Piece of Cake to Bake a Pretty Cake!

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Today is a good friend of mine's birthday.  I can't join in on the Nerd Festivities, so I thought that I would bake them a cake of pure awesome AKA Yellow cake with Chocolate frosting (as per the birthday boy's request.)  Joy of baking is definitely my go to website for basic recipes.

Shopping!

On Saturday Jon and I went to the Friends of the Library Book Sale and to the Waldo Flea Market.  At the Flea Market we bought a pair of Steins for my friend's birthday (we celebrated later that night at Stubbies.)

This was an attempt to try a new finals technique: Study the bare minimum for the easier finals to avoid burnout before the harder ones.  Good thing a few of my classes have a 3.6 curve!  I thought that that the shopping trip would take my mind off finals.  (Ugh 5 of them!)

Cinnamon Toast

I really wanted something crunchy and sweet, but not too sweet, as a late night snack.  It had to be easy and quick.  At first I was going to make Fairy Bread, but then I decided to have Cinnamon Toast instead.

What season is it?

My eyes/nose tell me it's spring.  My mosquito-bite-ridden legs say summer.  In Gainesville, I guess it is a bit of both.

Finals start in one week, but I more focused on not clawing my eyes out or not ripping off all the skin on my legs than on text books and outlines.

The unusually harsh winter disrupted the pollen cycle of many of the plants here, so everything is pollinating at once.  The crazy weather must've also changed the mosquito breeding cycle.  Some how the little creatures manage to bite me through my clothes.

You say that Evidence is happening right now and I should pay attention?....

My 25th Birthday, Harry Potter Style

I wanted to throw a big theme bash for my 25th Birthday this year.  Sometime in December (4 months before my birthday) I chose a Harry Potter theme.  After months of brainstorming, planning and shopping, it all finally came together.  I had a crew of my awesome friends to put everything together.  Here are the results:

I fail at blogging.

I fail at blogging.  Simple as that.

I recently started reading a lot of blogs.  Mostly due to Google Reader.  It consumes a lot of my time. As in, all of my free time is spent keeping up with blogs. But every time I'm sitting here reading them, I think "I can do that."

However, I really don't ever have much to say.  I love to craft.  I love to bake and cook.  I enjoy sewing as well.  This summer I am taking on several big projects:

1. Summer Externship:  I'm working on a civil rights case and I'm very excited about it.
2. Researching my article:  I'm writing an article (hopefully will get it published).  I am spending the summer doing research for this.
3. A job?: I need a paying job.  Hopefully I find one.
4. Wedding:  YES!  I am getting married this summer.  I have tons of DIY projects and planning still left on the horizon.  Unfortunately law school doesn't leave much time for Wedding Planning.
5. The Tom Baker Scarf: Do I really need a reason?  I hate knitting, but can tolerate it for a few months at a time, and I do find it relaxing.  We'll see how far into the 12-15 feet I actually get.
6.  The Great Reorganization and Garage Sale:  Over winter break, I decided to reorganize ALL of my belongings.  I quickly realized that I have too much stuff.  Also, I caught the flu half way through the project and never finished it.  I will finish it this summer and ideally would like to have a garage sale before the wedding.

This blog, for now, will be about these projects.  We'll see if/how it develops over time.