D's Bday Cake

Made D a B-day Cake and it turned out rather colorful and crazy. I had problems with crumbs getting in the icing, but this is the best border I have ever made and the smoothest I have ever got the icing.

Random Pics

I got D an outdoor fireplace for his B-day. He used it to trap the cat. That cat did not think this was fun.

A few weeks ago we had some people over and Terry wanted to drink the girly drink so I made him drink it out of the girly glass as I never get to use my cool martini glasses. So we took a pic. Nothing is funnier than a big man drinking out od a pretty glass.

That same night we bough corn to grill and we got a wierd genetically altered one. I took a pic and I won't lie, I ate the corn and so did D. My children will probably now have extra toes or something.

Mainly for Wes 1 - Den

Wes - These pics are mainly for you as you haven't seen my house yet. This is the den where we spend most of the time. I should have put the vaccum cleaner away before taking the pic but what the heck... In these pics the wood panel seems rather overwhelming, but actually it isn't that bad.

Mainly for Wes 2 - Kitchen

Here is the kitchen. See the little shelves with the terra cotta pots under the grow sign? I intended to have herbs growing in there, but they died. Apparently they wanted to rebel against the grow sign. I may fill them with fake greenery so they don't look so patheitic. Mac is laying on the table being bad. The hanging copper pot now has a plant in it too (which is doing well). I made the window valences all be myself and D did all of the tile after we both tore down terrible wall paper

Mainly for Wes 3 - Backyard

Here are some pics of the backyard, including the garden that we built and the cute little gnome that D got me as an anniversary present. He meant it as sort of a joke but I thought it was adorable! The one pic is of some of the tulips that were grew out front - but it is also a view of the back yard and deck from the kitchen.

That's My Dad!

So, Friday night Connie and I came home from work (we carpool) and noticed that my Dad wasn't home. Turns out he was working overtime. So, I go home and D and I went out to dinner and come home to go to bed. We were watching the news when a preview for the next story came on and mention a "different" kind of escape from a local prison. I started joking with D that my dad was going to be on the news - that perhaps he broke something, created such a big disturbance that the news had been called up. (My Dad does maintenance at a prison) Then the story came on. You can imagine my surprise when I saw that my Dad really was on the news! Luckily he had not broke anything! He was, however, rescuing a cat which funny if you know my dad because he really doesn't care for cats. So, here is a link to the story Cats Disappearance Prompts Frantic Dig 05/05/2006 11:35.

I watched the story on a different channel. It was on all 3 local channels and on two others the next day. The one that I watched actually mentioned his name - enjoy. He is the one with the jackhammer by the way.

Tonight Connie and I are going to create a T-Shirt for him that says "PCI Cat Rescue Team" LOL . He'll love it.