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Well Sat. will be our 4 week mark on our garden and I thought I would share some progress. I couldn't be happier with our "Babylonian Garden" a.k.a. Upside down tomato garden. Those guys have really taken off and I can't wait to start to get some fruits soon. (Yes tomatoes are fruits. Don't believe me click here) Yeah I know today's post is kind of boring. I was actually planning a big post yesterday seeing how it was Shannon and I's 2 year anniversary but I couldn't get the pictures I wanted to make it work. We didn't anything super exciting since were on a tight budget getting ready for our move to Charlotte in Aug. We just cooked up some Rendezvous Ribs, beans, french fries, and parker house rolls then took the dog for a walk. Yup pretty boring I know. Well back to the garden post hope you enjoy the photos and just leave me comment if you want any Fruits or Veggies when they start to produce. I have a feeling once those tomato's start we wont be able to keep up.

Full Garden and Buckets


We have Corn, Green beans, cherry tomatoes, iceberg lettuce, romaine lettuce, carrots, sweet banana peppers, spicy mix peppers, and cantaloupe.


Check out these "BIG BOY" tomatoes. Remember this is like 3 and a half weeks. AWESOME HU.

Looks like I also have a hunter bug infestation. Shes also my spokesperson for having your pet spayed or neutered. Help control the pet population

Fun Cake

So its been a while since I've had a super fun cake. Well last week I was lucky enough to get a chance to do a pretty cool Surfboard and Shark cake for a little boys birthday. When doing some research to see what other cake pros have created I didn't see a single Surfboard cake that combined a shark so now was my chance to come up with a truly ORRIGINAL CAKE. The story behind it isn't all that interesting but like I said it was a fun cake and I thought since its been a while since I've blogged Id kind of show you the behind the scenes at Orriginal Cakes. ENJOY! Don't forget to have your pet spayed or neutered

1st you have the crumb coat for both the surfboard and shark head


Now I've got the Fondant covering the surfboard and painted the center line. FYI the surfboard is 27" its 1/3rd the scale of a real surfboard.

Now I got to add some color using the airbrush gun. Looks like a real surfboard hu?

Finally The Finished cake. Sorry I didn't take and photos of the shark getting made it was actually pretty quick and simple so I didn't have time. Anyways this is the cake hope you liked it.

Jordon the Lobster

Hello All! This is Shannon, for those who don't know, I am Jordon's wife. Jordon thought it would be fun for me to tell you all about our weekend! Surprising since my version is slightly different from his ;)

We decided that Sunday would be a perfect day to go to the beach. I had had a very hectic week, finals, papers, and interviews and was in need of a break (yes, we skipped church...shame on us;)) Jordon woke me up at 7:00 am, changing me into my swimsuit. I was slightly grumpy, but mostly very happy! We made it to the beach at around 9:00am got some sunscreen and bait and headed out to the water. The plan was for Jordon to fish and for me to read. While in the car I had put some sunscreen on my face, Jordon did not like how it smelled, eventually he had all the windows open and his head tilted out the window, haha. Once on the beach I started getting sunscreen on the both of us, the usual, he got my back I got his. He then asked if I would get his chest, I told him no, I wanted to get me and he could do himself (Jordon said I was being a very caring wife, lol). Well somehow in the process, he might have forgotten to sunscreen his chest. This is where our stories vary.

My Story: About an hour into being at the beach I reminded him that he did not get his chest and told him he was beginning to look red. I asked if he wanted any sunscreen, he said no. I asked again in a few hours, again he said no.

His Story: I never reminded him.

We stayed at the beach until 2:00pm, then got some Krystals. YUMMMMMMM!!!!!! We decided we would eat at the beach and went to Garden City beach. Jordon decided to try fishing again, he hadn't caught anything earlier. This time we caught several fish! It was pretty exciting because we haven't caught much before when surf fishing. Jordon let me reel in one which was exciting and enough for me.






This is where our stories differ again ;)

My Story: Once at Garden City Beach, I again reminded Jordon of his lack of sunscreen and offered to put some on, he again said no.

His Story: I did not remind him of his lack of sunscreen.

The result...


Okay, so that is from last year, but this year looks very similar. lol

Well, that is my version on our beach trip. We had a great time, hope you enjoyed reading about it! And don't forget to spay and neuter your dogs. They will only hate you for awhile.