I don’t know why, but this feels like one of the busiest years of my life. Time is flying by at a dizzying pace. It seems like it was just Christmas not too long ago and yet here we are already in hot-as-hell summer and just a few short months away from having lived in our new rental house for a full year. Time flies when you’re having fun, or when you’re really busy, I guess.
And so, because of said busy-ness, I’ve let so many goings-on go untold. Here’s what’s been up with me lately…
1. Donut peaches are in season! My favorite fruit is a tie between a perfectly ripe strawberry and these squat little donut peaches. I’ve had one of these babies every day for 2 weeks now with no end in sight.
2. Apparently I like olives and mangoes now. I have hated both of these foods my entire life and suddenly I can’t get enough of them. What’s next, cherries? Blech!
3. My car got crunched. It was parked in the street for a day and one of our neighbors backed into it on her way out to work one morning. They were super cool about it and left a note, so we were able to deal with all the insurance stuff right away and get it repaired quickly. Good as new now.
4. Jeff and I have been working on a mobile game app together. He’s gotten into game development over the last year and tinkered with a few game ideas, we’ve finally found one that’s stuck. He’ll be doing all the technical stuff (which is WAY over my head) and I’m working on concept art and story ideas. Maybe in a year or so you guys will be able to download a game we made!
5. The cats are broken. Lucas has been sneezing out giant gobs of snot for over a month now. He’s on his second round of antibiotics and seems to be doing a bit better. Liam lost an adult tooth last week for seemingly no reason. They’ve both needed shots and yearly checkups. These little f%&$ers have been expensive this month.
6. I sliced the crap out of my thumb. I was trying to slice a stale loaf of bread in half lengthwise to use in a book recipe photo and ended up mangling my thumb knuckle. I promptly fainted…twice. Luckily Jeff was home that day to help me or I could’ve conked my head on the floor and bled out. Ok…I probably wouldn’t have bled out, but it was still really scary. And now I have a creepy-looking gash on my thumb that is not going to heal prettily. I’ll spare you the photo.
7. I was supposed to photograph my very last book recipe today, but the recipe was a dud. I made wasabi pea crackers and learned after several batches that wasabi flavor just disappears when exposed to high heat. I think I have something even better planned to replace it though. Here’s another one that sounded good on paper but just didn’t turn out well: Asian pear poached in black tea with honey mascarpone, walnuts, and candied ginger. Asian pears just don’t poach well, it leeches out all their flavor leaving a mealy husk.
8. Jeff has the flu. He’s been miserable for 5 days now and I’ve been doing my very best to take care of him. So far, I haven’t gotten it from him (:::fingers crossed:::) We were just talking yesterday about how completely differently we like to be cared for when we’re ill. He needs to be doted on, touched, and made to feel loved. I need to be alone. All I want when I’m ill is a huge blanket, no responsibilities, no touching, and an alternating schedule of a 2 hour movie followed by a 2 hour nap continuously until I’m well again.
9. After a 2 month hiatus, I’m restarting the LiveFit program somewhere in the middle. I got really busy for a while with book stuff and wedding cake stuff and gym time got cut in favor of focusing on those things. It feels really good to get back to working out regularly. I love strength training!
10. I finally get to make an all-buttercream wedding cake! I mentioned that I’m doing another wedding cake in September. Well, we just finished ironing out the details for it and I’m really excited to make this cake now, especially because I’ve really wanted to try doing a fondant-less cake for once. I can’t say any more about it though because it’s a surprise for the bride (the groom picked out all the details) and I don’t want her to read about it here before she gets to see it on the big day.
Whew!
That’s what I’ve been up to, what about you?
They say your taste buds change every 7 years. I randomly started liking fish this year. Odd…
I’m sad that Asian pear dish didn’t work! That does sound really good. Did you do it with a regular pear? Can’t wait for the cookbook!!!
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No, it’s an asian pear. They’re huge and yellow with little brown spots all over. They’re crunchy like an apple but with the milder flavor of a pear. Apparently they don’t poach well, I tried the recipe several different ways and it came out gross every time.
1: Uh-oh spaghetti-o! Peaches and strawberries are not even in the top 10 of my favourite fruits. Can we still be friends?
2: Cherries are only good in smoothies.
3: Thank heavens for Good People who leave notes!
4: The game better involve candy.
5: The expression on your cat is terrifying the bejesus out of me.
6: It is the week for cutting fingers! A friend and I have both been bloody messes lately. I give unto you magical healing powers!
7: Hmm. Too late to back out of replying to every point now. YAY COOKBOOK.
8: Do you know what I really like about this one? (Not the sickness, obviously.) In the past, I’ve always felt that the fact I just want to be alone when sick is yet another reason I’ll never get to be in a real relationship. You’ve helped me think that maybe that’s not the case.
9: I’m skipping this one. Exercise?! Bahahaha!
10: DAMNIT I THOUGHT YOU MEANT THE ENTIRE CAKE IS BUTTERCREAM. Like, no cake, just butter and sugar. Hmph.
11: (I added this one.) I’m trying to choose Atlanta times, and was originally thinking August but now think I might gallivant around Austin for a bit and then come to Atlanta after Kansas, before DC, in early-mid September? How are you looking then?
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Ooooooooo! You’re gonna visit meeeeee!!!!!!
I’m doing wedding cake stuff the week of Sept.10th to the 15th, but otherwise I am unencumbered for the foreseeable future. We have a spare bedroom which is yours for the using if you have no other plans.
Oh my gosh, really and truly? That would be so amazing! SLUMBER PARTY. Flights are costing more than I expected, stupid big countries of ours 😉
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It’s yours then.
Why must travel be so unbelievably expensive? I’d have seen the whole world by now if it wouldn’t have bankrupt me.
Kombucha is almost $5?! What the what? Bankruptcy ahoyhoy!
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Say what??? It’s about $3.50 at the Whole Foods around here. Still pricey, but not bankruptcy pricey.
At least your kitty is cute (if expensive). Too bad you didn’t like that pear dessert, it looks great in the photo. Also, good luck on your next cake, I’m glad that you can make it for a friend while still continuing your learning process for maybe making them professionally.
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Yes, his cuteness cures all things. I think I came up with something even better to replace the pear dessert. Almost done with that book!
I’m frightened of the kitty face too, but your wee beast is probably just being protective of his sick master and fainty mistress. Yikes – I passed out at a blood drive once – I was not the one giving blood – so I empathize with that.
Interesting that wasabi disintegrates flavor-wise with high heat. Disappointing, actually. Ah well, enjoy those yummy donut peaches!
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It drives me crazy that I cannot hold myself together around blood. What happens if I get attacked by a puma in the woods and have to drag my bloody self for miles to safety? I’ll faint and bleed out, that’s what’ll happen. Human-flavored puma food.
It’s amazing how quickly time has flown by recently! Summer is my absolute favorite time of year here, and we only have about a month of it left. Sometimes I just want to slow things down! A couple things:
– I LOVE peaches, but they don’t grow in northern VT. I can get some wonderful Pennsylvania peaches, but donut peaches are impossible to find!
– My husband develops apps too! It’s so incredibly complicated.
Good luck with all your projects and I hope Jeff feels better soon!
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Thanks lady, I think he’s almost better. Here’s hoping I don’t get it the second he’s well.
Poor thing – I’m so sorry about your thumb – I hate stuff like that, although I can’t say I’ve fainted yet! And the game thing sounds really cool, can’t wait to hear more about that!
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You are busy to the extreme! Glad to hear from you though.
Cutting your thumb sounds terribly painful. Glad Jeff was home though to help. Scary.
Congrats on being so close to finishing photos for the book!
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