But it was shining and beautiful when I came out just over an hour later.
I totally cracked up when I saw what Whitney had done with the little travel bag I'd given her earlier in the week...only Whitney!
It's a good thing I was home by 9:00 because I ended up needing the next 3 freakin hours to make a schload of cookies for Lori's birthday party (I made ice cream sandwiches) and our ward's Linger Longer. I tried the recipe Holly had linked to on her blog (there's vanilla pudding in the recipe) and then managed to put my poor math skills (despite my months of 7th grade math refreshing last year) to use to double the recipe in my head. I should know by now that I need to add my fractions on paper, not in my head because I ended up thinking I miscalculated the amount of butter I needed so then I increased everything else to compensate for it and then realized I hadn't originally miscalculated the butter but in trying to correct my nonmistake I made a new mistake (aargh!). I feared the worst but somehow the cookies turned out fine. It must have been Divine intervention because I really needed these to turn out that day.
By 1:00 we were at Whitney's soccer game watching her team annihilate the other team (which is sad because her team really isn't that good).
She was happy because she scored 2 goals!
Landon had a game on the next field over at 2:00 (mighty convenient) and ended up making us scream our guts out because it was so intense. His team played the best they've ever played but they were missing 4 guys and last 2-1.
We spent the evening at Adam and Amy's house celebrating Lori's 35th birthday (though she still looks like she's 22). Lori really wanted a cake from Cold Stone so she ended up buying one for herself...the rest of us had the ice cream sandwiches I made. I'm still itching for a white Costco cake with cream filling since that's what I really wanted for my birthday...dang it. I may just have to buy myself one some day and have them write "Happy Birthday Beautiful" on it like my hilarious blogging friend Ashley did.
It was a super busy day but we managed to get everything done that we needed to do. I have caught the vision of early to bed, early to rise but I must say it's seriously messing with my love of TV.
**What did you do on Saturday?
What do you think of Whitney's pet frog?
Do you have recipe math issues?
Have you ever bought yourself a cake?**
Comment Window Tidbit: I'm so glad so many of you commented on my Saturday post to let me know that you're out there, but it's baffling to me that you don't comment more often. What's up with that?
9 comments:
Hey, what a great idea to buy yourself your own cake on any day of the year.
I love Whitney's pet frog.
I'm glad you like the early to bed, early to rise schedule. I love it, too.
I had a great day Saturday. Thank you for asking.
I'm laughing at your recipe math issues--mainly because I did something similar last week!! I was making cookies quickly before the kids came home on the first day of school, and I accidentally doubled the butter, and didn't realize it until it was all ready to go in the oven. So I quickly scooped the dough back in the bowl, added the rest of the ingredients to double everything and not just the butter, and then managed to make some cookies that actually were pretty good!
I have bought my own birthday cake before and it was not a good one. So I said I'd make my own cake before I bought another cake that wasn't even good. But this last birthday Ben ordered a cake from a local bakery and it was pretty good.
I must say you are really getting things done! With your early rising! I was awake well before 6 this morning, so I got up and started making dinner. I know, it sounds crazy, but it is mostly done now, and I have a busy day, so I won't have to worry about it later. :)
Holy productivity! Ride the wave!!
I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE this photo of Whitney!!
I have such recipe math issues but thankfully Blake is a wiz at it and I ask him a lot.
I should buy myself a cake but I am stubborn and think my family should buy my cake for me on my bday. Growing up I never got a cake cause my bday is the 3rd of 4th all in a row and everyone was sick of cake by my bday. I have always wanted a coldstone cake also. Maybe this year.
I am super impressed that you were at the temple before 8:00 on a Saturday!! Wow. (and Lelly's comment totally cracked me up – ride the wave!)
I love that Lori bought herself the cake she really wanted. I had no idea you wanted a white Costco cake! I'm sure we could have done that for book club had we known...
I wish I could embrace the early to bed early to rise schedule. I do it, but I don't embrace it. And I do love TV (Survivor tomorrow!).
What a productive day! And that is a lot of cookie dough!
Saturday I took a trip to Fabric Depot and loved it.
Whitney's pet frog is delightful.
Whenever I do recipe math, I can do it in my head, just really, really slowly. It takes me lots of thinking.
I haven't bought myself a cake, but I did make my own birthday cake this year.
And, regarding weekend commenting, sometimes I read, and sometimes I don't. I was much less up for reading blogs on weekends when I would spend all day on the computer during the workweek. So when I do read blogs on the weekends, it's a quick read, because I like to minimize my weekend computer time.
I have math issues period! Good for you for getting up so early on Saturday and going to the temple. You ROCK Jill!
Saturday was busy here too... will things ever slow down? I CANNOT GIVE UP HOPE!
I hate math... but I can do kitchen math really well now- THIS IS HUGE FOR ME!
I LOVE the idea of buying a cake that says happy birthday beautiful- Brilliant idea & such a good one I really NEED to remember that.
what a busy day. i love days like then but then end up exhausted and burnt out.
i am slowly embracing the early up but not so good at early to bed. it's been hard. i just like to stay up sometimes.
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