First and foremost - something good came out of all this snow! I got the day off of work today! Woo hoo! No - seriously - WOO HOO ( Read more... )

::sigh::

Life Plan 2.0 3.0

All that business I wrote about getting back home to Miami ASAP and going to culinary school... it seems like it was so long ago and not 4 months ago when I thought I had my life all figured out.

Sooo... where to begin...

It has occurred to me that going to culinary school may not be the greatest idea after all.  Not because ( Read more... )

I need to own this pink dress.  And I want my engagement photos to look just like this. (Minus the creepy bug pin.)


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As of today, my 5-year plan is as follows:

Life goal:  Do what you love.  Have a career that makes you happy.

5-year goals:

1. Move back to Florida
2. Open a bakery/cupcakery
3. Get married
4. Make babies

Current timeline:
March 2010

• Transfer to the DoD Tampa office to continue my life as a DoD auditor in the sweet Florida sunshine.  Move to... Lakeland?... or some ( Read more... )

Watching fireworks on the lawn in front of the Washington Monument = priceless ( Read more... )

Eff.

Make that FML.

For the last TWO WEEKS my air conditioning has been BROKEN.  My house is hot and sticky and I am miserable! On one hand, it forces me to get out of the house and do something.  On the other - gimme an effing break!  I have to tote my 3 floor fans from room to room in order to not pass out!

In lighter news, I'm still torn about ( Read more... )

1. Exercise, dammit. Just do it already ( Read more... )

I sold my first cake on Friday.  I am officially a cake dealer. (wink wink wink) lol  I have a second cake order in about two weeks for a Winnie the Pooh cake for someone's first b-day.

I have this tingly feeling inside when I think about my future in baking.  Like I should really pursue opening a bakery.  And I totally have ideas - 2 major ones for ( Read more... )

So - Wednesday I did end up making some arroz con pollo for Ralph.  I looked online for authentic Cuban recipes but wound up finding an arroz con pollo recipe from Cooking Light magazine!  Bingo!  Forget authentic Cuban - the both of us are on a diet.  How perfect to enjoy a lighter version of one of our favorite meals!  I found the recipe here:

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For the first time in my professional career, I have taken a sick day without really needing it because I was tired and just didn't want to go to work today.  Mind you, I'm clawing for things to do at work most days anyway.  So I usually wake up and wonder, "how am I gonna kill 8 hours today?"  :(  I can't wait to be busy again.

But I don't want to ( Read more... )