Cake decorating class!

So I started taking a cake decorating class for fun and here's what I've done so far!

The 1st week I decorated some cookies, basically just learning the star tip.

The 2nd week I filled and decorated a cake! It was super fun. This week we only learned to use the round tip. Can you see my fish, bubbles and seaweed stuff?

And fish don't live without water so I had to add it to the sides!

How to Make Sushi!

At the request of many of you, here is how to make your own sushi. This will save you tons of $$ and you can get super creative.

To make the rice:

I use a rice cooker. It is super easy.
If you use white rice, use 1/4 C less the amount of water as normal. Example: For 2 C rice you would only put in 3 3/4 C water.
If you use brown rice (which I do) cook the rice normal. Example: For 2 C brown rice use 4 C water.

When the rice is done, add about 1 tbsp white or rice vinegar per each cup of rice. I like mine a little more vinegary so I do one extra tbsp. Then I add 2 tbsp Chia seeds but you can use Sesame seeds. Stir all this together.

To make the sushi:

Cut up anything you want in your sushi. Examples:

-Carrots
-Avocados
-Cucumber
-Zucchini
-Green Onion
-Cooked Eggs
-Crab
-Tuna
-Pickled Daikon (a delicious Korean radish)
-Red, Green or Yellow Peppers

Here is a picture of everything I used:

Now, take your toasted/roasted seaweed and place it shiny side down. SO, there is a shiny and a rough side. You want the rough side up and shiny side down. OK?

Now take some rice and spread it over about 1/4 - 1/2 of the seaweed like this

Now put your fixins in the middle of the rice pile like this

Now it's time to roll it up! Start at the side with the rice and fixins and roll it up once and try to shape it roundly.

Then pick up the top part of the bamboo mat and pull it so you can roll the sushi roll one more time. If you do not pick up the bamboo mat, you will roll it up with the sushi roll. Tasty.

Spuish down the roll and shape it roundly. Then pull the bamboo sheet again and roll the sushi roll up one more time.

Repeat process until the sushi roll is completely rounded and done.

Then cut the rolls with a serrated knife because they work the best. Then enjoy the beauty of your homemade sushi!!

We didn't start the fire!

So today we went on an afternoon walk with Pete and Kristin in their neighborhood. Their neighborhood has a yearly day when the trash company will take any amount of trash for free (or just the normal price paid per pick-up). So we perused the unwanted items for anything fun.

We came across a fire in the front of someones house where there "trash" would be and asked Pete and Kristin if it was legal to have fires like that to which they replied, "I dunno." We thought it was strange especially since no one was by the fire. So as I ran up to the person's house, a lady driving by was like "Should I call 911?" To which I said, "Ya, that'd probably be good." I got to the door and rang the doorbell twice until they answered, saw the fire, and ran around like mad people. As I came away from their house, their neighbors were just watching the fire grow. One man told me not to run by it as he didn't want it to explode and hurt me. Gee, thanks buddy. The guy's friend asked him if he had a hose and so they got their hose ready as finally the owner of the fire finally got outside and had his hose out too. There was smoke everywhere!! It was crazy man. My question is what was in the trash that made it catch fire and gave no worries to those who threw it out??