Hardwood Floors, City Views, and Mike on a Stick!

Today is day 2 of playing catch up on my 365....
Here is the next set!

October 13 2010

Remember how Caesar ate the hallway carpet? Well it turns out it was hardwood floor and looks awesome!!

October 14 2010
Making spiced apple cider! YUM! It makes my house smell wonderful!

October 15 2010
This is a view of St Paul from the Wells Fargo building. My company was involved in a lawsuit and I had to be part of the trial. I met with our company's lawyers in this office, with this amazing view!

October 16 2010
I went on a Photo Safari in downtown Minneapolis. We walked around for 4 hours with professional photographers who taught us new tricks. This was one of my favorite shots. I especially love the reflections!

October 17 2010
I know its blurry, but I just love this photo of Sookie and her little grin. Don't you want to squeeze her?!

October 18 2010
This is my double wreath that I made just for the Autumn season.

October 19 2010
I took this one with my cell phone. I came into the room and saw Caesar and pulled his bed and Sookie's bed together to make himself one big bed. Think he's trying to tell me something?

October 20 2010

The final farewell to my work spouse, Mike. I'm really going to miss working with him.
That's all for catch up part II!

Oops! I'm Really Behind!

So much for keeping up on my photo posts! Over the next few days I'll get myself caught up....this way you arent bombarded with one big giant photo post.
Sooo....here is where I left off...
October 8 2010

This is a going away party for my "work spouse" Mike (white shirt next to me). He has been my best friend at work, and is transferring out to California.

October 9 2010

My friend Heather and I attended the Minneapolis Zombie Pub Crawl. It was this crazy night of zombies and yelling about brains!

October 10 2010

I have been waiting all season for my morning glory to bloom and here it is!

October 11 2010

Awww! My pups napping together. So cute.

October 12 2010

Sookie turned 2 years old! This is her enjoying her birthday "pupcake"!

The Dog Ate What?

September 27 2010

I got something in the mail from my sister. I noticed this stamp and had to chuckle. My sister's name is Lisa Simonson. Heh heh. Love it.

September 28 2010

I made Cars cupcakes for a 3 year old's birthday. Sadly, this was the only photo that turns out.

September 29 2010

I had a particularly tough day at work, so when I came home, I laid down under the tree in my backyard to enjoy the nice weather and take a few minutes to myself. I took this photo while relaxing there.

September 30 2010

Since my sister moved back home, I realized how much time I really spent with her, and how few friends I really have. So I joined a group, Hip Chicks, on Meetup.com. I got the courage to attend one of their events. It was a demonstrative dinner at the Thai restaurant Sawatdee. Supenn the owner, walked us through a 3 course meal and how to recreate it at home. I met some fun ladies and ate some awesome Thai food (also a first for me!).

October 1 2010

It may be the start of fall, but this plant is in full bloom in my front yard. Love it!

October 2 2010

I've recently redone my bathroom and am looking to create some art for the walls. This was a photo I took and edited. I'm not sure if it will make the final cut, but I do kind of like it.

October 3 2010

In recent weeks, its come up a few times that I was the Cedarburg Strawberry Princess back when I was little. To prove it, I photographed the newspaper clipping. Here I am, in my Strawberry Shortcake glory....1987.

October 4 2010

The last harvest of the season.

October 5 2010

For fun, I made some Jack Skeleton Oreo Pops!! You can check out my post on these guys here.

October 6 2010

I'm taking a community education class here at the Winnetka Learning Center.

October 7 2010

This is a photo of my destroyed hallway. Yep. My dog ate the carpet. We have been leaving our dogs out of their kennels in small increments of time when we aren't home. We restrict their access to the kitchen and this hallway. Normally they do really well. In this last week, Caesar, my big dog, destroyed his bed. Now, he destroyed our carpet. He was doing great during the last 2 months. I suspect its a combination of leaving him out for too long, too soon, and not having enough toys to keep him busy. Needless to say, this was the whipped cream on my sundae today!

Boy thats a lot of cookies!

September 6 2010

This is a little tin man that is in the Shingle Creek Community Garden.

September 7 2010

Harvest from my garden and fresh baked zucchini bread.

September 8 2010

Brand new dishes! I reached my 5 year anniversary at work. I got to pick out an item of my choice from a gift catalog, so I decided to get us new dishes.

September 9 2010

You know its fall when I have to bust out my blankets....this is Sookie's favorite blanket and she wasted no time getting snuggled in.

September 10 2010

Sookie fell asleep like this on top of the couch. How cute is that?

September 11 2010

I saw these at Target and took a photo to remember later. They inspired a project I hope to do soon.

September 12 2010

A view of the art fair at Centennial Lakes. All local artists selling their work. It was pretty cool to see and really inspiring for new projects!

September 13 2010

A shot of my messy kitchen. Let the excessive baking begin!

September 14 2010

Working on decorating cookies. Chaos, its how I work.

September 15 2010

A flower in my garden.

September 16 2010

A new friend in my garden.

September 17 2010

It has arrived!! I pre-ordered Bakerella's new book. I love her blog and cant wait to master cake pops....they are harder than they look!

September 18 2010

I went on a themed pub crawl. The theme was "Incognito, come as you are not". We were asked to dress in black, wigs, and accessories. I chose to go in this black wig. It was a huge hit and super fun to don an alter ego.

September 19 2010

These are the cookies I have been working on. That's a 6 foot table. A total of 190 cookies.

September 20 2010

Progress! The pear cookies are finished!

September 21 2010

160 cookies were from my "Perfect Pear" collection. I sent 80 pairs of pears to a wedding in Las Vegas. I sent the bride and groom this little thank you gift. Its a bride and groom "pear" and a paint chip cake card. That card is actually the first form of scrapbooking I've done in months. I really miss it! Wish I had more time. =(

September 22 2010

Another flower from my garden.

September 23 2010

A coworker gave me a small vase of flowers from the plant on her desk. They are so cool looking! For the longest time I thought that plant was fake!

September 24 2010

Its officially fall! I had to buy some pumpkins! I cant wait to carve these!

September 25 2010

Homemade Candied Apples. I made these for my Autumn Harvest party.

September 26 2010

Some of the autumn decor in my house.
Thanks for checking out another update of my 365!

Gaga for Cakes!

Here I am making a whole hearted effort to stay on top of posting my 365 photos. Shall we check out the latest?
August 26 2010

I find inspiration all over for new craft projects. This brought about some ideas for an upcoming French themed party I'll be having.

August 27 2010

Sookie is trying to escape our backyard by crawling under the gate. This is as far as she can get though!

August 28 2010

I have no idea what this weird fruit (or veggie?) is at the Farmer's Market, but it looked cool.

August 29 2010

Sneak peek at a cake I did for a little girl's birthday party.

August 30 2010

Me and my doggies. Also, a sneak peek at my August party as part of my blogging party challenge over at my other blog Fairytale Frosting.

August 31 2010

At the Lady Gaga show at the St Paul Xcel Energy Center. Best. Concert. Ever. Seriously.

September 1 2010

Hanging with my girl Jorden who was visiting from Port Washington. She is an amazing makeup artist and works for MAC Cosmetics. Luckily, MAC sent her to Minneapolis for some training so we got to hang out!

September 2 2010

Baking loads of cakes for the Penkwitz-Rokus Wedding.

September 3 2010

On my way to Port Washington for the Penkwitz wedding, I stopped off to meet my old roommate Amy, for lunch. Amy was my roommate waaaaaay back in 2001 when we lived in Scotland. She also brought her Scottish hubby, Louie who I haven't seen in years either. Loved hanging with these two and loved hearing the Scottish accent! Miss these guys!

September 4 2010

Me and the Groom, Brett. I did the wedding cake for them, my first ever. Huge success! Head over to my other blog for details on the cake!

September 5 2010

The drive back to MN was a long one. To entertain myself I took photos along the way. This makes me think of the movie War of the Worlds. These windmills look like creepy alien vessels or something. It really freaks me out.

So that's this week's post. It was a crazy busy week, but everything turned out awesome!