What is the deal?

I don't know how many of you watched American Idol on Wednesday night. Because I had class, I taped it and watched it yesterday. I could not believe when Ryan Seacrest said they had over 97 1/2 MILLION votes the night before! Personally, I feel that this is getting a little out of hand.

It made me reflect on how much I know about what is going on in the world around me. Most Americans have no idea what is going on with the presidential campaign and world news, but we all know who won American Idol. I realized how guilty I am of this also. I don't know a lot about what is going on around the world. I hear things in passing, or as I'm flipping through the channels and just happen to land on the news station. It is sad!

When we were in Disneyland I was nursing Asher in the nursing station and I couldn't help but listen to the conversation of the two women working there. They were talking about a Nicole who was having a baby. I just assumed they were talking about someone they worked with, the way they were so casual about it. It wasn't until they started talking about Angelina being pregnant also, that I realized they were talking about celebrities. The way they just through around their first names like they new them personally was so funny to me. I have been thinking about how easy it is to become wrapped up in the lives of celebrities, or the latest tv show. This realization has made me want to commit myself to becoming more involved in better things. I can do so much better with the way I use my time!

And another class...

In addition to my music classes at UVSC, my sister, Camille, and I have also begun a cake decorating class. We have both talked individually about doing it, and finally decided we would take the classes together. Last Saturday was the second class of the first course. (There are four classes in each course, and four courses total.) So, I thought I would share some pictures of the first cake I made (from scratch, mind you!) and decorated. Don't laugh!

I decided to do the cake for my mom for Mother's Day. It is a yellow cake with raspberry jam/jello filling.

Here, the cake is completely frosted. It is very difficult to get it completely smooth with this kind of frosting. Which is so frustrating because I can be a little OCD sometimes. Just doing that took A LOT of work! It still bugs me that I wasn't able to get it smoother...?...yeah, I don't think that's a word.

And the finished product! I put those little colorful dots all around the sides too. The flowers were outlined by cookiecutters, but the "Mom" is all freehand. Mildly humorous...but it's my first cake.

These classes are a lot more work (and money) than we anticipated. I think I have more homework for this class than my three UVSC classes combined. But we have a blast! Hopefully someday I'll be good enough to make a little side money from it. But for now, I'm just having fun!

Back to School

Well, I'm back in school.  I haven't taken any classes for a year now and for some reason it feels different to me.  I guess it's just being a mom or something...I feel old.  :o)  It's an interesting feeling.  I look around me and the majority of students I see are single and looking for that someone special.  And as grateful as I am to be past that part of life, it makes me feel like I don't fit in the college atmosphere anymore.  I guess that is just part of growing up though.  

But I have realized how much I missed being in a learning environment.  I am so excited to go to my classes and to do homework.  Ok, I'm a little nerdy.  And taking piano, voice instruction, and music 1010 doesn't give me bazillions of hours of homework, so maybe that's why I don't mind it.  The next half of the summer semester will be a little tougher with ethics and values and elementary astronomy.  Anyway, this is a boring post.  It's mostly just to say that I'm back to school!