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I’m watching one of my favorite not-good made-for-TV minseries on the Sci Fi channel: Stephen King’s Rose Red. It was about a haunted house that’s [cue scary music] alive. That’s not what I wanted to write about.

This is. The third clip in. About 0:15.

The demise of Jack was at the last commercial break. I like the Sci Fi Channel bumps in and out of shows, but this one was a little more twisted than usual. Maybe it was the giant’s foot grinding little Jack into the floor.

Yes, it’s another cake post. I finished up Course II of the Wilton Cake Decorating program. This is the one that focused strongly on flowers. Lots and lots of flowers. Some of them were fun to make; some were hard to make but worth it; and some were not fun and not worth it. Here’s the class cake I made. Still hate my writing, but liked the cake overall. And check out those brand new countertops underneath the cake.

Final cake for course 2

I’m a fan of daisies and pansies in real life and am happy that I can now make them out of royal icing. I also like daffodils in real life, but the icing version doesn’t look right so I don’t see myself ever making them again. The larger pink and blue flowers are primroses, which I’ve never seen as real flowers.

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