My new headshots

On our way home tonight, Teresa yelled (yes YELLED ;)) at John Paul to pull over so she could get some pics of me in front of this COW GATE. I hope she isn't trying to tell me something.... I kinda like this one!!

leeanne

the star of emie cakes (and collin too!)

Tonight we drove out to Screven with our friends the Earnest's, who are visiting from Savannah, for dinner at Reedy Creek. Teresa took these pics of Emie and Collin and I just had to share.

Gotta scoot! I am off to finish up 3 birthday cakes for very special friends of emiecakes!

leeanne

run cake girl, run...

With the new school year approaching, I've been a very busy girl! In an effort to make my day a little easier and to appease Hayley who is utterly tired of seeing "Happy Easter" every time she checks my personal blog, :) I have decided to combine my personal blog with my emie cakes blog. I hope you don't mind...

Today's post has absolutely nothing to do with cakes. (Unless you count the fact that yesterday I baked and ate a substantial amount of butternut cake, which requires me to spend a lot of time on the treadmill.)

A while back, two very special ladies (aka "divas") began a program called Couch to 5K. I'd heard about the program before and even thought about starting it a time or two, but I always chickened out. Well, after seeing these two get motivated, I decided it was time to give it a try.

The C25K is a 5K training program that you can find at coolrunning Before I go any farther, let me say that I am NOT a runner! I've always admired those people who run to de-stress and to "clear their head"...me, I prefer to de-stress by watching Lifetime with a hand full of Oreos and a cold glass of milk! Even in school, I was always the one who finished the mile run at the back of the pack. (But hey, someone has got to be last!)

So about eight weeks ago I embarked on a 9 week journey to transform me from a (kinda) lazy and (somewhat) out of shape lady to someone who can run a 5K (That's 3.1 miles!)

Week 1 was great. Week 2 was okay. Then I fell off the wagon. I got sidetracked and missed a few days. Then, I started over and got to week 3. Week 3 kicked my booty so I went back to Week 2...bla, bla, bla...you get what I'm saying. It seemed like this one would go down in the book as something I never finished...

About two weeks ago, Teresa called to tell me about a 5K run at Disney's Animal Kingdom that just happened to be held during our family vacation in September. What?! That was the motivation that I needed! She signed us up and now I am (seriously) serious about finishing this program. Today I finished Week 3, which is farther than I have ever gone before! I'm expecting you all to hold me accountable...this is something I REALLY want to do!

I would still prefer to eat Oreos and watch Lifetime, but I'm starting to see the appeal of this running thing.

BTW, one of those "divas" who was only a week ahead of me when we first began is now getting ready to enter her 9th and FINAL week of training! Stacy E., I am SO proud of you!!! And Teresa, WE CAN DO THIS!!!

posted by leeanne...

I know all the blog entries say "posted by Teresa", but they're by me...I swear!  I'm still trying to work out the kinks (and remember to sign in as LeeAnne).  Thanks again to Teresa for helping me set up the blog and for all your encouragement!  

- LeeAnne

pictures?

If any of you have pictures of any cakes I've made for you, I would REALLY appreciate you sending them my way.  For some reason I ALWAYS send them out the door without taking a picture!  I'd love to add them to the blog.

Thanks!

happy birthday madelyn...

Miss Madelyn is my kind of girl!  When her mommy asked what kind of cake she wanted for her 4th birthday, she told her that she wanted a "pink cake with m&m's and a crown".  Wow!  Somehow, her mom (Cristy) talked her out of the m&m's, but the "pink" and "crown" requirements stuck.  

Cristy brought over a real crown that Madelyn wanted on the top of her cake.  Madelyn also wants to wear the crown at her party so I'm thinking that the cake will be cut pretty soon after the party starts!  

This cake was so much fun to make...Happy Birthday Madelyn!

 

happy birthday mema...

My grandmother (aka Mema) recently turned 70.  Would you believe that in 70 years, she's never had a real birthday cake?  This cake had to be special!  I must say that it is one of my favorites!  How cute would this be for a baby shower or bridesmaid's luncheon?  

Please excuse the poor picture...it was very late when I finished this cake and I didn't have good lighting.