Food nerd, here..

I know I know...Ciara! Write more! But i am so tired at night, it isn't funny.
Lately I have come home and made cookies. Or some other goody. Usually something I can't have, but today i wanted to make something that I could eat!
So i did!
Peanut butter cookies. Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies. Yum is all i can say.


The dough was kinda strange, but it was good. Actually, delicious!
They didn't look like what the lady made htem look like, but they were delicious! haha...

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THey work very well with coffee! haha...

very very well..

This week seemed very long to me. Did it to anybody else?
Finally saturday is tomorrow! I get to sleep in! I am so happy to sleep in. I am absolutely drained. But i love it! I am having so much fun! I am learning so so much.
Never knew i could be so exhausted though. I wonder if it is the drive?

Oh..the drive today. It took me 2 hrs. There was a grenade in the middle of I5, so they shut it down for 3 hours! So I got stuck in the middle of all of the back up. Ugh...it was so frustrating! 58 miles at an average of 5-15 mi. an hr. took me 2 hrs. to get home. I didn't like that very much!

alrighty...I'm slowly but surely crashing!
Goodnight All


Things I learned today:
1.) Randomly they will find grenades by Camp Pendleton
2.) Be steady

FUN FACT #18: There is an Ocean's 11 Casino.

Fun Food Stuffs...

I had a pretty good and relaxing day today! Well...lets say weekend. I got to hang out with friends yesterday and got everything done too! haha...AND I got time to experiment in the kitchen.

I made Creme Brulee today, which really isn't an experiment, other than the fact that i did it without a recipe haha. Debbie said it turned out great! It was gorgeous too!



Then with the left over egg whites i made my favorite! Pavlova! So, last time i made merengue(saturday night) I made it wrong. What i concluded was that I didn't put enough sugar in. You would think that I would know to use recipes by now, right? No, i didn't use one. So my merengue was kinda crappy. So this time I put enough sugar it! And it made gorgeous pavlovas! So I put it on my prepared pan and started it's baking. It came out of the oven looking ever so gorgeous...

Then I tried to take it off of my prepared pan. Can anybody guess what i prepared it with? Wax paper. I had my doubts as to whether it would work or not. And...it didn't. So i wasted all of those egg whites! And they were so gorgeous! I admit i ate some of the good parts. MMMM....tasty!

Then I got to working on my dinner/lunch for the next three days. I did Sauteed onion and asparagus with chicken, sun dried tomatoes and angel hair pasta. Turned out pretty good! When i added a little vinegar to it. I wish i had had balsamic...but didn't. I have been tempted to buy it..but it is so expensive!



Things I learned today:

1.) Flat rate boxes are awesome
2.) Don't use wax paper to bake.
3.) Working out really does feel good!

FUN FACT # 17: There are some epic looking bugs out there! (cars)

Grumble....

So...Today almost was rough. I don't like the fact that I keep taking forever to ice and finalize my cakes! I keep on taking forever and ever. I will get it,i know i will, cause i'm so frustrated.

Other than that complicationg...I went to dinner with Sadie Whitley and her daughters! The chef came out and was so kind and gave me a special no milk. ANd it was deeeliciuos! We tooks some awesome pics and had a blast chatting it up and hanging out together!

things i learnedd today:

1.) Peace is knowing that God is in control ofyour life and being happy about it.
2.) Chef's are awesome.
3.) i'm just not sure.

FUN FACT #16: Roads in CA look cool in the moonlight.

Chasing Peyton

So today I decided to let myself sleep in and have a slightly lazy morning. Then I decided i wouldn't mind going to Wally World with Debbie. LIttle did i know that i would regret that decision! I was the lucky one that got to chase ms. Peyton through walmart.

Then we went home....

So i went outside and sat and started some drawings for a cake that i might be doing in June. Out Walks peyton with a jar of Peanut butter and a spoon. DId i mention before that Peyton is 2? And adorable as all get out?

Then we went to the beach...

That aws quite an interesting adventure. I got to chase Peyton again. Down the beach...Then run up real fast, scoop her up and walk her back to Debbie. There aws a guy chuckling and i told him that she had already done it that day in walmart. He was telling me that his daughter had ran HALF A MILE down the beach!

Then we went home again and the children were quiet and very very calm. haha...woot! right?

DInner was quite successful tonight! I was happy about that. I made some delicious beef/minestrone type soup, and cornbread. So delicious! And i have enough for the next couple days of lunch! I am happy about that one.

Things I learned today:

1.) Chasing children down a walmart hten a beach can give you great excercise.
2.) Clone wars is lame
3.) Star wars is awesome
4.) Beach noises will make you fall asleep!

FUN FACT #14: When you go to the beach....Girls will have thongs on.

TGIF

Thank goodness....

It couldn't have come faster! This week seemed really chaotic and stressful! What is going to happen when filming is going on?

I did find out some of the cakes we are going to be doing, and they are going to be so super awesome!

NOw all of us are congregated into the living room. Kids and all! haha. Wii is on and we are waiting for the kids to go to bed so we can watch a movie! Trekies unite! haha...

Sorry so short but my brain ins't working after this long week.

Things i learned today:

1.) Work fast and clean.
2.) i am undecided
3.) victory is amazing

FUN FACT #14: Sitting in a room with 8 children playing wii and fighting over whose turn it is makes you need to find the advil.

morning time

So i know i know...i keep not blogging everyday. I am trying to remember...really!

I went to the Company Stores on MOnday! Meaning...Coach, COnverse and all of the whole load of others! Godiva being one ;)
That was a blast! I now just need to go back and take some epic pictures!

Yesterday was fairly decent, in that I was able to finish finish one of my four cakes but the other three are waiting in the fridge for me. Darnit...
I shall master this thing! I will i will i will!

My cousin Rob has been home the past couple of days, and last nigth we played Apples to Apples with Zoe, Dillon and Clay. That was a funny game. Specially since Zoe is only 8 and really doesn't understanad some of the stuff. haha. It almost makes it funnier haha...

Alrighty..i'm off to the grinding stone again...
I might possibly remember to write on here again tonight...haha...

Things i have been learning:

1.) pay attention to how you treat people.
2.) listen to the voice inside your head. it is God.

FUN FACT # 13: Jack Johnson, the road, and rain...all better together :P see what i did there?

T-daisy's

Hello all...sorry I keep on forgetting that I have a blog to post onto!
My life was nuts this past week...getting up early to do my internship...then making cake all week. Man alive...tiring...

We have been real busy at the bakery this week, as well. And today we were having tile put in in the kitchen. Then i had to drive Javier to Home Depot to get more grout..haha..just cause i had a truck! It was just madness there.

So Chris has a joke about me and Therese, he is going to announce on tv that THerese climbs coconut trees and I gut deer. Yea, and he probably will put it on TV. And that isn't a joke! haha...We are going to be filming in the next month. haha..

I fnially found my camera. I need to call Costco for mine to be fixed, so i just have one from my parents, but at least i can take pics, right?

Things I learned today:

1.) experiments are fun.
2.) Chocolate is soothing
3.) Shreck three is funny...haha

FUN FACT #12: Zoe says i'm good at cooking HAHA..that si her idea of a fun fact. :P

no sleep

When waking up at five am..make sure you get enough sleep. It is hard to function properly in the day when you are sleepy! haha...i know this from experience. Now granted, i physically couldn't fall asleep, but..haha..yea.

I did another square today! I got it all iced. but not scraped, all well. I'll scrape it first thing tomorrow. I was glad because my circle had straight sides from the get go! I was very happy cause that means that i'll have an easier time when it comes to scraping and making it level! :P

Now i'm in the process of making little luke-ie's cake! It will be a GI-Joe cake. Two tiers and camo. haha. Phase one of baking the cakes is now done. Woot! :P Tomorrow the buttercream will be made and stuff.

Things I learned today:

1.) bake more than you need, not less
2.) you CAN find fondant cheap!
3.) white buttercream is way easier to square than chocolate...

FUN FACT #12: when you are on I5 south right around Camp Pendleton @ 4:45 PM...look to your right.

so long...

SOrry it has been a few days since i posted, *sad face*...
I have been extremely exhausted at night and simply forgotten to blog.

Not too many exciting things have been happening. I have mostly just been figuring out why the heck i can't get my butter cream to be straight and level...i am thinking that it is the way that i hold my spatula. (ugh) I am trying very very hard to master this!

Meanwhile i'm also practicing my sculpting and drawing skills. I got a sketch book for 3 dollars! woot! haha... I will also be able to take pics this week, i'm hoping. I am going to Costco today to exchange my very upsettingly broken camera. Because, every time i turn it on, it says there is a lense problem. Oh well, it shall be fixed for i am still within the one year warranty! (muahaha)

I have 10 weeks left! Don't cry for me! haha. It doesn't feel like it has only been three weeks since i left home. It feels like ages and ages! I am missing it very much. It is so different down here. Not having very many friends is kinda sad, but i'm making some. In fact, we are going to the movies tonight! I am also hanging with my cousins, and that is fun.

We watched Yes Man last night. Oh my goodness, funny as all get out! haha... We were going to watch another called accidental husband, but it ended up being like 9:00 before we ended the other and the kids had school today. All well, I might go later to watch it with Ms. Katie.

Things I have been learning:

1.) Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.
2.) sleep is good for you.
3.) chocolate soothes the soul
4.) coffee is a wonder
5.) i love doing art, more than anything(cooking art ;])

FUN FACT #11: Green is a very happy color.