It never rains but it pours...

Soooo you know that old cliche, 'it never rains but it pours'? Well, in my case that couldn't be more accurate... The geyser blew yesterday afternoon which caused water to seep through my ceiling thus soaking EVERYTHING, including some recent birthday presents!!! I am suitably devastated... And therefore on Valentines Day 2012, I have no romantic plans or prince charming waiting to sweep me off my tired feet... Alas no, I have a house full of plumbers and carpet cleaners, none of whom seem remotely interested in a 22-year old hysterical female... I have no idea why but there we go. What it does mean is that I get a bedroom makeover... I guess some clouds have a silver lining... or at least a wet-carpet smelling one...

I'm in need of a holiday... 

 

Facebook Parenting for the Troubled Teen

 

I absolutely LOVED this. Some spoilt American teenager with WAY too much resentment and time on her hands decided to slate her parents on her facebook site, her dad found a way to view the post and this is what happened.

There have been many comments about bad parenting, however I think this is hilarious. Not only has he publicly humiliated his daughter but he's probably taught her a thing or two about respecting your parents.

Message to all teenagers out there: Don't mess with your parents if they have guns...

Cigarette Cookies: 1... Me: 0...

So I consider myself quite the chef... okay... quite the wannabe chef... I love to cook and bake... I recently found these cookies on the web that are wafer thin and you can roll into 'cigarette' shapes. IMMEDIATELY I wanted to try these out, I love to show off my baking skills to everyone!! So the recipe seemed simple:

• 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 2 medium egg whites
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour, sifted
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
    
  

  Instructions

  1. In a large mixing bowl, use a wooden spoon to combine the butter and sugar. Stir until well incorporated. Add the egg whites one by one, stirring well each time. Add the flour and vanilla extract and mix well. Cover the bowl and place it in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
  2. Preheat the oven to 180ºc
  3. Line two nonstick baking pans or insulated cookie sheets with parchment paper. Lay 6 thin disks of dough, about 4 inches in diameter, onto each of the sheets. Use a spatula to make flat, evenly shaped rectangles. Bake for 3 to 4 minutes, until light golden.
  4. Remove the cookies from the oven. While they are still warm, carefully lift them from the parchment paper and roll them into cylinders either by hand or by briefly draping over the handle of a wooden spoon (remove almost immediately).
  
  
  
  They were meant to look like this:
  
  
  
  
   

I mean COME ON, I could do this in my sleep.... BUUUUTTTT they got the best of me!!!! After cooking them for 4min I ended up with soggy rectangles that were a disgrace to the baking world... 

Tomorrow morning I shall try again... they will not defeat me.... 

My life as of now...

Blogging... I mean... I've always wanted to try it but never knew if I was capable... But my life has gotten to the point that I feel the need to express myself to people. And as I rebel against the social network 'Twitter', this seems to be my best bet.

You see, it is not easy to make it in this world. I have dreamt since I was 9 years old to be an actress and as I've gotten older its getting harder to realise this dream. But I shall persevere. My mom didn't raise a quitter and I have no desire to give up now. 

So this blog shall be my online record of how I make it in the world. Perhaps one day people will read it and say "Oh, so that's how she became famous!". OR they will read it and say "Ah, just another casualty of this cruel world"... 

So watch out cyberspace, this girl is getting ready to take over...