Am I Real?
It was fun seeing some of my nieces and nephews in this music video made by my brother, David.
"Am I Real?"
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Love Is Light Master
My brother David has all sorts of amazing talents.
To name a few: music, art, cooking, Mr. fix-anything and everything, etc....
To name a few: music, art, cooking, Mr. fix-anything and everything, etc....
So without further adieu, here's his latest music project...
"Love Is Light Master"
"Love Is Light Master"
Live, Love, Cruise... Part 2
Part 2 of the cruise pics. For Part 1 click here.
Again, click on any of the mosaics and panoramics to get a better view 8-)
Fun day in Ensanada:
This store we went into was amazing with palm trees growing out of the glass roof. There were also some pretty amazing sculptures made out of mud. I liked the mother's womb showing the baby growing inside (sorry 'bout the peep show....lol)
If you look hard you can see Dolly by the guy selling the bracelets on the right hand side.
Some pretty amazing cacti:
The Mayan calendar to the left was actually a huge piece on the side of a building. I should have taken a pic of it with someone standing close. I actually bought a smaller version for my bro and his wife in the middle pic.
In case you would like to rent a junior suite for just 4 hours...
On our walk back to the ship we passed by this area with a bunch of teenagers breakdancing. There was one guy in purple skinny jeans riding his skateboard. Sarah LOVES purple skinny jeans (and guys too, probably), so I tried to get a pic without him noticing:
Didn't turn out so well. My sister stopped him and asked if we could take his pic (not that he understood), and he posed for us. Yay! Love the shirt with the "F" on it. For Fyffe, I'm sure 8-)
We also passed by these little boys that were selling neclaces for their mom or grandma. Couldn't tell. They were totally trained and wanted top dollar. Dolly ended up buying one neclace and gave each boy a dollar. Notice their poor little dirty toes...
Mexican sushi anyone? I didn't think so... They actually tell you on the cruise not to drink any of the water in Mexico (unless it's bottled) or you could become seriously ill. We ended up just eating a protein bar until we got back on the ship around 5pm.
If you chance to meet a crack, do not look away, quickly grab your camera for a snappy pic today (you know the tune...)!
Steph and I couldn't resist and had to embrace the Nacho in us. Could the towel creature be a crab perhaps? Last evening on the ship. We docked back in San Diego around 6am. We grabbed some breakfast and were off the ship by 9:30-ish.
Once off the ship we had some time to kill until our flight left at almost 5pm. So, we hopped on a buggy pulled by this nice fellow and he gave us a 30 minute tour of the San Diego waterfront. It was great! Poor guy though... he had to pull all three of us and ALL of our luggage.
Steph payed for the tour including a huge tip to our very sweaty driver. Thanks Steph!!!
I will forever remember this amazing girls getaway!
Thanks again Stephanie and Dolly!!!
You guys ROCK!!!
Happy February and New Blog Design!
Happy February everyone! This is the beginning of the 14 days of Valentines, with Honeybob being the recipient. Each year we take turns and this year it's mine. We've been doing this for about 10 years now ever since I went to an enrichment class giving us ideas on how to do it. Each year we have to be a little more creative (or not) figuring out what fun things to give/do. Maybe one of these times he'll surprise me with some sort of a getaway???? hmmm....
Also, Happy New Blog Design to me!!! I've been getting so tired of my old blog design. I surely appreciated the nice visual effect she provided, but it was definitely time to say farewell. Especially since I still had the header decorated with Christmas decor. Hello?!? I've been itching for a plain and simple blog that I can design new headers for as I see fit. Thus, Blanche. Okay, I didn't really name her that, but I did give that name to my beloved Honda Accord after I purchased her way back when. Yes, she was white.
Anyway, hope you like the new design as much as I do!
Let Them Eat Cake!
It is the season for making Birthday cakes.
My first experience using fondant on a cake was for Lindsay's (LaRee's daughter) birthday. Instead of paying a bakery to make the cake, she bought me all the supplies (including cake mix, frosting, pre-made fondant, cake lifter, fondant smoother, cutter shapes, and color gels) so I could make one to her specifications. I got to keep them all too! Thanks LaRee!
My first experience using fondant on a cake was for Lindsay's (LaRee's daughter) birthday. Instead of paying a bakery to make the cake, she bought me all the supplies (including cake mix, frosting, pre-made fondant, cake lifter, fondant smoother, cutter shapes, and color gels) so I could make one to her specifications. I got to keep them all too! Thanks LaRee!
I baked four layers (2 each) and put filling in the middle of each layer. Then I frosted them so the fondant would stick to the cake.
I then used all the muscle that I could muster and kneaded and kneaded and kneaded, etc.... until it was nice and pliable enough to roll out onto a powdered sugar laden counter top. My arms and shoulders were sore for three days afterwards, no joke!
Working with the fondant was actually a lot easier than I had anticipated.
I tinted some of the fondant to make pink and black flower stars and the numbers. I also tinted some sugar crystals to add some sparkle. Everything was edible except for pink and silver ribbon.
Here's the finished product:
If you're ever curious and want to make up some yourself, here's the website, Piece-A-Cake, that I got some tips and fondant recipes from.
I ended up making the marshmallow fondant recipe for Jayce's (LaRee's son) birthday dinner cake. It was super easy to make. This cake was supposed to be a gator green (his football team), but I ran out of food coloring:
I used up some of the leftover fondant from Lindsay's sixteenth birthday cake to make this birthday cake for her(I know, she got two cakes, but one was for her big bash with her friends, and the one below was a nice simple cake for her birthday dinner):
Since we're on the subject, I must share this amazing blog that I've come across recently. It has THE WORST cakes I've ever seen!!! So fun for a chortle.... Cake Wrecks. Okay, it does have some cute ones thrown in there too, to make up for the hideous ones. Go check it out now!!!
January Projects
Some of the projects I created in the month of January:
Using this pic...
I created an album cover and cd label and had it framed for Linny Pie who LOVES to sing:
For Jayce, I concocted a t-shirt using this idea:
For Ashy I also made a tshirt, but using this idea since she's an amazing mini mom and takes such good care of the little ones. Sadly, the woman's head seems a bit long in the face making it a bit of a challenge for Ashy's much smaller face. I'll go ahead and post anyway, but with embarrassment:
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Live, Love, Cruise... Part 1
As mentioned in a previous post, I had the privilege of tagging along with my awesome sister, Dolly and her good friend Stephanie on a cruise from San Diego, CA to Ensanada, Mexico. It was a three night cruise, and let me tell you, it was AMAZING!!! I was definitely in great need of a break and it couldn't have come at a better time. Just after all the hustle and bustle of the holidays. AND I got to escape the Seattle weather, only to be spoiled with blue skies and temps in the mid seventies. Oh yeah!
We flew from Seattle to San Diego on a Thursday night, got a hotel and then checked onto our ship around noon on Friday. From there, the rest is history...
Rather then add each picture seperately (super pain in the bahoongie), I made collages. Click on each collage (and panoramic pic) to view larger:
I must add that we touched down in Oakland to take a connecting flight to Diego. While there they informed us that our flight had a weather advisory. The fog was rolling into San Diego and we might not be able to land there. Grrrr! It all worked out though. Otherwise we would have had to rent a car and drive there from L.A. at 10PM!
One thing I must add about our hotel stay is that we were woken up bright and early by picketers just kitty corner to our hotel, chanting their injustices (to a different company). I did take pictueres of them but didn't feel they deserved the attention on my blog. Sheesh! Some greeting eh? Didn't matter though, for we were going on a cruise!!!!
I better post the pic of the shirt design so you can see it better. I wish we had gotten better pics taken with us all three together wearing our awesome shirts 8-)
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Okay, Luna Lovegood wasn't really on the ship, but I swear her twin was. I kept pretending to take pics of Stephanie so I wouldn't look like I was stalking Luna. My daughter Sarah loves this character off of Harry Potter so I was determined to get a pic. It wasn't the best one, but oh well... Our ship ended up setting sail at 6pm. It was a beautiful evening as you can see.
Can I just say that I LOVE sushi? Don't mind that we were going to be going to dinner soon, but just HAD to grab a sushi appetizer. One of each for me and my sis (smoked salmon, jumbo tiger prawn and tuna). Stephanie isn't much of a seafood fan so she missed out.
Everyone has the same waiter in the fine dining room throughout the whole cruise, which is pretty darn cool. I didn't get a pic of our waiter, but my sis did. I'm going to have to get it from her. He was super sweet. I love that all the staff on the ship are recruited from all over the world.
Everyone has the same waiter in the fine dining room throughout the whole cruise, which is pretty darn cool. I didn't get a pic of our waiter, but my sis did. I'm going to have to get it from her. He was super sweet. I love that all the staff on the ship are recruited from all over the world.
There was plenty to do on the ship: shopping, golfing, walking/running (the track goes around the whole top part of the ship which is shown in the bottom left and right pics above), eating, live shows, movie theatre, hair salon and day spa, casino, dancing, swimming, etc...
Here's another view of the track:
Saturday (out to sea) was the one day that it was cloudy. It was still bright and cheery 8-)
We spent most of Sunday in Ensanada (from 9am-5pm). One of the first things I bought were some neclaces that had tiny vials on them filled with baby oil and some beads/flowers of your choice, accompanied by a piece of rice with the chosen name written on it. Very cool! I should take a pic of the finished product. Duh! Also, I must have heard the phrase, "Good Deal!" about 1,866 times while browsing around the area. Holy schmo! By the end of our time there I was ready to start doing a Mexican hat dance every time someone said that to keep myself from blowing a gasket. lol! I think that's the very first phrase in English that they're taught as wee young laddies/lassies.
Stay tuned for Part 2 of Live, Love, Crusie!!!
When Christian Comes Around
I have a very special nephew who surprised us with a visit for Christmas break. We enjoyed sharing him with Duncan and Kaitlyn. There's always room for guffaws when Christian is around. He gets his sense of humor from the Fyffe side of the family. I thought I'd share some of that with you with this video he and his buddy made while they still lived in this area. You may or may not appreciate it. But I thoroughly enjoyed it:
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