Schmogasborg of Hash

I've been lazy about a number of things lately. I could claim "busy", but really, I got lazy the last little bit and have been prioritizing the To-Do list.

Things that haven't made it to the top lately:
Grocery Shopping (more out of lack of funds than "lazy" but that's an entire story on it's own)
Taking pictures
Updating the blog
Folding laundry (it's been getting washed then stashed it random places ;p  )
De-cluttering the massive piles of crap piling up in HUGE ginormous clumps all over the house.

I have gotten several, non essential, things done that have been on the forever list done though. I baked a rather fantastic looking cake for a very good friend. She is one of the best friends ever and has done so much for me over the years. I would do anything she would ever ask. She's reaching a GIANT life milestone and needed chocolate cake. I'm very proud of her for making her life choices that she needed to make because sometimes, they suck.

I actually ended up making this same cake for C for Father's Day. The kids thought he would like it because C really, really LOVES chocolate. It's a chocolate cake with chocolate icing, chocolate ganache, with chocolate chunks on top. It was good, but I already have plans for my next cake. I have to find someone to pawn it off on who doesn't mind me stealing 1 try-it piece to see if my experiment worked. I want to make a chocolate cake, with whipped cream or chocolate (I haven't fully decided yet) and cherry filling in the middle, chocolate icing on the outside with the same ganache and then instead of the chocolate chunks - globs (decorative of course) of whipped cream with cherries on it about an inch or so apart. Not that I've thought about it.


We've gotten a Slip-N-Slide for the first time ever this year. The kids LOVE it. I do know why we waited until they were older to get one though. They hurl themselves at the most grotesque angles at the ground and half the time they fail to slide anywhere. And yet, they love it and keep doing it. It's really special when they face plant.

Anyhow, I'm going to attempt to take more pictures of our summer time adventures, because we really HAVE been doing a decent amount of relatively fun kid type stuff and I just need to pull the ol' camera out more. I took a couple this morning when they were talking their "pets", I'll try to add those tomorrow - it was A.D.O.R.A.B.L.E.  I just don't know where the days go sometimes.