My Newest Venture

If you have seen my tweets you know that I am in the middle of no where at my in-laws with no internet. Thank goodness for Blackberry! We will be home this afternoon but I just couldn't wait to tell you about my newest venture idea! (Actually it wasn't my idea it was Queen Bee's. She has helped me so much with all this IBCLC stuff. I can't thank her enough! When I get home I will link to her blog. Can't do that from the BB ya know. I have linked to her blog, because I am home now and have my internet back!) Anyway back to the idea...

I'm going to try to become a La Leche League Leader! I emailed my local leader to get started and it turns out she has been thinking of retiring! How cool is that?? Great timing! She has not held meetings in a while and to become a leader I will have to attend meetings. This might be a tiny challenge but not too bad. I can find a somewhat local town that holds meetings. I am so excited to get started on this! Did I mention it counts towards my hours for the IBCLC?? I went to try to buy LLL's book The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding last night. I went to 3 different stores. All 3 said they had it online. Not one had it, so it looks like I'l be ordering it online. A new edition comes out in July but I just can't wait that long to get started! I will keep you updated as the process unfolds :)

Fluffy Butts

If you haven't already seen my many tweets yesterday proclaiming this...



I have successfully bribed my husband into trying cloth diapering! I told him he could buy in Jeep accessories what I spend in diapers ;)



So yesterday I ordered 6 Smartipants diapers and some extra inserts. I am excited! I can't wait to get them!!! Cooper will soon have a fluffy butt! (Atleast part time for now)



Thank you ZooKeeperJess for all of your help :)

My Giant (Almost) Cupcake

You will soon see why I say "almost." It wasn't pretty... but I'm sharing anyway because it was yummy! This is not a cooking blog and I don't plan on making it one. I do like to bake, but I don't do it very much because I hate cleaning up the mess. But here is my completely made-from-scratch giant almost cupcake.




I used one of those giant cupcake pans. I know you know what I'm talking about. Unless you have never watched TV of course... I got the cake recipe here. Yes it makes a difference whether you use cake flour or regular flour. Use the cake flour!!

I got the icing recipe here. I just used regular milk instead of cream though.

I filled the cake with strawberries sprinkled with sugar. It would also be nice to use macerated strawberries. This was a last minute addition so I just sliced them and sprinkled them with sugar. Also, I'm not old enough to cook with wine ;)

Here is the (over) filled cake. I put too much of the strawberries in so when I sat the top on it....

...the walls of the bottom layer gave way. So I just slathered it with the icing and we ate it :)

The cake was moist and delicious in spite of how it looked. I thought the icing was too rich, but I don't like overly sweet things. The strawberries really made the cake though.

***WARNING*** This cake is not for those watching their weight or for those with heart/cholesterol issues. Together, the cake and icing contain an entire POUND of butter!! That's FOUR sticks!!!

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