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Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Holy CRAP what am I gonna DO?!?

I Finally deleted my stupid, annoyingly addictive

but I-love-them-so Facebook games...

What the HELL am I supposed to do with my free time NOW?!?!?

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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

You wish to understand my misfortune?

I've fallen out of favor

And I've fallen from grace

Fallen out of trees

And I've fallen on my face

Fallen out of taxis

Out of windows too

Fell in your opinion

When I fell in love with you

Oh-ooh [repeated]

Sometimes I wish for falling

Wish for the release

Wish for falling through the air

To give me some relief

Because falling's not the problem

When I'm falling I'm at peace

It's only when I hit the ground

It causes all the grief

Oh-ooh [repeated]

This is a song for a scribbled out name
And my love keeps writing again and again
This is a song for a scribbled out name
And my love keeps writing again and again
And again [x15]

I'll dance myself up
Drunk myself down
Find people to love
Love people too drunk
I'm not scared to jump
I'm not scared to fall
If there was nowhere to land
I wouldn't be scared
At all [x4]
All [repeated]

Sometimes I wish for falling
Wish for the release
Wish for falling through the air
To give me some relief
Because falling's not the problem
When I'm falling I'm in peace
It's only when I hit the ground
It causes all the grief

[Thanks to www.azlyrics.com for these lyrics]

You want to understand how it feels to be inside my soul right now? Trying so hard to be happy and free, when my mind is chained down to the memory that haunts every single thought in my head. Not able to enjoy anything life sends my way with a small pang of guilt or threat of tears..

Listen to this song.

Listen to the words.

She sings the lyrics of my heart.

I'm not worried about anything.
I'm not afraid to keep going.

I'm scared it will hurt again.

Thank you Florence + The Machine, once again.

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Monday, January 3, 2011

EVERYONE is STEALING my COOKIES!!!

**This is the last of the few Christmas posts I was unable to get out in time.. but just can't resist still posting.. hope you enjoy!**

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There can be no truer statement.

& every season my Christmas spirit gets the best of me & my baking books, & before I know it, There are 5 different kinds of cookies on my counter just WAITING to be devoured.

But out of all the yummy desserts, tasty cookies, and delicious pastries I conjure up.. the top requested.. the #1 favorite.. is the easiest of them all!

Peanut Butter Santas

What you will need:

1 box of peanut butter sandwich cookies (I used Nutter Butters)
1 (average size) bag of white chocolate baking chips
1 (average size) bag of semi sweet chocolate chips
1 bottle red decorating sprinkles
1 small pack of Red Hots candies
Wax paper
Cookie sheets or cooling racks

A good "baking team" can't hurt.. & makes for tons of fun!

(My littlest sister Danielle & The Hubbley Ryan & I)

1. Separate some of the white chocolate chips to set aside for later. there should be enough to have one per cookie.

(1 cookie bag typically contains around 32 cookies)

2. Take the remainder of your white baking chips & place them in a microwavable bowl and heat for 20-40 seconds, stirring every 10 seconds or so until completely melted.

Careful not to burn chocolate. when majority of chips are melted, the rest will finish melting with just constant stirring.

3. When fully melted begin dipping top 1/3 of cookie into the white chocolate. Then hold over a plate or bowl and sprinkle red deco sprinkles on top portion of dipped chocolate, leaving a small strip of white near the middle of cookie. this will be the "hat" of your Santa.

4. Then dip opposite 1/3 of cookie in white chocolate to create a "beard".

Please DO NOT try to do both dips at same time and THEN do sprinkles. Doing them separately keeps your Santa from having random red "hat fluff"
in his beard! ;)

5. Place cookie on a sheet of wax paper on a cookie sheet or cooling rack.

6. Use melted white chocolate to stick:

a white chocolate chip (that was earlier set aside) to bottom corner of hat to create the white-puffed tip of hat.
2 semi-sweet chips just below brim of hat for eyes.
1 Red Hot to top center of beard for nose.

For nose, I prefer to just stick into top of beard with no extra chocolate, but do what is easiest for you.

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7. Keep decorated cookies on the wax papered cookie sheets/cooling racks & place in fridge for 20-30 minutes or so until white chocolate is COMPLETELY cooled & hardened.

**I forgot to add the eyes to this tray before I took this picture.

I just loved the circular look it had.**

And Wa-LAH!

You end up with the cutest, most delicious cookies on the table... & believe me when I say your friends & family will be sneaking into your fridge, hoping to find some you might have stashed away for yourself.. & begging you for more!!

Enjoy!

Don't you love the holidays??

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Show me yours, I'll show you mine...

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** This was one of the few Christmas post I didn't manage to get up. Since it's after the first, i have been informed by Hubbley & the roomies that it is unfortunately time for my Christmas cheer to once again be packed away till next year. There for, I felt it was appropriate to share it with all of you first.. So i can look back on it whenever i please. :) **