Happy Birthday Addison, potter style

The Mother of Boys sent me this photo earlier today, it’s my nephew’s birthday. Can you guess who he and his brothers are fans of?

You betcha! The one, the only, Harry Potter.

Addison is certainly celebrating in style, complete with Gryffindor colors. They made little owls and attached the birthday invitation to its leg before passing them out. See the cake above for a image of the idea.

The cake has two layers, one chocolate the other vanilla with meringue frosting in the middle. Covered in a yummy butter cream frosting, the details and wording were shaped out of fondant, and then painted with food coloring and chocolate syrup to great effect.

Addison himself made the golden Snitch in the upper left-hand corner. His older brother made the wand on the top right and the lightning scar on the bottom left. The school owl with accompanying scroll, bubbling cauldron with 3-D flames, bludger, Sorting Hat, and Firebolt were made by other family members.

On the eve of the final book coming out, who wouldn’t want to celebrate their birthday like this! How exciting! Yea Mother of Boys, you’re going to be the coolest mother on the block!

Happy Birthday Addison!

Love, your favorite aunt,
-Antie Lou

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(don’t ask)

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(I said don't ask. . . . Fine. No, my name isn’t Lou, . . . but to my nephews it is. :)

Fairway, like no other market

So there I was, minding my own business waiting in the check-out line of the local Fairway, when my cell starts ringing. I pulled out my phone, saw it was The Mother of Boys calling, then shoved it back into my purse. I'm sorry to say I didn't pick up.

Hey, I was almost to the register, and here in The 212 if you're not ready to speedily check out at the register, you get dirty looks and sometimes mean verbal prods. And when I say speedy, I mean speedy. They have a cable connection hooked up to the registers and so not two seconds after you've swiped your card, the approved/declined message flashes across the screen. Talk about fast.

I called The Mother of Boys back and walked, with my heavy groceries, huffing and puffing, over to Central Park West, where I sat and chatted with her about the current WIP that she's editing. She's very excited about the story and both she and The Professor can't wait to get their hands on next installment. Too bad it's still in my head...

-Bitter

Clarification: You get dirty looks and verbal prods from other customers, not the employees. The employees are too busy restocking the shelves and ringing up your stuff to give you dirty looks...

Bon Voyage WIP, aka Freedom!

I mailed my manuscript off to The Professor and The Mother of Boys today. It felt good to hand it over to the US Mail system.

I’m looking forward to my time away from the story. In about a month or so, I’ll be able to look at it with fresh eyes. Plus, it’ll give me the chance to catch up on some reading, and work on some photos that I’ve been itching to retouch. I’ve also thought about starting another book, this one outside of the adventure and genre that I’ve been working on since October. I’ll keep you posted.

The weather is supposed to be nice this weekend. I think I’ll spend some time in the park. Talked myself out of buying the Canon Rebel X camera again tonight. I Really, Really want it. As I am currently camera-less, keep me in mind if you have an old one you want to send my way. Or if you work for Canon or Nikon, send one to me, I’ll write up a great review. Well, ‘great,’ meaning that it’ll be well written. Can’t say if it’ll be positive, but I have high hopes.

-Bitter