Cake as Therapy

OMG, I can't believe your brother brought that ginormous sticky bun. That's why they call it sticky buns--they STICK to your BUNS. I am a sticky bun junkie myself, so I am super glad that I wasn't there- my will power wouldn't have made it.

I am so proud of you, Jennifer, for making your own lasagna corner. That couldn't have been easy to do.

As for me, I am still in the land of sick children, so not well rested, but surprisingly energetic. My morning and evening on the elliptical must be having a little effect on my get-up-and-go. I must admit that getting up early still isn't my favorite thing to do, and quite frankly, I don't know that it will ever be, but darn it, its worth the shot. I also had a busy weekend in the back yard pulling weeds.

We missed our opportunity to spread a pre-emergant weed and feed on our lawn and are now suffering the consequences. The weed and feed can still go down, of course, but I've already got a roving pathway of whatever weed grows sticker-burrs. If I just leave the plant down, when the weed and feed kills it, the green burrs will dry out and start sticking to the dog and the kids. GAH. So, I got busy pulling. 3 hours on Saturday afternoon, 2 hours on Sunday and I've got 85% of the offending weeds pulled up. There is still a patch in the corner that the husband ran over with the lawn mower a couple weeks ago, causing the roots to spread. He's just going to have to go over it with the mower and bagger a couple times to try and get the rest of it out. The weed pulling is a pretty good work out. I maintained an elevated heart rate and definitely broke a sweat.

Elijah and I also got his veggies in the ground. I am trying to get him excited about eating vegetables, and I think it may be working. We started green bean bushes and pea plants from seed, and now that they are big enough, we put them in the ground in the back yard. I asked him if he was going to eat some when they grew the beans. He said "YES I love green beans!" When I asked him about the peas, he eyed me slowly and offered, "Maybe just one." LOL! When the tomatoes are a little bigger we can put those in the ground too, and we can try to plant the pumpkin vines this evening.

For those of you who don't know, I bake cakes. It has served dual purpose. It is an outlet for my creative itch, and it makes me not want to eat cake at all.....EVER. It helps for me to have my hands busy, and it is a good excersise in concentration.

Here's a couple pictures of some cake's Ive done:

Whoever heard of cake as therapy?