I made this just for Sarah! I hope she will like it…

(Click on the image to enlarge it if you’d like to.

I woke up early this morning so that I could make a treat for my family…Coffee Cake!  I decided to take pictures along the way so I could share them with my readers.

Soooo…let’s get started, shall we?    

First, I had to set the oven for 350° …

While the oven warmed up,

I sprayed pan with cooking spray …

Once I got all the dry ingredients together,  

I had to whisk ‘em in with an egg and some water…

Now that it was all mixed up properly,

I spread half of the mixture into the bottom of the baking dish…

 

Once there was a fairly level layer of batter

in the bottom of the baking dish,

I grabbed a measuring cup and filled it

with a mixture of cinnamon, sugar,

and other such numminess….

At this point, I sprinkled a lovely layer

of said mixture over the entire pan of batter.

Now that I’d done that,

I had to create different little globs of batter

on top of the cinnamon and sugar concoction…

Once the globs of dough had been made,

it was time to sprinkle more of the

cinnamon and sugar stuff over the top…

As you’ve probably picked up on by now,
there’s pretty much a layering effect going on here.    

Anyway….here’s what it looked like after I’d loaded up the glob layer with the cinnamon/sugar tastiness…

At this point, I grabbed a butter knife and swirled it around a bit…mixing the dough up a bit.           

I really got that knife in there and mixed it around a bit….

I was going for pretty much a marble looking effect…

So, now that all the layering is done,

it’s time to slide the Coffee Cake into the ol’ oven!

Can’t forget to set the timer!

And now that it’s in the oven,  

it’s time to make myself a big ol’ tumbler of coffee!

Can’t forget the Hazelnut creamer.

It makes the world go ’round! 

After a while had gone by and I’d already ingested a tumbler of coffee,

I figured I’d better check on the Coffee Cake

to see how well it was coming along…

Not only was it looking totally flippin’ killer,

but it was smelling soooo good, too! 

I was chillaxing and doing my best to be patient

when I finally heard the timer go off!          

YAY! Time to take the tasty treat out of the oven!!!

Ooooh boy! I can’t begin to tell you

how good that thing smelled!        

Here it is cooling on a rack!

Lastly, here is a picture of the sacred

Coffee Cake with a piece cut out of it…

I can’t express how good this thing was!  

My daughter and I sat on our stools next to the counter

and slowly ate our hunks of cake.        

I made this for my BFF, Sarah, a little while ago. I’ve already posted it on My.Opera and on Sarah’s MySpace page, but I want to post it here as well. The whole wide world needs to know that Sarah is the best friend ever!

Here’s what I posted on My.Opera:

I haven’t used Photoshop for anything fun lately, and I’ve missed it greatly. I’m still working with Photoshop, but it’s all business related.         I’m burned out with the business junk.

I decided that all work and no play makes Karen super pissy, so I just had to make a special graphic for my BFF, Sarah.     

Sarah - I love you lots! Thank you for always being there to cheer me up and remind me that there really are good people in the world.     

Here’s what I made…
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(FYI: Everything in the picture (other than the pictures of Sarah & me) was computer generated by little ol’ me. )

 Hooray for bouncing cupcake bullets!

Although I’ve had a pretty long day and am fairly tired, I’ve decided to stay up and get some stuff accomplished. This Random Randomness© is one of those things.

I’ve come across some really awesome stuff online lately! The first thing I want to tell you about is a Twitter application called Toro. It’s a brand new application, so it’s still in it’s development/beta phase. Both Casey and I have tried it, and I think she will agree when I say that it’s really freakin’ cool! Anything that can keep up with my babbling as well as Toro does must be pretty awesome!  

I found out that the value of my blog has increased! It’s now worth $4,516.32. w00t! Isn’t that awesomely awesome? Then again, it doesn’t really matter. I don’t see anyone pounding on my door with a bag full of cash…begging to buy this thing!

Even if someone was pounding on my door wanting to buy this thing, I’d not sell it. I’m not a blog pimp, for cryin’ out loud! GOSH!

I know I’ve been talking a lot about Twitter…can’t help it. I love the thing. Anyway, if you’re a Mom and you like Twitter, you might consider joining Twitter Moms. I’ve not joined yet, but I’m seriously considering it.

We have an upright freezer in our garage. It’s basically a back-up freezer so we don’t have to go shopping as often. We just fill that sucker up with frozen food, and we’re good for a long time. Well, I sent my daugher into the freezer earlier this evening, and when she came back into the house she mentioned that there was water in the freezer.       Water? In the FREEZEr? Umm, yeah. So, I hauled my keister into the garage, flung the door of the freezer open, and discovered that the stupid thing is no longer freezing our food!    :mad:   I have absolutely no idea what happened, but it’s dead. Lonnie and I made about 23948732 trips from the garage into the house with our arms and hands full of the food that was in the freezer. Luckily, we discovered the problem before any of the food could go bad. Instead, I’ve been cooking all of this food! Once frozen food thaws, you can’t refreeze it…unless you enjoy getting violently ill. So yeah…I’m a tad less than thrilled about the whole thing.

Overheard.it pwns!

I need to remember to write a note to my daughter’s teacher before I get off of my computer…whenever that’ll be.

I put in an application with the Tag Society, but haven’t heard back from them yet. I hope I get accepted.

I have no idea why I hope I get accepted. I just do.

I’m going to the doctor again tomorrow…for my back/neck issues. I still have yet to find a regular doctor here in Vancouver. I tend to procrastinate being seen by doctors…I hate them.

I sold another text link ad to a company. I can’t say which one because I don’t want them to pull their ads…but I’m very excited about it! Now if I could just get my site to load at a normal speed again, I’d be totally content with it!

Speaking of my blog being so slow…I spoke with Lonnie about it a little while ago. He said that he thinks he’s just going to move it to a different server (again) and see what happens. He’s just gotta find the time to do it.

I’ve been sleeping on my stomach a lot lately. Not sure what that’s all about. I generally lay on my left side.

Ever wish you could be ordained and therefore be able to legally marry people, park in clergy spots, perform funerals…etc.??? Well, now you can! Believe it or not, it’s completely legal!  

I spoke with my Dad on the phone earlier. He is doing so much better! He sounds like he’s back to his usual self…and he said he’s even back to his usual routine. I can’t tell you how relieved I was to hear that! I’ve been SO worried about him.

My upper lip keeps itching. Grrrr! I’m about ready to rip it off!

My Mom starts her new job on Monday. I’m really hoping it’ll be a job she likes and is happy with. When she’s not happy, I’m not happy.

I’m going to head over to a neato site I just found and fill out the registration form! Thanks again to everyone for being so patient with the lagging going on around here. You guys rule!