#28 for Jake

Jake turned 28 on Wednesday. We threw him a little party. When I say little, I mean it was me and him and the cat. What a party. This is Porkchop, dosn't he look thrilled?We think it's funny when he sleeps while he's sitting. Here's the loot Jake got. How old was he again? I love him.



He's been wanting the huge transformer since he was two, I'm sure. I'll post pictures before and after, after I can figure it out.

A couple of weeks ago, Jake requested a shark cake for his birthday. I have prided myself on my cake decorating skills, and thought, this won't be hard. I'll whip it out the day before, and it'll look great! Well, much to my chagrin, well, you'll see.

So here is the picture of a cute shark cake I found online. How cute is that?

Well, I looked at it, studied it, and tried to figure out how they did it. I really tried! Here is my first attempt.

Apparently I didn't read it close enough. And dang it for my moist cake touch. It wouldn't hold itself up if it had a million dollars! Anyway, I read what the girl said about her cake. It turns out she made it in a loaf pan. What a good idea! Why didn't I think of that? Well, that went in the garbage (after a good nibble). I decided to just do it on my own, and not look at other pictures. Here's how it turned out.

Please don't judge me by the junk on my cupboards. Anyway, I think this cake turned out significantly better than the first one did! Happy Birthday Jake!

Black Tongue

So yesterday morning, I was going about my business. I packed Jake's lunch, showered, put on my face, and brushed my teeth. Nothing unusual for me, a normal routine! As I spit my toothpaste/slobbers out, I noticed something very different. It was BLACK! Oh my gosh, I opened my mouth, and my tongue was black!! Not just sucked on a purple popsicle black, but midnight black. What is going on here? I scrubbed again with my toothbrush, able to get most of whatever it was off. Freaky! I mentioned this to Jake later in the evening. We discussed what it could be. I mentioned I woke up with a hurting tummy in the night and had taken a couple of PEPTO tablets. But that's the only thing. That couldn't possibly be it. He told me I should google it. So I did I found all sorts of people who had suffered the same ailment. Here's what I found:



Pepto-Bismol has been known to cause one’s tongue and stool to turn black. This form of “black tongue”, however, is a result of the separation of bismuth from salicylate, forming bismuth trisulfide (Bi2S3) in combination with the sulfur found in saliva.



I also found this pepto page with all sorts of weird information. I tried to find a picture to share with you all, but couldn't. I know you're all sad.

Don't you think they should put that on the package?