Wknd Pics

{Weekend Recap in Pictures}

FRIDAY

{wine + kilwin's fudge}

{baily, jenny, me} 

SATURDAY

 {orlando chili cook-off minus the chili + live music!}

{dirty feet}

{me and bai backstage}

 {baily, me, heather}

 {Plain Jane Automobile!}

SUNDAY

 {dr. pepper + bikini + fl sunshine}

 {Jax trying to catch the creature cleaning the pool}

{new cupcake: mexican chocolate. healthy-delicious-vegan friendly}

the end.

Weekly Recap

{via Letters From Coco}

in one word or phrase- holy smokes batman! tgif.
I am dreaming of you-

song on repeat- My Chemical Romance-Sing {fell in love it last week on Glee}

gotta write it down- "That's the risk you take if you change: that people you've been involved with won't like the new you. But, other people who do will come along." -Lisa Alther
lesson learned- Owning your own business is not for the faint of will; and not to stress over small things...getting better at this each week!
picture to frame- {Shuttle Discovery - 39th and final launch. I get goosebumps every time. So sad to see the ending of NASA. Only 2 more shuttle launches. Godspeed!}

highlight of the week- purchasing "susie" {susan g. komen kitchenaid mixer}; being able to breathe this week; seeing friends on monday; a certain someone leaving me presents on my doorstep.
weekend to do list- RELAX; girls/wine night in Winter Park tonight; soak up some sun; chili cookoff and concert to benefit special olympics

Have a great weekend friends!

WILW

{link up here}

I am loving that it's Wednesday!

I am loving that I used my tax money to make a great investment... a KitchenAid Artisan Mixer, the adorable Susan G. Komen pink one! It's like buying a pair of Christian Louboutin's! Can't wait til it arrives

I am loving Knott's Shortbread Raspberry cookies. Yes that is a picture of a WHOLE bunch at Ross (random!). Let's back up a minute though... I am rather OBSESSED with these cookies. I would eat the entire row when our vending machine at work was stocked with them. Seriously, I would eat one little pouch a day at around 3pm. Our vending people haven't stocked them in awhile and I have been rather sad and haven't been able to find them in the store. I about screamed when I was in Ross and saw them. Made this gal happy! I would have bought all of them but I controlled myself and only bought one box.

I am loving the margarita I had at home last night for national margarita day.

I am loving my little piggy. Yes, I have yet another name for my sweet Jax. He makes the funniest noises. Sometimes he sounds like a horse when he lets out a sigh but most times, while he is sniffing something, he makes pig noises. LOVE HIM. Except the poor thing got sick at 4am this morning and would not go back to sleep...leaving me exhausted. I snapped this photo of him last night...I figured out how to turn off the flash (bc he hates flashes of light) so he couldn't tell I was taking a picture of him! I felt rather sneaky.

{im on a pc at work and have no idea how to lighten this picture up, sry!}

Tonight I am going to attempt baking pupcakes-cupcakes for dogs! Jax and Shadow (my parents' dog; Jax's bro) will be the testers.

I am loving this FL weather! Unfortunately, I am stuck inside 8hrs a day. Boo.

What are you loving today??

Pardon My Absence

Pardon my absence friends!

{FYI-this is a rather long weekend recap post}

Friday I was in the kitchen all night baking cupcakes for a local blogger, Christina of Skip To My Lou! They turned out so cute! I got to use these temporary cupcake boxes that I just adore but are not affordable for multiple orders, so while I am waiting for the inexpensive, but cute, boxes to come in... I ordered a few of the expensive ones.

I tried to soak up some Vitamin D Saturday. It was a ridiculously warm and sunny weekend. Wish I could have had the time to hit up the beach. Maybe this weekend, but I think I heard a rumor that a cold front was coming through. I wouldn't mind that. Anyways, I was basically tortured by a wasp. It would not leave me alone. I tried to kill it but he came back for revenge so I just went back inside. Yes, I let a wasp defeat me.

Sunday was busy with baking samplers to be given out for Monday. Unfortunately I encountered a big fat FAIL. I was going to do a sampler of mini cupcakes, 4 flavors...Red Velvet, Carrot, Chocolate, and Vanilla. The vanilla cupcake tasted wonderful out of the oven. Not so much the next day. It was like rock hard. This is the second time I have had problems with baking vanilla cupcakes! It's making me mad. (Any good recipes you may have for moist vanilla cupcakes is welcome) For the frosting of these vanilla cupcakes, I was going to do strawberry! But that turned out awful. The frosting and the strawberry puree were separated and I could not get them to combine. I seriously mixed the frosting for a good 30 minutes. I added powedered sugar...nothing. I added heavy whipping cream...nothing. So I had to call it.... FAIL. Thankfully I had extra of the red velvet and carrot I could use in place of the vanilla failure. This is all a learning experience and I continue to amaze myself by not completely freaking out.

So, I had yesterday off (from my job that pays the bills) and spent the entire day delivering the cupcake samplers (which I failed to get pictures of, they were so cute too!) IT WAS HOT yesterday. I was NOT prepared for this. I haven't used my air conditioning since last Sept? Well...I found out yesterday that it isn't working! Perfect. So I tried my best to hide the cupcakes from the sun. The whipped topping on the chocolate cupcakes melted on some of the samplers. I was so embarassed and felt unprepared and made sure I apologized for it. Despite getting lost while trying to deliver an order, sweating bullets, spilling food on my cardigan, and melted frosting... the response I get from people loving my cupcakes made it all worth while and makes my heart smile. "Spreading LOVE-one cupcake at a time"

Hopefully today I will be able to catch up on your blogs!