Bake it for You Sale: UPDATE

Alright, so here we are. I've been doing the Bake it for You sale for just over a week now, and...

I have made over $300!

That means I've almost made enough for my Student Visa. I've made a lot more in a little bit of time than I expected to. If I can keep up the 'income', then I could pay off my entire trip by April.

More updates on my trip, I've finally gotten my passport, and we've been talking with the people at the school I'll be attending. I officially have a spot reserved for me, and they're sending me course lists to figure out what classes I'll be taking. And, once we get that all figured out, I'll be able to apply for my Visa. Once we get the Visa figured out, then all we need to do is take care of plane tickets.

And such was the life of Britty.

That's all for this week. See ya!

Bake it for You Sale!

So, here is step one in my amazing plan to get me to Australia: A Bake it for You Sale. Instead of the more traditional Bake Sales (Where the merchandise sits out for who knows how long, and you don't always get what you want) I am currently taking orders and (you guessed it) baking them specifically for you.

The current list of goodies is:

Root Beer Cake
Sinful Dark Chocolate Cake
Orange/Zucchini Bread
Lemon Pumpkin Bread (with or without chocolate chips)
Cran-blueberry Macadamia Oat Cookies
Monkey Poops
Pumpkin Cheesecake with Gingersnap Crust
Homemade Wheat Bread

And hey, the list is growing as we think of more things to make!

Please help me in my quest to get to Australia!

~Britty

Australia or Bust~

So, I have a plan. The plan is... I have to get a job. A couple of jobs. I have to earn a LOT of money. I'm going to earn my way to Australia as an exchange student! The only problem is, the school I'm planning I'm going to is going to cost a lot. With uniforms and class fees... It's going to cost close to $1500. Plus I have to pay for my own student visa... which will be other $500. Plane ticket will be taken care of though, so I don't have to worry about that. So... yes. That is my big plan. We'll see in the next couple of months if it comes to be.

Mad Skills

I has them. :D

And, to show off these mad skills, I have decided to show you a bit of Lasitian, actually written out in it's characters. It's a much more beautiful language that way. :)



The first word is written in English, because it's a name. There is no way to translate names into Lasitian, so... yeah.

And I added that part of the picture on it for fun. :)

That's all for tonight. See ya!

~Britty

Christmas~

Ah... the subject on everyone's mind... Christmas. It only comes but once a year. Seems to be everybody's favorite holiday. The bright lights, the snow, the peppermint, the advertising...

Even though the idea of Christmas has become, in a sense, polluted, I look forward every year to the carols. Tonight, my little sister had an orchestra concert, and... I cried. I was very touched at the beauty of the songs.

I can't really put my feelings into words... but... my "dream", if you will, is that we'll someday see Christmas as a much less commercial holiday, and more as it should be.

And so comes December~

It has come to this... I can't be doing a cooking blog... because I can't cook much anymore. That's why I haven't posted up anything for a while, so... I'll have to figure out something else to do. Maybe I'll just have the theme of my blog be "Randomness". We'll have to see how that goes over with the teacher. :)

Monkey Poops 2

Alright, here it is. The most epic recipe ever. Monkey poops.

The easiest way to make these is to feed your monkey plenty of chocolate and peanut butter, then wait.

Now, you might have problems with this recipe if you do not own a monkey of your own... so you'll have to do it the other way.

2 c. sugar

1/2 c. butter or margarine

1/2 c. milk

1/2 c. cocoa

1/2 c. peanut butter

3 c. oats

1 tsp. vanilla

1/2 c. nuts (optional)

Mix sugar, butter, milk and cocoa over medium heat, stirring frequently until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat and stir in peanut butter and vanilla. Add oats (and nuts), and drop onto baking sheet or waxed paper. Cool for about an hour, although if the desire to eat them sooner arises, go for it.