Baking dreams #1

So over the last few weeks OK months I have been trying to bake new stuff.   Well lets say some were better than others.  I got these two recipes out of the cooking club magazine and now I can not find the magazine to tell you what they were called.  I hope you can find them by the pictures cause they were good.

                                                                                           This one was a white marshmallow crust whit whipped cream filling Topped with strawberries. 

it was so good but the crust took three times to make and it did not turn out like the picture at all.  Sometimes you have to try over and over to get it right.  I gave up at three and it still was not right.  We did eat everything I made but some were better than others.  In case you did not get the memo I made the one to the left but I bet the right one tastes better. LOL

So the above picture is the one I made and to the right is the picture in the book.  It is a 4 layer strawberry filled cake.  They did white frosting and I did Chocolate because I could not get the white frosting thick enough to stay on  the cake.  Surprisingly I only had to do the cake part once.  It was so good between every layer is a layer of strawberries and the middle layer is whipped cream and strawberries. 

I had a lot of fun making both of these and if I could find the recipes I would share them.  I got them out of the cooking club magazine and love to try there stuff.  My stuff might not look like the picture but they sure do taste good.  Well that's it for today.  Hope your day is filled with the joys of life.

Poems number 1

The before picture of my Granny

So this is going to be a short one but at least I am posting right!!!  I enjoy writing and love poems so here is some of my poems well at least one if you want more your should follow me and read more. LOL  A few years ago my sister gave me a poem about ataxia that made everyone cry for Christmas.  It was the perfect gift.  I m not going to put that poem here but I will tell you the name and who it is by.  It is so good you should look it up.  It is called HOW WILL II DANCE BY SHERRY-ANN BROWN.  I love it and because I had just found out I had Ataxia that year it was perfect.  Anyways the next year I decided I was going to write my granny Anna a poem.  It took allot and my kids helped.  I liked it and when she read it she cried.  So here it is.

you make it look so easy

you make it look so fun

and even know your busy

your job is never done

with calls and fax and emails

your always on the go

and even at your age

your energy's not low

They say with age comes wisdom

and you must have allot

cause every time I look at you

your always at the top

your accomplishments are remarkable

your wisdom never stops

you take your life to the fullest

you attitude just pops

I know they are not the best but they do come from the heart and isn't that the point in writing poems. On a different note I just got asked to be a Bridesmaid.  I have never been one so there is a first time for everything.

Always a Bride never a Bridesmaid.   LOL  To the right is while she is reading the above poem.  I love you granny.

The above picture was took in Seattle, Washington.  We were doing the Walk and Roll for Ataxia 2011.  We go every year and look forward to seeing new people.  Please join us for this wonderful event.  If you want to know when and where let me know.





Grab a Shovel, It's Getting Deep in Here: 4/18/2012

Grab a Shovel, It's Getting Deep in Here: 4/18/2012:        Tonight I start with my picture of the day.  A picture I actually took today!  This is on Commercial Street in downtown Bellingh...

My year wiser

So yesterday I turned 30 years old.  WOW right what an age to write about.  We had a little party at the house with mostly family and a few friends.  I got lots of cool stuff like Chippendale's tickets, thank you granny. I got a new well new to me freezer from my  hubby and money money money from everyone.  People put allot of pressure on turning 30 and I was really bummed to be that old.  well we will use wise not old.  I really did not ever want to turn this wise but as the years go on I guess you have to.  I have done allot of changing this year.  I quit smoking, I got married, and of course got a little wiser. Lol.  I can't  believe how wise I really am, my kids are growing to fast for me and life is just set on fast. 
My granny and  uncle are taking me to my Seattle appointment on Friday and the my friend and I get to booze it up at the Chippendale's on Saturday. 

Going back to my Seattle appointment:  I have Friedreich's Ataxia and got diagnosed 2 years ago. I go to the university of Washington hospital every 6 months to see how I am progressing.  So far I have been going pretty slow but this time I have a feeling it is not going to be slow.  I have been having more difficulty with my legs, they don't always do what my head tells them to.  As I am typing my hand sporadically slam down on the keyboard.  So my hands are not doing well either.  I was hoping that I would have a few more years till I got bad but that does not mean I wont fight it every step of the way. 

Now for the Chippendale's part.  I have been to the show at the silver reef casino the last 2 years.  This year makes 3 years and I so can't wait to go.  What woman would not want to go and have a girls night with booze, guys, and gambling.  This year I am taking my friend/ neighbor.  She turned 21 in January so this will be her first strip show.  I am so glad I get to be a part of it.  Well that is all I have for now.  Thank you for being apart of my year wiser

My life volume one

So I had an okay life, I guess.  My mother  married my dad and I came along. Well  that's not all true,  my mother traveled with the carnival and my dad built carnival rides for a living.  you would think match made in heaven right, well you would be wrong.  So I was born and my mother and father went their separate ways.  As a baby you don't remember much but I have looked through lots of pictures and realized okay I might not be adopted but I was very special to have the family I do.  As I grew up I lived with my mom.  She traveled with the carnival and I spent a good part of my childhood on the road.  When she was not traveling we moved allot.  There are few memories I remember, maybe that's because I blocked them out or maybe I really don't remember. 


So we were living in Reno, NV.   Not in a house but in our truck.  My mom worked day labor and I was seven or eight at the time.  So while she was at work she would drop me off downtown  and that is where I would be until she got off.  I had to help people with their bags and hope someone would give me money to eat on.  I know that at the time she was doing the best she could.  It was a great learning experience for me. I learned that there are nice people out there and sometimes you have to do stuff you don't want to.   I got to meet lots of new people and it is part of the person I am today. 

Any ways since this is only the first on many I hope I am going to make this one short.  I just hope that everyone who reads this takes a little part of life with them.  As always positive thoughts = positive results.

It's time it's time

      So I have been dating this guy on and off for 6 years and today we are going to the courthouse to get married.  I know such a cheap way to go but it is going to help us in the long run this way.  We have our wedding for everyone else scheduled for may 25th, 2013.  That way everyone has a chance to be a part of our special day.
    We have 2 witnesses one is my neighbor witch my soon to be husband (as in 8 hours) calls loony tunes, the other is one of our friends from when we first hooked up.  So yesterday we figured out that my man had no ring for the ceremony.  We had been looking all week for a ring for him.  OK maybe not all week but every time we left the house we were looking.  So we faked a gold band for him.  It was a costume ring that we took the charm off and said good enough.  We will find him a better one later.
     So now it is prep time for this afternoon at 4:30.  I thought that I would have the day with no kids but I was wrong.  My youngest son woke up with a tummy ache so he is home with me today.   I think he just wanted to watch more cartoons, you know what they say better safe than sorry.  My daughter always waits till she gets to school to be sick so I have to walk there and get her.  Is ent my oldest son to school with a note saying he needed to leave there at 3:00pm so he could go to the wedding to.  I still have to put my make-up on and get dressed and all that fun. 


   But for now it is still coffee time at the house.  As I watch cartoons because that is what my son has on. I don't get how they come up with some of these shows.  They are so re tarted and have no real plot line.  but if it keeps the kiddos occupied for a little than I guess it is worth it. 

Pain pain go away

So as some of you may know I have Friedreich's Ataxia.  I have had lots of bad days lately.  nothing I cant handle but still rough.  A few days ago I woke up to my right side hurting not my arm the side.  So I took some pills and decided I could not just sit around.  So the kids and I walked to the store.  Someone has to do the shopping right.  So I got home and got into a fight with my boyfriend.  I would use fiance but he has not officially proposed.  Not a fight an argument on the phone.  So I get done with the argument and I start to get pain running own my left arm.  After I distressed the pain in the arm went away but the one in my side does not seem to want to disappear.  So last night my boyfriend and I got into an argument over text.  There seems to be a pattern here right.  I thought it was fun to wake up screaming and crying at five this morning.  Of course I was not quiet cause it woke my daughter up and my kids can sleep through anything.  after I got the cramp in my right leg went away I tried to get a few more hours of sleep.  Yeah I failed, but the bed was comfy laying in it.  Then my 4 alarms went off and I climbed out of bed.  The cramp screwed my leg up cause I was gimping to the coffee pot this morning.  So I thought that I would take it easy today and relax at the house.   As the day went on I got lots of nothing done cause every time I got up my leg killed me.  I took some more pills and went to check the mail.  Ha ha that was so much fun.  Days like today I am glad I have a walker to use.  As I sit here and type I realize how much I still have to do before the morning.  My sister is coming to take my youngest to his first hockey game.  I have to pack him and clean the house and ice my side cause it still hurts like hell.  Oh and did I mention My head is hurting too.  On the plus side I go to the doctor on Monday morning so I am sure they will be running more tests.  Okay I am done for now but might be back to vent later.