Charitable Baking

My apartment currently smells like a bakery. I made butter pecan cupcakes with french vanilla frosting. Which are topped with fall sprinkles. I also made a pan of Peanut Butter squares. No, I'm not trying to bake myself into a sugar coma. It's all for charity. Tomorrow we're having a bake sale at work. I might not have a big bank account but I know how to bake :)

French class was long and boring. Some random crazy guy asked me for money while I was outside on my break. I didn't have anything on me other than my phone. After I told him know, he started talking to the stairs beside me about righteousness and Jesus Christ and God. It was odd. But still more entertaining than class.

Back onto the charity topic for a minute. We got a letter at work today from Plan Canada. Last Christmas the office took up a collection and we sent 3 "Library in a Box" to Haiti. The letter from Plan Canada was them updating us on what they did over the last year. It was great to know that we'd been a part of helping others. When we all came together as a group, we did something great. And that's an awesome feeling. I think I may look into charity giving as an option for Christmas gifts.

I'm still processing all the thoughts in my head, but my mind wasn't buzzing as badly this evening. I think focusing on the baking tonight was a good distraction. I'm also kind of hoping that some answers will just appear out of thin air and help me out. Just like I'm hoping to win the lottery every week :)

Sleep time.

Good Night!

Sarah

Didn't make these this time, but I'm sure they taste just as good.

"Boy Toy"

What a day! I was at work by 7:20am to set things up and get our pancake breakfast underway. After a few hiccups, we were ready to rock and rock we did. We raised $301 and fed nearly 100 people. That's so awesome. I can't believe it went off as well as it did.

The rest of my day is a bit of a blur, half due to being busy and half due to being sleepy. Our techs were in and we got a lot of long anticipated equipment installed, which seemed to make the people happy.

One the way home tonight, someone cut one on my very crowded bus and I thought I was going to die. I understand that everyone needs to fart but come on! If you're on a crowded bus, be respectful of those around you and HOLD IT IN!!!!!!!!!

After dinner, I had to make a Walmart run to pick up a few things. Afterwards, I decided to treat myself to a sundae from the McDonald's that's inside Walmart. After I got my sundae and I was picking up some napkins, I heard the cashier ask the woman who'd been in line behind me "You want a boy toy?". Say what? My first thought was "You can order those at McDonalds" closely followed by " I didn't see that on the extra value menu". Damn. I'm going to have to do that the next time I'm in McDonald's. Walk up to the counter and say "I'd like a boy toy please". LOL. I am fully aware of the fact that the cashier was asking the lady if she wanted a Happy Meal toy for a male child, but the way that the cashier asked it just struck me as incredibly funny. Boy toy. Hee hee hee. So what if my mind is in the gutter. I'm sleepy.

Speaking of sleepy, I was going to try to watch Grimm tonight but my eyes are having a hard time staying open so I'm opting to blog and go to bed instead. I get to sleep in a tiny bit tomorrow as I said I'd be at work for OT at 9am. I'm only planning on working until 1pm, so I can still get in a little fun tomorrow. Not sure what I'll get up to as I'm flying solo, again, but I'm sure I can find something to keep me amused and occupied.

Good Night!

Sarah

Pushing 2000 and Positive Energy

Guess who's blog is only 3 page views away from hitting 2000??? LOL. Mine of course and that's so amazing. I can't believe that people read this or that I'm still actually writing. Truth be told, I'm loving it. I love writing. Even is I don't always right what's on my mind, I love it. Even when something totally unexpected and highly emotional ends up coming out, I love it. This is my art, my craft. I've never been able to draw, I'm too tone deaf to be able to sing, dancing it totally out of the question except for when I'm home alone...but writing. That I can do. And do pretty well if I do say so myself.

It was a long, busy, frustrating and rewarding day at work. So that make it a little on the odd side. We were having an "Ugly Tie" contest for the charity campaign. I won! That makes me the event winner two years in a row. Insane. LOL. I bought a novelty clown tie at a dollar store and that's what I won with. We raised almost $50 for the campaign too. That's the best part. And no, I didn't load my own vote envelope with money. I only put 50 cents in mine!

My shoulders are tense from stress and I'm feeling bogged down with negative energy. I think I'm going to sit with my positivity crystal and meditate a little bit before bed. Yes, you read that right. I have a positivity crystal. It's a very pretty chunk of quartz if you must know. LOL. I know how it sounds, trust me. I thought the same thing when I read about it, but it friggin' works. I don't know if it's a mind over matter thing or is a pretty rock really does have energy in it but something about it makes me feel better. I would bring it to work with me but I might be too tempted to throw it at annoying co-workers. LOL.

BTW, there's exactly 3 months until Christmas!!!

Good Night,

Sarah