'd have time to dry.
cake balls made from football cake and tropical drink cake trimmings.
random picture of the husband and i at the gap. we figured the best way for people to know we're a couple is to have matching (or coordinating) outfits and/or accesories. by the look of our poses, i think we were going for "japanese tourists".
here's the dog just after a bath. don't tell her i showed you pictures of her without her collar.
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| our 3-day cruise to ensenada has come and gone. we left monday before thanksgiving, and then returned thanksgiving morning. apparently, there's a name for that feeling of being on a rocking boat, even though you've already disembarked. the "waters" were especially choppy and rough yesterday. today, not so bad--so far. 
just before we boarded the ship. (l to r) pat, husband, me, ray. we all went on a week-long cruise along the mexican riviera this past spring break.
no cake projects lately. i had to shut down the kitchen and make it nice and tidy. usually, before we go on a trip, i clean up the apartment so when we come home, there's nothing to worry about. it's kind of like an extension of our vacation where beds are made and no dishes need to be washed. in addition, my in-laws came down thanksgiving evening. they had dinner at our apartment, and stayed the entire weekend. of course, since they were down, we had to invite my parents as well. so you can imagine that i really kicked the cleaning routine into high-gear, especially since we wouldn't have any time to clean after the cruise. more to come another time. someone is relieving me of my front desk duties. | | |
| i'm very prolific this week in the cake department! In case you haven't had the chance, check out the pics of the nacho cake i posted last night (early this morning). I just finished the lizard cake for tomorrow's birthday party: 
all white cake with butter cream icing. the bottom cake is a 13"x9", just to give you an idea of its size. there's a party for the husband's friend from work. he breeds and raises lizards and enters them in lizard shows--kind of like how people enter dogs in dog shows. I tried to make an iguana.
view of the other side. There are a few changes i'd make if i ever have to make this cake again.
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| A friend of mine is throwing a party. She's made it a costume party, but guests MUST come dressed as a character from her favorite tv show, Big Bang Theory. I volunteered to bring a cake as my hostess gift. She told me she was serving mexican food because she has a quesadilla maker that she's dying to use. I decided to make her a cake that would go with her food theme. 
I could've made a taco cake, but I wanted to try to make something different--to test my abilities. So I made a nacho cake. 2 layer, 9" round funfetti cake. Buttercream nacho fixin's and fondant tortilla chips.
Close-up of the tortilla chips piled high with nacho cheese, sour cream and salsa. I would probably make the chips thinner for next time. I could probably pass the chips off as pita bread.
Close-up of a different side. here you can see layers of refried beans. I even added a few whole beans that didn't get mashed
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| i sneezed really hard and bit my tongue. it feels funny to talk. all day, i've been giving people the cold shoulder at work. mainly because the awesome new top that i'm wearing today is an off-the-shoulder top. i just thought it was a deep neckline when i tried it on at the store. i was fine with it slipping off my shoulder until i saw in the bathroom mirror that my tanline (from the cruise in april) was totally exposed. note to self: off-the-shoulder top for non-work outfits only. ****** and now on to the cakes! fan cake for the husband's grandmother's 87th birthday: 9 inch, round pineapple cake. 2 layer filled with pineapple chunks and whipped topping. cake iced white with whipped topping. fan piped with buttercream. 
Lola (grandma) turned 87 2 weeks ago. i had to make this cake while i was still suffering from the overzealous nailclipping. (btw: my finger is fine now) the sotas really killed me.
Lola blowing out her candles. her first reaction when she first saw the cake was, "those are God's colors." i think that means she likes it.
Lola cutting her cake, and the husband doing some advertising for me.
football cake (ordered by my dad for an event at his work tomorrow). chocolate cake decorated with buttercream. the oakland raiders logo is a rice paper drawing. the football edsign is based off of a football my dad gave me as a reference.
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