tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141082936951057332023-11-16T05:05:56.868-06:00Call Me CrazyContact me at kkunoff@yahoo.comUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-214108293695105733.post-62522516116472165322011-06-19T14:22:00.001-05:002011-06-19T14:25:04.155-05:00Red Fish Cake<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">My brother got married back in March, but they had a small ceremony. On Friday, they had a reception for all the friends and family that couldn't be at the wedding. My brother requested a cake with a red fish jumping out of water.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The bottom tier is red velvet and the top tier is chocolate. The fish is made of rice krispie treats covered in marshmallow fondant.</span><br />
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Here are the final products. Come back later for a step-by-step on the logo and the dragon!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Next Thursday I have my largest order ever. (Bet you can't guess how big!?!?!?)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Six full sheet cakes and 270 cupcakes to be exact. </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Ya know, just in case you missed it.</span></i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I thought I'd let you come along for the journey. More for my sake than for yours. Someone to go through the ups and downs, share in my successes and </span><s><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">failures</span></s><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> set backs. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Last Tuesday I started baking the sheet cakes. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">(There's no way I could bake all the cakes and frost them and decorate them and transport them in a short amount of time. So, I decided to bake everything ahead of time and freeze it.) </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I started out excited to start the journey, especially to use my new baking stuff!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">My first cake turned out great, but because I had only purchased </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">ONE</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> large cooling rack, when I tried to flip the cake using two smaller cooling racks, the cake fell apart. Major thumbs down.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I managed to save the cake, but it didn't exactly spur me on to greatness.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">My second cake turned out great. However, my third and fourth cake were anything </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">but</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> great. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I couldn't figure out what was wrong; the cakes weren't rising and they were really sponge-y. Then I tasted them. Bleh, no sugar. After retracing my steps, I figured out that I forgot to double the sugar in each of my last cakes. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">You would think that these blips might have occurred due to a lack of caffeine...</span><br />
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</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Then I went back to look at my first and second cake, only to realize that the cakes were too short, less than an inch high. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Before I poured batter into the cake pans, I took out two cups of batter to start making cupcakes. By taking out this <s>small</s> huge amount of batter, my cakes were too short.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">At this point, I have no cakes whatsoever to use. I called my husband and asked him what I should do. We decided that I should call it a day and he would show up with reinforcements to start again tomorrow.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And by reinforcements I mean two more large cooling racks and two more hands to help. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The next day we baked four half sheet cakes, or two full sheet cakes. </span><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>Does that even make sense?</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">As in, this is the first customer that is not one of my friends. Kinda cool...at least, for me it is :)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Eh. Better luck next time.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Better yet...better time management next time ;)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I also tried a new recipe this time, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/white-almond-wedding-cake/Detail.aspx">Vanilla Almond Cake</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">(from </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span class="author" id="ctl00_CenterColumnPlaceHolder_recipe_lblSubmitter" rel="nofollow" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://allrecipes.com/Cook/18381345/Profile.aspx" id="ctl00_CenterColumnPlaceHolder_recipe_lblSubmitter_lnkUser1314398" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 500; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">CUPYCAKESMURF</a> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">at allrecipes.com), by request of the client. This cake is very moist, but a touch to sweet for my blood. Enjoy!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"And what does that mean for me," you ask?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I get to make cakes again! If you recall, my husband kindly put a stop to my cake baking at the beginning of the semester. One week into the semester my head was spinning after making a small cake for a friend. I went along with it because it was in my best interest and it gave me more time to devote to my kiddos. </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">(By kiddos I mean my students. After teaching, they become your kids. If you are a teacher, you understand.)</span></i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This weekend I made a My Little Pony Cake. Altogether I think it turned out pretty well and I learned a couple of new techniques including Color Flow. The party was held outside with wind gusts up to 30 mph! I had to leave before anything broke off the cake. Here's to hoping nothing happened after I left!</span><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Their</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> cookies make </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">me</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> want to make cookies. Good cookies, too. Now, I know that sugar cookie skills don't happen over night. So I thought I had better get started if I wanted my cookies to be fabulous any time soon.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">My dear friend's son recently had surgery and I thought I would make his day with some sweets. </span><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Well, technically I left a facebook comment asking my friends for a reason to bake cookies. But who's keeping track of these minor details?</span></i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I didn't know much about my friend's son, other than his name and his age. I did some research, combing through my friend's facebook photos. Low and behold, I come across a picture of her son wearing a Star Wars shirt. So I went with it.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Let's hope he's still into Star Wars. </span><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">One lesson I learned this time is to take my time next time. By the time I got to writing Noah, my hand was shot. I could barely write a straight line.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The bride's cake was italian creme cake (<a href="http://callmecrazykunoff.blogspot.com/2011/02/italian-creme-cake.htmlhttp://callmecrazykunoff.blogspot.com/2011/02/italian-creme-cake.html">see recipe here</a>) with buttercream icing and a strawberry filling. Bree is definitely a bling kind of girl, so I added some blue crystals to match her blue hydrangeas, as well as some clear crystals. I don't think they showed up very well but it was worth a try.</span><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">4. Add buttermilk mixture to the sugar mixture. Mix well. Then alternate adding flour and vanilla to the batter. (Start and end with flour) Mix well.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">5. Using a whisk, fold in the egg whites.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">6. Pour the batter into greased pans and bake for 25-30 mintues.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">7. Eat it up!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">As a result of all this...my wonderful hubby has created a rule that I'm not allowed to bake any more cakes this semester. He's really been doing me a favor. Cakes usually consume me. It's all to keep me sane really. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">But my sister-in-law's birthday was this weekend, and well, I had to make her a cake. My hubby and I made a deal. So I used a frozen cake I had made about a month ago. I decided not to go the fondant route because that would take a lot of extra time. Instead, I got to try a new technique I saw on </span><a href="http://iammommy.typepad.com/i_am_baker/2011/02/rose-cake-tutorial.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">i am baker</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">. And here are the results:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A couple weeks ago we moved into a new apartment. On the same day that we moved, I also had a cake to make. I can't say that it was the best cake I have ever made, but I can say that it was pretty darn good considering. Just so you know, I wasn't crazy enough to plan on moving and baking on the same day. We had planned on moving sometime around the middle of February. It just worked out that way. I didn't want to cancel the order, so I made it anyway. </span><br />
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Overall, I am very happy with the results. This was definitely a learning process and next time I will know what to do!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Finished African Safari Cake.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Took some pics to show the process. This is the first shot. I wanted to add some texture to the fondant, so I dipped my hand in chocolate melts(of which I was told were the same thing as modeling chocolate....it is so not the same thing)and smeared chocolate all over. It didn't have the affect I wanted so I painted over it with a brown/yellow mix.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Ever since I googled pictures of safari cakes at the start of my quest, I have wanted to paint a sunset scene. At this point I was a little nervous. For some reason my cake looked more like a tribute to Jamaica than the savannah. </div><br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was the night before the cake was due. I wanted the affect of real looking savannah grass so I bought some grass and such from the floral department of Wal-Mart.</div><br />
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I have stayed away from blogging all things caloric because of my never-ending struggle to balance food and health. How do I keep healthy while continuing to expand my cooking and baking expereinces?<br />
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I want to find the best buttercream frosting, master the art of icing a cookie, give goodies away to friends and family in little packages with ribbons and bows, take family dinners from meh to mesmerizing, and hone my knife skills. The list goes on....<br />
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Anyone else out there struggle with this? How do you balance it all? What's a girl to do?<br />
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</div><div>February was not existent. Zilch. Nip. Nada. I didn't even try because of all the extras going on in my life. As March started creeping up on me I told myself that I needed to get back into the swing of things.</div><div><br />
</div><div>However, as God sometimes does, He threw me a curve ball...revealing something I need to deal with on a physical, mental, and spiritual level. I'm not at a point where I am ready to share that curve ball with you, my lovely world-wide viewing group of nine, but when I am, I will gladly share it=)</div><div><br />
</div><div>Until then, I'm trying to cut back on baking goodies, yummies, do-dads, and ding-dongs. Please do not give up on me. I shall return with recipes and inventions.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Blessings Galore,</div><div>Kristin</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-214108293695105733.post-75587914163234892352010-02-21T20:11:00.002-06:002010-02-21T20:11:27.545-06:00Trash those darn trash bags already!Last Sunday I traversed to my new casa to do some cleaning. You see, my brother's house is your typical man's house. I don't think he has actually cleaned since he moved in last April.<br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">This was not any puddle...it was a puddle of spit....a puddle of spit from my brother...a puddle of spit from my brother's dipping tobacco.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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It's like I was crying for my brother's sake, not mine. Crying because he will miss out on a year of his life here. Crying because I know, he knows, he might not come back. Crying because he's gonna be alone, away from his loved ones.<br />
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He lined up in formation and then they did roll call. After roll call they lined up for the bus. His girlfriend, Bree, got to say goodbye again and we watched him get on the bus. He grabbed a window seat...this part was kinda funny because he was smushed into an average bus sized seat with another grown man and both of their gear. Poor guy, he couldn't really move his hands. He was facing the window to see us and it kept fogging up from his breath. It took all his ability to try and wipe the fog away with his hand.<br />
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After about 20 minutes of sitting on the bus, they finally rode off. <br />
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What a draining morning. <br />
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Aaron and I went to church afterward. It was really good because it got my mind off things. I know that God is in control of everything. In fact, he's using my brother's deployment to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;">drill that lesson</span> remind me of that lesson on a daily basis. "Kristin, you cannot control everything. Leave it to me. That's my job, and I can do a better job that you can anyways."<br />
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In a couple hours Aaron and I are going to take some boxes over to my brother's house to start the moving process. You see, we are going to live in my brother's house while he is gone. It's a plus because we will save money and have tons of space. The con is that I'll be thinking about how <i>he</i> should be living there.<br />
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Another thing God is opening my eyes to are the sacrifices of the soldiers' families. I have a new level of appreciation and respect for the families and spouses who send their loved ones off to war. It's been hard enough sending my brother off, I don't know how I would do it if I sent Aaron off. I'll use this experience as a reminder to pray for those who are without their spouses.<br />
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Next week, after the move, I'll be back to normal and I'll start writing joyous posts again=) But for now, thanks for letting me share this stuff, it's been helping me cope. The following is from 1 Corinthians 12. It a combination of verses representing why I am thankful to have fellow believers who share my burdens and joys.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Charis SIL', charis, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Thanks for suffering with me. It makes it easier to share the load=) </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-214108293695105733.post-72273539656611498082010-02-09T20:57:00.004-06:002010-02-09T21:20:29.332-06:00Need Some Prayer<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Hey all,</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This week has already been a doosey. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">To begin, my brother ships off to war very soon. This is his second tour and this one seems harder (on him, my family, and myself) than the first one. Ever since he came back from his first tour he has been a different person, in a totally good way. We are so much closer. He is more caring, gentle, family oriented. He makes me feel so loved. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">All day Sunday we hung out with him and my parents. At church they prayed over him, then we ate my Dad's bbq ribs for lunch and watched the Super Bowl that evening.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I want to shout it out to the world that my brother is so amazing and how proud I am of him. What he does is hush, hush...so hush, hush I remain. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">But because you are reading this I will tell you how amazing he is:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">He sacrifices his time by leaving those he loves and what he is familiar with to protect us halfway around the world</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">He is ready to sacrifice his life for you and me daily, all so we may live in freedom</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">He sacrifices his emotional health, seeing things we've never seen even in our worst nightmares</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">He sacrifices his physical health, putting his body through physical hell and living in high stress, high adrenaline situations </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I am so proud of him, respect him, and appreciate all he does. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Please pray for him. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Other stuff is going on too, including teaching my first ever lesson tomorrow, having crazy professors that expect the world from me </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">and</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> the slight fact that we are moving in 11 days. </span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4