Fashion

My 8 year old dream self.

What I might look like in reality.

When I was a child I wanted to be many things. A ballerina, like my Barbie, an artist because I liked to draw and tell stories, a race car driver because of this movie (Heart Like a Wheel) and I wanted to look a certain way too.


I loved watching 80’s sitcoms like Designing Woman and Cheers and longed to dress up like the woman did when they had a fancy party. You know big hair, black sequin dresses, and serious heels.

I now realize many of the women I thought were so glamorous sort of resembled drag queens. But it was the 80’s and early 90’s, so it was all good. I mean I had shoulder pads when I was 8!

Now that it appears black sequins are back in vogue (oh the sparkles) it seems that my dream might be realized. Sure I might end up looking a little more Delta Burke than skinny, but I girls got to flaunt what she’s got.

easter candy

I gave up candy for Lent. If you didn’t give up anything I’m not judging. It was totally my choice and my sacrifice and I believe to each their own.

It was difficult Lenten season for three reasons:

1. I got some bad news and when I get bad news I need chocolate.

2. I didn’t really give up much last year due to the fact I just had a baby and I was in a special wacky places called PPD.

3 I was trying hard to be good because I felt I should really try to test my limits this year.

Well, Saturday night we could finally have sweets again (The Instructor also gave up sweets) and we end up mauling a piece of birthday cake. Then we had candy and a little more cake and some bread pudding and a little more cake. I also went on a discount candy run to Walgreens on my break at work. I’m in sugar-buzz-land and might have given myself diabetes. *

Oh, chocolate... why do you have to taste so sweet? Guess I should probably work on having some more will power. In the mean time I’ll be sitting here twitching.

Badger Baby also enjoyed Easter, he found the chocolate to be confusing at first but after he tasted it his eyes got all big. A friend also got him a basket (which he said tank euuu for)and he was carrying the candy eggs around ( with the foil on) putting them to his mouth and going mmmm guuud, then putting them back in the basket.

*Yes, I’m aware diabetes is no joke to live with, but it is fun to say in a Wilford Brimley voice.

Happy Easter

My little badger may be too old to wear duckies* but he isn’t too big for bunny ears. Oh, the pictures I shall take!

The photos from last year of him in a bunny suit with bunny feet and bunny ears will always be dear to my heart. But I’m looking forward to getting a few action shots this year. 

This isn’t badger baby’s first Easter of course but it is the first when he might be vaguely excited to get a few new toys and a piece of candy. **

We are also more involved in church this year but most of those happenings take place on Saturday night. I’m more concerned about installing values through example than trying to teach meanings this year.

*According to The Instructor, I personally believe there is no age limit on a good duck themed outfit.

**Yes, I give my child candy and ice cream once in a great while. Yet he continues to eat healthy food like parsnips and carrots and apples and baaananas.

The Snot Diaries

BB and I have colds. Not terrible, mind altering, crawl under the bed and cry illness or anything, just lots of snot and stuffiness and not much sleep.

Mostly it’s annoying to feel like crud and still have to work and do chores and stuff.

So in an effort to lighten my mood, I present to you: THE SNOT DIARIES (shouting for effect).

The String of Yuck

The Double Fount or Fu Man-a-chu

Single Fount

The Snot Bubble

Yorba Phone Home

Sexy and I Know IT!

I worked a day-care for few years around the time The Instructor and I got married. He was still finishing up his MFA and I had just graduated with my MA.

I loved that little isolated  town with a limited job market dearly. But wonderful views of a majestic Great Lake within a 5 minutes walk of our apartment won’t buy the pasta.

I think working at the day-care was one of the more frustrating and rewarding jobs I've had. I hated it and loved it. It was long hours and after the kids left for the day I would have to help the other teachers clean. The smell of pee and Lysol still haunts me.

 But those kids just stole my heart. I’m really grateful to them too because they prepared me in a lot of ways for B.B. I would joke that after taking care of 4 toddlers nothing could scare me but B.B. does in his own way (mostly because at 2 am its all on me* and hubby to make it right).

Music is big with toddlers and we would have daily dance times. I would get out there on the floor with them, flapping and stomping around like a crazy person. I still have flash-back when people ask me to dance the chicken dance at weddings. I will dance like that for B.B. but I’m blissfully happy that it is no longer a public
occurrence.

Especially when I’ve had too many black beans on my nachos or broccoli
in my soup. IF you know what I mean.








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Sexy and I Know Lyrics by LMAFO


* Mostly me because I have the milk.
 

Lion Cake fit for a Badger

I enjoy baking and cake decorating. I so I thought I would try to bake and decorate

all the cakes for my badger baby’s first birthday. I ended up using cake mix

and my brother ended up baking at least 2 of the cakes . I did not realize how much I would time I would need for all the other planning, however  I did all

the  cake decorating.

For the lion cake I used two rounds and one of my cute little bunt

pans The Instructor gave me for Christmas a few years ago. I also made

cupcakes for the mane.

The frosting is butter-cream, I found the recipes on cooks.com but

I may have altered it a bit. I made vanilla for the main part of the

cake and added chocolate syrup to make chocolate frosting for the

mane. I used gel frosting for the eyes and mouth. The white of the

eyes are star shaped sprinkles.

It turned out cute but the ears should have been lower to allow for three cupcakes at the top of the head.

Lion Cake

The two sheet cakes I just tried to make it “fancy” and “fun”. I

use my “fancy” handwriting, a zip bag filled with frosting, and I

spelled out his name with star sprinkles.

Our next baking project will be something sweet for Easter. I’m

thinking a variation on bread pudding using half and half and all the

leftover cake in my freezer.

I was a little stressed...see backwards candle.

At the party!