Interviews,Vacuums and Cakes... Oh my!

Ok, so this post is the one thing I can think of to do before tackling the upstairs bathroom. I think my Mom would find it interesting that I actually keep my house cleaner than I kept my room! :~) Anyway, here goes..

My mind is giving me a blank on exactly when I did this, but luckily the date it happened doesn't matter. Well, those of you that know Jamey know that he has a blog that covers American Idol and a weekly Internet radio show that showcases Idol songs. One day (I believe it was last week) he informs me that he will be interviewing Heather Cox, one of the top 24, from American Idol season 5! He asks me if I want to be in on it, of course I said "Yes!" She is a real sweetheart! The next few days will have Jamey doing two more interviews! He really likes to do this and I like that he does it! :~)

Tuesday I was trying to be a good little housekeeper, and I was cleaning the two bedrooms. Not much exciting about that, cause the spiders had all decided to vacate the area. I was doing a smash up job of it when out of the blue... no, wait, I knew the vacuum wasn't putting out or sucking up for that matter! So I wasn't surprised when it just decided to push all the dirt around, however, this particular day was one of those hormone days and everything was blown way out of proportion! I feel sorry for Jamey. When he came home that day I was still mad at that vacuum, and unfortunately I took it out on him! :~( He seems to have something close to the patience of Job when it comes to me. He patiently listened to my problem (to him it wasn't that big a deal, but I was hormonal so I couldn't understand why he wasn't as upset as I was), then chose a plan of action. He ended up having to take the underbelly of the beast off and do the equivalent of the Heimlich maneuver on the hose! I ended up feeling very sorry for the vacuum, cause it was compacted to the point it could no longer fit anything in! After the emergency unclogging of the vacuum it ran like new, and purred like a kitten! :~)

Now for the rest of the story... I had this unexplainable urge to make a cake. So Wed. I decided to try it. Let me say this, Splenda is both my superhero and my nemesis. It lets me make sweet things for both of us and at the same time it completely fails to do some baking (like cookies). My cake turned out alright. The flavor was good, but the height of the cake left something to be desired. It was like me: short and sweet! :~) Since I didn't have chocolate to make chocolate frosting, I decided to go with peanut butter frosting. It turned out yummy, like peanut butter fudge! Mistake number one... trying to make powdered sugar from Splenda. You need twice as much sugar as powdered to make it work, so I ended up using 8 cups of sugar! Mistake number two... thinking it wasn't thin enough. I put just a little more milk in the frosting than it called for. I tried to frost the cake with it and that had disastrous results! Think the three fairy aunts in Sleeping Beauty trying to make a cake and that's basically what I had. Fortunately for me it sets up rather well in the fridge. Both the cake and the frosting were good on their own, but I didn't care to much for them together. Jamey loved it though! I don't know where he came from, but I'm glad I got him before anyone else did! :~)

One side thought, just one week till Jamey and I make the insanely long trip up to see my family! :~) I can't wait!!