Ah, the good old days!

Back in my late 20s, early 30s, I was actually the co-owner of 2 different VW vans. How I loved them, even in their wimpy driving ways!

So, for ME, this card is nostalgic, plain and simple.

The van is paper pieced from The Alley Way Stamps' "Feeling Groovy" set, the sentiment is from the same set. The face in the window is from TAWS' "Phone Home" set, and the little bird is from TAWS' "Moosing You".

Nina and the big chocolate cake.

The dad of Nina's friend let them use his truck to haul around an engine. Don't ask. Anyway, to thank him for the use of his truck, she made him his favorite cake, German Chocolate, from scratch.

This is a first for her, her previous cakes have been from mixes. This is a big production cake, let me tell you. The first step was a trip out to Jo-Anns in Wellington to get another cake pan. (I only had 2 matching pans.) The Boynton store is kind of disappointing, so we went right to the good one.

After we got home, we discovered that not all nine inch round pans are really nine inches across. The new pans did not match the old pans, so she had to do it in two layers after all. Nothing like an extra trip out to Wellington, heh? I think Nina just got herself a new set of cake pans. My old ones are just fine for me.

The cake turned out well, very well indeed. The delivery of it was delayed because Nina doesn't have her own car and is at the mercy of others.

Did I mention an engine that was being carted around? Oh, I said not to ask, didn't I.