Yup!

Well, dear secret Pal, if you read this blog you will see I used all the ingredients, even if it didn't end up very beautiful. :) Yes, my secret friend from church gave me all the fixin's for making a celebratory, yummy birthday cake. Now, there's a few things about making birthday cakes. a) there should be a bit of time cut out especially for the process. b) cake boxes should come with some simple decorating schemes. I didn't have either. Steve lovingly allowed me to go garage saleing sat. morning and the time I spent hunting for a specific sized shelf plus the time doing groceries plus some time spent getting my hair cut short again, took up from 8 - 12. Four hours by myself. It was special but I do hate wasting the time garage saleing when I don't find what I want.
Well, back to birthday cakes. I didn't have a lot of time left to decorate. As for ideas, I was going to make a sprig of flowers with the red gel and fill them in with sprinkles but the flowers weren't working out too well and so I quit before I made a real mess. Next time I'll look for an idea or two before I start.
The numbers... that's where I'm at. Sometimes hard to believe but really quite anti-climatic. Thirty sounds older but really my 3rd decade started with my 29th birthday (if you're confused, remember you live a whole year before you turn one). Yet, there is an incredible amount of blessings that have been poured on me in those 3o years. I hope and pray the Lord keeps me from taking all these things for granted.

Again, dear secret pal, it might not have looked designer but it tasted good and it was fun to have a real birthday cake. Thanks!
To all of you who continue to come back to read and keep up with us, thanks. I haven't had as much time or energy to blog faithfully but I'm thankful you continue to check in.