Haven't been doing so hot lately. I'm off my meds because I can't get in to see my doctor, but she won't renew my prescription without an appointment, but she has no appointments... catch-22, etc. So I keep wavering between paralyzing depression and slow-burning rage. It's not exactly the best situation to be in when you have a full-time job and ( Read more... )

Yesterday was such a good day! I got to sleep in, all my clients were happy, I got a free drink with my lunch, and my employees bought me a cupcake. :D ( Read more... )

So remember that photo meme from like two months ago where people asked me to take pictures of my everyday life? Well, I finally finished it.

dugindeep asked for I know you're recovering, but when you're back to baking, I wanna see one of your fabulous desserts :-D
( These are sweet potato biscuits. They're more savory than sweet. )

Everyone at work loves my cheesecake and so they practically threaten me until I sign up to bring it to every party we have. Usually I make dutch apple, but I wanted a more festive flavor this year, so I came up with the below recipe.

Peppermint Mocha Cheesecake

Crust:
1 cup crushed Cocoa Pebbles
3 tablespoons melted butter

Filling:3 8oz ( Read more... )

The snow is really kind of beautiful from 7th floor view of Lake Michigan and the city. On the ground, not so much, as I learned on my trek 4 blocks south to the grocery store (and then 4 blocks back north, of course). The dogs were super-excited about it though; they ran around like crazy things outside. Now they're curled up together in their bed ( Read more... )

So. I have always wanted to be a pastry chef. But my parents insisted I go to college and get a bachelor's degree in... something. And I did (applied sociology) but then I panicked because what the fuck do you do with a degree in that?! Plus, I was super-young when I graduated (20 years old!). So I took a diversionary detour to graduate school in ( Read more... )

Holy shit, kids! There is a Supernatural roleplaying game that goes on every Saturday just blocks away from me. Tom and I are joining it in like two weeks. EXCITING!

Little Vietnam is just south-west of me, but I've never eaten there. Tonight, Tom and Jill and I went to Tank Noodle where I had pho for the first time. Delicious! None of us were ( Read more... )

I did the other half of my help_haiti baking today, which is red velvet cupcakes, right? So while I'm waiting for them to finish baking, I run down to throw a load of jeans in the wash. People keep on staring at me in the elevator and the laundry room and I'm like, what? Do I have something on my face ( Read more... )

Tom is like the best brother ever. He found all the episodes of Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place, downloaded them and set it up so the vidoes will stream from my PC to my XBOX so I can watch them on the big screen. OMG so excited to watch this again after all these years! Now to find the slash I used to read...

In other news, mutinous, my dogs are ( Read more... )

I've been sleeping a lot lately. To the point where it's actually detrimental to my job because I sleep through my alarms and then either have to call-in sick or say I'm working from home. It's not like my boss has said anything yet and he's cool with the working from home thing but I feel awful for having to do it ( Read more... )