So, I was walking Sebastian a few mornings ago, minding my own business (as usual)...until I came upon a women who was cutting her front yard grassy patch. With SCISSORS. They appeared to be kitchen shears. In my mind I thought, "Hmmm, why not get yourself one of those handy-dandy human powered lawnmower thingys and save yourself some time, not to mention your back?". Yep, These were the Thoughts in my Mind. In reality, I began giggling uncontrollably and then Sebastian decided to lift his leg on her fence. tee hee~what on earth are people thinking sometimes?
Raining, yet again, and getting warmer and more humid, making for yet another great hair day. Luckily, my lovely sister-in-law turned me onto the absolute best curly hair stylist....no excuse me...he is an ARTIST...a few weeks ago and I have an amazing new haircut that allows me embrace my curls in all of their loveliness. Thanks, Jeni!
Ah, cupcakes. Chicago is filled with cupcake bakeries and every few months it seems as if another one opens. (Side note: yuppies don't mind paying $4 a cake for their uncontrollable, spoiled, bratty, misbehaving kids*) I follow a blog belonging to a fellow Chicagoan and she often writes about her cupcake searches too. On Wednesday, she had a cupcake mishap (her cat vomited on a box of cupcakes meant for a birthday celebration) and needed recommendations for a different bakery to purchase more~apparently, she frequents one particular bakery often and didn't want to go back in there to replace the vomit-ruined dozen. This reminded me to not only give her a good rec'o, but to also share my devout dedication to one Cupcake Bakery in particular here in Chicago-Swirlz, on Belden.
For those of you who know me personally or who follow my blogs, you know that my brother David passed away last August, leaving behind his wife and two teenage daughters. They came to stay with Scott and I for a few days before Christmas and had their first Chicago cupcake experience. My older niece, Ashley, is graduating from high school this Sunday (by the way, check out my family album of pics on myspace.com/gracefuldaisy for these gorgeous girls-Ash has red hair just like mine!), and in planning her party we couldn't decide on what kind of dessert would best emulate Ashley's personality and accomplishments of the last year. We decided on cupcakes and I began to investigate all avenues of cupcake purchasing vs. baking them myself...then the question of transporting them from Chicago to Green Bay in humid weather became an issue...I wrote a letter to the manager and owners of Swirlz and told them of my brother, his passing, his three precious girls, and their Christmas Cupcake Experience. I told them that I wanted to do something special for Ashley, as this was going to be the family's first big milestone since David left us, and a difficult one at that. I was hoping for some kind of courtesy discount, or maybe just a few free cupcakes on top of my substantial order for the party. What happened next is almost unbelievable~the wonderful people of Swirlz in Chicago not only embraced this tragic story and upcoming event with the care and concern you would expect of just close friends or family members...they were so touched by the story of my nieces and their perseverance and faithfulness and have donated, yes donated, every single cupcake necessary for Ashley's party. This is just another example of the goodness to be found within our communities, and proves yet again that my brother undoubtedly touched many lives and hearts without ever coming face to face with so many people. So, patronize Swirlz on Belden as often as you can if you live in Chicago~they have awesome cupcakes and friendly service! (Thanks, Paula, for all of your diligent attention to detail and for embracing our family during this time!) *oh, yeah, Scott and I DO have to transport above mentioned cupcakes x 150 somehow on Saturday! Pray for cool weather!*
I am trying to catch up on emails and such that have gone by the wayside this week, from our ancient desktop. Ugh. I was goofing around last night on amazon.com via the laptop (which also houses four years of my writings and ideas, and everything for my current school project), when suddenly it went dark. As in....lights out, good night, see ya later. Dark. And not coming back on. I have tried everything to troubleshoot the problem and the best I have been able to do so far is see the outline of my desktop icons and background picture...but, its still in the dark. It's going in today to those wonderful guys called the Geek Squad...so let's cross our fingers and hope for the best! I will be absolutely crushed if all of my material that has been written, edited, rewritten, submitted, denied, etc. is GONE. (Yes, I know...time for also purchasing external hard drive to periodically back things up. You'd think we would have learned our lesson a few years back...) So, if you try to email me this weekend with no response, its because 1)I am out of town (duh, didn't you read the paragraph about cupcakes being transported???) and 2)I will not have my trusty laptop with me for a few days.
On another side note...please do not tell me about the SATC movie if you see it before me!!! I can't see it until later next week and am avoiding any and all spoilers in regards to it....SO KEEP IT TO YOURSELF, PEOPLE!!!
Lovely weekend wishes to everyone.
Until again,
~Red
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