So, big news...
The SUN came out in our SF 'hood yesterday! Jason sent a me a text telling me. He was slightly excited. First time in just about 3 weeks. When I drove back into SF after work the sun was still mostly out. Some observations...
1. The ocean is really close and really beautiful. haha. Didn't really realize it until yesterday. You stare directly at it as you're driving down our street toward our house.
2. Everything looks better with the sun. Our neighborhood is so cute. haha.
3. The sun is a real mood lifter. I swear people were more courteous drivers with the sun shinning.
So, that was exciting.
In other news, Jason has orientation on Fri and then next Tues. I ship him off to school! :) Aaaw, his first day of grad school. How cute. Definitely a picture op if you ask me!
On Sunday we are going to pop over to the City Church. It's our first time trying a church up here. I'm excited. The church seems super solid. It's had many great recommendations. I love that they believe in preaching the gospel to both nonbelievers AND believers. They have incredible outreaches. Ministry to the homeless, those with AIDS, and etc. It seems like there are some huge opportunities to be stretched far beyond our comfort. One difference though...there are female deacons AND elders. It's funny because this totally rubs me weird even though it seems that there isn't explicit Scripture against this. I know Grace is possibly moving toward this...maybe. :) (Oooh, ooh, soap box time! Watch out!) I guess to me it seems that we are in a culture that is so dominated by women already. If we have them take these roles also than it seems possible there will ONLY be women in these roles...that the men will just slump away. Woman have decided that the typically male roles are better...therefore leaving men to feel "purposeless" since there are so many women occupying what previously was their role. So, the seemingly male response? Backing off and choosing to have no role at all. Does that make sense? Anyways, there are actually more male then female elders (I counted, haha) and so this theory isn't correct in this circumstance...which is good!
All in all, I'm excited to hear the Word! It's been 3 weeks since we've been to church and I am missing me some preachin', that's for sure.
What else? mmm. Oh I did another cake this last weekend. It was my grandparents 50th anniversary. So I baked a two tier cake. Grandma wanted it to look like a wedding cake...and so it did! It was super fun, and also super time consuming (I'm thinking it took about 6 hours). Honestly, I LOVE baking and decorating cakes. I have endless ideas in my head and I'm pretty certain that I'm going to bake MYSELF one for my birthday, hahahaha. Just to practice. Theirs's was a white fondant cake. I will post a couple of pictures as soon as I have our camera and the internet in one location. Maybe this weekend.
Anyways, I learned a lot and made huge improvements between the 1st cake (the fish cake) and this last cake. For example, you HAVE to hand carve the whole cake to make it perfectly smooth...filling in the holes with frosting doesn't cut it. hehe. The carving is super time consuming too. The time spent is well worth it though....you have a nice and smooth fondant coating if you do it right. Also, refrigerating the fondant does actually make it more manageable (go figure since the recipe SAID to do it). Also, TV is so beneficial. Watching Ace of Cakes has done wonders, hehe. TV isn't always a complete waste of time! ;)
Alright, so, I'm done! Hope everyone has a good rest of the week! <3
I bet a good knife really helps in carving the cake. Your Dad has one thatis long and thin and cuts everything really well. I bet one like that would work really good on a cake. Do you still want socks or would a cake knife be a better B-Day present?
ReplyDelete:) Well, a long flexible, serrated, bread type knife (what it looks like they use on Ace of Cakes) would be cool. Either way. I probably need socks more though, haha. I just used my wustof bread knife and that worked pretty well considering! Either way, I'd be happy with either one!
ReplyDelete"Their's??" Come now, Anna. :)
ReplyDelete:) I decided to give myself a lesson (see below). Thank you Miss. English :) hehe. Jason would point out my mistake too.
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Theirs is the third person plural possessive pronoun - it replaces "their" + noun.
Is this yours or theirs?
He found a book - is it theirs?
I can't find my keys, but theirs are on the table.
Theirs is a better idea.
Theirs is over here.
Their's
Though you may see their's written even by native speakers, it is incorrect. Theirs should never have an apostrophe.
The Bottom Line
The idea that theirs needs an apostrophe comes out of the fact that on virtually every other word, 's indicates possession, so English speakers sometimes think theirs should be spelled their's. However, this is always incorrect - theirs is the only correct spelling.
City Church is actually our church's "sister church" of sorts, heehee! We attend City Presbyterian here (in downtown Denver) and receive some oversight and such from City Church. You'll have to tell me how you like it. (We have women serving as deacons as well.)
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