Well I'm back in NYC another year older and maybe a smidgen wiser *g*

The carrot cake we made for my birthday was delicious except if we hadn't tasted the frosting while we were making it, the frosting would've been a disaster. We were using a Carrot Cake recipe from Martha Stewart and one for her Cream Cheese Frosting when we found that that recipe called for 2 pounds of confectioners sugar (!!.) Now maybe that is the correct amount but we thought the frosting was sweet enough with just about one cup of sugar. Now either we have strange tastes or somebody goofed.

During my trip I wore my new boots with the 2" heels and found them to be very comfortable but I would/could never wear the truly high heels especially after reading this.

Have you heard the story about Oscar and Arthur? Oscar the dog so loved his cat friend Arthur that when Arthur died and was buried he dug him up again and brought him back into the house which sort of reminded me of the "zombie" cat in the BtVS ep "Dead Man's Party".

Another strange, but sweet, animal tale is that of Louis, the giant Pacific octopus, who has developed a liking for a Mr Potato Head figure given to him to keep him intellectually stimulated which is a big trend in zoos and aquariums these days.

Here's a rather bizarre story of two people who married each other only to find they were actually twins who had been separated when they were adopted. With sperm and egg donations and other variations now existing who knows how many people unknowingly marry their kin (probably not that many but still...)