Holy Cake!

Recently, the boyfriend and I have been watching the Food Network's "Challenge" show where people compete to make the best cake in a certain about of time, with a certain theme.  It's become one of our favorite shows.  Its really amazing some of the cakes they come up with. Take a look at these creative cakes..

Pillow Cake

Pink and Black Cake

(I think this one is my favorite!)

Alice in Wonderland Cake

Pretty Cake

Girlie Cake

Wedding Cake

Starry Night Cake

Tiffany Cake

(What an amazing engagement party cake!!)

Dress Cake

Baby Shower Cake

Cupcake Cake

My iPhone Madness

So, as some of you facebook pals have noticed, I have been having major issues with my iPhone 3G lately. I was super excited to download the new software which lets you make folders, do multitasking, and create your ipod playlists right from your phone, along with various other updates that all of us mac obsessers have been yearning for.  I was not, however, ready to deal with what was going to happen next....

(Enter scary music)

It took 2 hours for me to download the new software, so I left my phone over night synced to my mac.  I figured it would be ready and rearing to go in the morning.

 Wrong.

 When I woke up I found that my iphone looked..well, pretty much just like the picture below.

reboot

OK..so its rebooting. No problem. But it stayed on this screen for an hour. And then two hours. And then it would reboot, and continue to stay on this screen.

GREAT.

So I ventured over to the lovely Apple store (approx 30 minutes away from my house) and a very nice kid "fixed it." He told me all I had to do was sync it to my computer to get all of my apps and music back. OK, no problem, I can do that.

Wrong.

It was a problem. A big problem.  When I synced it the very same thing happened. This freaking white and black apple screen.  I thought I was going to pull my hair out.  I need my phone to work people! I was going through MAJOR withdrawal.

Ugh, that picture gives me goosebumps now. Anyway, so I went to the Apple store again last night.  This time I did not have an appointment so I had to sit there for an hour to get a technician.  By this time, they were closing.

You have to be freaking kidding me.

Luckily, the mac people are super cool and still got me in.  They decided my iphone was toast and gave me a new one. Sweet! Thanks guys :) Apple is defiantly up to par on their customer service!

So I went home, excited. Now I just have to sync it up and I'll be all set.

 So I synced it up before I went to bed, and slept good knowing that my iphone would be ready to go in the morning.

Wrong.  What did I wake up to??

OH MY GOD.

OK, don't panic. (Too late) This means it HAS to be my itunes. So maybe if I shut my phone completely off for a while, uninstall itunes, then reinstall it...

It was my only hope. If this didn't work I would have to wait until SATURDAY to have a phone, because the iPhone 4 came out today and the techs were not going to be there.

So I held my breath, said a little prayer, and about an hour later...

iso 4

It worked! I seriously started jumping up and down.  I scared the dogs, they started barking, but I didn't care. I was back baby!

And yes, it was as dramatic as I made it sound in this blogger post. Maybe even more so!

Oh, and PS: never go to the Apple store without an appointment!

Jessica Simpson Launches Denim Line

Jessica Simpson has ruled the retail world with her shoe, handbag and fragrance lines. So whats missing? Why, jeans of course! Jessica is adding to her $450 million dollar retail business by incorporating a ready to wear line, featuring her favorite go-to item.. denim! Price ranges will start around $49.00 for jeans, which I think is a pretty good price for a designer piece. She will also have knits, jackets, and blazers in the line.  Merchandise will be at Macy's, Belk, and Dillard's, and Jessica will be doing appearances in the department stores starting this month. You will also be able to order them off of her website, http://www.jessicasimpsoncollection.com/

Jessica Simpson

The Skinny on Celebs- The Magic of Photoshop

So everyone pretty much knows that celebs get photoshopped before appearing in a magazine. 

However, I was pretty shocked when I read my good blogger friend Lacy's post the other day about the extent they alter some celebrities appearances. Take a look at before and after pictures here, and check out Lacy's Blog too.

Faith Hill

Look at her arm, and shoulder in the before and after.  Also they took off some "weight" from her legs.

Britney Spears

Britney looks exhausted, and maybe a little drugged up in the first picture - wow!

Kelly Clarkson

They definitely took some lbs off of Ms. Clarkson.

Britney Spears

Britney live, and Britney photoshopped. She dropped like four sizes!

Kim Kardashian

This photo amazed me. I knew Kim had to have big legs with that big hiney of hers! (I love that she embraces her curves though!)

Megan Fox

This is another one that really stuck out to me.  If they have to photoshop Megan Fox then there's no hope for the rest of us!

Niki

Everyone has blotchy skin!

Madonna

Poor Madonna is looking her age in the first picture.

 

 Model

Check out how they made this model's chest bigger, and took off some "bulge" in her stomach.


Crazy isn't it? Whats even crazier is that we try to look like these unrealistic images. We would all look 10-20 pounds lighter if we could photoshop all of our photos!