Let's try this again (for the zillionth time). 

Happy Friday!   It's a little early, but there's always so much to do!  This morning, I'm finishing up some Reese's brownie cupcakes for Sarah to take to the girls' softball team this morning as they head to the State tournament.  (Ya-Hooooo!)  I also tried a new cupcake this time - Oreo cookie cupcakes.  The fam liked them, so hopefully, the other girls will, too.   I'm feeling very cupcake-y today, and might try some of those "soda" cupcakes I've seen on pinterest, and I might make some with marshmallowy cream filling.   Of course, it would be nice to taste some of these cupcakes I make for everyone, but I suppose it's good that I'm gluten-free - it makes it easy to resist!

Aaaaand, speaking of gluten-free, I did make a batch of g-free yellow cake cupcakes.  I used the Betty Crocker mix, and didn't really have very high hopes of them being very tasty.  They're usually not - at least not compared to "regular" cake.  But this time, I used almond extract instead of vanilla, and I slightly UNDER cooked them, and they're not too bad.  I'm very excited.  I'm thinking that with a little cream filling and some frosting, they'll make for an excellent treat on diet cheat day!

Once all this early morning cupcake making is done, and I get Sarah sent off on the bus to East Peoria, it'll be time to get ready to head to Jack's first specialist appointment.  Today, we'll see the othopedics specialist.  I honestly don't hold out much hope for this visit - I could be wrong.  But my instincts tell me that we'll need to see the endocrinologist before we start to figure out what's going on with Jack.  Something is causing his body to not absorb vitamins and minerals, and make his bones weaker than they should be, and that's who I think will be able to figure it out.  Although, I suppose the orthopedics doc should be able to give us a little insight into things, as well.  Anyway...  we start our adventure with this all today.