I made 56 cookies for my friends today (lol, I’m cheap). I used a Tollhouse recipe, and incredibly, they turned out really good. Note: I have no experience in making anything by scratch. I also don’t have a mixer (which led me to mixing the whole by hand 
) or real measuring cups/spoons.
To measure out the flour, baking soda, and salt, I just ‘eyeballed’ (Rachael Ray anybody?) it. Not really though, but there was a lot of guessing involved. I had a clear plastic cup that held 9 oz. A ‘cup’ is 8 oz. I just used a spoon for the teaspoons.
Because I’m a fool, I sifted all the ingredients. This took like 30 minutes, minus the cleanup time.
I didn’t have a hand or stand mixer, so basically all the cookies were made by hand power. I had to melt the butter so it would mix in with the sugar. As fun as this was, it left me with butterfingers (yuck).
After my sister helped me mix everything together, came the task of balling up sticky dough and then adding little perfect shaped balls onto the baking sheet. THIS WAS IMPOSSIBLE. ESPECIALLY WITH 56. OMGAH.
I did burn 1 batch (out of 7) though. I blame it on the oven. They were still finger licking tasty though. 
PS. I need to try the Chewy one day!
I joined the Quilting Bee a little less then a year ago. I don’t remember why I joined (other than it just seemed really fun) but I’ve always seen the Q*Bee as something to be proud of. It’s like showing the world your fantastic quilt and really getting much more out of it.
The Q*Bee means to me a lot of things. Firstly, it’s a community! You interact when trading patches and I think it’s really rewarding meeting new people. Secondly, it’s fun. You can participate in activities and you get to pixel! Finally, it’s different. I normally don’t do the whole community thing, but this one is really special!
In my very long and drawn out hiatus, I’ve noticed a few things.
Foodie Related:
- McDonald’s (cheese)burgers have shrunken in size. Good thing I prefer Whoppers!
- Pizza Mias taste really good reheated.
- Butter bread after its been toasted.
- Mochi is delicious.
- Coke is disgustingly fizzy.1.
- Chocolate Chip Cookies should be the main holiday cookie.
Wordpress Related:
- The Quick series is cool, but I probably will never use any of them.
- I have 2 Wordpress.com accounts (IDK) and I cannot delete one.
- The monotone color scheme doesn’t bother as much as I thought it would.
- Is there anyway to disable the post revision thingy? I have like 8 for this entry.
- I might start uploading ‘media’.
- I voted for the maker of these buttons. lol.
And where have I been?!:
- Well the short answer is basically everywhere apart from my blog. :/
I’ve started using my Livejournal and Tumblr more often. I also update more on my Twitter. I’ve gotten a BrightKite, Shelfari, Daytum and Listography account. IDK I’m still trying to find a balance between everything. XD
And just because, I present you cheap holiday gift ideas for those who aren’t especially near and dear to you (aka: your uncle):
- 8 Pack of Pilot G2s ($10) or 4 Pack of Sharpie Pens ($7 — buy one, get one free)
- Moleskine Planner ($14)
- Batch of Cookies (priceless!) — Chewy, Easy, Sugar
- Or any of these recipes (yes, this a ploy to get you to add me as a contact!).
- Sprinkles Cupcake Mix ($14)
- Itunes Gift Card2 ($15)
- Anything from here or here!
- Starbucks Gold Card ($25)
- As a finale, Pancakes!
hehe. I indented everything. 
1 *belch*
2 Check if they have an iPod before buying!
Quick + Wordpress = QuickPress!
I’ve been testing the Wordpress 2.7 betas since the first release candidate. At first, I thought it was a major downgrade aesthetically, but now it’s begun to grow on me. Especially the nifty dashboardiness. Y/N?
(full rundown coming soon!)
PS. I’M ALIVE.
