Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Joy The Baker






If you haven't already noticed, I have a thing for cupcakes. 
                                                                                     
 And I stay up all night reading blogs.

 As a result, I am always crabby the following day.

Therefore, tonight I have a bedtime of eleven o clock. Seem pathetic? I don’t mind, it should do me some good. 

So the point of all that being I have to write quickly. Ignore incomplete sentences, misspelled words… I think you got it.

Joy lives in Las Angeles, and is a baker. She is a stranger to me, but I am absolutely smitten with her blog, which seems to reveal much of her personality. I am obsessed with her writing style, photographs and of course, I am head over heels in love with her food. I have barely even begun attempting her recipes for I’d rather not butcher them. But even the pictures are so enticing and delicious I want to print and gobble them all up. So the temptation is too great. Give me a few extra hours and I will massacre the kitchen and a perfect pie.


Here is a list of things that I wish for.

        1.  I wish I were a better cook/baker.
        2.   I wish Joy would teach and befriend me.
        3. I wish the kitchen cleaned itself.

      Okay, I am getting nowhere here and simply rambling on.

I need to share my last idea though, before I shut off my lamp and lie in bed only to stare at the unseen ceiling. I am making a June 15th resolution. At least once a week, for the rest of the summer, I will bake a delicious dessert from Joy the Baker’s blog. Secondly, I will cook a healthy meal, at least once a week as well, found on my other favorite blogs. Sound like a plan? It sounds simple and fairly effortless. I definitely wouldn’t say that I’m being too ambitious but still I hope I can manage.


Now, to my three, occasional readers.  
I would kill to have taken these photos, but unfortunately none of them are mine. 
They were taken by Joy the Baker, of course, and so all credit goes to her. What an inspiration. 

I am purchasing a new macro lens for my camera. 
Uncontainable anticipation. Feel free to join in on the excitement. 

Last Note. I promise. Look at these, don't they just look positively yummy? And as hard as this is to believe, they taste even better than they appear. Absurd? I know. 


I'm a little late. But finally off to count sheep. 

Monday, June 14, 2010

Pleasant Picnics


Rest, is currently an unfamiliar word.  I am absolutely exhausted and have been going non-stop. These last few days with the kids have been full of lemonade stands, art classes, dress up, picnics and swimming.  Today Chloe, Emily and I dressed up as princesses and we all enjoyed a nice picnic lunch which consisted of... 

Tuna Melts 
                                       

                                                     Cucumber Sandwiches & Watermelon
             
Cheese & Crackers
                                  

Everything was so delicious that a chicken decided to come over for a quick a bite to eat.


     We then played a game of “little dog” for hours on end in the pool. We called Chloe little dog and the game basically consisted of Emily and I trying to save her from Trenton. Trenton had no problem persistently beating us with wet noodles when he felt the need. Afterwards, my mother and I headed to Austin where we stopped at my school and then went shoe shopping. We concluded our outing by stopping at Tutti Frutti Frozen Yogurt, where I enjoyed some pistachio yogurt with loads of toppings. The fact that I don’t even reside in the same city as its location yet have still managed to visit Tutti Frutti three times in the last week or so, is absolutely ridiculous. Oh well, it’s a fairly healthy obsession. I then made it home just in time for my “Mommy & Me” Swimming Class. Now here’s a quick story behind this one, my Aunt’s best friend is pregnant but still would like her two year old to take these classes. Yet she herself really isn’t too comfortable being in the water given she is due very soon. So for now, I’m the mommy. Emily just stopped by and delivered an invitation to her birthday party, which I’m sure will be darling. Anyway, for the rest of the night I plan on sitting back, relaxing, and doing absolutely nothing.