Epitome of coolness. . . . .

I didn't get a chance to blog about this yet, but this is most definitely blog-worthy!

Monday night, my dad told me that I had something on his bed. I told him I hadn't been in his room, therefore I couldn't have left anything on his bed. Then my mom stepped in and said that she had folded some laundry so I had clothes on her bed. I knew this wasn't true because she had folded clothes, but then she had gone and laid them out on our beds. I kinda figured something was up since they kept trying to get me into their room.

Finally, my mom asked my dad, "Well, if she isn't going to get it, can I keep whatever it is?" He said that she could. So she then told me, "If I get to it first, I get to keep it!" I-of course- didn't want this to happen, so I went to their room and say this laying on their bed. . . . . .




AAAHHH!!!!!! This is AWESOME!

I am soooo excited! Here, the "rule" is that once you start college, you get a lap top. I am really excited!!! I've been so busy with V.B.S that I haven't had a chance to tell you about it.

Anyways, I will now bid you all adieu! I'm going back to church for the service tonight so I have to finish getting ready.

Until next time,
-Daughter of The King

*By the way, I titled this entry the "Epitome of Coolness" because that's what Still Waters called her lap top when she first got it. I thought it was neat and decided to use it here. :o)

V.B.S.

Yesterday was the first day of V.B.S. I can't believe it's already here. I forgot my camera, but I'll be sure to take it with me today. I'm taking care of children from ages 0-3. Well not really zero, but the moms leave them with us as soon as they're comfortable doing so. We have four workers this year, and I think we have around nine children. The youngest we have this year is 5 months old! He is so cute. Well, I need to start getting ready, so I'll bid you all adieu!

Until next time,
-Daughter of The King

Waffles. . .

Well, because it's been a while since my last entry, I've decided to blog about something easy to get me back into the swing of things.

As you might have guessed from the title, this entry is about . . . . . . . Waffles. Yes, that's right, waffles. And they aren't just any kind of waffles- like frozen waffles from your local grocery store- the waffles I'm talking about are homemade. Here, let me give you a little background on the subject . . . .

This past Sunday after we got home from church we somehow got onto the topic of our new George Foreman Grill.




Now, we don't use this because we are healthy-eater fanatics. We use it because it really makes cooking dinner a whole lot faster, and clean-up a whole lot easier. O.k. back to what I was saying, we started talking about our new grill and my dad mentioned that it had removable grilling plates. I then proceeded to ask him what else could you use a grill for? Because logically (or so I thought) the only things you cook on a grill are hamburgers, hot dogs, steak, chicken etc. He told me that this grill came with a few different grilling plates, one set was for making waffles.




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YES!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm ashamed to admit that after he mentioned the waffle "grilling" set I forgot the other ones that he mentioned. Anyways, I was extremely excited about this waffle maker. I determined that the as soon as the opportunity arose, I was going to make waffles.

My chance came the very next morning. I woke up on Monday and went straight downstairs to find a recipe from one of our many cook books. I found a very simple recipe in our ever faithful Betty Crocker Cook Book.





I know, it's not a very good picture. But I have difficult time when the person (or thing) that I'm taking a picture of, won't cooperate.

After I decided which recipe to use-Betty Crocker had a few different recipes to choose from-I got to work. In a surprisingly short amount of time I had the batter all mixed and ready to go. I say surprisingly because when I'm in the kitchen nothing ever, and I mean ever goes exactly the way it's supposed to. I was so pleased! "Wow," I said to myself, "Perhaps this time, things will actually go smoothly."

Alas, I spoke too soon. I was just rinsing the soap of the teaspoon I had used when I cam to this horrible realization. . . . I forgot to spray the waffle plates with non-stick cooking spray before putting in the waffle batter! What a mess! I quickly turned the grill off and unplugged it. But it was too late, the first two waffles didn't stand a chance. I threw away the waffles pieces that came out easily and then removed the plates from the grill to wash them more thoroughly in the sink.

After drying the plates and setting them back in place I gave them a generous amount of non-stick cooking spray and then tried again. . . . . . .

This time it worked! I was ecstatic!

I repeated the process of spraying the waffles plates, and pouring waffle batter in 3 more times and they came out quite alright. My poor family, they often suffer the roll of guinea pigs. I'm always trying out new recipes for them to test. I don't think they minded this one as much though.

Well, that concludes the story of my first homemade waffles adventure. I hope you have enjoyed reading it, learned from my mistakes, and I really hope it didn't bore you to death!

Now, I will bid you adieu. . .

Until next time,
-Daughter of The King

How smart......... is your right foot?

I know, the title seems a bit odd. However, I think this little "exercise" is very comical. Especially when you're watching another person attempt to prove that you can, in fact, out-smart your right foot.

Or can you????

Alright, here you go. Follow the directions carefully to see how smart your right foot is....

1. While sitting at your desk, lift your right
foot off the floor and make clockwise circles.

2. Now, while doing this, draw the number "6" in
the air with your right hand.

Your foot will change direction.

I told you so!

And there's nothing you can do about it!

Efficiently Wasting Your Time!

Well, I hope you at least got a laugh out of it. . . .

IF you didn't, let someone else read this while you look on. I'm sure you'll get a laugh then!

Hope the rest of your Wednesday goes well.

Until next time,

-Daughter of The King

First attempt...

Well, I'm not very good at this blogging thing, but I've decided to give it a whirl. Some of you who read this might know me through my mom- Lady G~- I'm her third daughter/child. :o)

Well, I guess a good place to start would be telling you a little about me, (despite the fact that I really don't like talking about myself.) Oh well.... here goes....

I'm the third child of five children. I have two older sisters: Soaring Amongst the Clouds and Still Waters, and two younger brothers: G.I. Joe and The Warrior. I am 18 years old. I completed my school for this year on May 2. Which means, drum roll please.......... I am officially done with high school!!! YEAH!!



Well, not really. Technically I have to wait 'till May 22 to "officially" graduate. But that's o.k. I just keep telling myself, "A few more weeks, a few more weeks, a few more weeks." Soon I'll be able to say, "A few more days, a few more days, a few more days!"

In the fall I'll attend a college that is somewhat close to my house. Really, it is kinda close. On a good day it's only about a 45-50 minute drive. I want to teach American Sign Language. So, at this college, I'll study Foreign Language Education. :o) While it's a little exciting, it still just feels like more school to me.

Well, that's enough about me, and I can't really think of anything else to say at the moment. So for now, I will bid you all adieu. Until next time.....

-Daughter of The King