Reminder? or Even a Suggestion.

I have so many feelings going on right now...
I'm traumatized.
I'm mad.
I'm sad.
I'm every sad/upset feeling and not one happy feeling.

I witnessed an animal get hit by a car for the first time today. Now for my friends in Minnesota, this isn't like watching someone hit a deer (which I've never seen but heard of).

I watched a motor cycle hit a cat in the center lane of traffic. I was driving on the left, the cat came bolting across from the left. I saw it and hit my breaks. The motorcycle had time to see the cat, and also had the ability to move. He didn't. Now all I can see is the cat after it hit the wheel. I'm not going to go into detail but if anyone has ever seen something similar, I'm sure you can imagine. I'm so mad that this guy didn't even try to brake for the animal.

By no means am I done ranting about this, but I'll stop for now.

I just want to remind people to keep their pets indoors or on leashes, something. If you don't want a pet please, sell it, give it to a shelter, anything. I know there are a lot of animals getting euthanized in shelters lately and I'm not down for killing animals if there's a chance they can get adopted, but I feel like its better than getting run over or for larger animals.

If that cat belonged to a family I feel bad for them because they lost a pet but maybe they'll learn to take better care of their pets. As for the driver of the motorcycle, I'm furious. I get that sometimes animals dart out and yadda yadda, but I had time to react and it crossed my lane of traffic first.

I have no other words. :( Good night everyone.

Blog Name

I think I finally nailed the name for my blog.

If you know anything about Harry Potter then you'll get it.
I had the name as Mischief Managed but I decided to flip the name and the description for, what I consider, obvious reasons.

Anyway, I don't think I'll be changing the name. Well, not for a while at least.
Love you too the moon and back.

Jerica and Lizzie Now Taking Orders

Witty? no? okay.

Well, some of you may know that I do not make cakes by myself. My best friend Lizzie and I make them together.

We made a cake for my dads 50th birthday. First of all my mom threw him a surprise party. My brother from Minnesota and his girlfriend came home, my dad's brother his wife and my dad's parents and were at the bar waiting for my dad to show up. They were also a surprise. He walked in and was completely amazed.

Exhibit A.

He loved the cake and it's probably one that I have spent the most time on. For that Minnie Mouse cake in August being my first cake with fondant I would say that I'm doing pretty well. :)

I painted this by hand.

I see flaws but for my 3rd fondant cake and someone who is learning on their own, I would say it turned out really nice.

We don't have any plans for another cake as of now. I do believe we need to start charging for our cakes though. This was one was definitely time consuming and expensive.

Well, I do believe that is all for today.

Any questions?

What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?

I feel like there are times in a persons life where they just want to raise the white flag and say "I'm done." For some people I suppose it can happen multiple times in a month, week or even in a day.

I'm to the point where I just want to scream it. Now, this isn't about any one thing either. Its a general thing. To be completely honest it has nothing to do with my boyfriend. It has nothing to do with my best friend. I has nothing to do with my family. For once, this is ALL me. I just want to give up on hope.

I read a quote today that gave me some hope.

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
The courage to change the things I can, And wisdom to know the difference.

I feel like...
Man I'm 22 and I have no idea what I'm going to do or what I want to do with my life. I feel like I should have had it figured out by now. I feel like I was expected to have this figured out with I was 18...or 19 in my case (high school graduation essentially).

What was the check list, growing up, of what I wanted to be? I can remember wanting to be a Doctor, then even further a craniofacial doctor, to help out babies that were like me. Speech therapist, to help kids who had a speech impediment like me. I wanted to sing professionally but I've never been confident enough in myself, I also know its an insanely small chance I would've been famous. I wanted to act....for a long long time....see "singer" excuse. I wanted to be a chef....and then I wanted to be a professional baker. Cakes to be exact. For those of you who know me personally or actually read this, you know I actually make cakes. but my schooling for that was a joke. I intended on completing school for baking and pastry, but that didn't go as planned. Everything I know about cakes or most of what I do, I figured out or I learned from my friend who got to complete school. I LOVE cooking and making cakes....but its not something I want to do professionally for the rest of my life.

I really really.....don't know what I want to do when I grow up.

Input?

Cake and Fitness.

Those don't really go hand in hand do they?

Well, that is because this is a two part post.

First, I made another cake with Lizzie. It was for our friend's going away party. I'll let you guess at where he was going ;) 

It was a harder cake mostly because of the USAF emblem. We actually resorted to printing and cutting out the star so we could angle everything correctly.

Secondly, Fitness. I decided to start working out yesterday (Oct. 8). Let's just say it kicked my butt and I couldn't even finish. Days 1,3,5 are all the same. Days 2,4,6 are the same also. Day 7, we rest. :)

Yesterday, day 1, was.....HARD.

My workout started with a "Run 1 mile", I walked. I still went the full mile though. I knew I wasn't going to get through this full work out on my first day. So, I did the best I could. I decided I want to keep a journal on how I feel after each day too. Who knows, maybe I'll write a book one day. (Not)

Anyway, Lets make a table. What I was supposed to do and what I actually did. 

I don't know how to make a table on here.... so I'll bold what I was supposed to do and italics what I did. If it is in bold and Italics I fulfilled the "requirement". 

Running 1 mile

Push-ups 3 sets of 20 - 10

Pike Push-ups 3 sets of 10 - 5

Handstand Push-ups 3 sets of 10 - 0

Arm Circles - Forward 100 

Arm Circles - Backwards 100 

Handstand Hold 1 minute twice - none

Hollow Hold 1 minute twice - none

Crunches 30 

Crunches – Right/Left 30 - 0

Bicycles 30 - 10

Then I was done for the night. And I do mean DONE. 

I was so unbelievably exhausted. I knew I was out of shape but man, am I out of shape. I found my workout online. It is actually a cheerleaders workout routine. I chose it because when I was it cheer it was the most fit I remember being. If anyone wants it go Here. This is the exact workout I'm going by. I'm hoping to stick to this.

Here is my journal entry for day 1

"Feeling- Slightly nauseous & tired. Hopefully I'll be able to work my way up. I'm feeling a little discouraged. I'm more out of shape than I thought . Tip-Eat Healthier. More water. No soda. Tomorrow-Legs. P.s. You're burping a lot. weirdo."

Well That's all for today. I hope to be posting again soon. 

My First Concert!

Lame, right? I'm 22.

Anyway! I couldn't have picked a better concert as my first concert. A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!

Megan & Liz and their band: Drummer- Rob Humphreys, Guitarist- Daniel Kalisher, Bassist- Nick Campbell, Keyboardist- Will Herrington. Just so we're clear I think I got the band members correct. I based these on their instagram handles (all linked) and their appearance.

Their entire show was amazing but one of my favorite parts had to have been when they took songs by request. It was completely original.
I can't even fathom their next concert. I WILL be going to that one. I suggest to anyone and everyone I know to listen to them. I've seen feedback from quite a few people that they don't like that Megan & Liz have a band performing with them. I think it gives them a boost and we can't expect these two girls to only sit on stage with stools and an acoustic guitar. I hope that they keep these guys with them from now on. They had amazing on-stage chemistry.
I think of it as becoming something like Selena Gomez & The Scene. 
Megan & Liz and (insert cool name here).
Yeah??

Anyways! Ta-ta for now.

Later Days

Cake, Please?

Let me start off by complaining about a recipe from FoodNetwork.com.

"Ingredients:
1 cup unsalted butter or margarine, room temperature (use vegetable shortening when pure white icing is needed)
1/2 cup milk, room temperature
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons vanilla or other desired flavoring
2 pounds confectioners' sugar
Directions:
Combine all the ingredients in large mixing bowl and mix at slow speed until smooth. If stiffer icing is needed, or if the weather is very warm, add a little extra sugar. This recipe is enough to cover and fill a 9 by 13-inch sheet cake or 2 (9-inch) layers."

Now this "Basic Buttercream Recipe" sucks.
I left a review telling them too.

My Review: 
"This had to be one of the worst buttercream recipes I've ever tried. First, you CANNOT use margarine as a butter substitute. It simply does NOT come together the same way. In an attempt to fix this after "Combining all ingredients", I used near 4 pounds of Pow. Sugar and I figured it was a lost cause. I finally went to the store, bought more butter and sugar and started my process over with a new recipe. My second recipe turned out MUCH better and I'll be using that from now on."

Pretty much EXACTLY what I'd tell all of you readers out there. Lizzie and I found a new recipe, which we
altered, that turned out amazing. Want it?

Here you go: 

Original Recipe.Ingredients:
3 Cups Powdered Sugar
1 Cup (2 sticks) Butter softened (NOT Margarine)
1/4 teaspoon Salt
1 Tablespoon Vanilla
2 Tablespoons Milk (if necessary)
Directions:
1. Cream Butter in a mixing bowl. Approximately 5 minutes on a medium-low speed. 2. Add powdered sugar. Mix on low. 3. Once fully incorporated. Add vanilla and salt. 4. If it is too thick for you add one Tablespoon of milk at a time to reach the consistency you like.

Now, Lizzie and I were making close to 70 cup cakes and a 12 inch round cake. So we quadrupled the Powdered Sugar, Butter, and the Salt. We didn't need to add any more vanilla! We also did NOT add -any milk. This Had to be one of the best Butter-creams I have ever tasted. AND Everyone at the party LOVED it!!

Our Aftermath.

Well. I have to say that I'm really happy with how Sophia's 1st Birthday cake turned out. Even after all of our complications.... It turned out beautifully.

Later Days.

GUYS! I Have My Lap Top Back!!!

I cannot express how excited I am about this!

SO.... I can finally post pictures from my brothers wedding.

Okay. So, these have to be my favorites. Well, the ones I'm willing to post. I never realized how much of a hassle it was to attempt to post pictures on blogger. I hope in the future they make it a bit easier.

I wanted to make these into a slide show and post them but I don't believe that is possible. Either way I have no clue how to do it.

Thats all for today!!

I'll be posting vacation photos from Fun Valley when I get them from Zach!!!

Happy New.....oh...its April...

Where the heck have I been?

I can't honestly say I even know when my last post was. I do know I started this, and by started I mean I wrote the title, on Feb 24.

December 12! AND I talked of Thanksgiving dinner. Man.... off in my own world I guess.


Well, for starters, my laptop charger broke and is still broken. I'm typing this from my boyfriends computer. I still with the same guy by the way. :) (I felt that was necessary to say) Anyway, thats part of the reason I haven't had a post in 5 months.

My oldest brother got married March 16th. I got to be a part of his wedding and it was absolutely beautiful. My brother's and dad looked extremely handsome and Kari and my mom looked gorgeous. I can't remember a time I've seen Jarred any happier than when he and Kari said their vows to each other. I couldn't be happier either. I've known Kari since I was 13 (I'm 21 now), she has very much been like the sister I didn't have and a great person to look up to. I'm really glad she is a part of my family now (officially). She's pretty much been apart of the family since the beginning. This would be the part where I would post photos except I am not on my own computer therefore I don't have them.

My god-daughter Sophia is getting so big and beautiful. I actually got to see her today and she cracks me up. She'll be 8 months on April 28th. I can't believe she is already that big. If I'm in awe of how fast she is growing I don't know how her momma deals with it. Lizzie and Angel took Sophia for 7 month/family photos and I think its some of the best pictures yet! Once again I don't have them but you'll have to trust me.

What else? What else?

Zach and I approach 1 year together in less than 2 weeks. I turn 21 in 3 weeks.  I turn 22 in 3 weeks. -_- Is this where it starts? Lying about my age lol All of my friends are hitting 21 so that was the number in my head. Does anyone want to take my birthday for me? You can age a year for me and I'll stay 21. Thats how aging works, right? If only.

I have no clue if I wrote about it on here last year but, I'm going to Colorado with Zach and his family again this year. A week long square dancing festival. Its a lot of fun, especially if you actually know how to square dance. I would've been lost if I hadn't learned. Even more so if I hadn't had Zach... apparently I forgot calls and had to be pulled, well yanked, through them. Fun, Fun, Fun. <3


I do believe that is all I can think of right now.
Any questions?

Later Days