I did something tonight....something I've never been able to do well at all, in almost 33 years of marriage.
I've tried and tried over the years. And it's sometimes been the source of laughter for my family.....and disappointment in me. I don't know why I've never been able to do it well. It's something most people do with little thinking.....but it has eluded me.
Until tonight....
I made a layer cake!!!
It's not crooked.
There are no parts of it falling off.
There are NO CRUMBS in the icing!
It's a miracle!!!
I saw a recipe on the McCormick's seasoning site for Red Velvet cake with cream cheese icing. I've never had Red Velvet cake....the recipe looked easy and didn't call for buttermilk as most chocolate cakes do. It did however, call for a full bottle of red food coloring! Not the little squirty bottles that come in a 4 pack of food coloring. They are only 1/4 of an ounce. This called for a ONE OUNCE bottle of food coloring.
I know that's why it's called Red Velvet cake.....but I couldn't bring myself to use that much. I just used a little over half of a squirty bottle. I put in a tad more milk to make up for the moisture loss. I just couldn't put in all that food coloring. So, it's more of a Devil's Food cake.
I just finished it at 10:40 PM. I AM a night owl and do my best work at this time of night. I wonder if that's why it turned out at last?
Because I made it so late, it won't be tasted until tomorow. But the cake smelled great when it was baking and I taste-tested the icing and it's yummy.
I'm so excited!
I've finally done my mother's favorite cake safe.....bought at an auction for a buck, about 50 years ago,.....proud.
Saturday, February 06, 2010
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
So....the Dental Health Queen had her first toothache...EVER... starting on Thursday. Friday it was fine. Saturday at it's worst....nothing on Sunday, Monday or today. But I called the dentist yesterday knowing the tooth shouldn't hurt at all and went in today.
It's a filled molar and my first indication that something was wrong was pain when I ate ice cream. The dentist said, when he looked at the x-ray that he first thought it was my sinus because it's sitting right on top of the roots of my teeth....but when I said ice cream set it off, he said he'd bet money it's cracked.
Not what I wanted to hear.
The filling was a little ragged, so he fixed that. I'd like to think that will fix it, even though no decay showed up on the x-ray. I can hope, can't I?
As he's refilling my tooth, with his head buried in my mouth....he's shaking his head.
As soon as I could talk I said, "Ya' know....you shouldn't do that.....look in a person's mouth and shake your head. Not good!" I was half-kidding, half-serious.
And he says, "I thought as soon as I did that, that I shouldn't have."
I told him, that's worse than a mechanic or appliance repairman saying, "Oh geez....this isn't good, etc., etc.", because it's TEETH!
The dentist is a friend, so I can 'yell' at him like that.....but he really shouldn't DO that!
So, he says we play it by ear at this point. It will do what it's going to do. If it becomes bothersome the first route is root canal and crown (I've never had a root canal before!!) and if that doesn't work...worst case scenario....removal and implant or bridge. Dear God....that was like a knife to the gut. The thought of this happening to my treasured teeth just freaks me the hell out!!!!!
So, then...making me feel even better (note sarcasm.....), he says, "I'll be here tomorrow, Friday and Saturday morning."
"Do you expect me to have problems that quickly???"
"You could......or you couldn't...."
He's says it's not behaving like a typical cracked tooth, but the reaction to cold still makes him 'know' it's a cracked tooth.
I'm out to prove him wrong and blame it on my sinuses.
It's a filled molar and my first indication that something was wrong was pain when I ate ice cream. The dentist said, when he looked at the x-ray that he first thought it was my sinus because it's sitting right on top of the roots of my teeth....but when I said ice cream set it off, he said he'd bet money it's cracked.
Not what I wanted to hear.
The filling was a little ragged, so he fixed that. I'd like to think that will fix it, even though no decay showed up on the x-ray. I can hope, can't I?
As he's refilling my tooth, with his head buried in my mouth....he's shaking his head.
As soon as I could talk I said, "Ya' know....you shouldn't do that.....look in a person's mouth and shake your head. Not good!" I was half-kidding, half-serious.
And he says, "I thought as soon as I did that, that I shouldn't have."
I told him, that's worse than a mechanic or appliance repairman saying, "Oh geez....this isn't good, etc., etc.", because it's TEETH!
The dentist is a friend, so I can 'yell' at him like that.....but he really shouldn't DO that!
So, he says we play it by ear at this point. It will do what it's going to do. If it becomes bothersome the first route is root canal and crown (I've never had a root canal before!!) and if that doesn't work...worst case scenario....removal and implant or bridge. Dear God....that was like a knife to the gut. The thought of this happening to my treasured teeth just freaks me the hell out!!!!!
So, then...making me feel even better (note sarcasm.....), he says, "I'll be here tomorrow, Friday and Saturday morning."
"Do you expect me to have problems that quickly???"
"You could......or you couldn't...."
He's says it's not behaving like a typical cracked tooth, but the reaction to cold still makes him 'know' it's a cracked tooth.
I'm out to prove him wrong and blame it on my sinuses.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
I can't believe this is still here. My first blog.
I left this to use Xanga because Xanga seemed easier to me. I think I want to try this one again.
I have abandoned blogging altogether, as I've noticed a lot of people have....and I think Facebook is to blame.
When I first arrived at Facebook I was posting status updates all the time. Now.....not so much.
I think it's because I have not only online friends, but friends who also know me or knew me in real life. Once I had more and more friends from high school and college on Facebook, I felt as though I didn't want to be posting inane status updates all the time.
I really didn't want my 7th grade crush to read....."I love Saturday mornings because I can sit here and drink coffee in my pajamas until 2 in the afternoon." I want him to have a more refined image of the middle-aged me.....even though a refined image of me is a total lie and even though he never knew I had a crush on him.
I'm going to take a stab at blogging again because I think I feel more 'safe' to expose my boring life here. I know that makes no sense to anyone but me....but that's what it is.
So, we'll see if I can blog more than once on this thing....
I left this to use Xanga because Xanga seemed easier to me. I think I want to try this one again.
I have abandoned blogging altogether, as I've noticed a lot of people have....and I think Facebook is to blame.
When I first arrived at Facebook I was posting status updates all the time. Now.....not so much.
I think it's because I have not only online friends, but friends who also know me or knew me in real life. Once I had more and more friends from high school and college on Facebook, I felt as though I didn't want to be posting inane status updates all the time.
I really didn't want my 7th grade crush to read....."I love Saturday mornings because I can sit here and drink coffee in my pajamas until 2 in the afternoon." I want him to have a more refined image of the middle-aged me.....even though a refined image of me is a total lie and even though he never knew I had a crush on him.
I'm going to take a stab at blogging again because I think I feel more 'safe' to expose my boring life here. I know that makes no sense to anyone but me....but that's what it is.
So, we'll see if I can blog more than once on this thing....