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March 10th, 2011

today.. I logged off the computer.. not just put her to sleep.. I shut er down.. it felt great.. and the amount of times I wanted to run over to “quickly check” facebook.. or the weather.. I flashed back to the days when I never had a computer.. or facebook.. and did other things.. which is why this blog entry will be long.. by 9:30am.. I had baked a cake!  I should start by mentioning.. that I don’t even like chocolate cake.. its true.. if you threw the word Reese peanut butter in there.. I would give it a go.. but I am a vanilla lemon girl.. but after seeing these photos.. I have beencraving this cake.. 

image courtesy of Jenne Rosse.. courtesy of The Woodside Kitchen.. 

and because we have a family birthday tomorrow.. I made it.. because that person does LOVE chocolate cake.. and it was an excuse to make a little mini cake for me and Olive to snack on.. and I had never made a cake from scratch before.. 

it was AMAZING.. I will never go back to Betty Crocker boxes again.. ever! and it just cooked differently.. the taste is unbelievable.. and I wonder if I just wasn’t eating the right chocolate cake..  if you need to make a cake.. you must try this one!!  once the diabetes is gone.. I will be re visiting this treat of a recipe!!

on another note.. I cut Olives hair :0  I remember trying long ago.. and being too terrified to make a cut.. so after our bath today.. I was brushing out her hair while we brushed our teeth.. and I just knew today was the day.. (please note I don’t know how to cut hair).. while she was preoccupied.. I snipped.. and brushed.. and snipped some more.. and then I couldn’t stop.. I felt like I worked at a salon and I was unstoppable!! i had the good sense though to blow dry and now it is resting.. so that I could see what I got us into  before it shrunk up and scraggled.. and I am loving it.. I want to do more.. maybe with an actual pair of scissors that are meant for hair.. and not cutting paper and bags of chips open :0  

goodbye scraggles!! I have always known I wanted Olives hair short.. and now I am going to finish it off tomorrow.. a cute little pixie cut! (can you say living vicariously through her ;)  and then on saturday we are going to die it platinum blonde! kidding.. kidding.. 

and because I had so much time on my hands.. I did what I usually do.. I pulled out the old photo albums!! all my trips to Mexico.. San Fran.. Toronto.. going away parties..  and pics of me and Tiff as sweet little babies.. and many photos of me fresh faced.. and tanned.. and blonde :(

I cant even look at this photo.. 

I think this is what baby #2 is going to look like..

mini Heidi.. ( I dont know if this is me or tiff)

2003- how he never scooped me up and put a ring on my finger.. I will never know ;)

this was coachella.. circa 2004.. one of our best trips ever together! 

these photos have actually motivated me and pushed me for some more alone time with the daddy.. it sparked that little flame inside of my that gets burned down with babies.. work.. and putting everything else in front of myself.. I really want to go on a date night now!! 

ahh.. time to relax.. the dishwasher can wait!