Happy birthday Goorba the Greek Part 1

My kitchen hasn't seen this much activity since last Christmas. I've been so worked up about work (what?) that I just don't have the energy to make an effort to prepare our meals. It's a good thing Michael works late and has staffmeals, he's not really hungry when he gets home from work. I digress...I have a tendency to do that lately, like my mind is swimming with so many things that I've not blogged about and everything just wants to come out at the same time...and there you have it I digress again.

So anywaaaaay....as I was saying...my kitchen...so much activity. The reason for the sudden burst of food in my kitchen this weekend was the birthday party (well a party for 4 people...) for Sadrina...aka goorba. Also, it was my mother in law's birthday last week, and then Cathy's birthday yesterday. So 3 cakes in one go. I'm a cake novice so it was pretty nerve wracking stuff. Thank you Martha Stewart...you saved my butt. It's not that I don't know how to bake cakes, it's just that...I really don't find any enjoyment in doing it. Well ok I do, but it feels much more of a chore compared to chopping onions the whole day. I would happily chop onions than ice a cake. Sooooo....I keep running around in circles today...back to the birthday...

Sadrina didn't want any carbs (yeah...you give and give and they ask for more...) for her birthday menu. I admit, I was pretty excited to give the old girl *GRIN* a party. I haven't had something to look forward to in a long time. Hmm...that just makes me sound like a pathetic loser...well you know what I mean. I had the menu planned in advance, took my days off work and prepared for her party. What I didn't know was, everyone I know was born in July and practically everyone I know born in July was born in between 22-31. That just doesn't give me time to make the cakes on separate days. So while I was preparing food for the party, I threw myself on the deep end and baked 3 cakes. Stressss....but the cakes turned out ok. Actually, Mike and I couldn't stop eating the trimmings heheheh.

I was supposed to prepare minimal food and lots of booze for the party. In the end, we had lots of food and minimal booze. Oh...and outstanding company.

We had a riot with the Wii. I suspect we had too much coffee that resulted in our manic energy whilst playing boxing. More about that in a separate post. For the meantime, I'll leave you with Sadrina cutting the cake. By far the only woman I know who can make cake cutting look erotic yet scary at the same time.

Happy birthday Sadrina.