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We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. Sept[ember] 13 [2012]
We are the only ones who know what's going on inside of us. So we know what we think we are capable [of]. So if we know that we are capable of being quiet and content, that's how you judge yourself. But if you are loud with your friends, they judge you as loud and confident because that is how you have acted in the past. Take Mina, from Dicey's Song, for example. She has been there for her downs, but her friends have seen her ups. So she judges herself by what she's felt but her friends by what she has seen. **Dicey's Song was the story we were reading that week.** On Sunday, my sister and I hosted the 2nd Annual Blessing of Women Tea at our house. We started the tradition last August as a start of high school thing. We invited Christian female role models whose presences we wanted to keep in our lives as we got older. We host a tea and talk about the upcoming school year and just relax with the ladies :)
So these are the pictures I took before the tea. The one on the left is the homemade food: frozen mini eclairs (we bought those), pumpkin maple scones, blueberry scones, and chicken salad and cucumber-butter tea sandwiches. After this photo was taken, mini chocolate mint bundt tea cakes were added by my neighbor, lemon cookie bars were added by my aunt, and a fruit tray and mini peppermint patties were added by my nana. The photo on the right is of the table! We used a fancy lace tablecloth that came from my dad's grandma and cloth napkins (also from dad's grandma). We used fancy places and tea cups from our collection and fancy saucer and teacup duos from my aunt's collection. On the table there is spiced chai fruit dip, lemon curd, creme fraiche, and a lemon water infusion, all of which we made :) It was a lovely afternoon! Recipes below if you are interested!! Frozen mini eclairs: Aldi Pumpkin Maple Scones: Pinterest (bake them at 400 degrees Fahrenheit) Blueberry Scones: our recipe below Chicken Salad tea sandwiches: 2 cans of chicken, a small spoonful of mayo, a mounded spoonful of relish, mix and spread between two pieces of decrusted bread of your choice Cucumber-butter tea sandwiches: Pinterest *I don't have the recipe for the bundt tea cakes* Lemon Cookie Bars: a friend's recipe that we gave to our aunt because she asked if she could make anything for us; recipe below Spiced Chai Fruit Dip: 1 packet of spice chai drink mix from Dove Chocolate Discoveries, a tub of whipped topping, mix and refrigerate for 2 hours. Stir again before serving. Lemon Curd: recipe below Creme Fraiche: recipe below Lemon Water Infusion: Put one cut up lemon and a couple stalks of lemon balm leaves into a pitcher. Fill with water and chill or add ice cubes Blueberry Scones- Prep time: 15 mins Cook time: 20 mins Ready in: 35 mins Ingredients: 2 c. all-purpose flour 1/4 c. packed brown sugar 1 T baking powder 1/4 tsp salt 1/4 c. butter, chilled 1 c. fresh blueberries 3/4 c. half-and-half cream 1 egg 1) Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. 2) Cut butter into mixture of flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add blueberries and toss to mix. 3) IN separate bowl beat together cream and egg, and slowly pour into dry ingredients, stirring with rubber scraper until dough forms. Knead just until it comes together, 3 or 4 times. Don't overhandle. 4) Divide dough in half. On lightly floured board, shape each half into a 6-inch round. Cut into 6 wedges. 5) Bake on ungreased sheet about 20 minutes at 375 degrees F. Serve warm! Lemon Curd- Makes 1 2/3 cups Ingredients: 3/4 c. fresh lemon juice 1 TBSP grated lemon zest 3/4 c. sugar 3 eggs 1/2 c. unsalted butter, cubed In a 2 quart saucepan, combine lemon juice, lemon zest, sugar, eggs, and butter. Cook over medium-low heat until thick enough to hold marks from whisk, and first bubble appears on surface, about 6 minutes. Creme Fraiche- Ingredients: 1 c. heavy whipping cream 1 tsp. buttermilk Pour cream into bowl or jar. Add buttermilk and stir. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and let stand in a slightly warm place for 12 hours or longer, or until the cream is about twice as thick as ordinary heavy cream. Refrigerate and keep closely covered. Enjoy! If you make any of these dishes, comment or email me about how it goes! Today I was sorting through old school papers from past years. I came across two dozen or so quote reflections from my eighth grade language arts class. Our teacher would put a quote up on the board and we had to write roughly a page of thoughts brought on by the quote and/or what we interpreted the quote to mean. I realized that these could serve as great posts for my first series on this blog! Alas~ Musings of My Eighth Grade Self! And so, here is the first post of this series: It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well. August 28 [2012]
This quote is fantastic! It can be applied everywhere in life. Mr. Descartes is saying that its good to have a good strong mind, but just having one is not good enough! You must use your mind and make good choices physically, mentally, and emotionally. Physically: think ahead before eating junk. You'll thank yourself in the near future. Mentally: rest the night before a test; your mind needs to be alert. Emotionally: build good, solid relationships with trustworthy people and think before saying or doing something that might hurt them. If you have a blessing, use it to its full potential. Base things off your strengths and succeed. Use a good mind to its full potential, whether it's excelling in school, designing a grand structure, or leading a great career. Today I realized that I have never actually done any research on how to build/maintain a blog before creating this one! So I decided to do a little searching and found some great sites! However, Weebly.com is not one of the most popular blog hosts (Blogger and WordPress) so the information is not host-specific...
For those of you who are looking to start a blog, here are some of the pages that I found. * Melanie Nelson's How Do I Start a Blog? on www.bloggingbasics101.com This page has lots of links to other posts on Melanie's Blogging Basics 101 blog and external websites. These were also extremely helpful as beginning briefings to the blogging world. This page links to: * www.copyscape.com This site serves as a search engine to find any content scraped from your blog. Melanie also permalink-ed to her blog post What to Do When Someone Steals Your Blog Post. * Google Analytics is a Google product that keeps track of you stats. It's format was a little small and not too Meghan-friendly! However, I think I will still use it though, because I find it so cool to see all the traffic patterns etc. Until then- M |
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