The Cake

My nephew turns 3 on Sunday. I was unable to attend his birthday party last weekend, so my sister is bringing him to my house for the weekend. I had a late day at work and fell behind on things I needed to accomplish. I still wanted to bake my nephew a birthday cake before he gets here (any minute). So I just finished frosting the ugliest cake I have every seen. The cake fell apart when I removed it from the pan. I didn't have enough frosting to cover up the ugliness of the cake and it is lopsided and will be lucky to remain on the platter until my nephew gets here. I assure you it will taste amazing even if it looks a little unappetizing!

Pumpkin Patch

Fall is one of my favorite times of the year. There are always so many activities to do. P and I had some fun with family and friends at Sutter's Ridge Family Farm. It was a beautiful day to spend outside. I enjoyed the hay ride and picking a pumpkin to carve.

Weekend Plans

Spending the weekend with my fiance's nieces. I am so excited to spend some time with them. I have several fun activities for us to do. I hope they enjoy themselves! :)

UW Badger Football

It is that time again when summer begins the inevitable change to fall. With that comes cooler temperatures, shorter days, and of coarse football. I was given the opportunity to attend the first Badger Football game this year. It was an evening game with beautiful weather during the day! P and I had a great time tailgating with friends. It has been a long time since I have been downtown Madison for a football game. I had forgotten about the sea of red down Monroe Street. The evening was highlighted by a Badger victory!

Obsession

This summer I have been very preoccupied by learning about the food that I eat and where it comes from. I had my own garden this year and enjoyed many meals harvested myself. I am all for local farmers markets and locally grown food. This summer has been very easy to support the local community. This fall will not be difficult either with the abundance of fall harvest. This winter and early spring will be a little more difficult for me, but I look forward to the challenge.

Spring Reading

I have a new book that I have been listening to in my car. Animal Vegetable Miracle has been an eye opening read and has yet again inspired more hobbies for myself. I have learned many basics of cooking with regional and local food and have been interested in making new food from Mt. Horeb's local farmers market. Today while listening in the car a new idea was construed to me - cheese making. I had never contemplated making my own cheese. Not a hobby I will begin tomorrow, but one that I will put in my back pocket for a rainy day.

Gardening

Well - Thanks to my fiance my garden has been thriving while I have been away. He has kindly been watering the plants. In the beginning of the season I had this cute little garden and was so excited about the produce we would have. Still excited about the garden produce I have been less enthusiastic about my gardens appearance. I don't seem to be the only one excited about the produce in my garden. I have a friend who I have started to call Ralph who also really loves my produce. Ralph is a tiny little rabbit who has devoured one jalapeno plant and a geranium. My garden has now been imprisoned so that I might enjoy some produce as well.