Calls for tablespoons of sugar, flour (specifically cake flour), cocoa powder, milk, oil and an egg. Seems simple enough but then you microwave it. Sort of strange if you ask me but what the heck?

So I combine my all purpose flour (didn’t have cake flour, is there a difference?) , sugar, cocoa and the egg.

Then I added the milk and oil and mixed the heck out of it as directed.

Popped the mug in to the microwave and stood back. Our microwave makes this strange sound when you nuke stuff, like it’s got a radiation malfunction or something. I never stand near it because of the sound. I am paranoid. LOL. Plus if the cake exploded I didn’t want hot nuked batter all over me.

When 3 min were up I took out my creation and inspected it, looks questionable. It has solidified though, I guess it could be good. Looks strange though, see…

Once it cooled, it came out of the mug and on to a plate. It had all these air bubbles and was a strange consistency from the looks of it. Still to soon to know if it is good though, the darn thing is piping hot!

I slathered some frosting on it, I tasted it and cut it in half for N and I to have after dinner. Upon first taste It wasn’t bad. When I cut it in half though it was pretty brick like.

I think it came out pretty dense and not as fluffy as I would have liked (you know like normal cakes). I bet it was the flour, had I used this flour substitution guide (or the flour they called for in the recipe) I would have been better off.

I had a few bites and was done, N ate his whole half. See, he always eats my bad food because he doesn’t want to make me feel bad. LOL.

It was a fun thing to test out but it did not cure my preggo cake craving. I guess I am a cake snob or something. Today I’ll make brownies to try satisfying that chocolate urge of mine since I seem to be bursting with energy.

I used that energy burst to get my bags packed and am just about ready to leave for The Farm this weekend. I am going to an Evansville BirthNetwork Meeting on Thursday to meet with some fellow mama’s, get some support for my upcoming delivery and to meet the local La Leche League leader.

Only base we haven’t covered is finding a pediatrician in the area for when we are home from The Farm and ready to think about vaccinations (oy). Oh and Gabby is finally out of heat and done with the pissing (I think), woot. We’ve gotta get her fixed after Tater arrives, her and Boner!

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Aquafresh Toothpaste was normally $2.29 each. With the store coupon found in their weekly circular ad they were marked down to $.99 each. We got 2 and also had a manufactures coupon for $.75 off which got the price per tube down to $.62 per 6.4oz tube.

Not bad! We only had one of the manufactures coupons, if we had 2 of the $.75 off coupons we would have been able to get them for $.24 each. That would be less than a pack of gum.

We were also on the hunt for Dawn dish soap. A 10.3oz bottle was going for $1.99 but with the store coupon they too were marked down to $.99 each and we had 3 manufactures coupons for $.50 off each bottle. We got each one for $.49.

We needed the toothpaste and dish soap already since we were almost out, plus we also needed some for me to take to The Farm so the great deals were a nice score for us.

I got really a strange bout of stomach flu symptoms on the way home and was feeling pretty bad most of the day. I tried to nap and take it easy but Gabby our youngest cat is in heat and causing lots of drama around here.

First off she is yowling like mad. It is pretty annoying but that is not the worst of her behavior issues right now. The real problem is her pissing everywhere. Thursday morning when I woke at 6am and was unable to go back to sleep I went to the living room to do some computer stuff while N slept.

Right there in front of me Gabby peed on the wall and carpet (actually it was more like she “sprayed”). I freaked, locked her in the bathroom and cleaned the spot immediately. Later that day I was doing laundry and noticed fresh cat pee in the pack n play and freaked again, cleaned it and took the pack n play down. Then she peed right on the top of the canvas suitcase I was packing and that was the last straw for me.

We’ve temporarily relocated her to our garage to wait out her “heat” and pissing. I would love to take her in to be fixed but we can’t afford it until after Tater is born. Every cent we have coming to us is budgeted for bills and the home birth.

Oh, I wanted to share this adorable gift I received from Sara, a friend and fellow business owner. I am wearing the necklace now and will continue to until Tater makes her arrival. If you click the image you’ll be taken to HERinspiration.com

It is supposed to be a sunny nice weekend here. It is the last weekend I’ll have here at home before I head off to The Farm, it’s my last weekend at home before motherhood. Got no real plans, just cleaning, nesting, gardening, cleaning cat pee… You know grownup stuff that doesn’t require spending money. LOL.

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My cats are a huge part of the world around me so here are some of my cutest kitty pictures:

Here is the view from my bedroom window of the Aspen tree.

Nathan has another batch of brew going in the kitchen today (pumpkin porter I think) and I am getting ready to make up my delicious maple pumpkin cheesecake today!

Would you like to share your world with us? If so simply post your own blog entry with pictures that say 1000 words and email me the address to your blog entry so I may link to it from here! Happy posting!

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