Today - We Bake

R got an order for a cake, so she is decorating today. RL helped her come up with the idea, so she was feeling a whole lot better than she was when she went to bed last night. It's hard to be original all the time, I would imagine. So, while she is decorating, I decided to bake some Pineapple Upside Down Cupcakes. I found the recipe months ago and RL loves pineapple upside down cake, so I decided to treat him and see if I remember how to bake! Plus, the family who ordered the cake also like them, so I might sneak one or two to them if they turn out.

RL deserves a treat today anyway. He and L are over at Mom and Daddy's replacing toilet guts - for lack of a better term. Their toilets have been running for months and months. They haven't witnessed any sign of it in their water bills all this time. However, proof came in their last one and it was BIG! So, RL and L went over to take care of that. I hope it's a quick fix.

I decided to take a few pictures. Here's where I compose my wonderful little blog. Right now I'm looking at all the bad stuff - like the fire hazard of wires under the desk! Yes, the couch is covered. Ginger has a tendency to scratch everything, so until she realizes this couch is not her personal scratching post, it will remain covered. They say you can't teach an old dog a new trick, but can you teach an old cat? I sure hope so. I'm tired of the cover! The cds will not stay on top of the printer. I'm waiting to build some shelves for those to hang over the printer. Might be a 'next weekend' project - like we need another one!

Here are our 'wonder shelves.' You can see a few of our interests if you look close enough. Of course those baskets on top hold yarn....what else??? Duh! You can't see, but there are little gnomes here and there as well as Noah's arks PT Cruisers and VWs.

Here's a closer image of some of our favorites. Part of RLs VW collection, The knitting books are crammed onto the next shelf and of course we have our Melbourne, Florida 'orange' from US 1 when we lived down there.

I even have some proof of knitting. Can you believe it? If it hadn't been for R and here wonderful knitting sense, this sock would not exist. I handed it off to her too many times to fix my mistakes. I like mindless knitting and this isn't exactly rocket science, but I got distracted and would find myself working on row 2 instead of 3 which is an entirely different stitch pattern all together. I downloaded the pattern from Knitting Daily. I've started on the 2nd one, but it's been a slow process - since getting the living room together was taking priority. Go figure.

Remember the six great stitch markers that my sockapalooza pal Beth made for me? Here's a reminder:

R and I headed to the Gem and Mineral show last week and found some neat stuff to make our own markers. Here's what we found:

Just one more project to add to the agenda! Maybe we can get some earrings made too...you know, in our spare time - between 2:00 and 3:00 in the morning!

Well, this post is finished and R's cake is NO WHERE near finished...so I'll post some pictures of it when it is finished.