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well i took this costume pattern, Mccalls 5731 and made it up in fleece,


burgundy and gold blizzard fleece.
i had to alter the pattern a bit because i wanted it to be a pull over the head type of robe and since this is my first sewing try i didnt want to mess with zippers.. i made it XL and tailored the top a bit to make it not hang so low..

and yes i am that deathly pale

i think it came out rather ugly, but its a bathrobe, no one will see me wear it.. i made it because my house is 50 degrees and im always cold.. sorry i didnt get my full body in the shot, our house is small and the snowpocalypse was happening outside so i couldnt get the camera far back enough to get a good picture.. its floor length but you can only see until my knees in the pic.

dorm cake

this is my strawberry dorm cake recipe.. if you can call it a recipe.. it is also a summer cake as it doesnt require you to heat up the house by running the oven.. yes its a cake made in the microwave.. yeah you can totally bake a cake in the microwave..
you need:

1. box of strawberry cake mix
2. everything called for on the back of the box
3. honey
4. strawberry preserves/jam
5. water
   
6. strawberry jello (you can use vegan jello if you want like agar agar)
7. cool whip like stuff (i used stop and shop offbrand kind)

another halloween manicure

well i picked off most of my nail polish while i was sitting nervously after taking my midterms..
so this one is,
2 coats of jordana calcium boost
2 coats on tips only of a neon orange mini polish from the icing
1 line on each nail of black art deco nail art polish
one coat of speed shine topcoat

and no i dont care about my cuticles.. and yeah i know the black ran a bit when i applied the topcoat too soon

halloween nails

well this is my new nail design for halloween. skulls, blood spatter, stitches and candy-corn

i used art deco stripers for basically everything.. 2 coats of jordana calcium boost under the polish.. and sally hansen speed shine topcoat on top of everything.. it looks like my nails are finally starting to grow back

tofu dango

well i havent used this blog in forever.. i dont have time to be trying to study japanese all the time anymore since i have other classes to think of.. ive mostly given up and surrendered to the people who say its too hard to learn.. i was ok until i realized that kanji was easy and the morphology was difficult.. so from now on it is unlikely that you will be hearing about me trying to tackle the japanese language.. sorry to dissapoint you

well everyone ive been cooking a lot lately and i recently went to a japanese supermarket called mitsuwa marketplace. so im not so traditional when it comes to cooking japanese food.. i tend to go ahead and Americanize things. tofu dango can be eaten with sweet soy sauce.. but i dont like that.. so im going to see about Americanizing it by using different sauces.

lets start with the basic recipe

• 1 package silken tofu (i used the shelf stable variety)
• 2 cups mochiko
• add a teaspoon at a time of water until it is easy to kneed and shape

now that's simple yeah? so you mix them together with your hands (dont even bother trying a spoon or whisk) then roll the dough into little balls.. then you toss the balls (gently) into lots of boiling water and cook them until they float on the surface, then continue cooking for 2 more minutes while you prepare ice water.. then take them out with a spider (its a device that looks like a mesh strainer and a ladle had a baby) and shock them by putting them in the ice water.. this stops the cooking and improves the texture..

so then i drained the balls well and put them in a ziplock bag and parked them in the fridge

what to do with them? well you could

1. float them in soup as dumplings
2. melt your favorite jam and cover them after skewering them
3. melt peanutbutter and brown sugar syrup together
4. maple syrup

you could also add things like food coloring to the original recipe.. or herbs if you plan on using them in soup or stew. make multycolored skewers of tofu dango by immersing the balls in different cups of food colored water and then skewering them.. i think that idea would work well for a kids bento.. you can add soup mix to the mochiko before mixing in the tofu for savory dango. the possibilities are endless

here are some christmas themed tofu dango:

and here is some delicious tofu dango with peanut-brown sugar sauce

STRESS

well ive hit a deadlock.. i got to 5oo and started confusing all the kanji with each other.. ugh.. so ive stopped adding new kanji and im trying my best to work through it.. however im feeling very stressed out.. a few days ago my left eye started twitching incontrolably.. when i think of doing my kanji for the day it twitches more.. so i figure that might be the cause.. its very annoying especially because thats my good eye and its messing with my vision.. i can see the lower lid twitching away and its very distracting.. i cant sit and write many kanji because my hands will start to shake after about 30 or so.. because of the stress ive stopped with my strict schedule.. i dont think i could take the pressure.. ive been having trouble sleeping too.. even with my sleeping pills it takes me hours to fall asleep..

im not sure what i should do to stop the stress.. i already tried taking a week off from the kanji but if i take off another week i wont finish by september.. the reason i want to finish by september is because im going to try and go to a college level class for japanese.. i want to be able to learn the vocab words in full kanji.. i really need to pass the course.. that one course costs as much as my whole semester's tuition at community college.. so im feeling extra stress from that..

so far ive tried

*long baths

*taking a week off from kanji (this worsened the problem because when i started up again i felt worse.. and that was about the time my eye started twitching)

*going out to the movies and other fun things

*watching more tv

*exercizing (this caused my chronic pain to flare up bad and caused more stress)

*watching lots of comedy shows (this used to work well.. but not this time)