Patience

Patience is not a virtue of mine. Baking is... but is baking a virtue? I dont know, I'll have to google it later but I am sure it is though :)

Well, today being Sunday, I decided it would be a great oportunity for me to try out my new... uhm... what us elegant folk call "vintage" baking dish I got at the garage sale yesterday, haha!

I followed the recipe perfectly and even took the time to grease and flour my baking pan. Doesn't it look just divine? :)

Like I said, once all ready for baking, I set it in the oven and waited the whole 80 mins required by the recipe. And I waited... and waited... and waited....

and waited...

and waited...

Doesnt it look amazing?! This is what happens to those who patiently wait like me! We are rewarded with the most beautiful things ever!!!

All I have to do now is wait  until it cools and then flip it over. That would be like... 30 mins? something like that right?

Bah... i dont have time for that nonesense...
So I flipped my cake over...
Yeah...

The lid fell off... and my body entered a state of shock...
I should have waited... maybe its still salvageable though...
I can wait for the cooling time... and carefully put the lid back on... and well... no one will notice. Right?
Except that would require patience...
And well... who has time?
So I stubbornly flip my super steaming hot cake and...

Well, I got mush.... Mother of Pearl!!!!!!!! Stupid cake!!!!!! Aaaaaaaaaaaaarg!!!!
What else can go wrong?
Nottin right?

Except that I am dying to have a taste... After all this was supposed to be my master artwork... and the kids are all expecting it to be ready in the morning... they will be disapointedd...  a little...

So what the heck...

I scoop up a little chunk of steaming hot cake... and pop it in my super ultra sensitive mouth... and well...

Now I sound like Elmer Fudd. Crap! I never do learn!

Well... what else did I do today? I made a healthy smoothie for the kids today... and no one complained :)

Material things

The weirdest thing just happened to me... I was about to sit down and write my post today but my phone just rang and it was my dad. I dont really remember when the last time it was that I spoke to him was but... I dont know, our conversations never really do last longer than a few seconds anyways. And of course, today was no different than the usual, except he did sound different. My dad just sounded really down.

I must admit, I am a bad daughter, I dont usually care about how he is doing and when he does call, all I am thinking are the ways I can get off the phone as quickly and painlessly as possible. But today, something was off... and well, our conversation went something like this...

Me: Hello
Dad: Hey mi tutito (my nickname), how are you doing? (Already I knew something was off... I dont know how to explain it, I just knew)
Me: Im doing good just sitting here enjoying my chair, Im tired.
Dad: Thats nice, I'll let you rest now.
Me: Dad, how are you doing?
Dad: Not too well. Well it was nice talking. Take care (and he hangs up the phone)

Yeah, that was it. Our conversation lasted a few seconds long and that was it. I am worried but there is nothing much I can do about it. I cant call him back, I dont know where to reach him. Yeah... funny father/daughter relationship we got going here...

Anyways... Ive had a nice day. The youth in our church had a garage sale today. We were there really early in the morning. Some even started at 6:30am to help set things out for the crowd that would be arriving at 8am.

I got tons of things, honestly, it was the coolest garage sale i have ever been too. I scored these puppies for 0.25$ (the lot)!!! Can you imagine that?! I mean... Im sooo excited!!! I got tons of things!!!! :)

We also had the visit of one of Belbo's friends. We had her from 8am until 7pm. She turned out to be real sweet and it was a really nice visit, I think the girls are talking about having a sleepover soon too. Im glad they had fun :)

I am tired now. It has been a real busy day. I got to make a new friend and she came over after the garage sale and hung out for a couple of hours and then i got a call from another friend and it was nice... we talked long. I havent been so social in years!

Well... Im glad I am home alone, with the kids... Soon they go to bed and I take my long bath and enjoy time alone with my thoughts of people and things I love.

Ha... maybe ill make some time and go wanelo-ing for a little bit :)