Personal Progress

 So yesterday my mom was sewing and I asked her if I could watch some TV. She told me no and I was totally irritated. Then she told me to do something productive. That saying is a typical parent saying, and in our family that means..... go clean your room, do your homework, read a book, do the dishes, or practice piano. I didn't want to do any of those things so I got even more irritated. There was a silence and then my mom said why don't you go get your personal progress book.

Dang it! I thought to myself now I have to read my scriptures and write in my journal. I know that that is what you do on Sunday but I sure didn't want to. So I stomped off to my room and got my personal progress book and stomped back. I was irritated and I didn't want to do what my mom said would be fun. She looked through the book and found some cool things that would be fun, but like the teenager I am I turned them down because then I would have to have a good attitude again. And once your mad at your parents you don't want to give into there good ideas right. Or at least that is what my head is telling me. Okay anyway then I say out loud. "Sure. That sounds like fun." I say it sarcastically but I'm thinking this. "Whatever. That sounds fun but like to much work". This really does sound fun but I don't want to do it. Anyway my mom suggested making a cookbook for a project. I immediately said, "I can't make my own recipes! Are you crazy!" But I soon found out that that was not what she meant. She wanted me to put together a cookbook of my favorite recipes, and/or things I want to have for when I am married or in college. (This way I don't starve. Hehehe.)

So I set up a table and put the computer on it, plug it in and go get my mom's box of recipes. I look through them all and pick out a bunch. I also grab some other cookbooks that I like cooking out of and I sit down to type. I decided to do a recipe and 1 picture on each page.

It took me 2 and 1/2 hours to get 13 recipes typed. And that's without the pictures. It is going to take me forever to do them all so I will make the food and take pictures after I get done with all of the typing. But making all the food will take forever so that will be another project I can do or maybe I won't have to do the dishes for a really long time. :) I make the food, you guys can clean up the dishes. :)

Well I guess this is the end of the post so wish me luck! And please comment! :)

Jack Weyland

So this post is going to be all about the genius writer Jack Weyland. (Jack Weyland is a Mormon novel writer.) Let me tell you! He is a genius! I love his books and that is all I've read on my free time. I finished one of his books in one night just laying in bed! That is how much I love his books! I have read a bunch of them but still have more to read. These are the some of them that I have read.

(These are the order I read them in too.)

It All Started with Autumn Jones

Alone Together

Brianna, My Brother, And The Blog

PepperTide

A New Dawn

The Understudy (I read this one in 1 night)

It doesn't look like very many but I also have read lots of other books because of school reports and other things like that. I have listened to a few too. They work well on rode trips instead of watching movies. I really enjoy reading. My mom and Orin think I should get a GoodReads but I jsut haven't yet. I'll get around to it sometime. I really recommend his books. All of his books may seem to start out slow but around the second or third chapter they start getting really, really good. They are totally great books. Anyone who reads them will know why I say that.

That now ends today's post. :)

New Song

I learned this song while at voice lessons. THANKS Dana! Check it out.

Billy Gilman: One Voice

I love this song so very much!!

Comment if you like it!

My First Gourmet Cupcake

This is from a long time back but I found it in my DRAFT list. So I guess I will be blogging about it today. We will see how it goes, or if I still remember what happened. Here it goes.

Forever ago, I was laying on the couch complaining that I didn't know what to do. I love to hang with my friends and watch TV sometimes but my dad would not let me do any of these things. He told me the usual, "You can go read a book or clean your room, that sounds fun!" I hate when he does that to me. And trust me I did not what to do the things she suggested so then my mom reminded me that I got a cookbook for Christmas and I had not done anything with it. So I looked through the cookbook and I saw lots of deserts that looks SO good and that I wanted to try but on everyone of them we didn't have at least 1 of the ingredients so I wasn't able to make them. So then I started looking for recipes that had ingredients we did have and I found the recipe that looked good but seemed like it had weird ingredients in so I said to myself, Lets try it. So I got out all the ingredients and started to make it.


This is the recipe for only the cupcake:
INGREDIENTS:
1 box of yellow cake mix
2 eggs
1 cup of sour cream
1 tsp. vanilla extract
powdered sugar to garnish
1 recipe whipped cream
1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries

MIX together cake mix, eggs, sour cream, and vanilla.
POUR into paper liners and fill 3/4 full.
BAKE at 350 degrees for 15-18 minutes. Cupcake tops will be rounded.
REMOVE from pan and allow to cool completely on a wire rack.
DUST top with powdered sugar and serve with a dollop of whipped cream and blueberries to garnish.

The recipe for the whipped cream:
INGREDIENTS:
2cups heavy whipping cream
1/4-1/2 cup powdered sugar (depending on preference)

POUR cream into large mixing bowl and start mixing at low speed. Gradually increases speed until cream thickens and soft peaks form.
TURN off mixer and add sugar. Start slowly again-no messes today! Beat until stiff peaks form.
THE stiffer the cream, the easier it is to frost the cupcakes. Keep refrigerated.

These cupcakes are my favorite and I always make them if we have all the ingredients. I recommend them to everyone!! I would post pics but I don't know where they are. Hehehe. I post some pics later. :)

Credit for the recipe was out of the book, 101 Gourmet Cupcakes in 10 Minutes.

Totally Psyched

So guess what everybody?!?!

Drum Roll Please...............




Tori, my best friend in the entire world is coming to girls camp with me this year!!
I am sooooo excited! My best friend and I absolutely love Girls Camp!! You have no idea! WOW! I am all jitery inside just thinking about it!! Plus this is going to be her first time going to girls camp. I get to show her what it is going to be like or to give her an idea, because her girls camp is going to definatally be different than mine since she lives in Vegas and I live here. Me and Tori have been talking about it since we found out that it was official. I love hanging out with my best friend. She has a great personality and she is a great person to be around. I love her!! She is basically my sister. No, actually she is my sister and I miss her tons! I am just soo excited about it!
I know that was kinda random but it's the thing that has been on my mind lately so I think it qualifies as something to blog about. :)

This next part is for all of my friends here in Fallon.
I love you guys and you all know it but I never get to see Tori so I decided to post about it. I wish you guys could come too but I would like to hang out with my bestest buddy!!

Anyway back to Tori, I guess I will tell you why I am posting so her it goes. I was talking to her today and she told me that I didnt have an escuse to not have blogged in 5 months so I am here blogging right now, because I said I would. I love my besty!! I'm excited to see in a few days!!

The Cecil Clan

The reason I have posted this blog is because...
This weekend I was visited by my bestest friend in the entire world, Tori Cecil! She came with her family which we call the Cecil Clan (hence the name of the title). They brought their 2 dogs Belle and Duke. I love the dogs and I absolutely love the Cecil Clan! Duke is a boxer and but I' not so sure about Belle. (Belle is Tori's dog) I was so surprised by the surprise visit from the Cecil's that I got a little tearyed. I felt a little embarrassed but it worked out. The visit was really fun but I was also sad that they only got to stay for a very short amount of time, ( 3 days). But in the time that they were here Tori and I had a BLAST!! We played the game Nerts (Thanks to my great aunt who introduced me to the game) and played a few imaginary games, which is always fun, and got to hang out with one of my friends from church/school.

We also got a little bit of snow this weekend and because in Vegas there is not a lot of snow the Cecil's loved it. So while the snow lasted Tori and I took a few walks around the neighborhood with Jaxon (one of Tori's brothers) and had time to talk together for a while, which we both enjoy. Tori and I also talked a little bit about going to the temple because she is not yet old enough to go. She said, and I quote, " LUCKY!!!" when I told her that I have been to the temple twice. We had a lot of fun together.

Altogether including the adults and the kids and Tori and I played the game THINGS. (Thanks to my aunt and uncle on my mom's side for introducing us the game) Tori and I really get along well and we have a lot in common so we were able to enjoy to be in each others company and were not in any disagreements at all the entire time.

I miss my best friend and we had this plan where I or Tori would each save up our money and buy 1 plane ticket each, 1 for the way to someones house and 1 to fly the person back home.

I do not have any pictures for this blog because I am posting from my Dad's computer, and his computer does not have any pictures that were taken while the Cecils were here so I apologize for that.

Thanks for the wonderful visit The Cecil Clan!!!

Randomness and Life is Good

I love life right now and I just wannted to post it. Sometimes I don't know what to post so I just post random things. I got a facebook and love it, I got a phone and I love it so I really don't know what to post anymore. I am really happy because I am in young womens and I jsut love life so im glad that I posted because it always makes me feel good so now I feel good. I am super happy today but I dont know why. I am loving life so all I have to say is Random typing!!!

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See it is super fun!! everybody should try it!!