Sorry about the pause. My husband, Jake, finished reading "The Shack" last week and said that I should read it. I used to be a big reader but then I learned to crochet! That filled any sitting time I had over the years. As the years have passed and arthritis and carpel tunnel have made themselves at home in my hands, I am limited to crochet to about ten minutes at a time. So sad. I miss it terribly. Now I must tell you that I also have a difficult time sitting. Period. So I took up reading again so that my body could catch a break.
I am about half way through "The Shack" and I have even started reading in bed last night which I haven't done in a very long time with the exception of "The Bible" and "Concordia The Lutheran Confessions". My husband almost quit reading "The Shack" right after the great sadness was explained. He said he started to search the book to make sure it was fiction. Poor baby, You know what they say "The Bigger They Are The Harder They Fall"! Anyway he said that I would like it and so far it is very good.
Tomorrow is another Lenten dinner at church. And I guess I haven't learned my lesson because once again I am experimenting! I am going to make an "Angel Lush" cake. How appropriate for church, don't ya think! My daughter-in-law made this one year for my birthday and it was soooo good. There is no baking in this one so I will say a prayer that it turns out better than the orange cake.Although that was very,very good. Just looked like crap!! Tomorrow I will post a picture of the cake or me crying!
Well tomorrow is Kates' confirmation and I am sooo excited! The fact that I managed to get everything done that I wanted is exciting in it's own right. The cake took a lot of patience and praying. But I am happy that it turned out as I envisioned it. Of coarse it isn't professional but I am quite pleased with the outcome. The important thing is that Kate liked it.
Well one chore down, one hundred more to go! Although I don't consider bathing the dogs to be a chore,it's too much fun! We are now flea and tick free for another month. Roxy(left) is our little orphan girl that found us last summer. She was skin and bones when we found her and it just broke my heart to turn her away. We already had one dog, Ruby(right)who believes she is descended from ancient Chinese royalty. Which she is! And we have five cats. But despite my droning on and on that we would never have any more pets and I'm the one that takes care of all of them, Kate and I took her to the vet for a check up. While we were there Kate asked "Does this mean we are keeping her?" And I said "yes". I have not once regretted it!
Here is the photo of the ingredients of the lovely "Angel Lush" cake.
And here is the photo of the end result of the lovely "Angel Lush" cake. Not as pretty as the professional but it was very good and took about ten minutes to make. I did the strawberries a little differently. I sliced and layered them instead of leaving them whole.
And finally here is the photo of me NOT CRYING! The moral of this story is to never stop experimenting and always have faith in yourself!
