Belated Birthday

Happy birthday ... again, I should say. Let me explain. Okay, so Jeff's birthday was actually August 20th. But, I wasn't feeling very well. I wanted to make a cake because it was his 30th birthday ... but I was in a lot of pain. So, around 9 o'clock (at night) I decided I guess I'd better get to it. So, I made the cake. I was in a bit of a rush because I had started so late in the evening. Jeff had school in the morning, so he couldn't stay up too long. So, hurry I did! The timer went off, the cake was done, I pulled it out and began frosting it. When ... "uh, oh" that wasn't right! Why was the frosting melting? (My head just was not working that day) Oh, yeah ... if something is hot and you putting something that is soft and NOT hot on it, the outcome is: melting. I was so bummed. But, I couldn't stop then. So, I just thought, whatever! It'll still taste good, right? So, then I thought ... we don't have 30 candles and .... we don't have candles that are a 3 and a 0, so I'll just put candles in and try to form the 3 and the 0. I began putting them in and they started falling over. So, I thought, well, the cake is just warm so it is not holding up the candles well. I just kept smooshing them further and further down. Jeff walked in about that time, took one look at the "thing" (as I called the cake) and said, "is the frosting supposed to be clear like that?" I was really upset as it was, but this just really irritated me. Okay, so then it was time to light the candles and sing. We started lighting the candles and Jeff was helping me. I couldn't get to one because the fire was running up the match so I figured that I would lift up another candle to light it. As I lifted up the candle, there was only .... about 1/2 and inch of candle to hold on to. Then it hit me! The candles were melting, toooooo! That's why they weren't standing. Needless to say ... we did eat the outer edges of the cake. It actually tasted like a doughnut ... but, I made a promise to myself that once we moved and were settled in a bit, I would make another cake for him. So that is what I did last night (Sep. 13th) while he was at school. So, here are the pictures of a much more NORMAL looking cake! I don't want to show the other one! But, we do have it on home video so, uh, that'll be fun to watch!

Just a day in my crazy Cragun life!