I THINK MY HEAD IS ON BACKWARDS

O.K., not really backwards, but it sure seems like I

meet myself coming and going sometimes.

Friday night was my daughter's graduation party.

We delayed it since she went down south for a

month after graduating. We had a great time

with 45+ people showing up to wish her well

and share in the celebration.

Today I made lunch and delivered it to the

city employees for a meeting. Homemade

bread with turkey, ham, cheese, tomato

and lettuce, pasta salad and a chocolate

chip bar. One lady has allergies, so I made

her chicken salad, baked potato chips

and an apple.

This is our neighbor that lives here part time. He has a

nice boat, all the best fishing gear, & LOVES to fish. The 

thing is, he doesn't eat much salmon. Lucky us, he is a 

generous man and gives us all the fish he doesn't want,

including this 20 pound beauty!

Before...

after...smoked salmon!

If you put your nose up close to the screen you may be

able to smell the delectable aroma.

I had a visitor this week. Nathaniel came with his

mom so I could help her decorate his big brother's

birthday cake. He is such a good baby, very happy

and lots of smiles all the time. Plus he did a lot

of this, which helped since we were quite busy

with frosting and sprinkles.

Here is the birthday boy's finished cake! He

loves Jack's Big Music Show, so that's who we

put on the cake. I made the image from royal

icing and the notes are made of fondant.

My little Min Pin hates to have his toenails

clipped. In desperation we tried the dremel

tool last night because I had heard from a

groomer that dogs sometimes will tolerate

it better than the clippers. It seemed to work

well by grinding the nails instead of cutting

them but as you can see by his face he still

hates to have his nails messed with.

Pictures from the graduation party...

my little niecie-poo with a Jesus

fish cookie.

I made a small 6" cake for my daughter since 

there were so many other desserts to eat.

She asked for a lime green zebra cake, so

that's what she got. The butterflies on it

were made of rice paper, so the whole

cake was edible.

Dessert table on the right, appetizers on the left. In the

round dishes on the very right of the dessert table were

chocolate maraschino cherries--YUM.

You need to use the cherries that have the stems on.

Simply melt different types of chocolate in a double

boiler, drain the cherries on paper towels and then

dip them in the chocolate. Set them on waxed paper

to set up, use the fridge to speed the process.

They were very easy and a big hit with everybody.

Special Request: I would appreciate your prayers

for my mom. She is going through some health

issues and will soon be having surgery. My sister

and I will be flying to be with her and I surely

would appreciate your prayers for everything

to go well, for very little pain for my mom and

for an extra speedy recovery.

Thanks so much and I will be updating as I

can from WA state.