A Year of Cakes

On Facebook I just got done doing my year in status updates, basically a list of my status' over the past year. That made me think...I wanna do that with pictures and of the different things I've done this year. So First of this series is my cakes. In my "Free" time I like to bake and decorate cakes if you already didn't know :) So enjoy my compilation of cake, cupcakes and cookies pics!

Be Alive and Well with Barbara Badolati

After meeting Barb Badolati I knew I was going to love working with her on her new website. She is one of the most energetic and upbeat people I have ever met. Barb dedicates her holistic health classes, presentations and products to individuals and groups seeking healthier, happier, and more balanced lives. I def. need to live a more balanced life, between hardly getting any sleep to sleeping 16 hours at a time, not being hungry to wanting to eat everything insight my life needs some balance.

She has inspired me to try harder at being more organized and to somehow balance everything in my life that is happening. Although this website project has been a little hectic at times I have learned so much about coding and certain aspects of website design that I didn't previously. I am so grateful to have been able to work with such a wonderful woman!

If you are interested in the Services she provides check out her website Be Alive & Well or you can even sign up for her Well Be-ing Tips which are FREE monthly tips, ideas and pearls of wisdom for Your Well BEing.

Right now she is running a "New Year You" Special which is Wellness-Life Coaching 25% off Discount! Guaranteed to get you moving in the right direction for the New Year!

SRJFX Photo is one of my new side projects. My boyfriend Steve and I have started a small business shooting photography for pretty much anything anyone could think they want a photographer for. We have a gallery started on FLICKR until we can get our website up and running. So check out our photos and Enjoy!!

Gizmo

This is Gizmo. After getting Bowser we decided to get another kitten so he would have some one to play with instead of attacking me every chance he got. We got Gizmo at 6weeks old, just leaving his mother for the first day. When we got Bowser we were told he was 6 weeks as well. After comparing the two each at "6 weeks" we realized Bowser's previous owners lied to use. Now Bowser is 4 months old and Gizmo is 8 weeks.

The difference in size is enough to make Bowser think Gizmo is just a toys and pretty much attacks Gizmo every moment of the day. Pouncing on him and kicking him repeatedly with his back paws. Poor Gizmo squeals and tries to escape but Bowser is way too big.

After two weeks of getting beat up the tiny kitten terrorizes Bowser now. Gizmo will run after him and bite his tail and sit on the food so Bowser can't get any. I can't wait till Gizmo gets a bit bigger and can fully beat up Bowser when ever he wants to get revenge. Awe what a sweet kitty...Bowser doesn't even know what's coming to him.

Mia & Grace

Mia & Grace Bakery & Bistro is a small little restaurant located in Muskegon, Michigan. They are not your usual cafe. Chefs Jamie and Jeremy Paquin have a different philosophy on food. They believe that your meal should fresh and full of the finest local ingredients. Everything at their restaurant is made from scratch and includes seasonal local ingredients from farmers and growers around Michigan. Mia & Grace supports local farms, growers, and owner-operated businesses. As well as local artists, and you can buy their works of art right off the wall of the bistro. Part of the sales go directly to local charities that help stop hunger in West Michigan.

Mia and Grace have been recognized by many bloggers and other forms of media such as WZZM 13 News, Take Five & Company and Mlive.com. You can view their articles and videos on their website.

I would recommend this place to all of my friends. They have great interesting food and it is great to see a local business giving back to it's community! Check out their menu and make sure to check out Mia & Grace!

Bowser the Ninja Kitty

So my boyfriend got me a kitten a couple of weeks ago. Little did we know we'd be letting a ninja into our home. Bowser, named after the Nintendo character, is a ninja for sure. I have never seen such a stealth cat before in my life. You never know where he is and when you least expect it he pounces on your face claws engaged! First week and a half I went though almost an entire box of band aids. He is such a sweet lil kitty when he wants to be, but let me tell ya more than not he is crazy.

I was told that I'd be able teach him right and wrong by using a spray bottle, hah! He doesn't mind when we spray him, he'll run away lick himself clean and then do the same exact thing we just scolded him for. We were unable to get anything through to him. That is until I went yardsaling last weekened and bought a dustbuster, mint condition for $1.00. First time I used it Bowser arched his back and hissed at that thing like it was some sort of crazy monster. Just the sight of it makes him run away. So now instead of spraying bowser with the water we just turn on the dust buster and he stops what he's doing immediatley. He's learning what he should and shouldn't do now. He'll be a good ninja soon enough!

Tree Lung-er?

Fir Tree Found Growing Inside Man's Lung

A man who complained to doctors of severe chest pains was stunned when told his suspected tumour was actually a fir tree growing inside his lung.



Pretty sure this is the craziest thing I've heard in a long time. A tree growing in a man's lung? I mean how do surgeons prepare for this type of operation? It's not like its an everyday occurrence.

Either way this is a very interesting story and I am glad that the man is recovering and doing well.

Amazingly Smooth?

Ok Gene Simmons. You tricked me. I was so stoked about the new Dr. Pepper Cherry, I cut out my little coupon from my Rolling Stone Magazine and marched my way right into the nearest Wesco Gas Station to buy myself a 20oz. I examined the label and realized it looked a lot like Cherry Coke Zero. That right there was the first negative. So I cracked open the top and take a swig.

MMmm...tastes like good ol' Dr. Pepper. Wait! I'm supposed to be drimnking the NEW Cherry Dr. Pepper, not the original! But to my dismay it really was the "NEW" Cherry flavor that is supposed to be so amazingly smooth. I'm sorry but as a fan of regular Dr. Pepper I think they equally NOT smooth. The fizzy bubbles getcha every time...tingles in the nose and everything. I was really convinced and quite excited when I saw the Gene Simmons KISS commercial. However, my opion is that it tastes the same as regular and that if I were to choose a cherry Dr. Pepper...it would be the black cherry vanilla one they already have availble. But Good job Dr. Pepper on your nice website! I GOT KISSED! See I can do it too!

A bit shorter, A bit sweeter

So I just realize my posts are very long. Too Long. So this post will be short and sweet.
I have a busy week this week.

Tonight: Meet with Mia & Grace. Watch Michigan State win. Work on Freelance.
Tuesday April 7th: Rescue Me season premiere. Work on Dad's birthday cake topper.
Wednesday April 8th: MY 24th BIRTHDAY! Spend time with Steve and Family!
Thursday April 9th: Birthday celebration Luau Potluck at work. Work on Dad's Cake & freelance.
Friday April 10th: Work on Dad's cake some more.
Saturday April 11th: Dad's 50th Birthday!!
Sunday April 12th: Easter Sunday. Dinner with the Family.

Look for pics of my cakes and stuff next week! Here's a pic of last years birthday treat I brought...Raspberry Triffles!

Cookie Monster

After trying my hardest to lose a couple of pounds for the company weigh-in, I couldn't wait to eat something other than fruit veggies and water! I'm not over-weight...just chunkier than normal. This is due to the fact that I am not depressed anymore and I actually have an appetite. I'm one of those people that doesn't eat a lot of food when I am sad or depressed. Since I have the most wonderfully awesome boyfriend you could imagine the food I am putting away. So back in January I decided to sign up for the Company weigh-in in hopes to shed a few extra pounds that I didn't exercise off over the winter months. Well long story short I didn't quite lose every pounds I was supposed to and that meant I didn't win any money. OH WELL. So instead of being mad, I decided to celebrate and eat "real" food again, since for an entire week all I ate was fruit and veggies and drank water. I had never been to Cheddars before, but Steve has and he was raving about the amazing food and desserts. Especially the Cookie Monster dessert. Knowing my love for cookies he thought this would be the perfect place to "celebrate"!

After driving across the state to get to a Cheddars we finally sit down and I take a look at the menu. Everything sounds so delicious! But I decided to go with Steak and Ribs, side of glazed baby carrots and broccoli cheese casserole. I was so excited to see broccoli cheese casserole as a side dish! That is like one of my favorite this when I go to Potlucks, and to see it on the menu! Cheedars was def. on its way to one of my top fav restaurants. They have warm and soft crossants with honey butter that so are so good they melt in your mouth! On top of that the steak was perfect, I didn't even use any A1 sauce. It was cooked just right and it was sitting ontop of these amazing onion straws. Kind of like the ones Ruby Tuesday used to have. the ribs were great as well, but I only ate a tiny bit of that knowing I had to save room for the monster. On to dessert!

This is a cookie Monster:


This is a cookie lovers Dream! Huge warm baked chocolate chip cookie, with two scoops of ice cream, hot fudge, whip cream, nuts nad cherry. OMG. It was amazing. This just shot Cheddars up to #2 on my favorite restaurant list. Right below Applebees...always good food and fun!

Inconceivable!!

So our company has put a ban on streaming media and any type of downloading of media onto our computers. Due to bandwidth issues at the moment sites like Pandora.com, Yahoo Music and YouTube have temporarily been banned from our usage. Now I work in a Marketing department and we are working on some very tedious projects that will help with future projects. I have a limited amount of cds that will work in Windows Media Player, and I cannot download my Zune software here because of work restrictions. So I am pretty close to going insane without my constant flow of music from Pandora. One of my co-workers had a great idea, Bring in DVDs and listen to those! And so I get all excited to watch The Princess Bride and my PowerDVD program tells me my region code needs to be updated. WTF is a region code? Anyways I click a bunch of buttons and voila! The Princess Bride begins! If you have never watched the Princess Bride, you should go and rent it right now. Seriously. Here's what the 20th anniversary addition looks like:


Ok I know it was made in the 80's and you might be skeptical, but really just give it a chance. It's not your typical Fairytale. I mean, what fairy tale combines the likes of Andre the Giant, Billy Crystal and Fred Savage (pre-Wonder Years) in a comedic tale with heroes, giants, villains, wizards and true love. None other than The Princess Bride. What's also funny to me is seeing Mr. Hall from the Clueless TV Series act like an evil villian.

IMDB Movie Trailer:
http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi2331115801/

April Fool's Day Fun

So I don't know if anyone noticed how easy it is to trick people on the internet, but it's pretty dang easy. You would think being a person who is a fan of social media and other viral websites and such that I would expect there to be fun little tricks played today on some of my favorite websites. Since 2001 ThinkGeek has been fooling their customers into trying to purchase fake products. They actually sit and come up with tempting products that one might not know is actually fake. I was definitely fooled last year by the Personal Soundtrack Shirt . Apparently so were many other people, because, ThinkGeek actually created that product because so many customers tried to buy their fake shirt. So experiencing that last year one would think that I would not fall for that joke again...well beleive it or not it happened.

I opened my Gmail and found a newsletter from ThinkGeek and was filled with excitement because I love looking at the new nerdy geeky products they offer. Forgetting that it was April fool's I click through the new products and come across Squeez Bacon.Now, I am not a fan of bacon by any means...unless it is covered in chocolate and in a candy bar form. But I do have a few friends that LOVE bacon. So I thought this would be a nice gift...ya know for Easter or Flag Day or something. But I clicked "BUY" and then realized that got me again! I should have known Squeezable Bacon at $7.99 a bottle was too good to be true.

Here are some other awesome products

Oh and South Park has a new April Fool's episode on Comedy Central @ 10pm. No Joke.

Post #UNO

So I finally got a blog! w00t! Took me long enough to decide I'd be better off having a blog hosted for free than get everything all together myself and try to do it with everything I have going on.

So I guess I'll shut up and start this blog off.



I saw this on ThinkGeek. It's a R2 Fish Training School Kit and I am pretty sure it's the coolest thing I've seen all day. Well aside from my baby grape this morning. I have a fish tank all ready to be used...except that I have no fish or accessories. So I guess now I will have to buy a fish and train it in hopes that it will become the next Fernando Torres or Lionel Messi. You might be thinking "Wow, this girl actually might know something about "soccer" or "football" (depending on where you hail). Sorry to burst your bubble but, nope I don't really. My awesome boyfriend Steve is actually teaching me all about it, and how to play. So those two names that I mentioned are prolly the only ones I really remember, not to mention I have a stuffed animal penguin named after Torres.

Not only can you have your pet play soccer, but make an obstacle course, and other fun things. Either way I think this fish tank thing is cool, who knew you could teach your fish to do tricks just like your dog??