Daily Archives: January 11, 2011

Jan 11 2011

2011 Goals

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2011 brings a really big change to our lives, and it will be very interesting to see what unfolds. We’ll see how we do at our goals this year. Many of the goals are carried over from last year, and a few were developed via ouija board. In some cases, the person for whom the goals are stated were not consulted before, during, or after creation of said goals.

Dad

  • Get the floors done
  • Finish painting the kitchen
  • Remove all clutter from the surface of the secondary desk in the office
  • Hang the curio shelf
  • Buy a Mac

Mom

  • Sew Carol a knitting needle case
  • Get three estimates for bathroom remodel
  • Make winter pajamas for Anya before September
  • Make two jumpers for Anya
  • Finish Carol’s bathmat
  • Make Anya’s rainbow blanket

Craig

  • Graduate
  • Get an awesome job with spiffy new degree
  • Become a green belt in kung fu

Andy

  • Activate new dishwasher
  • Finish the plant room
  • Finish putting in the trim and painting the “hallway” area of the basement
  • Paint the dining room
  • Install new kitchen window

Carol

  • Explore at least three new national/state parks
  • Send cards out for all birthdays and anniversaries to arrive no more than a week late
  • Finish Anya’s Christmas stocking
  • Finish 2009 and 2010 books
  • Clean up and maintain the berry bed
  • Grow a garden with Anya and maintain it

Kenny

  • Get drivers license
  • Learn to stand on head
  • Eat ten hot dogs in five minutes (with buns)
  • Sing in the shower every day

Anya

  • Learn to ride tricycle
  • Learn to count over 20
  • Grow a garden with Mommy
  • Learn to write her name
  • Snuggle Mommy every day
Jan 11 2011

I am a Cupcake Warrior

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One can only watch Cupcake Warriors so many times before one must make cupcakes. I hope the judges like my Betty Crocker chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting, which was applied using a ziplock bag with the corner cut off. I’ve never made peanut butter frosting before. It is fabulous. I think everything could be made better with peanut butter frosting: stale cookies, crackers, green beans, the crime rate in DC. Andy teased me about these looking like poopie cupcakes. Hrmpf. No cupcakes for you!

My mom dusted off a bag of 30 year-old paper doilies to help spice up the photo a bit, and I decoratively sprinkled peanuts hither and yon. Hey, I could be on the Food Photo Designer Warrior show, too! (Or maybe I really should be on the World’s Worst Cook show. It’s a good thing I don’t have cable at home.)