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o.k., so i get up knowing i have to see the dentist after 16 years. i open the patio doors and see a lovely billboard. it's going to be alright. all is bright. :happy:
snazzy office in the 'arts district'… two buses to get there. i was early so after locating the office i had a cappuccino at starbucks. lucky i had my starbucks card because i was down to the quarters pile.
what do you do when the dentist says he is going to extract the last six teeth in your head?
limp home and make a chocolate cake. of course. :chef:
also, of course, i had never made a cake before. so i learned a lot.
(the setup)
(looks o.k.)
everything went well until i put the strawberry/chocolate icing filling in and dropped the second layer on. as i was buttering the rest of the chocolate icing on, the layers did a kind of speedy tectonic plate displacement.
i solved that. i stabbed it with four bamboo skewers. 😆
well, it's not perfect but i am going to enjoy it anyway, with a root beer float and a scoop of french vanilla icecream…. so there. that's a day in the life… :happy:
podloonaroon 
Originally posted by Scott:
:eyes: :left: :right: :p A good celebration though. Rico! Mmmm… Gracias.
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The pictures in cook books come from another World beyond living people's reach. Yesterday I embarked on the conquest of making genuine Christmas confiseries with marzipan, nougat, cocoa flakes, chocolate and a variety of nuts.Now, this is how it looked like in the book (not the exact picture, but quite similar):My result was somewhat different. Unfortunately I have no picture, because it is already half-eaten, which proves that I got some of it right…Merry Christmas to you…
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you got the right idea, just a little late.i always put tooth picks in the bottom layer and then put the top one on. keeps everything in place and as you cut it you will find the tooth picks. three is usually enoughsay thnax to my momma
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boy, you've been at it! looks delic. YUM.
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What can I say, but YUMMY!!!! :p
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Hi Scott, I hope the dentist did good things to your mouth. Happy holidays to you and your significant others! :cheers:
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Hi Scott, merry christmas to you! :up:
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cool. a cake for every season, a cake for any reason. :up:
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Chocolate cake makes everything better! Mmmmmmm! Sometime I'll have to post pictures of The Ugliest Cake I Ever Made. It was our, "Happy Last Day of June Cake" from earlier this year. Yes, my boys and I don't need much of a reason to make a cake. We also had a Happy Earth Day Cake this year. ~ Janean
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Originally posted by I_ArtMan:
Yep. That's the way we make and eat cakes at this house. The next scheduled cake baking day is for January 4, when I make one in the heart shaped cake pans from my grandmother to celebrate her birthday, even though she's no longer celebrating birthdays here on Earth. It's my way of remembering her, with a smile. One of many that is. ~ Janean
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that is simply a beautiful idea. 💡
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:faint: So did he remove the 6, or what? As for the cake, looks yum. I'd forgo the sticks and call it an earthcake. 🙂
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it's a tasty earth cake… still eating it. getting a little dry but the frosting is still fudgy. time to top it with vanilla icecream. yep. :happy:no, moon, not yet. and they're not going to unless they agree i can pay my share $1,000 at $100 a month or trade for artwork. i left three cards behind for the three doctors there. i don't think the nurse i gave them to passed them on, or even troubled to tell them. you'd think they would give me a call.so we'll see when i go back on the third of january.the fine print of all the documents i signed seemed like they could come to my house and lop off a chunk from my gluteus maximus if i didn't pay them on time. 😆
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Love your ice cream solution to counteract the dryness. Mmmmmm Mmmmmmm now. Hope you can negotiate an art trade for dental work. Good luck at your January appointment.
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I agree with Tangles. Good luck to ya. An idea or two… 1) sign whatever they want you to sign. 2) get complete, healthy dental work done. 3) Afterwards, send a letter informing them that you are now an incorporated international banker, too damn big to fail; and that you demand a bailout. There's just something wrong with a rich society that makes healthcare iffy.
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hear hear… let all who have ears hear. i am so tired of this argument. maybe it is my fault that i have no money. i am ready for the button molder now. maybe he will make me into a shiny new republican button. :up:
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HI Scott. About the no money business … try to look at this. a danish guy with a splendid idea:http://artmoney.org/
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i'm interested. so if i have one of these token paintings/prints, i can go into the clothing store and buy a shirt with it?we used to have a 'barter card' which was a national credit card. it lasted some years. i would build a chimney for $800. barter dollars and use the card anywhere that accepted the barter card. clothing stores and restaurants etc. were signed up. i don't know what happened to that….
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Originally posted by I_ArtMan:
Yeah, if the shop accepts artmoney. I´ve just become a member yesterday. There must be a list or something coverig the shops that accepts artmoney!
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that's cool. if the organization succeeds over time, i will push for something like that here… you know how influential i am here in the u.s., :lol:at any rate i will post on facebook which of course is changing the world. also, lol
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Good luck buddy :up:I like your optimism. Like mine yours work best blended with humour! 😀
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for the first time it looks delicious :chef: Merry Christmas Scott
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The concept of Art Money is intriguing. I will circulate the link in my Central Illinois Art Circles as well.
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good. it might catch on.
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Originally posted by I_ArtMan:
The one response I received was, "The IRS doesn't like it." In reference to bartering art for services rendered and/or items purchased. *sigh* 'Tis always something. Happy New Year's Eve Day, Scott.
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they don't have to like it. it's still legal. :idea:happy happy new year. 🙂
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Originally posted by I_ArtMan:
Thank goodness for THAT! My youngest son at lunch yesterday asked why we needed money anyway. My older son explained how people used to barter before money became legal tender. I smiled to myself and thought of the conversation on your blog, as their conversation swirled around me. ~ Janean
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happy new year 🙂
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"o.k., so i get up knowing i have to see the dentist after 16 years. i open the patio doors and see a lovely billboard. it's going to be alright. all is bright." make room- I have an appt. this month. I need to wake up to this.
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You really got me laughing :"the layers did a kind of speedy tectonic plate displacement" 😆 😆 😆 I´m sorry to hear about the dentist … :eyes: But if you can write like that after a message like the one you got ….then i´m shure you´r all right ! :yes:
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Originally posted by Olivier31:
and a happy new year to you too olivier :up:
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P.S. I made that cake, in the heart shaped pans my Grandma gave me, to remember her and her would have been 96th birthday on January 4th. It turned out beautifully, not hat I'm bragging,. It was box mix and store bought icing after all. Easy peasy compared to scratch baking. Mmmmm mmmmmmm good too. If it's OK for me to say so myself.
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i have to go to the dentist too, no i am afraid because i have a few teeth 🙂
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😆 😆 :furious: 😆 😆
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well. it's gotta be done right? good luck to you. try the nitrous oxide. it's a trip. 😆 laughing gas.
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Just don't pay, Kamerad. Let 'em come and put the teeth back in.
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😆
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Yummy cake! :yes:
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dW,I think I've seen that picture somewhere before… Perhaps when you shared it in the comments on my poem, "shoo shoo little bird."http://my.opera.com/jbaird/blog/2011/07/27/shoo-shoo-little-birdJanean
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Enjoyd reading your story, art man, seems I beat U by 2 yrs when stopping by the dentist's office…After like 18 yrs I was forced 2 visit nearest dentist and he said:"Where U come from?" "I'm only passing through " I replied…he, he!!:whistle: He worked with my teeth 4 one h and then said it was not so bad after all…He was a big liar I can tell U 😥 I had 2 see him 4 over a full year in order 4 him 2 make my teeth become OkiDoki. Anyway…your story brings some flash backs 2 me – that proves my memory is still doing Ok I think 😀
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thanks for the note of hope.when i get to heaven i am going straight to the architect of teeth. i will simply suggest that in the future, they be made of diamonds. :happy:
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That's the smart thing 2 do 😀
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I'll have a piece of cake please and black coffee. Do you remember when you could go to a diner, say like a Denny's, and there would be cakes with covers on the counter and you could order a slice? I never see that anymore.
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Uh oh….I am starting to hyper ventilate! Why does dentistry have to be soooooo expensive! I hadn't been for about five years and went about two years ago while I was still in Phoenix. Had them cleaned and an xray of the tooth in the back that had been broken a few years before. It seems the old silver fillings they used to put in cause your teeth to fracture because the silver expands and contracts. Wonderful! Why didn't they know this 40 years ago? Luckily, I only had two. Anyway, the tooth hadn't caused me any problems except that there was only half a tooth with the old silver filling still hanging there. The dentist replaced a filling on the other side but told me I should have the broken one extracted. That was two years ago. Now I am in ND. The broken tooth is only now starting to feel like maybe it should be gone. This was the only dentist who told me NO, I really didn't need to have a 'bridge' put in for an additional $1500 dollars after a tooth was extracted. At this time in my life, I don't care if my teeth move. Personally, I don't think they are going to move THAT much and I can't stand the thought of filing down two perfectly good teeth to put in a bridge. Makes no sense to me.
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i understand your misgivings about the bridge. i went for it and implants too. now i just wish i had none. have to keep searching for someone who doesn't overcharge. hell, i'll pull 'em myself…i still see cakes in the cases at my denny's a block from here. :happy: i guess it depends on what part of the country you find them.
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