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May 29, 2011

Cupcakes-

Filed under: Food — gardener @ 9:47 am

I’ve needed to keep myself busy today- My mind needed the break and cooking things I’ve never made before keeps my mind on task and doesn’t leave alot of time for wandering- I ended up making almost 50 cupcakes- and I had one of each for dinner. I know- super healthy- but I had to do a taste test and it definitely ends my recent obsession with cupcakes. I made Oreo cupcakes- which were delicious- plus I also made Lemon Meringue Cupcakes with toasted meringue and filled with lemon curd that I also made from scratch. The lemon curd is my favorite- In fact, I want to eat it with a spoon. YUM!

Now that the mess is cleaned up and cupcakes are everywhere- I have no idea what I’m going to do with them all.

Wishful Thinking

Filed under: Life,Shop til ya Drop — gardener @ 7:47 am

Marcel has wanted an ATV for a while and while I think it would be fun to have- I’m not sure that I’d rather have one of those instead of a new sofa and a little remodeling within the house. Marcel is another story. A few nights ago I caught him looking at RZR XP Accessories and when I asked what he was doing he said wishful thinking.

May 27, 2011

About Last Night

Filed under: Life's Little Hiccups,Pets — gardener @ 8:22 am

I’m fuctioning (if that’s what you call it) on two hours sleep and as I type this am watching my little pup JJ eat his food and praying it doesn’t come back up.

As I’ve shared- there is much going on within my family at the moment- with my Uncle on his final days. I’m here- the rest of the family is there- and there’s definitely something wrong with that picture- Some things can’t be changed, so I’ll deal with it.

Sleep has been a elusive mistress anyway- so I was awake last night and around 3:30 almost to the point of drifting off- when I heard a horrid noise coming from the living room. It was JJ and he was coughing to the point of throwing up. Not just once- but at some point I lost count of just how many coughing spells he had. I woke Marcel- because throw-up of any kind doesn’t agree with me- He was less than thrilled but he cleaned it up- took JJ out for a small walk and he went back to bed. I stayed awake- kept cleaning up the throw-up and changing blankets and praying it would finally stop. It did- but long after it was daylight. My total sleep count- 2 hours.

$100.00 and a visit to the vet later-we find out that our little guy has bronchitis. He was given a shot- some antibiotics and codiene for the cough and I pray it stops soon. I feel so sorry for him. He’s finished eating- now if he can only keep it down.

Kind of Gross

Filed under: In the Neighborhood,Life — gardener @ 6:22 am

This is gross- but when we took JJ to the vet earlier- we walked past this bench and there was an elderly lady and a boy- who looked about 10 sitting together. She was atempting to remove pimples from his nose- or at least that’s what it looked like to me. I tried not to stare- but honestly- I thought it was a pretty gross thing to be doing in public. My thoughts were that it should be done in the privacy of someone’s home- but certainly not on the street.

May 26, 2011

From the 101 Things in 1001 Days List

Filed under: 101 in 1001 days — gardener @ 11:02 am

One of the things that I had on my 101 things in 1001 days list from DayZero was to Make a new friend.   I’m not sure why I put it on my list- because I admit that I have been extremely blessed with some pretty amazing current friends- but since adding it to my list- I’ve met and become friends with quite a few new people.    I wasn’t even ‘prowling’ the streets begging people to be my new friend (insert laughter here)- it just sort of happened.   

Since I have this slight obsession with cupcakes these days- I can honestly say that friends are the cupcakes of  life and I don’t know what I’d do without mine.  They are all wonderfully unique and I love that about them all.

In addition- that also means that it’s something I can check off as “Done” on my list.

There are other things I’ve also done recently- and I’ll be sharing those too.

Rainy Days

Filed under: Life — gardener @ 9:02 am

I’m sitting here watching it rain- thinking that I should probably be in the kitchen cooking dinner- but yet snce we haven’t seen rain in a while – I’m fascinated with the dark cloud and huge drops falling from the sky. I’m also reading up on tretinoin so that I can possibly get an idea if it’s something that could help my face, since I seem to be going into another one of these breakout periods. I’m hoping that it’s stress- or the fact that I haven’t been drinking enough water, so I’ll wait and see if it clears up on its own before making any decisions. In the meantime- I’m going to enjoy the sound of the falling rain.

May 19, 2011

Doing Well

Filed under: Life — gardener @ 10:54 am

Most of you know that Desere has been going back and forth with the doctors as to whether she would have surgery or not- and Wednesday was the day that they actually did go in and do surgery to take care of the problems she’d been having. Marcel and I stopped in earlier to visit her- and she’s doing so well. It was almost like a different person. If all continues to go well- she’ll be coming home on Saturday- This is definitely something to celebrate and I’ll do so by making her some banana nut crumb muffins! This is such great news for her and hopefully the end of her problems.

How Does Your Garden Grow?

Filed under: Home,Shop til ya Drop,Things I Love — gardener @ 10:51 am

Marcel and I had dinner outside tonight, and even though it was a little chilly outside- I couldn’t help but love every second that we spent surrounded by the beautiful flowers and herbs that we planted over the past couple of weeks. Surprisingly- I’m already noticing a huge differnce in the size of the plants, and it won’t be long before they are flowing with blooms. I can’t wait. While we were eating- I commented that a outdoor fire pit would be perfect, especially if we could have it close enough to offer a little warmth- but yet far enough to not be overpowering. Since Marcel is even more cold natured than I’ve ever been- I could tell he was thinking about it. He didn’t say much- but the wheels are turning. In the meantime- I’ll continue to enjoy my little peaceful spot filled with color.

May 18, 2011

Processing

Filed under: Life,Life's Little Hiccups — gardener @ 9:46 am

I mentioned a few days ago about some bad news that I received from home- I’m still processing, not so much the news- but the pain associated with those around me who are affected by the news- myself included (being that I’m a pretty emotional soul.) Towards the end of last year- my dad’s youngest brother was diagnosed with calon cancer and found a few spots on his liver- They went in, removed a section of his colon, and the part of his liver that had the cancerous spots. That was in February- and here we are mid-May and he’s found out that there is no hope.

Sadly, he found out from a doctor at the ER while there gettng fluids because he was dehydrated as opposed from his oncologist- but he had an appointment this past Monday and the doctor had no way of knowing that he hadn’t already been told. It’s one of those things that you suspect- but hearing it makes it ‘real’.

Diddy has been taking him to the doctor- and I know that hearing the news hurts diddy- and it hurts me to know people I love are hurting. His one request was to see his son and also to see another brother who lives out of town before he dies. Diddy took care of contacting his brother and I’ve been in contact with his son- my cousin and his wife. I’ve actually been in contact with them since he was diagnosed, but now they know how dire things have become- They are making a trip home and I’m glad.

There is a silver lining to all this- I’m in touch with my cousin whom I haven’t had contact with in many years- I am hoping to build a friendship by getting to know he and his wife- We are family and I have missed that connection. There is a lot to process but even in the midst of sadness- something good has happened. That’s what I’m trying to focus on right now-

May 14, 2011

News

Filed under: Life's Little Hiccups — gardener @ 10:51 am

Yesterday, I received some bad news from home and I’m still trying to figure out how to process it. I can’t say that it came as a complete surprise-but yet- it’s still something that I was hoping wouldn’t happen. I’ll be writing about it soon- but right now- I’m still trying to find the right words in order to do so.

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