Woke up with a sore throat today. >.< And can you believe it's -3 Celsius outside? *dies*

Every year when the temperature drops below 10, I wonder, "How the heck do I survive at subzero temperatures?" LOL. I love the cold, but only when there's snow. When there's none, though, I hate it and the last thing I want to do is to go outside.

Apparently H1N1 is hitting the state of Crimea pretty hard. 30 deaths already? Schools have been closed and we've gotten word that our university might be closing too. Not sure for how long, but it could be from a few days to three weeks. o.O

Wouldn't that be awesome? Now why didn't they do that during Social Medicine? >.> Then again, our next cycle is Tuberculosis so we won't have to travel that far. <.< IF the uni really does shut down. :P

*yawns* So tired. But more cold than tired. Feel like curling up in bed with some hot chocolate and my computer. I have so many movies I don't know when Imma finish watching them all. Baha. I'm just rambling about whatever goes on in my head because I'm too tired to even think of what to write.

There's a lot to do today, mostly rearranging stuff and all that. I can't wait to get my own house and we'll be able to host parties and stuff without having to remove all the kitchen stuff from the prepping table. LOL. I love the Jack-o-Lantern. It's unbelievably cute. Hehe... And the cake... That was the biggest I'd ever baked. It was good, though all of us were too full to actually thoroughly enjoy it. I blame Reuby because of his burgers. Sandwiches would've been fine, methinks. But it doesn't matter now. Everyone had fun, everyone enjoyed the food, so that's what matters most. :)

Blood, anyone?


-Lissa-

I worked my ass off the whole day today but I'm not complaining. Everything was worth it in the end. I can't remember the last time we threw a party like this... Christmas, perhaps? Most likely.

Anyways, I was unsatisfied with how the angel food cake turned out, so with Reuby's permission, I baked another cake - yellow butter cake. That's like classic. And failproof. LOL. Yes, I'm anal like that. Everything has to be perfect. :P

Reuby's first task of the day was to carve the pumpkin. And he did an amazing job of it!




The devil's food cake was lovely. OMG. So sinful.

The witches' brooms were delightfully cute. LOL. I loved them. <3 And making them was fun too!





The pretzel sticks were a little too long, so guess who had the 'horrible' chore of eating the little bits I broke off?

You guessed it!




The devilled eggs were a breeze... We've done this so many times before, it's all second nature. With just the right amount of mayonnaise, salt, pepper and mustard. Mmm... Delish!







Assembling the cakes, though, was the difficult (and scary) part. That, and frosting them.














We didn't get to watch Halloween as planned because there were so many parties around. :( So I'm gonna head to bed as soon as I upload the photos to Facebook. Nevertheless, it was a good one. Hosting is always fun. :P





-Lissa-

Right-o. First item on the list - Devil's food cake.

After that, Witches' Brooms while waiting for the cake to cool off. Then I might make Cobweb Cookies. Devilled Eggs come next and we'll do the pumpkin carving. Yay! ^.^

I just hope everything turns out okay. :-S Especially the cakes. >.<


-Lissa-

I am tired. Apparently baking without dinner gets me exhausted faster than I have ever imagined. Either that or I am really, really, really pooped.

It could also be due to the fact that the angel food cake didn't turn out like I expected. Actually, I don't know what I expected. I was thinking it would be something light and fluffy like my yellow butter cake, but instead it was this meringue-y stuff? What the heck is that? I'm not a fan of meringue, I've come to realise, so I don't think I like it very much.

My opinion of angel food cake has pretty much gone down the drain.

*shrugs* Looks like I'm all in for the sinful stuff. >.> :P

But I'm baking that tomorrow. I'm just too tired to bother tonight. Ta-rah. Zzzzzz...


-Lissa-

Imagine my horror when I came back to start baking the cakes, only to realise that I had no cake pans! ARGH!!! There was no doubt as to who had them. Amos. The only problem was... Amos had left on his holiday this morning and won't be returning until Tuesday. Maddening, isn't it? To make matters worse, the Internet went all crappy again. GAH.

Wanted to borrow cake pans from friends but they had been loaned to another friend who was throwing a Hallowe'en party as well. BLAH. So we were stuck with one 10-inch pan from the next door neighbour. I suppose it's better than none. But I was frustrated, and I have a good reason, too.

Never again will I let anyone borrow my baking things. *huffs* It's annoying, infuriating, and more. *slams head against desk*


. . . . . .


*breathes deeply* Okay, I'm ready to start. Angel food cake first. Heh.


-Lissa-

So I recently found out that there are scrubs in colours other than the usual blue, green and purple. o.O

And.

I found black scrubs. *swoons*




-Lissa-

I baked for about two hours or so today... And was completely bushed. I still have about half of the original amount of dough. Just imagine if I'd actually gone ahead and baked all of them. :|

So how many did I manage today?

My friends, the title says it all.

22 cookies eaten.

278 cookies packed into containers/tupperwares/whatever.





And there you have it.

300 star-shaped cookies.





Dayam, I'm good.


-Lissa-

We started Oncology the day before and it's a pretty relaxed cycle. Get to come back as early as half past one and that makes me happy. Because I'll have more time to work on my preparation for Hallowe'en. ^.^

Oh, transthoracic oesophagectomy is an operation to remove a tumour in the oesophagus. >.> What? I had to have a title... >.> :P


It was horribly foggy yesterday...




But not today!








I received a package today, and no, it wasn't the cookie cutter. >.< Ah well. I tossed the box down for Vittorio to play with and Marzipan, being the busybody she is, went to see where his head disappeared to. LOL.





Reuby's going for gym now, so I'd best start baking! :) Here's to hoping the cookies turn out all right. *crosses fingers*


-Lissa-

I made the worst mistake ever when I was mixing the cookie dough. The recipe called for a pound of butter, and I mistook a block of 200g for 100g. So yeah, I screwed up big time. And I was wondering why the heck the dough was so sticky. :| But about half an hour or so, I finally realised what had happened and made the necessary adjustments. I'm ending up with twice the batch I'd expected. >.> So much for baking sugar cookies. We're gonna go all out with le butter cookies. <.<

Hope they'll turn out okay though.


-Lissa-

Still no cookie cutters. :( Tomorrow is the final day but I'm getting started with the cookies anyways. I'm gonna use my star-shaped cookie cutter from my Christmas cookie cutter package I received last week. If, by any chance, they do come in tomorrow, I will bake another batch of sugar/butter cookies and frost them. :)

Was in a rush to get to class today that I forgot to take the butter out of the fridge so it'd be nice and soft by the time I get back. -.- Oh well, I'll pop it into the microwave for a sec.

Reuby and I watched Ghosts of Girlfriends Past and the story wasn't -too- bad. I've always loved A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and this was an interesting take on the book. It made me cry, so that's worth something. Just like how I wept buckets with The Accidental Husband. LOL.


-Lissa-