Just an east coast girl getting into the west coast swing of things
This has been a great weekend. It was so nice to spend time with Winemonkey, Lisa and Lambert. Not including our super special Saturday out at the winery.
Here is the magnificent coconut cake I made. It was delicious. I don’t know why baking and I get along, but I am sure glad that we do!
Share on FacebookThis post should have pictures of me baking a beautiful coconut cake. Unfortunately I didn’t get to it last night and today, when I thought I could finally settle in for a little baking before dinner, I noticed that I only had ONE round cake pan.
Having two kitchens 75 miles apart is hard sometimes.
Share on FacebookEvery night this week I have wanted to make dessert. And every night this week I have run out of time. I have been craving biscotti like it is going out of style.
I have been making progress on my coconut birthday cake. I am going to try and bake the actual cake tonight. The past two nights I have made homemade coconut extract, homemade coconut milk and coconut cream. So tonight is the cake and maybe the icing although assembly won’t happn until Friday night.
Am I crazy? I still want to try and squeeze the biscotti in. I am sure a few $3 margaritas won’t affect my drive. Ha!
Share on FacebookI have finally gotten Pebbles over to a WordPress blog. I must really love my pug! She can still be found over at Pug’s Eye View.
I am so glad Porter and her family are back from Mexico. I really can’t wait to see them!
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What do you think I should talk about? How I am going to lose 10% of my pay every month for the next 16 months? How we have 9 days to get an inconceivable amount of work done?
Should I talk about the quilts I am repairing/making? Or the scarves I am going to put up on Etsy?
Should I tell you how excited I am that I am going to Santa Rosa this weekend? And about all of the great things I am going to? Or how much I miss my boyfriend and puppy?
I think what I want to say is thank you. If you are out there in the internets and you read what I have to say, thank you. I have spent about 33% of those 1,000 posts complaining about my dissertation. You helped me through it. I have spent 10% of the time talking about family. You laughed with me. I spent 15% of the time talking about stupid mistakes I had made. You laughed at me. I spent 20% of the time talking about how I spend my time. You yawned through it with me. I have spent 22% of the time talking about incredibly random thoughts. You tried following along with me.
(For those of you who like things in graph form, be prepared for a statistical blow out next week.)
Some of you are family, some of you are friends, and some of you are nothing but a whirlwind of electrons finding me in the nothingness. I am glad you are all out there.
Thank you.
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The February edition of Martha Stewart's Living. It's pink and I like that. And it actually makes me kind of excited to celebrate Valentine's Day.
