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Failed Macaron Diary

Entry #1

This was my first time making macarons outside of a controlled environment (i.e. a commercial kitchen of a wonderful macaron goddess) and let me tell you I have complete macaron fail over here.

I can't tell you where or how it went wrong, but this is a learning experience for me.  I might not have whipped my eggs enough, or let them "rest" for long enough, or maybe I let them dry for too long.

So instead of fluffy macarons, I have pancakes and cracked domes... I will try again, but I think you need a PhD to bake macarons.

On to the next batch...

It's Official

I took the plunge and created a website, go take a look and let me know what you think.

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The time I planned a party

I love planning parties, better yet I love decorating for parties. A few months ago I started planning Lily's 11th birthday. She decided she wanted a carnival/circus and her colors were red, white, yellow and some blue. I have to admit that when I so something I go all out.

Like any other normal human being my search began on Pinterest. I'm pretty sure I looked at thousands of pictures and websites and pinned the few that I liked. 

I had to really figure out how to do this properly since I live in a small 2 bedroom apartment. It all started with a map and then it was magical. So much hard work and it was so worth it. I heard one of the girls say "best party ever" that's all I needed.

Throw back Thursday

I am such a firm believer of documenting our lives through photographs.  Personally, I have the memory of a gold fish.  Better yet, I am Dori from "Finding Nemo."  As anyone that knows me, if it wasn't for my planner and my journal I would be lost in space.  I wouldn't even know what day it is.  Someday I will build up the courage to share it with everyone.  It's difficult since I write EVERYTHING down in there.  EVERYTHING!!!!

 

Here's some oldies but goodies of me when I was younger!

 

Savings in 2014

One of my goals this year is to save money. Save a little or save a lot, it doesn't matter I just want to save something for a  rainy day. Last year my rainy day was the dog getting sick. That cost about $1700. In 2014 I plan on saving through my 401k and also some cash at home. I'm trying this weekly challenge and so far I'm doing good with it. Towards the end the weeks get a little more expensive so I may jump around and save what I can every week. I may also try the $5 plan. Every time I come into possession of a $5 bill you save it an an envelope. Every month I'll give an update of how my savings is going.

Patience on a saturday afternoon...

*** I wrote the below post on Saturday, and now reading it again it makes me laugh. Yes it aggravated me to death that I was waiting for a train that would never come but at least I was able to keep dry....

I have found that sometimes the smallest of things push me over the edge. For example today A checked the train schedule and told me to be at the train by 4:05. However for some reason something told me to check the time again and the train doesn't get here until 5:57. OMG I saw stars. I wanted to throw something.  So here I am waiting to get picked up. Lucky me. Maybe if I was more patient I wouldn't care as much. So I will relax and think happy thoughts.