So there’s this store in Abilene called The British Shoppe and we finally went in there today and they have some really yummy candy in there. There was a bunch of different brands that had orange flavored and orange centered chocolate, which is my favorite. And of course, my dad got plain Cadbury chocolate that you could get anywhere.

Got my glasses today! I didn’t realize how much I needed them til I put them on.

Parents:

Saying you can do something, then turning right around and saying “I never said you could do that”, since you were four.

Anybody know any good over the counter anxiolytics that won’t put me to sleep (one Benadryl knocks me out within thirty minutes)?

I just found my twelve year old niece reading fanfic. Which is apparently what she has been doing all day.

I told her she didn’t need to be reading it and she said “it’s just One Direction/Walking Dead fan fiction.” like who it’s about makes a difference.

0.0 my mom followed my twitter

As of Sept 1st of this year you can legally sell baked goods made in your home outside of your home as long as it is properly packaged and labeled. I like this.

Went to the optometrist earlier. I’m nearsighted and have an astigmatism, and I won’t get my glasses until the twentieth.

Ingredients

2/3 cup honey
1/2 cup melted butter or coconut oil
1 Tbsp. vanilla extract
3 eggs
1 cup almond flour
1/2 cup cocoa (I used raw cacao)
1/4 tsp. baking soda (this can be omitted)
1/4 tsp. sea salt (omit if using salted butter)

Method

Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Mix honey, butter, vanilla and eggs until smooth. (If omitting baking soda, beat eggs until foamy before adding in other wet ingredients.) Add almond flour, cocoa, baking soda and optional salt. Stir to blend. Pour into greased 8x8x2 inch pan. Bake for approximately 25 minutes, until center no longer jiggles and top feels cakey.

Cool on a wire rack at least until sides pull away from the edge of the pan before cutting.

These are really good. I made them with agave nectar instead of honey and left out the salt. Other than the almonds not being ground fine enough they were just like regular brownies.

(Source: grainfreefoodie.blogspot.com)

Window open? Check.

Fan on in front of it? Check.

Door open for thirty minutes or more? Check.

Temperature outside? 78

Temperature in my room? Still 84

What the fuck?

It’s not weird to be excited about getting glasses is it?

A young woman went to her grandmother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed that as one problem was solved, a new one arose. 

Her grandmother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to a boil. In the first, she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil, without saying a word. 

In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She then pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl. 

Turning to her granddaughter, she asked, “Tell me, what do you see?” 

“Carrots, eggs, and coffee,” she replied. 

She brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. She then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, she asked her to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma. 

The granddaughter then asked, “What does it mean, Grandmother?” 

Her grandmother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity — boiling water — but each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior. But, after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water. 

“Which are you?” she asked her granddaughter. “When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?” 

Think of this: Which am I? Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity? Do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength? 

Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and a hardened heart? 

Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor of your life. If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you. When the hours are the darkest and trials are their greatest, do you elevate to another level? 

How do you handle adversity? Are you changed by your surroundings or do you bring life, flavor, to them? 

ARE YOU A CARROT, AN EGG, OR A COFFEE BEAN?

(I got this off of Facebook)

Finally got my new charger in the mail today!

So my diet’s ruined for the day :/

I just ate thee servings of Ben and Jerry’s Late Night Snack. One serving has 270 cals and 21 grams of sugar.