Danka's World

I feel like posting but I have no topic, so WATCH OUT, randomness coming at ya.

• I am in the midst of baking cake. A lot of cake. My sister’s wedding is coming up. My Mom is doing the cake. She did my wedding cake ten years ago. She is a creative-type. But she’s not so big on the baking. And she only has a little convection / microwave oven. I like to bake. So I got roped in. We decided we should do a practice run. So I’m baking a practice cake, and later today, she will be coming over to decorate it. It will be three tiers, but we’re not bothering with the (giant) bottom layer today. I’ve got the middle layer in the oven right now – 16 cups of cake batter!!! And I still have to do the top. In a different flavor. But I don’t want to reveal too much.
• I’m dancing a little jig because ballet is officially over. I love taking the kids to ballet. I love watching them. I love that it is a thing the two kids share and enjoy together. I really love it, all year long – until the end of June that is. By the end of June I cry on Friday mornings, knowing what is to come in the afternoon. Truth be told, the kids seem to have had enough by then as well. The recital was last weekend and it was a great success. I was so proud of them I had tears in my eyes. But that deserves it’s own post. With pictures! I promise to get on that, soon.
• Also last weekend (I had a little calendar planning glitch that made last weekend a very busy one) I hosted a bridal shower for my sister. We had seventeen ladies packed in here on Sunday afternoon, and boy did those ladies eat. My kitchen help and I (thanks Grandma, Paige and Wanda!) made three appies and three deserts as well as fruit and the ladies devoured it all. It was great! My sister was spoiled with gifts. We did some crazy games. The weekend went off without a hitch thanks in large part to Matthew who mowed the lawn, pitched in with the clean-up, and even learned how to apply eyeliner perfectly so he could get the kids off to their second recital on Sunday while I was busy showering Amber.
• Grace was bopping around here a few minutes ago listening to her MP3 player. I asked her what she was listening to. “If I had eyes in the back of my head (Jack Johnson),” she rolled her eyes at me. “It’s my favorite.” As if I should know. Geez. Attitude much?
• Adora has a new hobby. Building things with hammer, nails and spare bits of wood from her Papa’s shop. A few weeks ago she brought home a sailboat she had built. On Sunday night we were out there for Matt’s brother’s birthday dinner (yes, after the shower and the recital) and we all sat on the deck shooting the breeze while Adora could be heard, down at the shop, hammering away on new creations. In a sundress, of course.
• Hello, blog traffic. Before posting today, I thought I’d take a look at my stats. I feared that with my major blogging slow-down my numbers would have dropped off completely. Nope. I have more visitors than ever. What the what? The other day I had as many as I did way back when I had the word porn in the title (most visitors ever). So hello to anyone who is new. Thanks for reading. Comments are always welcome!

Okay. That’s enough for today. I need to go stir up the next round of cake batter.

I’m not sure what we’re going to do with this cake. It smells delicious.