Home Improvement

So yesterday instead of doing my paper proposal I decided to jump headfirst into some home improvement plans I've had for a while. For starters I have assembled a compost pile in my backyard. This is amazing because my backyard is a wreck of weeds, trash, stuffing (from small dog toys), and doggie poo. Well I dived in and pulled weeds, picked up trash and stuffing, and bagged as much poo as I could. I only did one corner of the yard and it took 3 hours. Afterwards I couldn't lift the bag of poo and trash so it's still sitting back there, waiting. But the yard looks better and the next warm spell to hit will have me back there at work again!
The other plan I've had in mind to attempt is to paint the inserts that line half of my living room. At this point they are the same bland beige as the rest of the walls. But not for long! Primer has been done, at least on most of it, since my arm got tired halfway through the longest section, and as soon as I get off work I will finish that primer and then go on to coat the walls a wonderful shade of green, green caper to be exact. It matches my couches.
I will be posting pictures of these developments soon, however my camera decided to die yesterday as I was taking the first picture so patience will have to ensue.
But either way, both should be fun projects, and hopefully the compost pile in the backyard will lead to a successful vegetable and herb garden (out of the reach of curious puppies of course).

Superbowl feast...more like superbowl sugar-induced coma

"The theme for the Super bowl party is smoked meat"
"What should Cami bake then?"
"She's never made anything bad so whatever she wants"

That's a whole lot of freedom on my part if you think about it. I can make whatever I want on the treat side of the Superbowl menu. I've started out big, a yellow cake giant cupcake that I intend to ice white and blue and draw a horseshoe on...am I a Colts fan, yes. Do I enjoy annoying Dan, yes. So this cake is a win win situation.

Of course I'll make Andes mint cookies and then chocolate sour cream cupcakes. The two new things I'll add to my menu will be my new favorite cheesecake and a Texas sheet cake whose recipe is so old it still calls for Oleo. For those of you who don't know what Oleo is, it's margarine, but it's the term used for margarine in sometime around the 60's I think.

Anyways hopefully I'll remember to take pictures of all these goodies, and if you happen to be invited to the superbowl party then you'll get to partake in them as well!