Lovely summer weekend

The weather this weekend was phenomenal. It reminded me of San Diego…sunny & warm but no humidity.

On Saturday, WM and I went to visit my Dad, who’s up from Retired Guy Land and is staying with his friends. They have a lake house on Lake Gilman, and Saturday was Lake Gilman Day. We got there in time to see the boat parade. If you’re DYING to see these boats, I created a Flickr set. Have at.

Tonight I got it in my fool head to make cupcakes completely from scratch. I’ve been reading too much Building a Bakery.

Anyhoo, I ended up with vanilla cupcakes with lemon-flavored buttercream in both mini and regular sizes. I went too gung-ho with the food coloring in the frosting, because it looks electric. (Boogie Woogie Woogie)

I’m still tweaking my basic buttercream recipe. It took a crap-ton (that’s a baking term) of lemon zest & lemon juice to get the lemon flavor to actually show up in the frosting. And I made twice as much as I needed.

I bought a cake decorating set back in June that had 4 tips and some plastic bags. I think this is the worst thing I could have done because now I just want to bake things so I can test out the tips.

We also got rid of the TV stand today in favor of some more cube shelves. They make a cute corner nook and the TV is elevated higher than before. I’m quite pleased.

I also did a freelance work on a project I haven’t touched since January. It’s due by Friday & I only have one more night to work on it. (Busy week ahead.) Naturally, I overpromised. We’ll see how far I can get with it.

All in all it was a faboo weekend, even if I am a bit chilly. How was your weekend?