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4 May 2008 23:35It had been a horrid few days weather wise: driving rain, cold very strong winds. But today the sun came out and the winds, though strong, weren't as cold, and it was a lovely day.
We celebrated![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
longshadowsfall's birthday today, too, although she officially turned 17 a few days ago. Rotisserie chicken, yummy sides, and for dessert Dar made her one-of-a-kind gluten-free chocolate cake. Poor Maddie rarely gets to eat cake because of her allergy, and most gluten-free baked goods pretty much taste like cardboard anyway. But Dar, genius that she is, worked up the perfect recipe for a cake that's rich and chocolaty and has almost a brownie texture. Altogether delicious.
( And here it is )
Oliver came over to celebrate with the family, too, and while he was here we put him to work fixing various household breakdowns. For one thing, he fixed the front door handle so we can actually close the door behind us without locking ourselves out. Woo! (Anyone who's visited lately knows about the "Don't close the door!" rule.) He also took a look at the part that fell off my car this morning. Sigh. As I was backing out of the driveway, Dar suddenly pointed at something on the asphalt and asked "Is that part of your car?" I went back to check it out, and yes . . . yes, it was. Turns out it's the cover to the catalytic converter, and as long as I don't go flying over speed bumps or something wonky like that, it shouldn't really harm anything. And honestly? My car runs more quietly and more smoothly since it fell off. Lemonade - I'm making lemonade here, people.
It seems as if I spent most of the day half asleep (and sometimes actually snoozed out), so of course now I'm wide awake. Happily, there's a What Not To Wear marathon on TLC, and I am a sucker for Stacey and Clinton. Yupper, I'm still grinding those lemons into ade, guys. I shall leave you and commence to slurping.
We celebrated
longshadowsfall's birthday today, too, although she officially turned 17 a few days ago. Rotisserie chicken, yummy sides, and for dessert Dar made her one-of-a-kind gluten-free chocolate cake. Poor Maddie rarely gets to eat cake because of her allergy, and most gluten-free baked goods pretty much taste like cardboard anyway. But Dar, genius that she is, worked up the perfect recipe for a cake that's rich and chocolaty and has almost a brownie texture. Altogether delicious.( And here it is )
Oliver came over to celebrate with the family, too, and while he was here we put him to work fixing various household breakdowns. For one thing, he fixed the front door handle so we can actually close the door behind us without locking ourselves out. Woo! (Anyone who's visited lately knows about the "Don't close the door!" rule.) He also took a look at the part that fell off my car this morning. Sigh. As I was backing out of the driveway, Dar suddenly pointed at something on the asphalt and asked "Is that part of your car?" I went back to check it out, and yes . . . yes, it was. Turns out it's the cover to the catalytic converter, and as long as I don't go flying over speed bumps or something wonky like that, it shouldn't really harm anything. And honestly? My car runs more quietly and more smoothly since it fell off. Lemonade - I'm making lemonade here, people.
It seems as if I spent most of the day half asleep (and sometimes actually snoozed out), so of course now I'm wide awake. Happily, there's a What Not To Wear marathon on TLC, and I am a sucker for Stacey and Clinton. Yupper, I'm still grinding those lemons into ade, guys. I shall leave you and commence to slurping.
