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New website, cupcakes and early Saturday morning.

I (finally) converted my entire site over to wordpress! Bye-bye PHP. I also got rid of my “work” page, since that was mostly put up when I was looking for a job.  I started from the ground up, with a fresh Wordpress install, finding a nice simple theme that I could adapt to my needs and then eventually moving the blog itself to the root directory. No more “/blog” business.  Now that it’s front and center, I really need to update it

a cupcake I made once

Why am I awake at 8:00 on Saturday morning? Good question. I’d normally never see this side of a weekend, but I’ve taken on a part time job at the Cupcake shop my friend works at! I’m doing my first shift today – just a few hours training getting familiarized with processes and what not. I’m a bit nervous but mostly excited to use a different part of my brain, to be working in a real bakery, and to be working with my friend!

(I took cake decorating class with this friend, our passion for baking goes deep and so this should be extra fun).

This reminds me, I have to re-do the Anitabot icon with a chef’s hat. It’s actually somewhat appropriate now

Tags: baking, cupcakes, website

Friday Five List-o-Matic: 5 BEST things about Fall(Late Edition)

I flaked on giving you a list this weekend, so I’m making it up to you! Since today IS the first official day of fall, my favourite season, I decided to tell you why!

1) The Smell. Yup, it’s pretty obvious but that crispness in the air that almost hurts my lungs when I inhale – it reminds me of going back to school, possibilities, change, the future and all that can go well. Even though when I was in school I’d start slacking by the 3rd week – those first three weeks were full of so much promise!

2) Sweaters. Sweater weather is the most ideal weather, but it’s not just ANY sweater – it’s hoodies – actually being able to wear the hood I suppose. I wish I had one of those ponchos with pom poms like I had when I was little. You know the kind:

I was cuter.

3) Pumpkin Pie/Impending Gingerbread cookies. Not JUST pumpkin pie, but also turkey on thanksgiving and all those wonderful foods. My mom never made Turkey for thanksgiving, and I’d only RARELY get it for xmas. We did have family friends who indulged in this white custom and I loved it. Turkey, gravy, stuffing, potatoes… delicious – but perhaps the crown jewel of this meal is Pumpkin Pie. I eat so much of this stuff!  The best part is when the pumpkin pie starts to get scarce, I can be calmed by the fact that gingerbread is just around the corner!

4) Crunchy, colourful leaves.  Who doesn’t love this? Nazi’s. That’s who.

5) Halloween. Maybe I’m a secret goth kid… or just a kid… but dressing up in costumes is the best freakin’ idea in the world. No, I’m wrong, it’s the second best. The best idea in the world is BEING REWARDED WITH CANDY for dressing up in costumes. Seriously folks… does it get any better? No. Even if you don’t go trick-or-treating there are lots of benefits:
- Kids look less ugly and even cute
- Discounted halloween candy
- Being able to dress up! For some people this includes being able to dress up as a trollop… but I’m not on that list.

Anywho, that concludes my list. I know it wasn’t ground-breaking and well… it’s actually quite obvious because everyone loves fall and probably for the same reasons. Whatever.  I decided to not be a hater like I had been in my previous post.

In other news my friend Triton had a b-day party this weekend and I put together these:

TRI TON 30!

I didn’t put the smarites on it, they migrated from the other cake beside it. This was my 2nd time working with fondant, and the first trying to put it on a cake… ok, well cupcakes. that was easy. The real cake – didn’t turn out so well. Maybe next year.

Tags: autumn, baking, cupcakes, fall, fondant, list