{"id":685,"date":"2006-09-03T22:21:18","date_gmt":"2006-09-03T22:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/?p=685"},"modified":"2006-09-03T22:21:18","modified_gmt":"2006-09-03T22:21:18","slug":"happy-birthday-amy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/uncategorized\/happy-birthday-amy\/","title":{"rendered":"HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMY,"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>even though your birthday was friday.  we\u2019re celebrating tomorrow night, though, and i\u2019m making mexican food.  i decided i don\u2019t have quite enough to occupy my time, so i\u2019d do some cooking.<\/p>\n<p>Kynda has also been busy, thinking all things flowers for the wedding. here\u2019s a lovely photos she sent me today, just something she was practicing:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/test bouquet.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"test bouquet\" \/><\/p>\n<p>beautiful, huh?<\/p>\n<p>today i FINALLY FINISHED THE BOTTLES.  i sprayed the glaze on them and they\u2019re now COMPLETELY done.  here they are.  the two bright pink ones on the right side are the original ones i patterned all the others after.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/bottles.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"bottles, finally\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i\u2019m glad i\u2019m done with them.  i can\u2019t believe how long they took.  thank god i had mom help me finally, because i\u2019d still be painting all by myself.  <\/p>\n<p>that wasn\u2019t the major part of the day today, though.  that would be CAKE BAKING.  here\u2019s my with some of my perfect cakes.  these are all the carrot cake layers, which i finished today.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/me and cakes.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"cakes cakes cakes\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i was pleased with how they turned out.  see the flower in my hair?  that\u2019s my making-wedding-cake flower.  i decided i needed to wear something festive while spending the day baking.  then i had to go to the grocery store and kept the flower in my hair and i probably looked like a young bag lady.  bag lady in training.  i was also wearing my horton hears a who orange and black shorts.  quite a fashion statement.<\/p>\n<p>i got stuff at the store for making dinner tomorrow night, and i came home and made some mexican soup.  it\u2019s going to be delicious.  but i do have to say i\u2019m a little tired of cooking right now and it\u2019s nice to just sit here typing.  my computer continues to function at the moment, but it could go at any time.<\/p>\n<p>my friend kelly called tonight and she\u2019s making her plane reservation.  i\u2019m concerned about her flying into st. louis because even though she lives in a big city (D.C.) and has lived in other big cities (including LA and Denver), she\u2019s not so good with directions while driving.  but maybe because she HAS to find the right road, she will.  i told her she needs to see the lincoln museum while she\u2019s here and she said her daughter\u2019s favorite president is Lincoln.  last year when she was in kindergarten, they didn\u2019t want kids to spell their names because they\u2019d do it wrong (is this logical?), so intead everybody got a number.  katie was number 16, and lincoln was the 16th president.  i wonder if that\u2019s why she likes lincoln the best.  i also wanted to know if they called the kids &#8220;hey, 24,&#8221; or they actually remembered their names.<\/p>\n<p>i have to stop typing now so i can do something even less energetic, like watching another episode of &#8220;reno 911,&#8221; except if i start i\u2019m afraid i\u2019ll stay up really really late watching it because i\u2019m kind of addicted.<\/p>\n<p>that is all for the moment,<\/p>\n<p>sunday grace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>even though your birthday was friday. we\u2019re celebrating tomorrow night, though, and i\u2019m making mexican food. i decided i don\u2019t have quite enough to occupy my time, so i\u2019d do some cooking. 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