This year I baked two king cakes, one for my my barn and the other for my department. But we got an enormous snow storm and my car needed to go into the shop for two weeks because some idiot left a tree stump on the highway and someone tailed me so I couldn't brake to avoid the stump and so broke both axles. Anyway, punchline is that for the past six weeks I have been without a car for 4 of those weeks. I am getting weary and trying to be upbeat. But you know, I was really happy about Mardi Gras! I love making King Cakes and love this time of year and I was happy that the Saints won the Super Bowl. Life is full. Namaste. Even better, all ten of my companion animals shared Mardi Gras with me!