The internet went down in the transition between computers again, like last year. Also, like last year, the dogs have been trying to figure out where to sleep, now that their folks are back. They continued to stay with us for the first few days, but now I think they are finally settling back in at home now.
Thursday was Mom's birthday and her cake request was "The chocolate-er, the better". So I made a chocolate fudge cake, torted it and put chocolate ganache, chocolate-fudge pudding, and chocolate mousse between the layers. The whole thing was covered in a chocolate butter cream. I didn't want her to miss Alaska too much, so I put an elk and a small spruce-type tree on it for her. After we had eaten half of the cake, it was sitting on the table with a stiff evening breeze coming though the windows. When Mom went to get the cake to put it away, the top layer had slid right off the mousse and there was a large pile of chocolate goop on the table. . .It was OK, we just scooped it back onto the pile of cake remains for later.
Kaili had a great time at girl's camp this week and was totally exhausted when we picked her up yesterday. I think she fell asleep around 4:00 or so and didn't really rouse again until I prodded her at 8 this morning. Ron and I went to see "Julie and Julia" last night, it was very light-hearted and a very enjoyable movie.
This morning, my dad came over for a breakfast of biscuits & gravy, cantaloupe and chocolate cake remnants.
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hey maggie! just leaving a comment here so you can see where i am on blogger too. my family blog is on here and i'll just be using my multiply for fotofridays. :) i'll keep up with you probably on multiply though since you blog straight from there.
You are doing so well with all your cakes!!! this chocolate looks so yummy and is designed so well! Love the idea you had for Trevor's 8th as well. Jack just turned 8 a few weeks ago. What a special b-day!!!
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