Update to Life's Events

I have not posted in such a long time. First off... I got food poisoning from a local restaurant. When this happens to me, it takes a long time to recover from it. My body is very sensitive to these types of things. Having two rambuncious little girls did not help in the recovery process. Literally no rest. Then, when I was almost better, I tripped over our jack-o-lantern and fell while holding onto my youngest daughter. She thankfully was unharmed, but I suffered some bruising to my knees. Oh... the pain. At least it was that and nothing more serious for the both of us. Wouldn't have happened if the darn cat didn't charge the door.

We went trick-or-treating at our local mall and around one block in our neighborhood. I wasn't feeling too. well do do anymore. JJ was a firefighter... HZ a monkey... and IZ a kitten. My sister took one photo, but it didn't turn out that great. Oh well.

We had a blast making some cute spider cupcakes. Orange Supreme cake mix with Cream Cheese frosting and a variety of candies and marshmallows. Here is the recipe... Spider Cupcakes.

I altered a mini composition book for my swap partner on Swap-Bot, but forgot to take a photo. I hate when that happens. However, do to everything that has been happening, I only did minimal stitching on my cross stitch project. I'll post a photo for my WIP update tomorrow.

God Bless...

College at a Standstill



I went to a Community College a year after I graduated from high school... studying to become an Elementary School Teacher. I met my late husband there. I graduated, but never continued to a 4-year college. My late husband made sure of that. Long story short... I became a SAHM instead and loved every minute of it. Then when I lost my husband in the end, I was left to take care of 3 children and no career or quality job experience to fall back on.

So, when I semi-recovered from all the years of being controlled, grief,and anger I decided to go back to college. The first college I pursued was going to leave me with many loans to pay off in the end.... Let's just say, by experience, we were never able to pay off my husband's school loans.

The school I'm pursuing now doesn't offer a Photography degree. So, I decided to pursue Baking instead... another life-long dream. All my credits from my previous college is transferable, so all is needed to complete my degree is to take Baking classes. That's it. What a relief, right? Well I found out that the Baking Program has a waiting list into the winter semester. What a bummer. I'm hoping that somehow, there will be an opening when winter registration starts....

 Shhhhh.... I'm a Bridesmaid in my youngest sister's wedding in June. They even asked me to make their wedding cake. Let's just hope even harder to get in the program before the wedding... :)