Cake Balls

One of my school friends had a rather huge party to finish off nursing school. We're talking 10 pulled boston butts, a live band in the barn and beers as far as they eye could see! All we had to do was bring a side item and party on down. I decided to try my hand at cake pops, sans "pop." Drunk people roaming a farm leaving little white sticks everywhere? Nah. ...So this way they're eco friendly.

I hardly feel like this is a recipe...more of a how-to. BUT it's super easy and messy and can be done in spurts!

The Goods

1 cake mix (I did funfetti and red velvet)

1 tub of whatever frosting goes with the cake mix (funfetti and cream cheese, respectively)

melting chocolate (or white chocolate)

decorations (sprinkles! drizzle! icing!)

How-To

1) Make sheet cake. I guess you don't have to, but it cooks faster and cools faster, so...

2) COMPLETELY cool your cake and break it into chunks. Put it in a bowl.

3) Dump frosting into the bowl too! I added sprinkles for the funfetii, just 'cause.

4) Don gloves (you don't have to, but I wanted to not be sticky). Mush contents of bowl to a paste-type consistency. Mmm...

5) Form the cake paste into balls! Place on a cookie sheet lined with aluminum foil. They're starting to to look like the real thing! Cover and refrigerate for several hours. I left them in there overnight, because I was tired of looking at them by this point. 

6) Melt your chocolate according to its directions. Coat the balls and let them set. 

7) Decorate liberally! Ta-da!

Change!

Hello! I'm happy to announce that for the next month or so I'll be posting not merely as EmilySarah but as EmilySarah Phillips, Registered Nurse Applicant (that's RNA for short, thanks)!

As if a new degree, a new job and a new dwelling place (soonish!) wasn't enough to wrap my head around right now, I decided to do something I never EVER do--I got my hair did (I think the last time I set foot in a hair place was in early 2008...yikes.). It's not like my hair's down to my knees or anything, I just learned, over time, to cut it myself. Why pay someone to do something I can easily do myself, right?

Because I was tired of my flat, almost wavy hair, and I can't do this without the help of a pro:

I think I like it. I'll know for sure when I wash it and style it myself. And since I took this photo after a windy evening of bonfire/cookout/barn party merriment and a toss-and-turn slumber, so it has to get better.

What I like almost as much as the curl itself is the surprise that the salon used an organic perm. It doesn't have the usual chemicals, so it's less harsh on my hair, and--the best part--there's no skunky nastiness following me for the next few days. Sweeeet.

Holy Crap!

My nursing final is on Tuesday. Pinning is on Wednesday.

...how did this happen? And where was I?

I swear, yesterday it was snowing, and we were putting up Christmas decorations...and now I never have to go to a nursing lecture again? And my job pre-screening is TOMORROW?!?!

I don't believe it. Not one bit.

...And oh my god, I have so much to study.