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Showing posts with label BonaResponds. Show all posts

Giving up.

So, this little 60 in 60 thing isn't going to be finished. I haven't baked since the 19th of October, and that's fine by me. Life has been a little more than baking recently. So: I'm giving up on 60 in 60. Which is fine. I don't feel I've left myself down and I don't feel that I'm any less of a person because I didn't complete this. I had some fun, and I made a ton of great cookies. I also helped Bona Responds raise almost $250.

What have I been doing recently then, if not baking?

My brother turned 30 on the 20th. There was a party. I made cupcakes and a cake. Both were delicious. Then I got sick. Deathly ill, waking the boyfriend sick. The next day I did some theatre work at St. Bonaventure University. I ended up turning the houselights up and down for Michael Cooper. I also spent 20 minutes of each show being creeped out by a giant baby head. I did that for two days, then on Friday I spent the day with my friend, Lis. Since we're both ultra-broke, unemployed, former SAC employees, we spent the day walking around various shops, turning in out pop cans (nickels, FTW!), and looking at Owl Homes.

Owl Homes, for those not in the know, are pre-manufactured homes. Apparently, you choose one by going on a lot and looking through all the model homes and then deciding which one you like best. Some are even decorated so you can see their potential. Most of them have awesome kitchen islands installed. All of them have enough shower space for two people. One of them has a fireplace in the bathroom.

In the bathroom!

Since then I've watched a lot of television, and sat around on the couch a lot.

Sunday, on the other hand, is going to start a whole new challenge. (Well, I've done part of it before.) Sunday, I officially begin my 6th year of NaNoWriMo. It'll also be my first NaNoWriMo as Municipal Liaison (ML). If you don't know, being a ML is a big, huge, awesome responsibility. I'm, officially, in charge of herding cats, basically. All the other NaNoWriMo writers that go to write-ins and post questions on the forums and need pep talks. I'm in charge of them. Making sure they play nice, making sure they have all the answers they need to write, and making sure that they have all the pep they can handle - plus some!

Oh, and I also have to write 50,000 words in 30 days.

Well, it's 6am, that last paragraph didn't make sense, and my cats (the fur kind) need petting. Also, this post should have pictures, lots and lots of pictures. At least two of them should have bathrooms involved and at least one of them should have a bathroom fire place. There was even going to be a picture of me wearing a very large headset. But, alas, the laptop won't reconize the memory card from the camera.

Here, have a picture of puppies instead:
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60 in 60: Day 21- Pink Lemonade Cookies

I have come up with a semi-solution to the problem with my over-flowing freezer: The local college community out reach/volunteer program is having a bake sale to help with LiveStrong Days the first weekend in October. I'm going to donate some cookies to them, so if you'd like to taste some of my cookies and help a good cause at the same time, come out to the bake sale that weekend. I'll post more details as I know them.

Today's cookie recipe can be found at mom-mom.com.

Pink Lemonade Cookies

Ingredients:

Cookies:
1/2 c butter
1/2 c sugar
1/2 t baking powder
1/4 t baking soda
1 egg
1/3 c pink lemonade concentrate- thawed
1 3/4 flour

Frosting:
2 t butter
2 c powdered sugar
2 t pink lemonade
5 t water

Cookies:
Beat the sugar, butter, powder, and soda together.
Add the egg and lemonade.


Add flour (my mixer did all this for me, no need to break out the wooden spoon).


Put the cookies in the oven for 10-12 minutes at 350 degrees.

Frosting:
Add all the frosting ingredients together and beat. You may need to add more water to get the right consistency of frosting.


Let the cookies cool and then frost.


With your leftover lemonade concentrate, make a quart or so of pink lemonade to go along with your cookies. Enjoy!


These cookies were really good, but the frosting was too sweet for my taste.

Yield: 27 tiny cookies