piano

We got this free piano that was such an eye sore. Clark took it all apart and re-stained the whole thing. Such a pain but so worth it!! Unfortunately I deleted the before shot. But this is us putting it back together.

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wedding party

Lot's of weddings lately! These girls were the bridesmaids.

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Danielle's wedding

I had fun with this up-do. Lately most bridals I've had went with a down look. It was fun doing something classic!

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Profiteroles

After watching a late night show on how to make Mille-Feuille, sleeping through most of it, I remember thinking that it looked easy. So looking it up on Martha Stewart I got side tracked. I made this instead. It was AMAZING! Of course, I used Godiva's 72% dark chocolate instead of the pathetic chocolate sauce the recipe called for, including corn syrup.

We had the missionaries over for dinner and on the menu? Bean & Cheese burritoes with homemade tortillas, of course, and this BEAUTIFUL CREAM PUFF! I absolutely loved the combination! (I am kidding. But I do love Random.) Sort of Mexican meets France.

Anyway, the recipe is probably the EASIEST dessert I have ever made. No joke. Click HERE for the how-to video.

Hurricane Earl

Walking outside after 2 days of rain I was half tempted to jump in the water! Unfortunately it's a little cold, even though it was hot outside. It's just not the same as desert rain. For 3 days we had to use the back door. It may not look deep in the picture, but it was about 6 inches. Clark and I were watching t.v. during the storm and heard a loud CRACK. Yep. It was pretty cool. The wind knocked over the hugest tree and it was a domino effect from there. There were about 5 trees total that were knocked over.

Une délicieuse escroquerie

Check out my new music widget to the right. My "french brother" is quite the famous french musician. Une valeur montante de la chanson française. Happy listening!

Moving on...

Clark survived his first day of school. Ever. Unless you count 1st grade. And a week of 2nd. Which I don't. I made him the best oatmeal cranberry cookies, thanks to Martha Stewart, as a little snack (yes I'm unemployed and bored) and sent him off to school.

I sort of wondered if this is what young moms feel like when their first child goes to school. I was so excited for him but it was such a boring day with him gone and I tried to do the laundry. I definitely need a job.

Speaking of which, I've got quite a few piano students, so that is slowly building up my time, and no word from any of the thousands of companies I've sent my resume to. Big surprise. But on the bright side, I do qualify for unemployment (yay) which after 1 month and a 1/2 of miscommunication only on their part of course, they finally got all the information straight, much to my relief.

Trade Secret is still trying to hire me back with their new paperwork which means that I will work commission only, which is fine because I have enough clients and walk-ins to make it worth it. They want me to pay my own malpractice insurance so that's still an issue, but might be worked out. I'm going in tomorrow to look over the paperwork and might be back in a week. My old boss is really easy going about the schedule so I'll still be able to keep my piano students if I decide to take the job.

We'll see.