TWD~Berry Surprise Cake

This was a Berry good lesson in following directions! I did not do a Berry good job! The Surprise is that I am Berry bad at egg ribbons and egg diva cakes. I'm Berry MAD!

Actually, Im not mad... but just really disappointed.

I think I might turn this into Berry Surprise Cup Cakes.

My cake came out flat as a pancake. I was warned that it would by countless TWD bakers. I used a 9inch Springform, thinking I could defy gravity.

So with my pancake, I decided to be resourceful and skip hollowing out the cake (because I physically couldn't) and thus just spreading the filling on top.

The filling was delish, after adding more sugar. The berries in the filling were sublime. The berries and filling on top of the cake... YUCK!

My cake tasted like thick eggs! I do not like thick egg cake, Sabro I am!

It looked pretty though.

My only hope is to make some more filling, salvage the berries and whip up some cupcakes or something? I have no clue. Because I REFUSE to serve this to anyone!

Whoa is me.

Birthday Frolics

My birthday was perfect. Mellow and relaxing, yet fun and friendly. I spent the day doing a little bit of this and a little bit of that. A trip to my favorite part of Minneapolis, Linden Hills. A giant cookie at Turtle Bread Bakery and a walk around the neighborhood.

Back home in time for dinner at my favorite restaurant Babanis.

Babani's serves Kurdish food, it's really really delicious! The bread! Oh the Bread!

I had dinner with 3 of my besties... Shannon, Ellen & Kelly AKA, Tweaker, Nellen and Bangs.

During the course of our meal my phone wouldn't stop ringing, of course it was Heather of the EO. And after the 10th time she called (okay second time) I answered to find her and Kate wondering what I was up to. They were in St. Paul, we were in St. Paul. Perfect!

We finished our dinner, made a quick stop at Candy Land... and no I did not get stuck in the Molasses Swamp (that was courtesy of the smartest person I've ever worked with).

The gangs collided at Fabulous Ferns and we had Fabulous fun!

I even shot some deer with my shotgun! Bang Bang!

Thanks for the many many many many well wishes on my birthday. My phone, inbox, comments and Facebook were blowing up with greetings.

Sunday I also had a lovely birthday lunch with my family. We not only celebrated my birthday but Kyle getting his LMFT and Chris and Jen's engagement! A new crazy person to add to the mix! Go Robideaus!

P.S. Sorry I ditched your party Nori! Fake Aunt Sabro still loves you sugar!

32 is the New 5!

Believe it or not, this picture was actually taken of me when I got up this morning. I swear I age in reverse! Just call me Benjamin Button.

The day before turning 23, I mean 32.

Am I really turning 32?! People often think I'm a lot younger then I look. Blame it on good genes I suppose, or are they all saying I'm immature? Either way, take it for what it is, Sabro is turning 32 tomorrow!

I have the day off of work today. Actually there are no kids at school today, but the teachers have to be there for meetings all day. Reason #527 that I do not teach.


I'm still in my pajamas, cleaning and organizing. Getting my affairs in order before the big change over. That sounds grim. But I'm going to be honest with you. Having a birthday so close to the New Year gives me a security net of sorts. I plan to make changes starting the New Year... the first few weeks I don't do so well and then I get a second chance on the 17th to start fresh.


Tomorrow I have a wonderful day planned... but I will write more about that once it happens.


I really don't mind turning 32. Really I don't. I'm right where I'm supposed to be. I'm happy.

Happy shout out to Nie who is blogging again! I love that girl. Never met her, prolly never will.. But her and her hubs have been through a long and difficult recovery from a plane crash. It was great to see her post something she wrote herself. I cried. What a miracle.

quirky cupcakes

Things I love:

*random fun
*quirky videos
*catchy songs
*cupcakes
*this video

The Blow, True Affection

Awards make me feel warm

Baby it's so mother flippin' cold outside. Tonight a low of NEGATIVE 24 degrees. Wind chills are supposed to be in the NEGATIVE 30-50 below ZERO degrees tomorrow. Not right. Just not right.

I am thankful for a cozy house.

And a warm bed.

And a garage to park my car in.

and a blog award to put on my blogger side bar mantle.

A lovely gal named Heather that I think is the bomb and seriously we are separated at birth gave me two really special awards!!! This Heather is not EO, but Heather of the many blogs. Check her out, she is all knowing in everything from books, movies, fashion, television, twilight and every day radness. Plus she is wicked smart!

Start HERE and then go to her profile when you are done there and read all her other cool blogs!

Thanks friend!

These are the awards:

Heather says they stand for this:

"the Prémio Dardos Award for recognition of cultural, ethical, literary, and personal values transmitted in the form of creative and original writing, and the Butterfly Award, for all-around coolness."

I am going to pass these along to the January birthday girls:
Megan of SoS (Nori can share with you)
and
Julie of A Spot on the Sopha.
Happy Birthday!

NO TWD TODAY

I wasn't able to make the Savory Corn and Pepper Muffins that we were supposed to make this week. Partly because I'm not a big corn muffin fan and there was a snow storm here yesterday and I didn't feel like making an unnecessary stop at the grocery store.

However, I would like to make these at some point, because unlike sweet corn muffins these corn muffins reduce the sugar and you get to add chili powder and jalapenos! That is my kind of corn muffin, sweet and savory. Although I could probably do without the whole kernels of corn in the muffin... that kind of frightens me. But I would be willing to give it a shot.

I now have to get back to work, hoping that they are kind and turn up the heat at the school... since there will be a high of NEGATIVE 2 degrees today. barf.