Speaking of home, Daniel and I signed a lease at the same apartment complex as several of our friends in Houston. We're moving in on March 23rd. We got a 7 month lease so the house hunting will begin pretty quick after we move in. I'm really excited about getting a house but that does put more pressure on me to get a job. I've already applied to several districts in the Houston area but I probably won't hear anything from them until April at the earliest when they start figuring out what positions they'll have available next year. I was accepted as a sub in Katy ISD before we left for Europe but didn't have time to actually get into any classrooms. When we get back from Louisiana I'll have 2 months to sub and hopefully network a little bit to improve my chances of getting a full time position next year.
I went through the process of becoming a sub here in Louisiana but I'm not sure if it's going to workout. I had to attend a sub training last Thursday and after that I could bring my resume to schools and let them know I'm interested in subbing for them. I have to request that the principal submit my name to central office for fingerprinting and once all that is processed then I will be added to the sub list. I talked to the presenter of the training about my situation and he didn't think it was really worth it to finish the process because there's no guarantees that they'll be quick with processing my fingerprints. He did give me the name of a principal that might be able to help me out and expedite the process. I was planning on going in on Monday but it turns out they had Monday through Wednesday off for Mardi Gras! I will probably go talk to her tomorrow morning but if she doesn't think she can get me in by the middle of next week I don't think I'll have her submit my name. We only have 4 weeks left after the rest of this week.
I've been trying to keep myself pretty busy during the days. I've been working out every day, either running or using the Wii (thanks Aimee and Ronnie!!!) I've done a little bit of baking but it's hard without all my own pans and stuff. Also, the walmart here doesn't some of the specialty ingredients for some healthy cookies and muffins I really want to try. I was going to make some cookies before we went to Houston for a Super Bowl party (and a medical test for Daniel) but I ran out of time here and made them in Houston. They tasted delicious but I'll have to give them another try because they didn't look the same as the picture. For Valentine's Day I made red velvet cake balls. My first attempt at cake balls was terrible. I added too much frosting and they were too mushy. This time I was able to get the ratio of frosting to cake just right but I had trouble with covering them in chocolate. I need to figure out a way to dip them and get them out of the chocolate and onto the parchment paper without messing up the coating. If I make cake pops that won't be a problem but I don't want to have to use sticks every time I make cake balls.
This time they rolled into perfect balls.
Not so perfectly covered though. You can see the pieces of cake on the fork that made it hard to get them off after I dipped them. Also, if the cake balls were chilled too much then the chocolate clumped up real bad.
All done! Next time I would cover them twice since you could still see the cake through the chocolate.
I have a few other crafts I've got planned while I'm here. I want to make some decorations for Allyson's baby shower at the beginning of April and I've found some tutorials for cute fabric flowers that I'm going to try. I had to drive about 45 minutes to Houma to find a Hobby Lobby so hopefully I've gotten all the supplies I'll need. I also have a 2,000 piece puzzle in the works. I'm down to the hardest part, the sky.
Las Vegas puzzle! I don't know if I'll ever finish the sky.
Right now the most exciting thing I do during the day is play Wii Lego Harry Potter, my amazing gift from Daniel for Valentine's Day. :) Sometimes I wonder if I'm too childish since I love playing video games so much but then I decide not to worry about it since I love it so much, hehe.
This is a pretty mundane post but the name of my blog is "A Little Bit of Everything" and right now there's not too much "everything" going on, lol. Hopefully we'll make a trip to New Orleans one weekend before we head to back to Houston. If so, that will probably be my next post. Bye!
Have you thought of a cooling rack to place the cakeballs after dipping? That's the only thing I can think of to raise them off any parchment or wax paper.
ReplyDeleteThey actually come off the parchment paper really easily after they dry. I also don't really mind the little pool of chocolate that builds up at the base. The problem is that there's no way to get them out of the chocolate after I cover them. Near the end I did start using a spoon which helped a little but it still wasn't great. The chocolate gets messed up when I'm trying to get them from the fork/spoon onto the parchment paper. The cake pops for the shower will be perfect though!
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