Day 159/365 (December 23, 2014)

Busy busy day! I worked remotely for part of it... got help/distracted by Fred and Charlie, and spent the majority of the day baking.

Neil had hired me to make cupcakes and cake balls for his last day with cinderella that said "Later nerds" So that is what I spent the day doing, then I met up with him to drop them off and headed out to MA for Christmas.

It took over an hour to get out of the city traffic was so bad and my average speed was 9 MPH! AT one point i got to do 25 and felt like i was speeding... rough! Once i got out of the city it was basically smooth traveling.

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 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 107365 (November 1, 2014)

It was the day of the party. It was also not so much a good day and a good one at the same time.  I started by doing cake ball prep and then my mom called to say Nana wasn't doing too well and they thought she might die at any moment. Needless to say I was pretty upset. She ended up slipping into a coma later in the day. I feel so helpless and torn, but I don't handle emotions very well so I find it best to turn them off and compartmentalize. Luckily the party provided a good distraction. I made the chai cake balls and had fun splattering them with colors like Sasha wanted. Sasha and Karen did an excellent job of turning our apartment into Wonderland. I really remarkable job! The boys even dressed up, well Fred had a few costume changes, Charlie wasn't as cooperative but I love my behind the scenes shot of a kitty costume photo shoot! They even got Lola to record quotes from the book in her British accent and had it play in between the background music... donezo!

we played mao, psychiatrist, mafia, and just had a really fun time. Hope's white rabbit costume was AMAZING, as was Laura's Cheshire cat makeup. I enjoyed being Alice in Wonderland and Monique was Alice also, haha. I think me chasing Hope is one of the greatest pictures! I did stuff my face with all of the wonderful food... the macarons (those burger things) were a hit as were the cake balls. Sasha couldn't wait to try the macarons.

Day 106/365 (October 31, 2014)

Busy busy busy day! I had my Jenny appointment and did a bank errand. The appointment took a bunch of time because Shareen was running late, and it wasn't the best appointment because I was the exact same weight as the week before. I am okay with that since I over ate during the week and din't really get in much exercise since I was so busy. I came home, had breakfast, then got started on the tasks for the day. I made 56 cake balls and wrapped them individually, baked a cake for the cake balls for the party, made the pumpkin macarons... it was another baking explosion day. I also went over to New World Stages for a bit to help Marty and Marissa set up for the Halloween party.The place turned out to look super amazing!

I came home and did more work and then finally got ready. I went out to movie night to watch Rocky Horror Show... i do not like that movie after finally having seen it... nope! the music is catchy but nope! then I went downstairs to set up. The night went pretty well. People kept coming and I made a tiny profit. I got lots of great feedback and one scandalous bear thought he could help my business grow by giving me detailed instructions on how to get THC into butter to make the goods laced. I was like um thanks but ah no way! I mean he doesn't know me from a hole in the wall but if he did h would know that would never happen in a million years! I may have eaten a few of my cookies while there, oops! I enjoyed my costume as the sugar fairy and even more the fact  the only thing I bought for it was the cupcake patch and the sparkly fabric paint.