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Bah! What a joke, Get bitter, Have a laugh. Your choice: Why do I, along with others, sing,write,talk,yell ...

Bah! What a joke, Get bitter, Have a laugh. Your choice: Why do I, along with others, sing,write,talk,yell ...

Cake!

Welp... for Austin's Birthday, I am making him a monkey cake, fitting his personality, but with a Raspberry flavored inside and a monkey on the outside.

Here is the recipe for the inside: (only the cake)
Raspberry Cake

Recipe for the outside: (I only used the icing)
Monkey Icing and Decorating

Easy Flourless Chocolate Cake
With only four ingredients and three
steps, this is an easy flourless cake.
And it’s scrumptious—perfect to make
for your sweetheart. As with other
flourless chocolate cakes, this is dense
and chocolaty.
A simple dusting of powdered sugar
makes this cake elegant. Drizzle it with
raspberry sauce, raspberry chocolate
sauce, or chocolate sauce. (A recipe for
raspberry sauce follows.) Finally add a
scoop of vanilla ice cream or a dollop of
whipped cream.
Be sure and use good quality, dark cocoa. We use Ramstadt-Breda Dark Cocoa which
has three times the cocoa butter of most national brands. This will not be the same with
ordinary cocoa.
8 large eggs
1 cup rich, dark cocoa, Ramstadt-Breda or equal
1 cup butter, melted and cooled slightly
1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
1. In your stand-type mixer and with the whip attachment beat the eggs for
three minutes at medium speed, until they are bubbly and lighter colored.
While the eggs are beating, melt the butter and measure the other
ingredients. Measure the cocoa by spooning cocoa into a cup—do not
compress the cocoa.
2. Add the sugar and cocoa and beat in. While the mixer is running, drizzle
in the melted butter. Continue beating until mixed. Scrape the batter into
the pan.
3. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes or an insta-read thermometer registers 165 to
170 degrees when inserted into the center of the cake. Cool on a wire
rack and then place in the refrigerator to chill. The cake will become
dense as it cools. Dust with powdered sugar if you desire.
Yield: 12 servings

My Short Story

I just finished a short story!!! Hope you guys enjoy it!

A Rose for Noralee

            It was Sunday afternoon when 16-year-old Noralee was stomping around in the living room.  “It’s two day’s before Valentine’s Day and I don’t have a valentine!” she complained.

“Honey, you don’t even need to worry about having a valentine at your age! Trust me, you will be pushing guys away by the time you are in college,” said Noralee’s mom.

“But I’m the only one who doesn’t have one! Jane is going to the Heart to Heart Bash with Eric and Ella is going with Dan! I don’t have anybody to go with! I’ll be like one of the outsiders!”

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The next day Noralee got up at 7:00 a.m. and got ready for school. When she got downstairs her mom had already laid out some chocolate chip waffles for her with milk. As soon as she gobbled up the waffles, she walked to Cannon Beach Academy on a mission to find a date for the Heart to Heart Bash.

After class when Noralee had a break she started asking guys if any of them were going to the Bash, all of them said no and all for very good reasons. Feeling discouraged she went to all her classes for the day having no hope about anything.  At lunch she sat with Jane and Ella and they talked about the dance.  “I am so excited that I’m going with Eric!” squealed Ella. “I had waited since junior high for this moment!”

“So Noralee, have you found a date?” Jane asked curiously.

“No. Nobody even cares that I am dying of loneliness here! Everybody I asked was either too shy or had other things going on. Ugh! I can’t believe you guys have somebody and I don’t!” snapped Noralee.

Ella and Jane sighed thinking about their dates, “Hey, why don’t you just go by yourself! People do it all the time! You could dance with us! Besides, you are too awesome to go with anybody!” suggested Ella.

“I don’t know, if I don’t get a date by tomorrow I might as well not go at all, it would be too humiliating.” Noralee whined.

“Just think about it, okay?” Jane said.

“Okay, well I have to get back to class. See ya guys!” moaned Noralee.

The rest of the day Noralee went from class after class in a pitiful, sad mood.

After school Noralee walked home dispirited, thinking about how she now had no date to the Heart to Heart Bash; not even noticing the beautiful sunset.

When Noralee got home, she dumped her bag by the door and jumped on the couch. As she put on the T.V. she was thinking about how today was the worst day in the world. As she watched T.V. she noticed that there was a commercial about the drought in Africa and that children were starving, then it began to dawn on her how stupid she was being, the kids in Africa had no clean water, no feather down comforters, no internet, no stoves, or clean beaches, they had no two story houses, or schools where they could meet friends, they had no dances, or music; she had stuff one hundred times better than them and she was the one complaining about a date. Now she felt a little humiliated, and stupid.  Noralee realized she didn’t need a date to some silly dance and she would soon have many opportunities for that. Then she decided to take a walk and meditate.

As Noralee went out the door she noticed that it was sunny and beautiful outside, something rare for February. She heard birds chirping and the oak leaves rustling. As she walked around her neighborhood she admired all the greenery and mountains. “Living at Cannon Beach, Oregon is the best thing ever! There are tons of trees and fresh fruit, I get both Mountains and Beach!” she thought. After about thirty minutes of walking around she decided it was time to go home.

Once Noralee got home, she looked at her house, it was gorgeous!  It was a 2-story house with 4 humongous bedrooms, 4 big bathrooms, and a pool overlooking the beach! “What more could I have asked for!” she shouted.

When she got inside she could smell the delicious aroma of chicken potpie, her favorite meal. “Mom! You made chicken potpie! Thank you, thank you, thank you!” she rushed into the kitchen and hugged her mom!

“Oh my goodness! Its as if I don’t feed you child!” teased her mother Alice.

“I’m guessing that you feel better after the walk, am I right?” her father prodded.

“Yes, I just was realizing how blessed I am. I have a gorgeous house; I live in a beautiful vacation spot! And mom, I have food to eat not like so many kids in Africa. I love it here!” Noralee exclaimed.

“I am glad to hear you are happier Honey, now lets eat!” her mother said after finishing setting the table with floral patterned plates.

Over dinner, Noralee’s dad noticed she was quiet and said “Hey darling, your being awfully quiet, how was your search for a date today?”

“It was awful, nobody cooperated with me and wouldn’t talk about it, but that doesn’t matter anymore, I am better off without a date, I am just thankful that I have everything I need. I was just thinking about how grateful I am.” said Noralee humbly.

Both Noralee’s parents looked at each other with eyebrows high, and then Noralee’s mother asked, “So what are you going to do now? Are you going to stay home tomorrow?”

“What? No! I am going with Ella and Jane. They invited me to go with them, and I decided that it would be very fun.”

“Well we are glad you are going. Goodnight honey.” Noralee’s mom said.

“Goodnight!” said Noralee after excusing herself from the table.

As she went to bed she thanked God for everything that happened that day and went to bed peacefully.

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* Beep, beep, beep, beep! *   The alarm blasted in Noralee’s ear. Noralee jumped up from bed and smacked the alarm. As she got ready for the school and the dance, she put on her black and white chiffon dress and curled her hair. She did her makeup modestly and then went downstairs.

On the counter was a heart shaped waffle and a red rose. Noralee smiled and walked to the counter. By the plate was a note that said:

Our Dearest Noralee,

We are so proud of you for noticing that you don’t need a date even if other people have one and for being thankful for what you have.

We Love You Very Much!

Happy Valentines Day!

Yours truly,

Dad and Mom

P.S. Have fun at the dance!

Introduction

Well Hello People of the World. My name is Lynna and I started this blog to post photos of me and my fam, recipes, projects of mine and so on. I have a family of seven children and two parents, I am homeschooled and have a dog named Saffron.

So this is basically a public journal!

I hope you enjoy this blog/journal!