Tuesday, October 06, 2009

My 200th & Some Cake As A Bonus

This is my 200th post and I’m very excited to have made it to this milestone. I know that many people have more, but I wanted to mark this day because it reminds me of what blogging has taught me…the value of sticking with something :-) Continually showing up here at the computer has definitely helped my discipline. Also this whole wonderful foray into blogging has given me a great creative outlet that I wouldn’t have had otherwise. And best of all, I’ve made some great friends. Who knew 199 posts ago that so much of my world would open up :-)

I look forward to many, many more posts in the future and they will certainly become more frequent again once I finish my course in a couple of weeks. Brit Boy and I are planning more outings coming up, so I’ll have lots of stories and photos to share about our adventures :-) Thanks everyone for continuing to visit me.

In other news, I made a cake this weekend and Brit Boy and I have been enjoying it over the past few days. It started out as an ordinary box cake mix and then I decided to rev it up a bit. So I ended up making a cake from scratch with cake mix incorporated into it, if that makes any sense :-) It was wild. It was like science in the kitchen. It ended up tasting very good and I’ll probably never be able to duplicate it again. Sometimes the sublime comes from the totally farcical. LOL.




Here’s my culinary invention. It’s a vanilla flavored cake with vanilla frosting, served with a dollop of ice cream and strawberries. It was so GOOD! It kind of ended up tasting very strawberry shortcake-esque. Now, I think I’ll go and see if Brit Boy is ready for round three of cake at the yellow house ;-) Talk to ya later!

24 comments:

Brit Boy said...

Congrats on your 200th post. I am so proud of how you have persevered and prospered with your blogging. Now where's some of that delicious cake? Mmmm, cake ;-)

JudyH329 said...

Congrats on your 200th post. I've been following you about a month, I so enjoy reading your posts! I belive I found your blog through Gifts of the Journey and Tuesday Morning Writings. Elizabeth is also someone from Georgia who's married a Brit and now lives there. Thanks for your comment and may you write many more posts. The cake realy looks good!

Unknown said...

congrats on your 200th. that cake and ice cream sure looks good!!

Unknown said...

Happy 200th post!!! Blogging is a lesson in discipline and just think if you didn't stick to it we would have never met!!!!!
Yaaayyyy! Keep up the good work!
That cake looks good and strawberry is my favorite fruit!!

heidi said...

Congratulations on your 200th! That is quite a landmark and I am so glad as I love stopping by! Cake looks awesome!

Mike Golch said...

Congrats,on your 200th posting.

amelia said...

congratulations! You have inspired me, I will celebrate once I hit that milestone- I do love how blogging opens my world!

Unknown said...

Congrats, Dori, and, man, does that cake look good.

peace,
mike
livelife365

jacqueline said...

Hey Dori,
Congratulations! You've brought us lots of joy, smiles and adventure through your blog, not to mention the mouth-watering desserts and other wonderful dishes you always share.

. . .Wishing you many, many more wonderful, adventurous and heartwarming posts. I always enjoy stopping by. Happy 200th! ;-)

Agnes said...

Congratulations on your 200th post. Wow!
That cake is killing me :-D

Theresa said...

That is brilliant about getting to 200 posts! Next time I'm over in England I'm stopping by yours for cake, that looks delicious!!

Vixen said...

Congratulations and boy does that cake look good!

Lidian said...

Congrats, Dori! And here's to many more posts, I always love visiting your blog.

And I know just what you mean about those recipes that one makes up and they are great but you probably can't do the exact same thing again. Story of my life! ;)

Anonymous said...

Congrats on your 200th post Dori. That is a whole lot of writing.

I've been baking cakes too with John's little granddaughter. You sound like my kind of cook...experimental.

I'd be interested in hearing more about your course.

Rondi said...

Congrats Dori on your 200th post!!! That cake looks delicious! I love your blog – there’s an award for you over on my blog

Bryan V. said...

Love the cake! go get the reward from Miss Rondi.

Jackie said...

Happy Bloggoversary to you...
Happy Bloggoversary to you...
Happy Bloggoversary Dear Doriiiiii!!
Happy Bloggoversary to you...!!!!

Oh I missed it by two days. But I bet that cake is still good.

I just now got my blogs that I follow with pictures and links added. Of course I added you and I saw this post!!

Congratulations and I can't wait for the next 200!!
Hugs,
jackie

The Fitness Diva said...

Congratulations! That dessert looks too yummy! Hope you enjoyed it! ;)

AWJ said...

Congrats on your 200th post! I'm really glad I found your blog through EC. And the cake looks fantastic! :)

Unknown said...

Wow congratulations Dori. That is awesome. I was just stopping in to say hello, and I hope all is well with you and your family.

God bless,
Jodi

Anonymous said...

Congrats Dori! The cake looks like a great way to celebrate! I'm trying to remember how I met my friend in the yellow house, how many posts ago??! Technology is amazing!

The Silver Age Sara said...

A big Congratulations to you on your 200th post!!!
Your cake looks wonderful too.

Dori said...

Thanks everybody for the 200th post congratulations :) You all mean so much to me!

I'm so glad you enjoyed seeing my cake...it was so tasty :)

I will be sharing more about my course too and thanks Rondi for the award!

Shinade, thanks for adding my link :)

Thanks again everybody for being so supportive. I'll be continuing to visit you all too :)

j said...

I am so late to the party -- any cake left??? Congratulations!