Cake Walk

I have found a new blog that I just love. It is my new favorite. Sorry Jones' and Porters. I still love yours. Every day, I check my email, Zions Bank to see how much money I don't have, log in my WW points (not so good these last few days/weeks), and then I check the blogs of the Jones girls, the Porter house, the less than optimistic Rob, and hopefully check Rachel's blog -- hopeful, because I keep thinking she will put something on it (zilch since Valentine's Day -- Perhaps her pictures from Disneyland will be posted, hint, hint.) Well now, this is where I go -- http://www.bakerella.blogspot.com/. It is so cool. She makes the cutest cakes you have ever seen. I am no baker, but I tried her Simple Sprite Cake and made it my own by turning the cake into cupcakes with pink icing. Here is what came of this experiment:

The cake uses an 8 oz. can of Sprite for the liquid with lots of eggs and oil, so don't expect health food. It is really tasty. I baked the cake for 15 minutes and that was not enough, so I baked for an additional 5. I think they would be more moist if I had only baked for 18 minutes total, but these lovely little pink confectionaries are still disappearing like hotcakes -- or cupcakes.

I found the blog by linking from somebody's link from one of the Jones girls or Amanda Porter. Thanks, friends. PS -- We had a great time tending Baby Dill Porter this week. It was so much fun.

Update

It has been forever since I have posted. Actually not too much has happened but I thought I had better say something (even if it isn't profound) before everyone stops coming to visit the blog.

Things that have happened since my birthday:

1. School's out -- Kathleen is out for a while. She has some summer work to do and has decided not to take dance (except for the adult classes). So she is taking some online classes to get stuff out of the way for next year, coming to the office to help me, and designing clothes (more of the latter and less of the former.)

2. Memorial Day, Father's Day, Rachel's birthday -- I think that these events are the cause of my weight loss downfall. Actually, poor choices are the result of my downfall which really isn't a downfall, I just keep hovering between .4 and 1.4 pounds short of a total of 50 lb weight loss. We eat out way too much and I make poor choices as though I am never going to eat again. Well, next week is Rob's birthday and then the summer celebrations are over until the 4th of July, 24th of July, etc. I love to make special meals for holidays and birthdays -- my inner Martha Stewart -- and Rachel specifically said "no Weight Watcher cake for my birthday"!

3. That's it. My life is so exciting.