Day 314/365 (May 27, 2015)

After work i headed home and then Met up with Dom for Broadway Bakes. This time it was Lena Hall and Rob McClure. I ended up chatting with Ally for a bit and lots of time with Laura, and I stayed until Kate Reinders and David Burtka were there. Rob is seriously such a sweet and generous person and really gets into the whole Broadway Bakes thing!

Eventually me and my flip flops went for a walk. I was walking downtown to meet up with someone but by the time i got to Madison Square Park they got canceled so I hobbled back home since that wasn't appropriate footwear and my foot was already in pain.

While at home the roomies and I watched 500 questions and were sad when Steve got the boot!

Fred sleeps all kinds of funny ways.

Day 256/365 (March 30, 2015)

Got up early and went to Good Morning America in a successful attempt to get a picture with The Pretty (Nico Tortorella). Then I rushed tot he office and did a long day of work. I discovered that the stupid boys I work with knew there was a dead mouse behind an office door "for like weeks" and didn't do anything about it. I had to be the one to take care of. That poor mouse, I won;t get his image out of my head. He didn't deserve the type of burial he received but that was the only way I could be brave enough to take care of him or her! The reason they told me about it is because i discovered evidence of a mouse trying to get into a box of truffles, so I was trying to tell them to be neater and not leave food around.

I also ate so many of my Samoa marshmallows. Then I went home an met up with Ally and her friends Holly and I think Anna. I got a lesson on how to use iMovie and they helped me pick out a dress for the night, then we went to see 54 Below Sings Chess. It was a pretty good concert and the host was pretty funny! It was also nice to see Schwitter and catch up with him for a bit as well as Ben Cameron. Then it was home and to bed!

Day 226/365 (February 28, 2015)

I got up early and went to the gym and stretched probably the best I have ever stretched after my workout because my legs never felt better!  When I was checking in there the guy told me he admired my dedication! Then I headed home and began my crazy baking adventure for the day. By the time the day ended I had made apple pie bread, banana bread, peanut butter cookies, and orange velvet cupcakes.

I also headed out and went dress shopping with Ally but didn't find anything I liked. However at one point I was going through dresses that I thought all looked terrible and then all of a sudden I was like oooh this is cute, oh i really like this, how fun!... Then I realized I was in the Betsey Johnson section... of course! I really enjoy her stuff. Then we headed up to the M&M store where I made personalized Altar Boyz M&Ms for the cupcake decorations.

Day 190/365 (January 23, 2015)

Went to my jenny appointment then came home and began working on making the cake. I leveled them and filled them and frosted and decorated. It took a really long time but I was so proud of it! Ally popped in for a tiny bit. Fred tried to drink from the tiny sink and charlie was like excuse me?!?!

I had a really long conference call training thing for work and I got a last minute invite to Rochelle's birthday party which was lovely and i met some nifty people.

Day 177/365 (January 10, 2015)

I spent the day stuck in the apartment for repairs that never happened, Matt B. and Ally came over. I did run some errands later on... watched Fred and Charlie cuddle and play with each other. Then I read my book... I look like my auntie margaret in this picture.

ABC started airing the most brilliant and funny TGIT commercials about the side affects of withdrawal symptoms and whatnot.

Day 139/365 (December 3, 2014)

So I found out Mike Schwitter was going on as Pippin and I really wanted to see that so I Spent my morning at Pippin Rush and was able to get a ticket for Shoshana and I to the matinee. Then I headed to work for a bit and went home. While I was home I made the frosting for the cupcakes and then frosted/decorated them. They looked so fun and colorful and tasted good too! Then I packaged them up nicely for Mike and Adam and headed out to Pippin, Even though we had front row tickets which is where I like to sit for rush Shoshana didn't want to sit there so she asked an usher if we could sit someplace else. She said we didn't have to but of course I am not one to disagree in situations like that so I sat orchestra right begrudgingly. I am still upset I didn't sit in the front but at the same time I am gad we sat back there so I could see the whole show without straining my neck and I mean I could see the whole show, which was nice. Mike really is so great as Pippin. After we waited in the audience because he said there was a talk back so he was going to come out to say hi... he had so many people waiting for him... so popular! Said a quick hello, gave him the cupcakes, dropped off Adam's cupcakes and then went home. When I got home I began work on dipping the cake balls in chocolate and decorating them with nerds... also super cute and very sweet! Ben David popped in so I made him take a bunch to give to his friends! Then I headed out to Kayla's birthday party for some karaoke fun. The book didn't know how to spell December, i saw Kavin, and Rachel, and Hope, and sang some fun songs that others seemed to like my picks! I ate 2 slices of pizza and junk food which was not smart but so tasty! then I came home because I thought we were decorating the apartment for Christmas... I was wrong. Then I ended taking some of the cake balls to bring to Penski and Ally. It was nice chatting with Penski since it had been a short time,.,, then home again for good/sleep.

Day 138/365 (December 2, 2014)

Spent the morning at work and then I met up with Ally to go to Dylan's Candy Bar to buy a postcard for someone's gingerbread man project. I got a card and wrote it to the little kindergarten boy saying i saw the gingerbread man and he was looking to buy new candy to wear. We found a fun photobooth there with a greenscreen! After we came home to start working on my tests for nerd cupcakes and nerd cake balls. I made the cupcakes and the cake for the balls. Ally was making a card for her BroadwaySpotted Secret Santa person while I baked. After i changed and got dressed for dinner with Sophon... all was going well UNTIL the ceiling started to leak again! This time it wasn't a small leak, it was drip drip WHOOSH! Thankfully Karen and I were both home (since we weren't supposed to be at that time) and we went into panic mode as we got the couch out of the way and got towels and a container to catch the water an call our landlord. While dealing with the leak we discovered the ceiling fan was collecting water in the light fixture so i got the ladder out and tried to get the thing off so the weight wouldn't pull it down, but I ended up getting the water all over me, yuck! No time to shower before Sophon. We got it under control until someone could show up. Sophon came just after the water stopped and we eventually headed out to get dinner at The Meatball Shop. It was so yummy and we got so lucky... we were seated right away even though there were a bunch of people waiting... yay for being a party of two!

Then we went to Billy's bakery to get dessert... such scrumptious food inducing an ice box cake slice and caramel cheesecake. We left the ladder out just in case and Charlie the fool kept climbing up it so I had to put blankets on it to stop him.

Day 137/365 (December 1, 2014)

I woke up to a text from Ally asking me if I knew that The Princess Diaries were books before they were a movie... so i went to Sasha's room and took a picture of all her PD books and was like, yep! My day was spent at work and training, then coming home to find Charlie using the ladder to get into trouble.

Day 130/365 (November 24, 2014)

I don't want to write too much about it here on my very public blog but i will do a more private LJ post at some point. I had lunch with Hunter Parrish at The Grey Dog and it was just delightful and fun. I went over to Hope's place to talk about it and eventually Ally joined us and we got Burrito Box... yum! Both of my roommates were trying to bring me down about having lunch with him, but they just don't understand and it is my life I can do with it how I so choose. I just wish they could realize that they were ruining the fun a bit for me.

I got Pinkberry to kill some time before lunch since he was running late.

Day 129/365 (November 23, 2014)

Surprisingly wasn't sore from all that jumping yesterday! I got up early, made pumpkin waffles with apple cider syrup, and met Ally to go "meet Barnum" (the dog from Pippin) at Macy's. It was so funny because when we got there we were told we were not allowed to touch Barnum, and they handed out a rules sheet that said it twice.There was actually a decent line and I watched as everyone in line stood next to him and he was the perfect trained dog posing on his pillow at attention. Then when it was my turn and he saw me he abandoned his post and went after me sniffing, like hey pet me pet me. I was like I'm sorry they said I couldn't touch you and his owner looked over at me and was like oh ts you, you can pet him! so i gave him some TLC and then she was like I will have him stand up for your picture, he loves his fans... LOL I am apparently recognized by Broadway dogs as well. Then i went with Ally to a diner and was actually good!

Then it was home for some quality Lola time. She was very much into how boys stink and girls are great so she kept making signs that said Boys Stink and drew pictures of Sasha's vynlmation mice pretty well with stories. She also made me a necklace and told me the story of pregga nona with an Italian accent. We dealt with more leaky ceiling stuff when we noticed the wall by our pots and pans rack was also leaking. I also made cake balls, yum!

Day 127/365 (November 21, 2014)

Had my Jenny appointment... oops! Birthday fun had a bad result on me, oh well! Then I went to work and had a training session with Travis and spent some time with Penski. Naturally after working out the best thing to do is go get ice cream right? The Bug Gay Ice Cream Store and Shake Shack came together for the weekend only to create a holiday treat and I wanted it badly. Eggnog ice cream with some sort of cranberry pistachio crumble and pumpkin custard sounded like a win, plus the cup was so cute. Everything except the pumpkin custard was SO good, especially the egg nog ice cream! The custard however was not the right consistency :( however Ally (who met up with me) ended up being given a free apple gobbler by a worker for reasons unknown to us and it was STELLAR!

Then i went home and cleaned up to head to movie night since they were showing CLUE!

Day 124/365 (November 18, 2014)

Such a freezing cold day! I went to work for a few hours then I went to the gym. I met up with Ally and she kept me company while I made a Pumpkin Cake Cheesecake. Then she left and Andrey came over, then Karen came home and eventually I tried to make Apple Cider Caramels. It went wrong first because I burned the syrup and then it went really wrong because I heated it too high. The recipe said 252* so even though I though that was wrong because it was well past the soft ball stage I went with it... yea it ended up being hard as a rock, and my heart was very sad. I also picked up my birthday gift from Sephora and finally figured out my game plan for my birthday after being so indecisive.

I also was having a bit of sadness concerning my birthday. Sometimes I wonder why I still love my birthday so much and if maybe I should try to change that because I put too much pressure on myself to have a good time and have it live up to what I want the day to be I stress out and can't decide and it makes me sad. I also have a fear that no one will remember my birthday. I also found out that no one was making me a cake or cupcake or anything and that made me a touch sad. I don't expect stuff to be crazy elaborate but it would be nice to have it done for me. I mean I made the cheesecake cake on a whim so I ended up knowing I would have that for the eating and I know how much effort everyone, especially Sasha and Karen, put into making my day special so I knew I would feel the love, but still a touch sad.