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Hey, all! Long time. Well I've posted a couple times but nothing addressing the day-to-day goings on. And I don't remember what I have and have not posted about so I appologize if I'm repeating myself.

So let's see. New job. Don't hate it. I actually LIKE it. Weird, I know.

This coming weekend I am going to co-vendor a booth at a craft fair! I'm going to sell necklaces, cards and other stuff that will eventually be in my etsy shop. I want to see how my stuff does at the fair before I list it at 20 cents a listing. Hoping to at least make the money for registering back and maybe some for the cost of supplies. Wish me luck!

I haven't posted any new recipes lately so I don't have any to post here either. Watch out for tomorrows post. SOOOOO many shows I finally caught up on last week!

And that's about it. Have a fantastic week :D

Peanut Allergy Bitches!

I know, I know, I have been pretty much the worst bloggess ever. I've lost track of how long it's been since I posted. But! I have been really busy with getting a new job (!!!!!) and leaving my soon-to-be old job (!!!) all while working my second job which I am keeping (...) and picking up shifts for the hell at it at my current job. Being a workaholic is exhausting. And all the chaos of changing jobs has made it hard for me to really focus on anything. Even this post is a struggle to focus on so lets make it quick.

No new recipes unfortunately, I really haven't had the focus to do something like cooking food. I'm bummed at myself for this but whatcha gonna do?

Other than that nothing else is new. Oh! I *decided* to buy a townhouse! I'm not entirely sure that it is even feasible but I will keep you all updated on that and maybe inspire some of my readers to become home owners as well! Feel free to ask me any questions you have on the process, I am happy to enlighten you (or tell you that I don't have all the answers).

So now, THAT's all so have a great week and hopefully I will post again before three weeks from now! Ciao, ciao!

Genius.

Pizza! Pizza!

Another week, another... well I don't know. Just another week. I've been making a bunch of necklaces for my etsy shop and because I registered with one of my friends for a craft fair! We are just hoping to come out even for the registration price, time will tell. Check back in May for the report. And I haven't listed any of my necklaces yet in my shop so if you are interested check back for them!

Lessee, I actually had an interview for a potential new job last Thursday and am hoping/waiting to hear. So everyone cross your fingers for me!

In other news, the Avanti Catering company "worked" its first job. And I say "worked" because it was for my friend's party and I did it for free pro bono. It did go very well and I got several unsolicited compliments which I enjoyed so thanks go to Nicki for letting me make all the food and to Sam for happening to be there and helping me! Anyway, so we needed kid friendly food so one of the items we decided to make was:

English Muffin Pizzas!

My mom used to make these for me all the time when I was a kid but I didn't really have any recollection of what they tasted like. Compared to real pizza I thought they were gonna suck, but I actually enjoyed the one I had a lot! So, especially if you have kids, try this recipe!

Just make sure to use "pizza" and not "marinara" sauce.

 

So that's all. Make sure to think good thoughts for me to get that job cause it would be a-MAZING! and have a great week!

Very similar to the invisible "lpad"

Just in from My Grandpa Box

So I was all amped up to get this post done, then I got distracted and now I'm tired and don't want to.

Let's just do the recipe and comics and move on with our lives eh?

Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

Yes, these are very simple but maybe you didn't want to have to type all those letters into google to find the recipe and luckily I'm bringing it straight to you!

 

 

 

Build Your Own Helicopter

Hey everyone! I hope you all had a good week cause here comes another one! It's weird how that happens EVERY week. 

Pretty much nothing new going on in my life, just hating the cold and all that. So for those of us in the North, here's a recipe that might warm us up a bit!

Caffe Latte

I decided to make myself one at home instead of hitting up Starbucks the other day and thought about how a bunch of people probably have espresso makers and don't quite know how to use it! Since I have been a "professional" barista, I thought I would enlighten my subscribers and Google searchers.

I can't think of anything else so have a good one!

<3 Pookie!

 

Apparently I am depressed all. the. time. [I'm not, I just like chocolate.]

I wonder if my friends would do this for me... doubt it.

2012

HAPPY NEW YEARRRRRR! Welcome all to 2012! Personally, the even years seem to go better than the odd ones so I am psyched! I would celebrate by watching 2012 but it's terrible and its about the end of the world, sorta. So instead I'm celebrating with this blog post and by being at work! ahhhH!!!!

And if you suggest seeing that "New Year's Eve" or whatever it is movie, I will find you and kill you just for suggesting it. Seriously, what were the ad wizards thinking on that one?

Not much else is going on, so, a recipe!
Shrimp Cocktail

I know it's not very complicated, but look how pretty it came out!



















Nothing much else going on. I hope you all rang in the New Year safely and fun-ly! Have a great week!

Happy Xmas!

Xmas and work sure have gotten in the way of blogging this week but I have half an hour before I have to go to work so here a super quick one for ya!




The last two recipes from my blog that I didn't post about here yet:
Candy Cane Krispy Treats

Also, this one has easy microwaving directions.














Royal Icing

For decorating your cookies! (Cookie recipe not included)













So that will about to it! Happy Xmas everyone!

I'm Being Eaten by a Cookie Jar

Hello, hello! So I took a trip to Florida last week which you might have noticed if I was any good at posting between Monday and Friday. I really want to be, but just amn't (I know that's not a word but it should be). However I *expect* to compose a series of posts from my trip to Florida because of all the pretty pictures I took and the shenanigans I encountered. Or something. So look forward to THAT. I'm now wishing that I had taken better notes for comic strip ideas. 

Moving along. I finally revised Media Monday's day icon to reflect more than just TV. I know this is very exciting for all of you. Look for it tomorrow! Oh my I am boring myself. 

New recipe! I finally made cookies with the cookie cutter Kirsti sent me. So yeah its just a recipe for sugar cookies but sometimes they can suck and I will guarantee you that these are delicious!

Kangarookies

The looked less like dinosaurs once iced brown and with an eye. I advise you ice your sugar cookies anytime you make them even if they aren't animal shaped because it makes them even better. I also like to sprinkle them with sugar to make them sparkly.

And I believe that will be all for today. Have a great week and Happy Thanksgiving!

 

You Forgot to Wipe Your Feet!

Nothing interesting really happened this week. I did finally delve into the wild world of animated gifs. While working on my screen shots for tomorrow's post, some of them just had too many shots to stack in one images. So I Googled "gif maker" and voila! So you can look forward to their debut tomorrow along with some regular ones. Just a heads up, I have about a million of them.

 That brings us to this week's recipe! I actually made this a while back as a guest post and I'm pretty sure I posted about it here back then too. But I decided to post the full recipe on my blog for the heck of it and for anyone who missed it. Also there's now a "printable" version.

Artichoke Bruschetta

Now, since I don't have anything else to talk about and because it's already 20 minutes into Monday I'll just leave you now with a comic. Have a week.

Mine will probably be similar. Unless someone makes my blog into a book after I die.

Coffee Break

GOOD MORNING! Okay I know it's not morning, unless you're reading this in the morning any day after I post this, in which case... whatever. Anyway. 

So something exciting and blog related I did was I made my very own font on my blog picture handwriting. I know aren't you jealous that YOU didn't spend the time to do the same? But it will make adding text to my pictures a million times easier which means more posts for you (in theory)! We'll see how that works out. So here's a sample of it:

Yeah it looks like I just wrote it but that's because I did, except only each letter once with no copy/pasting. I'm not completely happy with it and will probably tweek some letters at some point.

Also this week, I debuted my first comic strip. I've been wanting to do something like that with my pictures for a while now but couldn't figure out how to do that exactly until now. So get ready to be bombarded with comic versions of my hilarious one liners I will blow your minds with. I considered reposting the one from Thursday but decided to grace you with a new one instead! And then after today they will be separate from the Sunday comics. Also I'm taking suggestions for a name for my comic for when it becomes crazy popular and all the news papers want it.

Every workplace has one of these guys

So, I'm not really sure how it happened but I forgot to include my recipe link in last weeks post. What that means is TWO this week!
Pumpkin Cheesecake Pie

Just in time for Thanksgiving, this is the perfect combination of pumpkin pie and cheese cake! You get the best of both treats!

And this week's recipe:
Shrimp Cevice

I don't really have anything to say about this except that it's yummy :)

















That's all I can think of for now so I'm off! Have a fantastic week!

 

I Don't Want to Be a Pirate

Actually I do want to be a pirate... However....

Pretty standard week. Worked a lot, watched TV a lot, did nothing a lot... BUT I did create a Halloween version of my blog (for those of you reading in a reader, I suggest you go to the actual page to see the brilliance). Here's something to entice you:

Awesome, I know. And what do others think?

Couldn't help myself.

So anyway. In other Lauren news... I was creating a "Do All the Things" meme image and  was struggling with writing letters with a my laptop touch pad. I wondered if there's a Hyperbole and a Half font out there. Since I presumed that there isn't I wondered how fonts are actually made. Software probably right? Well I Googled the shit out of it it briefly and found a site with step by step instructions and what software to use.

I may create a Hyperbole and a Half font as well but FIRST I am making a blog you're about to read font! Yes, I'm making a font that's my "painstakingly frustrating letter writing with a mouse and or laptop touchpad" "handwriting."

I'm excited for if I'm successful because it will be way easier to put text on my pictures. I suppose I could just use an already created font, but where's the fun in that? So far I've made "a," "b," and "c." It's gonna take a while.

And if I make a Hyperbole and a Half font, be prepared for piles of Do All the Things meme images. Though I probably wouldn't post many on here. By the way, anyone who wants to start a blog you're about to read meme... I will LOVE YOU FOREVER!

Alright enough rambling, have a great week and a HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!