<p>One of my husband&#39;s endearing little quirks is his habit of adding ridiculous notes to my To Do lists after I&#39;m done writing them.&#0160; No matter how many times he does it, I&#39;m always surprised (and sometimes annoyed) to see that he has hijacked my list with his silly little jokes.&#0160; (My quirks are more along the line of taking on monumental craft projects that we both know I&#39;ll never finish.&#0160; I have yet to surprise him by completing one.) </p>

<p>I once inexplicably decided that not only was I going to bake a cake, but that I was also going to make fondant icing from scratch.&#0160; Oh, and get this - my first cake was going to look like <a href="http://www.celebritykitchensinc.com/Cake%20Decorating%20Class/Amy%20Hetrick%20fondant-cakes.jpg">this</a>.&#0160; I carefully copied the ingredients from <u>The Essential Cake Decorating Guide</u> and put the list down for maybe 2 minutes before heading out to the gourmet food shop - confident that I, a cake decorating novice, would pull this off in time for the party we were having that night.&#0160; Culinary school?&#0160; Puh-lease! </p>

<p>I was so overwhelmed by the vaguely medical-sounding stuff on my list that I just handed it to a friendly store clerk and stood back as she found the ingredients for me:</p>

<p>FOR TONIGHT:</p>

<p>icing sugar<br />gelatine<br />liquid glucose <em>(?)</em><br />glycerine <br />gum tragacanth <em>(!)</em></p>

<p>I was starting to imagine myself executing an extravagant cake and breezily waving away our guests&#39; praise with a &quot;it was nothing!&quot; when my hostess-with-the-mostest fantasy was interrupted by the clerk.</p>

<p>“I don’t think we carry the last item on your list.&#0160; You may want to try a pharmacy” she said as she handed me my shopping list and walked away.</p>

<p><em>&quot;Well, that&#39;s odd - why would I need to go to a pharmacy to bake a cake?&quot;</em>&#0160; I thought as I checked the list and started laughing as soon as I saw my husband&#39;s handwriting:</p>

<p>OVULATION PREDICTOR KIT</p>

<p>I laughed, went home, and frosted the cake with some whipped cream.&#0160; You know what?&#0160; Life&#39;s too short to deal with &quot;gum tragacanth.&quot;&#0160; Sometimes it takes silly little notes to remind you of that.</p>
