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Day 2- Your first love

You know how when you're a little kid and you see someone and you're just like... "Oh, I like you"? 

Well, when I was REALLY little, I started liking a childhood friend  (I thought I loved him back then, I'm not going to lie, it's probably because of all those Disney movies I watched :P ) named Andy.

There was this one time when I was starting to become a drama queen, I wrote him a note that said, "Will you marry me? 0Yes 0No (check which one)" At first he checked "No". I was devastated! I ran in my room and posted on my door "No Boys Allowed". Next thing I know, a note gets slid under my door and I find my note with the "No" scribbled out and the "Yes" checked. 

I hoped that everyone would have forgotten about that day. However, I went to Andy's farewell around 13 years later with my boyfriend Henroshi and Andy's Dad began to tell the story. I was so embarrassed! But, I have to admit, I thought it was funny that Andy checked yes in the end. It makes me smile.

Also, I should mention, that despite Andy's claims against the following items that I'm going to say, his parents of video proof of both these events.

I had recently gotten a new obsession when I was in- gosh... maybe 1st grade?- 1st grade, it was rollerblading. Then Andy got a brand new pair of roller blades and I had to teach him how to use them. We cleared out the basement, and rollerbladed all of the carpet. That was one of the coolest days ever- I GOT TO ROLLERBLADE IN THE HOUSE!

Then there was this one time at recess and someone pulled out a jump rope. I had never used a jump rope before and so I was taught how. The I went over to Andy's house and taught him how to jumprope as well.

We had some good times. I miss being a kid. :P

Love,

BroadwayChick

Day One- Introducing yourself with words and pictures. :P

Hello... It's me BroadwayChick... and here's what I look like:

Ok, this is from a while ago, but still it's the only one I had on my laptop that I decently liked

Well about me:

-I like music

-I appreciate art

-I love to read

-I love to sing

-I'm named after 4 people

-I hate my freckles

-I'm a sucker for plushie animals- 

soooo soft

-I think Izzy the Dog is soft and 

cuddly and a nuisance 

-I like country music a little 

bit more than other music types

-If it's Disney, then I love it

-I'm only 20 and have had my

 Gallbladder removed and had heart surgery

- I have over 65 Porcelain Dolls

The Raggedy Ann and Andy that I have aren't exactly like this, but close enough

- I want a successful garden

with veggies and stuff

- I work and go to school

Admit it, you feel that way too when you're always doing school or work

And yeah.. That's me

Love,

Broadway Chick

30 Day Challenge

Well, sister is doing this on her blog, so I figured, hey, good idea to get back into blogging mode. Let's see how this turns out:


Day 01 – Introduce yourself with pictures and words
Day 02 – Your first love

Day 03 – Your parents

Day 04 – Something you crave a lot 

Day 05 – Your definition of love

Day 06 –Where will you be in a year  
Day 07 – Your best friend

Day 08 – A moment

Day 09 – Your beliefs
Day 10 –  The town you live in

Day 11 – Your siblings

Day 12 – What’s in your bag

Day 13 – This week
Day 14 – What you wore today
Day 15 – Your dreams
Day 16 – Your first kiss
Day 17 – Your favorite memory

Day 18 – Your favorite birthday
Day 19 – Something you regret

Day 20 – This month

Day 21 –Picture of you two years ago 
Day 22 – Something that upsets you
Day 23 – Something that makes you feel better

Day 24 – Something that makes you cry
Day 25 – A first 
Day 26 – Your fears
Day 27 – Your favorite place

Day 28 – Something that you miss

Day 29 – Your aspirations

Day 30 – One last moment


Alright... let's get this started. :P


Love, BroadwayChick

Frazzle without the Dazzle- The venting session

You know you're in for a tough finals week when you are so tired that you cry about everything.

For instance.

I have this miniature tree that I wanted set up in the family room at my parents house. Just for that little touch of Christmas downstairs. Well, I have all the ornaments ready to be hung and my mom bought some lights and tinsel to go on it. However, I didn't have enough lights or tinsel to go around the tree so, I was waiting to put on the ornaments until I could get everything in order. But that's not all I was waiting for. I have been looking forward to this (for about a week) being some real quality time with Henroshi. I was really excited. (Heck I'm crying already... I'm a dang mess). I come home today, knowing I have reports to write and finals to study for. My brain feels like it's going to explode, I am tired.

And I see the tree decorated downstairs.

I asked my sister why the tree was decorated, she said she decorated it.... now, I know what you're thinking... She's just trying to be nice, trying to fill the gap that her lazy, stupid, pathetic sister couldn't fill with the decorations downstairs... well... dang it! I had talked about this enough that you think it would have been remembered! By SOMEBODY! I mentioned that I hadn't put on all the lights. And she raised her voice at me... and... I went in my room, turned on the laptop... started watching Grey's Anatomy... and started crying.

I need chocolate and for no one to talk to me for about three weeks... yeah?

No dang judgments, expectations, or noise.

And before anyone starts thinking I need meds or I'm prego or something stupid and lame like that. It's not true. Neither of those things apply to me.

I'm just tired.

I just need things to work out... I'm tired of being a dang failure all the frickin' time.

I'm going to bed.

Good night.

-BroadwayChick

Chocolate, chocolate, and more chocolate

So, I've been in this crazy stage where I just want to make stuff. Anything really.... but I've just finished  making chocolate!!!

My boyfriend, Henroshi, decided to give his mother something for her birthday. Well, she likes monkey's so I made her chocolate lollipops of little monkeys. It was pretty tricky at first but I finally figured it out!!!!

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Alright, so, here's the trick. 

I used dark chocolate for the monkey's eyes and eyebrows, I painted them by glopping chocolate on top of a toothpick and dropping the dark chocolate in a thick amount into the small crevices. 

The whites were made of just normal white chocolate. 

I mixed white chocolate and milk chocolate to create that nice tan color on the monkey's nose. 

With the yellow in the bananas, BE VERY GENEROUS to the yellow chocolate, if you don't other colors will bleed right through it. The same applies to the green leaves... GENEROUS GENEROUS GENEROUS!  

Now here's what a whole lot of trial and error helped me figure out. Paint in an EXTREMELY thick layer of milk chocolate into the monkey's body, pushing into the fingers, ears, sides and tails to avoid bubbles.

Pour a layer of the blue inside, it doesn't have to be covering the whole monkey just needs to be fairly thick in the parts of the mold where the blue "sky" should be showing.

After that, make sure you let the chocolate set for a bit until it gives the outward appearance of being firm. Then you can pour the mold with milk chocolate the rest of the way with the lollipop stick.

NOTE: Let the chocolate you just heated cool for a bit before putting it on top of other chocolate layers or else you'll melt the lower layers into the hot layer.

If you lift up the mold and let light shine on it, you can see the spots in the mold that need more chocolate to avoid washed out colors in the green and yellow chocolate.

If you need the chocolate to set fast or you're just nervous about the chocolate you just melted melting into the chocolate you already layered. The freezer for a minute is a fantastic option for both concerns.

YEP! I hope you get any help you are looking for in this little blurp about chocolate making.

Also, I've been making a costume, I know it's a little bit after Halloween, but, Henroshi's mom and Aunt are fantastic and made me a beautiful costume for Halloween. Maybe when I finish it, I'll show you how it turned out! I'm pretty proud of it so far.

Hugs and kisses!

~BroadwayChick

P.S. Henroshi and I also gave her a Dove Soap/Shampoo Gift bag, and a towel (because the universe is a dangerous place and you always need to know where your towel is- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) Yep, we had fun :D