My 18th Birthday:
My birthday wasn't anything flashy, but it was a pretty good day, if I say so myself. Actually, I think it started the day before my actual birthday. That day a barbaque was held at my friend's neighbor's house and that is where I got my shot at rugby. The teams were 5-on-5. My team consisted of a few relatively scrawny guys, a lean fast guy, and me. The other team had four scrawny guys and a gorilla. The gorilla murdered my team. In the end we lost by only one point, but it was still fun. Just remember to watch those gorillas...
On my actual birthday my friend came up to my house and we hung out all day. That was actually a pretty big food day for me when I think about it. For breakfast my friend and I made bacon and egg-in-the-holes. Yeah, we burnt them. There was not enough fat in the pan, but we pretended that they tasted good anyway so we didn't look like idiots. Later in the morning after breakfast we wanted to make some chocolate chip cookies, but we didn't want normal cookies. My friend and I both modified one cookie. I added black pepper to mine while my friend put red pepper flakes in his. We were really excited to try our "special" cookies, but once the batch came out of the oven we both forgot where the spicy cookies were. My friend's cookie was found and thrown out rather quickly later in the day, but mine is still lurking somewhere amongst the normal chocolate chip cookies. It's only a matter of time...
The next adventure of the day involved driving to the store with my friend to buy a few components for a little surprise we are planning for some other buddies in the future. I'm not going into detail about that though. Its still a work in progress. While we were there we couldn't help, but go strolling through the toy section. I hadn't been in there for years. We actually bought a frisbee that we saw in there too. That baby can fly! We also bought two family size bags of candy which were consumed almost entirely before the day was over. Do I even have to tell you that a major sugar rush followed?
Overall I had a great day and have no regrets. I feel kind of bad that I just talked about myself during this post though. Here's that chocolate chip cookie recipe to make up for it courtesy of Peach at food.com.
Recipe: Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients:
-2 1/4 cups flour
-1 teaspoon baking soda
-3/4 cup packed brown sugar
-1/2 cup butter, softened
-1/2 cup shortening
-1/4 cup sugar
-1 (4 ounce) packages instant vanilla pudding
-1 teaspoon vanilla extract
-1/8 teaspoon almond extract
-2 eggs, beaten
-2 cups chocolate chips
-3 Tbs black pepper (my personal touch)
You know the drill here. Mix the wet and dry ingredients separately. Then add the wet to the dry and mix until just combined. Bake rounded teaspoons of dough at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
Word of the Day: Stroll
verb. To go for a leisurely walk
Story Time: I like to go for walks. In my opinion hikes are even better. One afternoon I went for a hike with a friend in the woods behind my house. It's a good, steep, uphill, and scenic walk. The kind that will grow hair on your chest. I'd gone on this walk a million times before, roughly, so we took a different path this time. We ended up in a densely forested spot with little light coming down. This is where my friend noticed something moving up in the trees. I noticed it too, but then it rapidly started moving in our direction.
Yeah, we both screamed. You would have too if you were there with us. We ran back towards my house as fast as we can only to run into my dog halfway down. I wanted to cry at this point. Scariest day of my entire life. The moral of the story is to always go hiking with a friend. Two targets have a better chjance of surviving then one. Not a lovely stroll
Storytime's over boys and girls. I'll talk to you later. Peace out!
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