(vegan) Cupcakes are wonderful
I mentioned in a previous post that I am a big fan of the book Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World. Let me reiterate:
best cookbook ever.
To be fair, I never thought I would say that. As desserts go, I've always been more of an ice-cream-cake sort of girl. In fact, I hate most frosting. The sugar content makes the roof of my mouth feel funny, and leaves a sour taste in my mouth. (What? No,
you're weird.)
Oh, but this cookbook. Incredible. Until last night, I was particularly fond of the peanut-butter cupcakes and the cashew-butter cardamom cupcakes. But last night, I decided to try the
basic chocolate cupcakes topped with a chocolate mousse (linked picture is from the blog of the author).
Holy crap.
This is what cupcakes are supposed to taste like. Basically, you've never had a cupcake before. Trust me.
Annnnnyway, in other news.... :)
We're finally starting to feel settled in the new place, but we don't have
internet as-of-yet. I'm writing at work right now (waiting for some code to finish running) and of course I forgot the cable for my phone so I don't have any pictures to share. They will be up soon.
My last little nugget for you today involves a website I'm currently obsessed with:
muxtapes.
Playlists have time limits again! It's fun, so if you're as music-obsessed as I am, I recommend it. You can search for a list you might like via
muxtapestumbler or you can just go straight to
mine. Enjoy!
Transitions
We move this weekend! I'm really excited about this. You should be too. Do you know why? Because as soon as I move, this space will be inhabited with excessive house pictures in lieu of excessive puppy pictures. See? Aren't you excited?
But as long as we're on the topic of the pup... We went to a
coffee shop / dog park for knitting this week. Yes, that's right. It's half coffee shop and half dog park. It's decently close to the new digs, so I have a feeling I will be going back frequently.
Rachel and Emma (Rachel's adorable new pup) got there a few minutes after us, and Kaisa actually jumped on Rachel when she walked in. This is a HUGE recent development for my usually-shy girl. It made for an awkward moment when I wanted to squeal with joy, but felt it necessary to apologise instead. But Rachel was nice about it, and Kaisa was as happy as ever, and it ended up being a lovely evening. Hooray for Kaisa, the social butterfly in training...
Fetch!
More hiking pictures!!! Hooray!
These are from last weekend at Red Top Mountain. Of course, being GA, the mountain is more of a hill, but it's next to a lake. So the draw for me is that it's one of the few places around here where K can swim, which is always really fun for all involved*
*really!! It's hilarious to watch, and she loves it. So much so, she actually barked at Nick when he was taking a break (she appeared to be worn out, but I guess not). It scared him half to death, which was really funny because he jumped and yelled back at her. It was so uncharacteristic of both of them, it really made me laugh.
Hotlanta, to go
Yep, it's 100 degrees here.
I hope it cools down by next weekend, when the moving begins.
Speaking of moving, Nick and I are on a roll regarding picking up essential items on the cheap. Between us, we have very little furniture (sans an abundance of matresses, which will come in handy for furnishing the guest bedroom). So, being neurotic, I needed to get some furniture before I felt ready to move. I recently found an entire set of beautiful livingroom furniture for $200 (thank you, craigslist!!!), and Nick just bought us some
deck chairs that are so comfortable I might vote that they live in the sunroom (he paid half that). Anyway, I also found a set of these:
at my local Salvation Army, for $9. What makes this deal so sweet is that they're available on Amazon.com, so if I want to expand the set or get replacements I know where to go.
MAN, I am good at this poor college student gig! Next on the list is closet space (think antique armoire), sunroom furniture (?), kitchen table, and book shelves (lots of them). I think Nick might want to build the last two with his new fancy woodworking toys, and the former will have to wait until (1) we move in and (2) craigslist offers up something good :)
Allllllright I should get back to packing. (Also, why don't grocery stores offer up boxes anymore? Apparently now you have to call ahead by a day or two. Lame.)
