30. Historical Figures I Would Like To Meet
To finish off my 30 Days, here is a list of historical figures I'd like to meet:
- Mark Twain
- Joan of Arc
- Dante
- Nikola Tesla
- William Shakespeare
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To finish off my 30 Days, here is a list of historical figures I'd like to meet:
I feel my best when I am not at work. (Seriously, this place drives me absolutely insane.)
I feel my best when I am snuggling with my family, including the dogs.
I feel my best when I am listening to some really good music.
I feel my best when I am surrounded by love. <3
My husband makes chocolate chip cookie dough cupcakes. Basically, these are cupcakes with a chunk of chocolate chip cookie dough in the center. He makes these for almost every event. Now. You can make these with any type of cupcake you want. However, we have found that the best combination is vanilla cupcake with the chocolate chip cookie dough center and a buttercream chocolate frosting. We did try a chocolate cupcake but it didn't taste nearly as good.
Please note that you will be making chocolate chip cookie dough and then freezing it for two hours before you make the cupcakes. Take this into account when you are deciding if you want to make them.
Here are the directions:
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon sea salt 1/2 cup butter, softened 1/4 cup white sugar 1/2 cup brown sugar 1 egg 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips 1 (18.25 ounce) box yellow cake mix 1 1/3 cups water 1/3 cup canola oil 3 eggs
Directions: 1. Whisk together the flour, baking soda, and sea salt; set aside. Beat the butter, white sugar, and brown sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Add 1 egg and the vanilla extract and beat until smooth. Mix in the flour mixture until just incorporated. Fold in the chocolate chips; mixing just enough to evenly combine. Form the dough into tablespoon-sized balls; place onto a baking sheet, and freeze until solid, about 2 hours. 2. Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 24 muffin cups with paper liners. 3. Beat 3 eggs in a large bowl with an electric mixer to break up. Add the cake mix, water, and canola oil; continue beating for 2 minutes on medium speed. Spoon into the prepared cupcake liners, filling each 2/3 full. Place a frozen cookie dough ball on the top center of each cupcake. 4. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the cake portion of the cupcake (not the cookie dough ball) comes clean, about 20 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.
Enjoy!
What other holidays would be good? There should be a National Nap Day. It doesn't necessarily mean you get the day off from work but you have to at least be able to take a nap during the day.
Maybe we can make Tabletop Day, a day of playing board and card games, more well-known. There are tons of people that love playing games but they don't even know Tabletop Day exists. (For the record, it's Saturday, April 5 this year.) It should definitely be a real holiday.
Finally, there should be a National Pet Adoption Day. You don't have to go adopt a pet but this would be aimed at getting people to stop buying puppy mill animals and showing them that adopting from shelters would be better. There wouldn't be a lame Sarah McLaughlin commercial or anything like that. It would be a fun family day. People shouldn't be guilted into adopting pets from shelters. It's an awful form of advertising. Oh, and the adoption agencies would also be a little more lenient on their policies. (When my family moved into our house, we had trouble adopting a dog because we had a cat. We ended up having to buy Bella from a breeder before we were able to adopt from a shelter.) It's a day to make pet adoption easier, not more difficult.
Glamorous Sky by Nakashima Mika as Nana (her VEVO account only has short versions of her songs for some reason) Love Addict by Nakashima Mika I'll Remember by Madonna (her music company likes to make everyone disable the audio on her videos so I don't have a link for it) Dark Horse by Katy Perry (the radio version without the rap)
Hm. I really don't know what else. My husband is supposed to be fixing a laptop for me so I can record some more stuff so maybe one day I'll have an album. That would be cool.
The same theory runs true with my daughter. Sometimes I'll sit and watch TV with her or we'll play games together. She also helps me make jewelry and helps out at my craft show tables when she can.
I don't really think that you have to be gushy with the displays of affection or anything. Just be with someone when you are with them. Put down the phone or iPad for awhile and just be together. Simple as that.
According to my dogs, it is time for a nap. But they always think it is time for a nap.
According to my husband, it is time for video games. He is currently playing Titanfall.
And, according to my daughter, it is time for hanging out with friends. She hasn't been home since Friday afternoon. Soon, it will be time for coming home.
Dark Horse - Katy Perry Burn - Ellie Goulding Say Something - A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera Best Day of My Life - American Authors Applause - Lady Gaga Brave - Sara Bareilles
I love music so it's kinda hard for me to just pick a handful that I love but this is a good place to start.
I don't really have a lot of standards for "perfection." A nice, relaxing day on the beach with some naps and grilled cheese sandwiches thrown in. That would be nice.