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Tuesday's Tidbit

First, an update on little Stellan: he's had a pretty rough, often scary time for the last little while, but he seems to be doing better now. Here's the latest update on MckMama's blog: http://www.mycharmingkids.net/2008/12/guess-who.html

OK, now for Tuesday's Tidbit...well, I suppose I could use the fact that I am the last one up here at our house right now as a tidbit, since that almost NEVER happens, but I had already planned to use this little interesting fact:
2009 will be one second late! Did you know that every so often "they" (the infamous "they" that nobody really knows who "they" are...) have to add in a "leap second" to keep the atomic clocks in time with the earth's rotation? Right now, "Father Time" is about six-tenths of a second ahead of "Mother Earth". By delaying the coming of the new year by just one second tomorrow night, the earth will then be four-tenths ahead of the clocks. Just to give it a bit of a head start! :D For more information, you can read this article: 2009 to Arrive Not a Second Too Soon.

So, why am I the last one up around here tonight? Believe it or not, it's not because I'm blogging. It goes like this:
Little mister Jonathan did not get to have the birthday cake he wanted on his birthday back in November because we were here, there, and everywhere on his birthday. SO, we told him that after we got settled in our new house, I would make his birthday cake. Well, then it was Thanksgiving...and then Christmas...so we told him that we would have his cake on New Year's Eve--which, of course, is tomorrow. (Happy New Year's Eve Eve, everybody! :D) The cake he wants is a three-layer cake, so to cut down on how much there is to do tomorrow, I'm baking the cake tonight and will decorate it tomorrow. And yes, I'd intended to bake the cakes earlier. But that was before we didn't have supper until 7 pm...because I didn't get to the grocery store until 5 pm...because I didn't finish assembling, addressing, etc. the Christmas presents I still need to get mailed (sorry, y'all! :P) until 4:30 pm...only to find out that the post office here in Springtown closes at 4 pm. *rolls eyes* Oh, well, now they're all ready and hopefully I can mail them tomorrow so they'll at least get out before the end of the year--which, if I remember correctly, would be an improvement on last year. *very big grin*
Anyway...so right now, I'm just waiting for the cakes to cool enough for me to cover them without having to worry about them "sweating" and getting all soggy. yuck!! In the meantime, I think I'll get ready for bed, etc. so that when I get done I can just go straight to bed. Maybe tomorrow I'll post pictures of the finished cake! Actually, I really should go through my mom's pictures and pull out some of various cakes I've done and make a slideshow...I'll get to figuring out the whole slideshow thing at some point!!

Well, y'all have a blessed night; actually, hopefully you're all sweetly asleep by now, unless you live in a time zone a couple hours *behind* me. May the Lord bless you richly! "See" you tomorrow! *hugs*
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