Ambitious Morning

So remember that time I said I was going to do 10 things that day? That was awfully ambitious of me. This is what I said I would do:

1. Decorate a cake for my sister
2. Play with Greta outside
3. Exercise
4. Call Ohio Dental Board
5. Unpack/clean room
6. Job search
7. Pick pictures to print
8. Print Inspiration Album pages
9. Make Greta an apron
10. Check my email/facebook/blogger 10 more times

This is what I actually did:

    1. Decorated a cake for my sister

    2. Checked my email/facebook/blogger 10 more times

Turns out making a cake takes me all day. Here is my photo journey of my first decorated layered cake! I bought a coupler, bag, and a bunch of tips at an Amish store the other weekend and I was quite eager to use them. Now don't be too critical, I know I'm no Lindsey Tolino, or Kim Friesen, but I had fun and enjoyed it. :)

First Greta helped me bake the cakes

Then I put them together

Did the "ever-important" crumb coat

Iced the cake!

smoothed the icing with water

started the nerve-racking decorating

Please don't look too closely!

Probably should've stopped here....

All Done!

My sister has her PhD. She's pretty cool like that. 

Tomorrow is another day off... so hopefully I can get #2-9 done!! haha

Lists

As many of you may know... I LOVE lists. I make at least one every day, but usually more. I realized today that I not only like making lists, but I also love to read lists. Maybe you like lists, too, so I'm going to make some lists here:


A list of....
   1. Things I'll Do Today
   2. Things I've Done Today
   3. Things I Should Do Soon
   4. Things About Me
   5. Things About My Family

  Things I'll Do Today

1. Decorate a cake for my sister
2. Play with Greta outside
3. Exercise
4. Call Ohio Dental Board
5. Unpack/clean room
6. Job search
7. Pick pictures to print
8. Print Inspiration Album pages
9. Make Greta an apron
10. Check my email/facebook/blogger 10 more times

Things I've Done Today (at 10:00)

1. Baked a cake
2. Drove up to Michelle's... twice
3. Checked email/facebook/blogger 4 times
4. Played with Greta inside
5. Searched for cake decorating ideas
6. Brushed my teeth
7. Changed my clothes
8. Licked cake batter off the spoon
9. Taught Greta how to lick cake batter off the spoon (shhh don't tell!)
10. Watched  the elephant song  with Greta

Things I Should Do Soon

1. Make lasagna for a friend
2. Take a shower
3. Make a massage appointment
4. Make an appointment for my car
5. Finish Micah's birthday present (his bday was march 25)
6. Work on my Israel powerpoint
7. Write some letters
8. Charge my cell phone
9. Get new tires for my car
10. More CRAFTS!!!

Things About Me

1. I really enjoy lists
2. I like to organize
3. I love to see/feel/make the change from dirty teeth to clean teeth
4. I am disappointed when my patients don't get as excited as I do when their teeth are clean
5. I have a niece, a nephew, and another nephew on the way!
6. I've been dating my best friend for 3 1/2 years
7. I'm moving to Ohio in May
8. I'm ready for summer to be here
9. I'm ready for football season- there better be one!
10. I love to CRAFT!

Things About My Family

1. We used to all fit in the Buick Century
2. Once my nephew is born, we will have doubled in size... requiring TWO Buick Centuries
3. We used to live in Chester County
4. Now we live in Somerset County... except my sister's family
5. My sister becomes a doctor today (PhD in History)
6. My sister-in-law is a doctor already (of Physical Therapy)
7. My other sister has her Master's Degree.
8. I have TWO associate's degrees. :)
9. My family is Swiss, German, and French.
10. My great grandparents died at a really old age- 100s.