Getting Ready for Cake

I spent some time today getting ready to do my cake for this weekend. I made some frosting and used my new bag with tips to try out some decorating. I want to do small dots all over the edge of the cake so I did quite a few practice dots. I think I might also do a large M in frosting on top of the cake for the bride (Mary). My biggest concern right now is I am going to frost the cake in an off white frosting and then I would like to do the letter and dots in Red and I'm a little worried about that, but I guess I'll never know if it works if I don't give it a try.

Today has also been a day for laundry. For some reason, I enjoy laundry more when it is an all day experience. If I just keep putting in load after load and when the clothes are dry, I fold them and put everything away. If I do one load at a time it ends up sitting in the washer or dryer and I just forget about it.

One of my new projects is keeping my kitchen clean. I have been doing a pretty good job for the past two weeks. One of my problems with the kitchen is that if I don't feel like cleaning it then I leave it for the next day and then it just piles up and gets ugly. I have been pleasantly surprised at how easy it is to clean up after each meal. Just put the dirty dishes in the dishwasher and wash of the counters. It's a little sad that it has taken me 37 years to start to figure this out, but at least it is working for me now. Recently, I spent a couple of weeks with Craig's Aunt in New Hampshire and I was inspired by how clean she kept her kitchen and I watched how she did it and I brought her tricks home. Thank you, Auntie Pat!