Birthdays and Things

In order to practice for Cami's wedding cake, as well as to celebrate my roommate's boyfriend's birthday, their 5 month-a-versary, my Relief Society President's birthday, and the end of Spring term, I decided to make a cake. As you can tell, it was very multi-purpose and allowed me to try out making marshmallow fondant which I have used before, but never actually created myself.

Here you see the fondant being placed on top.

Smoothing out the fondant covering.

Anna "decorating"

the finished product, isn't it beautiful?!

I wont let it rain on my parade

I love rain, I think that growing up in Kentucky made me somewhat aquatic (even though I am also deathly afraid of fish). Rain in Kentucky is much different from rain in Utah. I used to love playing in the rain in Kentucky and would frequently go for romps through my neighborhood, splashing in puddles, becoming thoroughly drenched, and sometimes just laying down in the grass and mud. It was warm, familiar, and refreshing. It brings flowers, daffodils, tornadoes, and all sorts of pleasant things.


Utah rain is different.

I realized this from the first rain storm that occurred when I got to Utah. Unlike the bi-weekly rain storms that occur in Kentucky, Utah does not receive much rain. However, I still had my hopes up for the first rain storm and they were quickly dashed. In fact, I went running outside as I hadn't seen rain in weeks and I was immediately pelted with large globular water pellets. In fact, this rain wasn't just being hurled from the sky at insanely high speeds, it was COLD and quite unpleasant. I stayed outside for approximately half a minute before I couldn't take it any longer and I went back inside, letting my high hopes get washed away in the rain.

But I still love Utah. And the rain still brings beautiful things, I just don't go out in it.

Great day for a white wedding

Cami decided that she wanted me to do her flowers and since she wanted fake flowers for their longevity and inexpensiveness, it was easy to do and we have them already done even though her wedding isn't for another month. Although they don't smell as fresh as real flowers, they don't look half bad either, you probably can't even tell, can you?

Floral fun

For my floral design class we created these neat bridesmaid bouquets using the Dutch spiral method. Mine ended up more one sided than round, mostly because of the fact that I didn't really have time to spend on it (I had ten minutes before I had to run to work). I also had some random wax flower that I didn't know what to do with. 

Once I got home I converted it into a small arrangement in a glass  vase which made me want to take my cube design from last week and rearrange it. 

Mostly all the roses had died so I needed to take out all of those and just keeep the daisymum. As you can see here, it actually turned out alright and Kevin and I gave it to his family. I really just didn't know what I was going to do with all these flowers and I thought they might like them.  In the end, I probably just ended up looking creepy.

Vegetarian Junkies

My lovely sister is moving in with me tomorrow. I have been anticipating this for a very long time and I have been planning my summer activities around having this little bundle of joy in it. Needless to say, I have been very anxious for her to get here.


Only now I want to show her the ways of the world, to be there for her to show her budgeting, taxes, grocery shopping, setting up a schedule, getting a job, learning to live on your own, paying rent and utilities. All of this wisdom that I basically had to learn on my own, I want to be able to show her so she can get a head start and not feel abandoned when I leave her for my mission.

So I thought we could start it off right by buying groceries together this summer. Except Anna is a vegetarian and a lot of the things I cook include meat. So I suppose this summer I will be spending a lot of time learning fun vegetarian meals! How exciting, I love to cook.

And then the rain came tumbling down

Alternate blog entry titles could include:

*Just when we thought it couldn't get worse

*What's the point in trying any more?

*Reasons to carry an umbrella

*When it rains, it pours

*Singing in the rain

*You know the rain wont stop, stop complaining about it

*Being wet isn't as bad as it looks
*Part of the reason I changed my shirt three times today
*I'm not crying

*And it didn't stop until I got home
*How my golf class was canceled
*Good thing I wasn't carrying anything important in that backpack

Conlalutions

While looking at wrecked cakes, failed conversations, and other random failures, I remembered that they have awards for these kinds of things. I am glad that people do these things so I can laugh so frequently.

Favorite Darwin Award of the day

Adelir Antonio, 51, was a Catholic priest attempting to pay homage to Lawn Chair Larry’s aerial adventure.

His audacious attempt to set a world record for clustered balloon flight was intended to publicize his plan to build a spiritual rest stop for truckers. But, as truckers know, sitting for 19 hours in a lawn chair is not a trivial matter even in the comfort of your own backyard. The priest took numerous safety precautions, including wearing a survival suit, selecting a buoyant chair, and packing a satellite phone and a GPS. However, the late Adelir Antonio made a fatal mistake.

He did not know how to use the GPS.

The winds changed, as winds do, and he was blown inexorably toward open sea. He could have parachuted to safety while over land, but chose not to. When the voyager was perilously lost at sea, he prudently phoned for help--but rescuers were unable to determine his location, since he could not use his GPS. He struggled with the unit as the charge on the satellite phone dwindled.

Instead of a GPS, the priest let God be his guide, and God guided him straight to heaven. Bits of balloons began appearing on mountains and beaches. Ultimately the priest's body surfaced, confirming that he, like Elvis, had left the building.

The kicker? It's a Double Darwin. Catholic priests take vows of celibacy. Since they voluntarily remove themselves from the gene pool, the entire group earns a mass Darwin Award. Adelir Antonio wins twice over!