It's been a while...

It's been a while since I've taken the time to bake something pretty. Today I got to do it and it kind of gave me warm (but not too warm because it's flipping HOT outside) fuzzies all over.

I don't really have a lot to say except for I really enjoyed baking today. I made some Chocolate Peanut Butter cupcakes, a recipe from one of my favorite baking blogs Joy the Baker. Here is the recipe... she calls for everything organic, but I went for a different "o" word... that being off-brand. Who has the money to go organic? Not I, said the part-timed employed recent college graduate living with her parents...

Man, I'm in a funny mood. I guess it's the baking...

Sunday's Really Little Thing

Today concludes this series of "Really Little Things." Are you sick of it? I hope not... but if you are, don't worry, today is it:

Last week my brother Joel blogged about his love for oldies music, specifically 50s and 60s. I don't want to rip off Joel's post so you should really check it out here, just know that I concur with everything he said. I, too, loves oldies. And I, too, think my love can be attributed to this tape of oldies that we used to listen to when my aunts took us on trips with all of our cousins. We listened to songs like, "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini," "Lollipop," "Wake Up Little Susie," the list goes on. Man, do I wish we still had that tape.

Anyway, Joel sent me a text tonight reminding me that on Sunday nights our local oldies station plays just 50s and 60s. I turned it on and heard all sorts of classics, my favorite being "In the Jungle" because it made the heat outside seem a little more appropriate. It was just pretty great.

Alright, the finale: Sunday's Really Little Thing: Oldies

Saturday's Really Little Thing

So... I'm a little late on this one. I'm not going to lie, I fudged the numbers on this one and pushed it back an hour. The OCD-ness of my personality needs to look at the top of this post and see it was written on Saturday... even if it's a falsehood.

Saturday's Really Little Thing: JP Wine Bar

I wouldn't call myself a partier... not even a person that "goes out" on a regular basis, but my favorite place to "go out" is for sure JP Wine Bar. I love that place! It's got a crazy selection of wine... which I am just beginning to appreciate (although my favorite is still Moscato D'Asti which basically tastes like a glorified sparkling grape juice.) It's also a coffee house so it's got some good coffee (well, let's be honest, I don't really know what good coffee is, but this stuff tastes good to me.) The atmosphere is really chill, which I like. And it looks really cool...

Tonight I went out for a spur of the moment outing with Jessie. It was lovely... We sat outside (they have white lights hung in the trees which I love...) We drank yummy (and cheap, compared to how expensive wine can get) coffee. And we ate deliciously beautiful dessert... It was great! I love that place. If I had to choose a place to "go out" in Kansas City, I would choose JP Wine Bar every time.

Friday's Really Little Thing

I have 5 minutes to post this before Friday expires. Granted... I could always lie and change the post time, but I won't.

Thursday's Really Little Thing: Neighborhood Pools

I don't think I've ever realized that a neighborhood pool is something special. I thought pretty much everyone had them. My friend Katie is in town, and she is fascinated by the concept because they don't have neighborhood pools in Rochester, MN where she's from. I've been taking them for granted all this time.... So anyway, today we went swimming with my friend Jessie and her boys and it was great. And it was free! Well, minus the home owner's association dues that John and Jessie probably had to pay. But it was great... A pool that is quite the ample size, that's within walking distance of their home, that isn't too crowded with people, and is free (to me). It's quite the luxury and I loved the afternoon we spent there today.

There you have it, I made it just in time! Happy Friday!

Thursday's Really Little Thing

I love IMDB (Internet Movie Database, for those of you who are out of the loop). It's pretty much one of the greatest things that has ever happened in the film business (besides, you know, cameras, DVDs, HD, and all that stuff...) This is going to sound kind of funny... but I kind of have an IMDB in my head. Let me explain...

It's not like someone pops up on the movie screen and I think, "Zac Efron, born *blah blah blah*, became crazy famous as Troy on High School Musical, most recent release is a strange film about talking to dead people that is disguised as a chick flick..." No, the only skill I really have is telling you other movies that that actor (or maybe just their face, because a lot of times I don't actually know their names) has been in. Whenever I watch movies with my friend Mary she is constantly asking, "What's that guy/girl from?" and I tell her and I feel like I've really accomplished something.

Maybe I'm good at that game because I have a decent ability of recognizing faces. This "ability" also causes me to be that person who is always saying "she looks like..." (It's my dad's fault really, he does that all the time.) Tonight, for example, after seeing Charlie St. Cloud (weird movie) I have decided that my brother Joel looks just like Zac Efron and that my cousin Morgan kind of looks like the lead girl (I also thought the actor who played the small character Sully reminded me a lot of James Franco, and turns out... it's his brother. I'm amazing!) Other resemblances that I've decided on are that my dad looks like Tom Hanks (more in the Catch Me If You Can kind of way than the Sleepless in Seattle kind of way), my brother Cory looks like Ashton Kutcher, the guy from CSI looks like Chad Michael Murray... the list could go on, but you don't really care, so I'll stop

All you really need to know is that Thursday's Really Little Thing is IMDB (and the fact that I kind of have one in my head.) ¡Hasta el viernes!

Wednesday's Really Little Thing

I'm a single, 22 year old girl, but somehow, the majority of my friends are married with kids. I don't really know how it happened... but it did, and I love them.

One of the things that I love about having friends with kids is that they recruit me to help them bake their kids' birthday cakes. I love baking creations that are a bit more fun and creative. I love doing it alongside a good friend. And I love making it for a kid that I love. We have had some successes, and some, well, I hate to call them failures, but not such great successes. I think my favorite it probably Gracious's Princess Tiana cake and frog cupcakes. Eli's Cookie Monster cake was pretty fun too, although I have a long way to go in my character drawing.

Anyway, I made two cakes/cupcakes this week. The first, the lovely picture below, Liam's monster truck cake, would fall in the "not such a great success" category. We decided this could go on that website of bad cakes (Cake Wrecks, you should check it out, maybe you'll see ours on there...) Today I made Hulk cupcakes with my friend Corrie for her son Justice's birthday. They turned out pretty cute but I didn't have time to take a picture of them.

Alright, well, Wednesday's Really Little Thing: Baking Kid Cakes with My Friends. I love it!

Monday and Tuesday's Really Little Things

I haven't blogged in over a week... That kind of makes me sad. I had a busy week last week and nothing incredibly exciting happened, so I thought, "What is there to blog about?" Which makes me even more sad....

SO, this week, I have made it a goal, to blog about the little things... well, the really little things, that your typical blogger wouldn't waste their time writing about, but I am going to because I think it's worth the time. So, every day this week (although I didn't write yesterday, so today will count for both), I will be writing about the REALLY little things. Here comes Monday and Tuesday's:

Monday's Really Little Thing: Phase 10 App
I bought an iPod Touch last week and it's pretty great. The first game I bought was Wheel of Fortune (yes, I AM a loser). It's pretty fun... but not as fun as my new favorite, Phase 10. I love playing Phase 10 in real life... now I can play it all the time, and I'm not going to lie... I kind of HAVE been playing it all the time. Anyway, I love games, I love music, and I love being able to do both anytime I want. Therefore, I love the Phase 10 app.
Tuesday's Really Little Thing: Latte Land
I've decided Latte Land is my favorite coffee shop in Kansas City. It's a chain, but a small one, and Kansas City based, so I love that. They are owned by the same company as Kaldi's, my favorite coffee shop of all time. The employees are friendly. The coffee is good (you can get a large iced coffee for less than $3.) They decorate with green. The one at Briarclif has an amazing view of the city. I just love it.

Join me next time for Wednesday's edition of Really Little Things. :)