Four Weddings and a Cupcake

So you may have noticed that lately I've been on a blog vacation. Well for the new year hopefully I'll keep up with my blogging goals and have no more of those! lol

I had a lovely winter break in which I spent time with my family, attended a few wedding receptions, caught up with friends, practiced my cake decorating skills, and actually found time to relax :)

Thanks to my good friend Kimberly (who also has a blog yay!) I got to try a few fun baking and decorating things this break! I had never made cake balls before so Kimberly helped me make some. We used chocolate cake and a coconut icing so they tasted like german chocolate cake. Yum. We also made these cool chocolate chip cookie dough balls. They taste like cookie dough, but they don't have any eggs in them. You dip them in melted chocolate just like a cake ball.

She also gave me some fondant to experiment with. It was really fun to try this out, especially since I was also watching Cake Boss during the break with my mom. I forgot to take a picture but I ended up making a cute little mini cake and using the fondant to cover it. I meant to do more complex decorating, but then I got hungry and cute myself a slice. Oops.

This is Kimberly's adorable daughter, Leslie, at our friend Karen's wedding reception (thanks to my sister who remembered to take pictures over the break!).

Sadly not all my baking experiments went well. Earlier in the break I decided to make cupcakes. I made a big batch on night with no problems and told my family not to eat any because I wanted to decorate them. The next morning I went to the kitchen and found that almost all of my cupcakes were gone! There were only 5 or 6 left.

I immediately asked "Who ate my cupcakes?!" Everyone denied eating them and then all of sudden we all turned and looked at our dog, Bella, who looked especially happy. I realized that the night before I forgot to put plastic wrap on the cupcakes so it would have been easy for her to get them off the counter. Later that day my Mom found a cupcake wedged in between some of the couch cushions. I guess Bella was saving that one for later. Ha ha oh well! At least I still had a few to practice decorating with.

The cupcake thief!

Currently reading: The Maltese Falcon, Dashiell Hammett (I'm taking a detective noir fiction course this semester)

Currently Obsessed with: My Polaroid camera. I'm out of film right now, which is probably for the best, because I just want to take pictures of everything. Also I'm completely obsessed with pomegranates right now! love those.

Movies That Stick With You

So my friend tagged me in one of those Facebook notes where they write a list, then you write a list, etc. Well instead of making a note, I decided to put it up here. Here's the original fb post/instructions:

The rules: Don’t take too long to think about it. Fifteen films you’ve seen that will always stick with you. List the first fifteen you can recall in no more than fifteen minutes. Tag fifteen friends, including me, because I’m interested in seeing what films my friends choose.

So ignore the tagging part. Also I didn't read all the "instructions" so I def. cheated on the whole 15 minute time limit thing. Oh well. But I like making lists, so I am still posting it. Just so you know, these aren't in any particular order.

1. Some Kind of Wonderful

2. Girls Just Want to Have Fun

3. Say Anything

4. Sabrina

5. Yentl

6. Stardust

7. Goonies

8. Chocolat

9.The Chorus

10.Penelope

11.While You Were Sleeping

12.Where The Heart Is

13.About a Boy

14.The Little Mermaid

15.Swan Princess

Oh man, I wish this list was classier, or a little bit more Oscar worthy. But strong impressions are strong impressions right? Isn't it funny how strongest impression does not necessarily equal cinematic masterpiece? At least if you're me. My friend who did this first actually had a really impressive list of movies, but this was hard for me to put together. My list of best movies of all time would probably look different. Honestly if you asked me this two days ago or tomorrow the list would probably be different. Fun experiment though :)

I'd love to hear other people's movies that "stuck" with them. No need to be shy, I mean Clueless came *this* close to making my 15 (other runner ups: Mean Girls, 10 Things I Hate About You, and Labyrinth; I quote these soo much!).

Currently watching: Pushing Daisies (I know, I know, I'm like 3 weeks behind on Glee and I'm watching old shows on Netflix Instant...) and Community (2nd season's been a little disappointing to me, but I really liked this week's show)

When You Hear The Beep...

Last night my roommates and I were reminded of the epic game show, Supermarket Sweep. If you aren't familiar with this game, let me explain it: There are three team of contestants, they answer some trivia related to average supermarket items to gain points. Then at the end they have to run around a supermarket and get the most expensive items they can find. The person with the most points (most expensive basket) wins! No one seems to air this show anymore, but we were lucky enough to find it on YouTube. And it was just as amazing as well all remembered!!

This Supermarket Sweep madness got us thinking about other game shows we've watched and loved. Here's the list I came up with (Keep in mind I did not have cable growing up , so I don't know many of those nickelodean/disney type games):

Shop Till You Drop

Jeopardy ( I love it when I get these one right. It makes you feel so smart!)

Wheel of Fortune

The Newlywed Game

The Price is Right (I will forever remember to spay and neuter my pets.)

Family Feud (So many hosts. I think my favorite was when Richard Karn hosted, just because it always made me think of Home Improvement)

Hollywood Squares

Who Wants to be a Millionaire? (I remember when this was THE thing. We still have the board game version at home)

The Weakest Link

Pyramid

Street Smarts

Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?

Are You Smarter than a 5th grader?

Deal or No Deal

Anyway that's it. I'd just thought I'd pass on that little blast from the past. Nowadays I feel like reality shows have kind of taken the place of gameshows on TV (Although it can be kind of a fine line sometimes. Some shows seem to be a little bit of both.). But old-school gameshows will come back in fashion one day. And when that day comes I'll be ready!

Currently: thinking about Pax shows (Where Supermarket Sweep used to air) Does anyone remember Diagnosis Murder and Pet Miracles?! oh Pax TV!