Drawing

This is a drawing of Garrett on the phone.

I apologize for cross-postings. Those of you I am friends with on Facebook will just have to see it twice! Obviously I am quite proud of it. It looks EXACTLY like him in an almost comic-book kind of way.

Best cake ever

This is my greatest cake achievement ever, hence all the pictures. Two layers of chocolate cake made from scratch (with buttermilk, which smells and tastes way more gross than you would think) with a layer of frosting and raspberry jam in between and fresh raspberries with powdered sugar on top. Perfection!

The birthday season kicked off with Garrett's 30th. Kind of a big deal, but he was OK with it. We did all the things that he wanted to do;

• Went to Home Depot to get his birthday present - a super-sweet gas grill
• Went to a car part store to get some light plug thing for his Jeep
• Ate lunch at Mi Madres (of course)
• Went to the hardware store
• Watched a movie in the middle of the afternoon
• Took a nap (one of my favorite things!)
• Then steak and potatoes for dinner followed by the best cake ever

Overall a great birthday! I think he agrees.

Trash to treasure

G and I found this iHome in (or rather on top of) the dumpster by his apartment building. It seemed like the only thing wrong was a jammed in button and some homeless-man dirty finger smears, so we brought it home. After testing, we took it apart and fixed it using an ingenious button-prop-up involving super glue and a paperclip. It is now a fully functioning, almost new, super sweet iHome for less than $5. The dumpster diving addiction has been fed a little bit more. My mother would be so proud.