So... Friday the future in-laws came, and it was a good time. We went to Old Spaghetti Factory, and it was delicious. They also like our place. I made a devil's food cake with chocolate buttercream frosting and royal icing snowflakes. Made it all myself. Turned out kinda crappy though since I forgot to flour the cake pans (all we had for flour was soy flour, and I thought that that was weird - didn't know how it'd taste) so when I turned the cake out it broke up and looked ugly. Then I forgot a step in the buttercream frosting so it was kinda oozy. So broken cake + oozy frosting = moving cake chunks. But it tasted delicious. Inbetween the layers I added mint extract to the frosting so it had a slight mint taste. Num.
Saturday we went to Hinckley. I pointed out to Andrea and Leanne 'locations of interest'. We even got to go down Main Street (haha) because I had to drop off a library book. Andrea thought that my high school was teeny. Which it is, compared to hers I am sure. Then I pointed out the Fire Museum, and we stopped at Tobies for gas and Andrea got her dad a caramel roll. Then I pointed out the Honey House which my mom's dad used to own, and the place I had my accident, and my house, and all kinds of fun stuff. When we got to Peggy's there were a few people there. Lena Frye showed up! She said that she was all surprised and happy that I invited her. I was shocked she did, but it was nice. She seems to have settled down, she's still with her Burlington Northern boyfriend, and his 9 year old daughter. She lives with him now in Rush City, and still works slots at the Casino. Jaime was there too, it was so good seeing her again. I felt bad because I felt like I neglected people because everyone was talking to me at once. I couldn't keep stuff straight! And the wine that Peggy kept giving me didn't help. I felt bad for Andrea and Jennifer because they were stuck in the corner, and I hardly got to talk to them there. I hope they had a good time, though!
Yesterday we went to the MOA to do some shopping. Then we came back and Alissa and Tony were here packing up some of Alissa's stuff so we could put out stuff we got for our shower. I got all of the Fiestaware that we registered for! I can't wait to put it in the cupboards and see how pretty they all look together. :) It was a great time.
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1 comment:
Nice attempt with the cake! At least it wasn't eggy. I've had cakes before where there was a partial fried egg in it. Not good. Haha!
As I was reading about Saturday, I was sad that I couldn't make it! :( It sounds like it was a good time though! I'm very surprised Lena showed up as well. Last week Mark and I watched our 'music videos' from high school and I wondered aloud what ever happened to her. You will definitely have to AIM me about that.
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