domesticity at it's finest

 I've been on this baking spree. I love to bake, but since baked goods tend to have a bajillion calories and there are only two of us to eat them I always give some away. Since I don't really have any friends yet I send half of whatever I bake into Dan's office with him. I've made chocolate chip cookies, brownies, and banana nut bread (I found this awesome moist banana nut bread recipe that does not require butter and tastes amazing) but I've been wanting to try a cake. I am a master at opening a box, mixing three ingredients, pouring it into a pan, and letting it bake for 25-28 minutes. And there is nothing wrong with that, it's quick, easy, and it tastes good, but I want to have a cake recipe from scratch. For one thing, it's cheaper (I'm sure not by much, but still!), and for another thing it just sounds cooler. So I was looking on the web for yellow cake recipes -- yellow cake is the best -- and I found one that was entitled: Basic Yellow Cake Recipe. I like basic things so I thought I would try it. So I gathered up all my ingredients. I don't know if the south just doesn't believe in certain things or if I am just not looking hard enough, but I couldn't find "cake flour" so I just used all-purpose flour, which apparently you can do if you remove 2 tablespoons from every cup used. Anyway, I mixed everything up, baked it, waited until it cooled completely and then frosted it. It looked good, and then I tasted it. It wasn't bad per se, it just tasted egg-y. So, when Dan came home I told him to try it before he took it into work -- I had a growing reputation and feared this would ruin it. He took it with him this morning so I guess it couldn't be too bad, but I'll be looking elsewhere for a yellow cake recipe. 
Have any recipes for me?

It looks alright, right?

Also, I am in LOVE with sewing. I love making things with my own hands. Here is my latest sewing product: a bag! The lesson calls it "a reusable grocery bag" but I'm pretty sure you could use it for anything you wanted. I am on a sewing rampage!

Fun colors, eh?

I sewed an X! 


In other news, the sister blog is posting our first pictures tomorrow, come check it out!