Double Rainbow!

One of my co-workers had a birthday yesterday and I was the treater. I was thinking of just buying a cake but opted to bake one instead! Then I remembered that I've seen some pretty cool looking pictures of rainbow cakes and I wanted to try to make one of those! I smell something interesting! And cakey!

So I went to the store and got the goods! Funfetti is only the best cake known to man so I decided a rainbow funfetti would be freaking amazing!!!!

As per the directions I mixed up the dough in a large bowl... oh wait I don't have a large bowl, a pitcher had to do!

It was actually good that I used the pitcher, made it easy to pour into separate bowls for colorin!

And this is where it gets colorful!

Yay! That was fun I then randomly spooned the colors into some cake pans.

The green reminds me of the slime on Nickelodeon game shows! Then it was time for bakin and frosting! I was tempted to color the frosting but I thought it would be way more fun to use white frosting and make the cake cutting a surprise!

The unsuspecting cake! It was a little lopsided but who cares! You're just going to eat it! Then the moment of truth...

Tada! Successful Double layer Rainbow cake! My children are soooo getting rainbow cakes for every birthday!! This is the most fun cake I've ever eaten!

Omigosh it's so cute... and interesting I might add!

Filming places....

So, I had good intentions of posting weekly but then 12 hour days got in the way and I don't know about you but I don't feel like doing anything but laying in bed after a HOT day in the sun!

So for my first interesting thing(s) I've done....
Filming at a dairy farm!

This is Caballero Dairy at sunrise... yes sunrise, it's beautiful! What's not beautiful is waking up 2 hours earlier than sunrise to get this shot... but that comes with the job. I'm okay with that and I know these short films that we are making are really going to give people a true glimpse at life on a dairy farm. I'm so excited for these to be done!

I also got to shoot some scenes in a dairy processing plant (thank you Kroger) and a grocery store (thank you Bashas) and a house with a family (thank you Weight family)

It was a grueling 2 week schedule, I even got sick right before filming so that wasn't fun but I'm proud to say I survived and I can't believe I'm in charge of such an incredible project!

I also got to stare at cute faces like this all day!! I love cows!

Challenge! One solo interesting thing a week

So I've been thinking about this for the last few weeks and finally decided... what the heck! it might be fun! Since Jon is gone most days now, I don't really have a ton of stuff to do so I think challenging myself to do one interesting thing a week will be exciting. I'm pretty sure my current routine of watching "I survived" and "30 Rock" on Hulu is considered very uninteresting so, I can only go up from here!

I actually already have some pretty interesting things lined up this week for work! Special project!! I'll update next week on my quest to be the most interesting woman in the world!

Wish me luck!

The Un-married Life...

Well here I sit again... I will try not to be so sporadic (ie non-existent) in my postings, but who are we kidding here!?



My wonderful BF of almost 3 years has gotten a job in Payson, and I am on my second week of not seeing him daily. There were no tears shed this goodbye around but I do miss him like crazy!!!



That said, in the last 28ish hours, I have watched approximately 7 episodes of ANTM, painted my nails, ate a whole bag of salad (I'm not even mad...), got an oil change, made a pretty flower hair clip, worked out, got really envious of Winks sleeping for 20 hours and have just plain done whatever the freak I want and it has been glorious!!



I"m sure I'll be tired of it in like one more day when I run out of things to do and get bored, but for now I am just an independent woman doin my thang!

V bar V

Jon and I drove up to Camp Verde to take a looksy at the biggest and best preserved petroglyph site in the state! It was a really fun little adventure and totally worth the drive.

Read on for all the info!

This is the largest known petroglyph site in the Verde Valley, as well as being one of the best-preserved. Acquired by the Coconino National Forest in 1994, the site is protected and kept open to the visiting public for their enjoyment and opportunity to learn more about our national cultural heritage. As partners in this effort, both the Verde Valley Archaeological Society and the Friends of the Forest provide interpretive tours and on-site management. The Red Rock Pass program provides funding for the protection, enhanced amenities and facility maintenance under authority of the National Recreation Enhancement Act of 2005. This website is intended to provide the potential visitor with background information about the site and its rock art.

A visitor center and bookstore, operated by the Forest Service and the Arizona Natural History Association, is located about 100 yards from the parking area.

The Beaver Creek Rock Art Style: Rock art is one type of archaeological data that can be used to identify prehistoric cultures and time periods. Various styles of rock art have been identified, based on the kinds of elements, unique elements, relationships between elements, and manufacturing techniques. By making these observations, various rock art styles have been defined for the prehistoric Southwest. One of these styles - the Beaver Creek Style - has been identified through the studies of rock art sites in the Beaver Creek area, especially here at V-Bar-V Heritage Site. This research has resulted in the definition of the Beaver Creek Style, which is diagnostic of the Southern Sinagua between A.D. 1150 and 1400.

Fun February!

So far this February I've done lots of fun stuff!

I went hiking in Cave Creek with Melissa and Danny. The hike was 5 miles but we got to a point where we could take our shoes off and walk in the water and then lay around.


I took Jon to the Natural Bridge. It was his first time and they are saying it might be shut down b/c of the economy which would be a shame! :( It's such an amazing thing just an hour out of Phoenix!




Oh ya how could I forget! I rode a Watusi Longhorn! I have the best job!

28 is great!

My beloved roomie Eden turned the big 2-8 in January here is a recap of the festivities!
Harold's was quite the place to be!