I thought this would be a nice relaxing weekend. I thought that I could catch up on sleep. The weather was nice, but…
- I got up at 6:30 Sat to go shopping in Kittery Maine with a friend. We got back by 11:45.
- I was awoken Sunday by a 6 year old who was VERY angry that her sister had cheated in dominoes. Dudes, I didn’t think you COULD cheat in dominoes.
- I was at the gym at 8am Monday to meet with my personal trainer who has managed to make every muscle in my body ache.
We did have fun:
- Friday night, I baked a cake and used Fondant for the first time. The cake came out great. The fondant (Wilton’s) tasted very chemically to me. I don’t like it, but I’ve read there are better fondants out there (if you have used a better one,let me know!)
- Saturday was Jay’s birthday. We went out to see Star Trek. Loved it. The best characters were Scotty and McCoy. Those actors have got it down!
- Sunday the girls had swimming and we had a BBQ. It was nice. The BBQ was at our friend Crazy H’s house. I haven’t spoken to her in a long time and she claims it is because of work. It’s possible, her university is having some serious financial issues, so I won’t hold it against her!
- Monday, Jay had a second softball game (the Jewish league plays on Sunday mornings. Three teams showed up to play and only 1 team, Jay’s, had 9 players. They did a fun game.) This was to make up for Sunday. I wanted him to get out because he is FINALLY feeling strong after the years of crohn’s.
- We also had the Memorial Day Parade in town. I biked up to the town center with the girls. It took 30 minutes for something that would take me 10. Luna was complaining that her legs hurt from the get go, but being the bitch I am, I made her ride the whole dang thing.
- I got a nap! for 3 hours! Heaven! I made up for last week’s lack of sleep!
Next weekend? Yeah- birthday party and Luna has an ice skating competition. Her first. (yeah- I know, it was Supposed to be in February, but,…)
Fondant: I’m not sure you can get a truly GOOD tasting fondant. It’s more for decoration but there is an easy (tho messy) recipe I used for Addie’s bday cake that uses only marshmallows and powdered sugar. Google it. It didn’t taste bad, but I definitely wouldn’t want an entire piece of cake covered in it (I did her cake with a buttercream all over, very smooth, then added fondant polkadots). Fondant is just weird, I think.
i think fondant looks, behaves, and tastes like play-doh. i understand that the true cake wizards, like the guys who work at charm city cakes who are actual sculptors in their own right, like to work with it – it’s like molding clay. but i think it tastes wretched and would rather work with buttercreme or royal icing any day….
Glad you did some fun things. Yes, Star Trek totally rocked. Finally saw it on Sunday, want to see it again on Saturday night. I also liked Nimoy…so nice to see him on the screen.
And I’ve never tasted good fondant. I usually skip dessert items with fondant on them.