Baking All Day!

Not mine- you'll see mine in tomorrow's video.

Today I am going to be baking all of my Thanksgiving goodies- my pie and cake! I am going to do one of two options- make a video showing how to make blueberry pie and how to make the cake, OR I will simply share the recipe. However- it has been awhile since I made a video, so I think I will do that. But anyways...

It is me and dad's tradition every year to bake cakes on holidays (except for birthdays. Birthdays are mine). Why should that tradition change, even if we are staying in NH? So I will take pictures as me and Dad frost the cake, and show how to make a frosting turkey. As for the pie, I will do a full tutorial from start to end. I WILL be using a store-bought crust, but will make my own filling.

I will also show how to make a lattice crust. It is really simple- but I am not going to go giving anything away right now. Check back tomorrow for the baking video!

Maddie

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is drawing near- I can't wait! Tomorrow I will be baking a blueberry pie, a cake, a batch of chocolate chip cookies and a batch of "turkey" cookies! I will be spending my Thanksgiving here in NH for a change- and one of my close friends and his family are going to share it with us.

Besides all of the mouth-watering desserts, we will also be having turkey (of course), stuffing, some kind of vegetable (I am not sure what, maybe green beans?) salad, and biscuits. I am happy that we can share our Thanksgiving meal... it makes me feel warm inside.

Besides that... my sister tested for her belt and passed... I passed Dad in Assasins Creed... and I bought my baking supplies for my class that starts next Monday. I am SO excited- I just cannot wait to learn about how to make icing flowers and how to work with fondant and gum paste- SQUEE!

Well, I am going to end this post here.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Maddie

Honesty (Readers Request)

Okay, I am going to be flat out honest with my readers- I lied, so this is basically my "punishment". I am going to answer- and ASK- a question about honesty.

First and foremost- Why do I lie? Well, to 'me-at-the-time', it is an easy way to get out of whatever I am doing. So I think: "ooh, let me just do this ITTY-BITTY lie and then its all over- boom." But lies NEVER work like that. No matter what, you always get found out!

I am the kind of person where I do not think ahead (or if I do, I mess it up anyway.) So while at the time, lying may be convenient, it always ends up messing me up later in life. So now I have doubled schoolwork (being schoolwork is what I lied about).

So now I have a question for my readers- why do YOU lie? If you claim that you never lie, you are only kidding yourself... but it is fine if you don't comment. I understand- it took me awhile to get up the courage to write THIS post!!

Maddie

“The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.” 
- Laura Ingalls Wilder

My Sister Is Testing!

I am very happy for Ash right now because she is testing with her little ninjas class on Saturday! All week she has been telling me how excited she is for her test... she even comes over and practices in front of me! Just today I was sitting and doing my math when she came over to me to have me watch her blocking form 1.

I am going to be helping out with the test along with my dad, and will try to snap some good pics to put up on my blog. I had a live interview with my sister prepared for today's original post, but my video editor stopped working so I will try to fix it and get the video up tomorrow. It is very cute :)

I will end this post by wishing my sister and all her classmates good luck on their test, and I will post some pictures when I can.

Maddie

The test will be held at USA karate, jaffrey nh at 12:30 on saturday if anybody cares to come see Ashleigh's test.

Fake

I am sure many people have either written or made videos about this, but I am going to do it anyway. Yesterday, my grandma brought home an Us magazine, because she wanted to read an article in it. I flipped through it, mainly because I try to keep up on fashion, and I was kind of annoyed at how fake every girl in the magazine looks. They always make the people look like supermodels, when underneath they are just normal like us! Take Lady Gaga or Katy Perry for example! You should see pictures of THEM without makeup- YIKES!

I talked with dad about it, and he made a good point- it is good that the stars allow people to take pictures of them with no makeup- to show people that they DON'T have to wear makeup and crud to live up to false expectations. I see his point, and respect that a little. I only say a little because I feel that some of them just do it for the publicity: "So and so steps out in public WITHOUT MAKEUP!" There have also been a few cases where the photos were posted without the person's permission, and they get all huffy about it. DRAMA!

Anyway, I am not going to post any pictures- I will let my readers dig them up themselves. Don't want to give anyone nightmares ;) If you want, you can send your "finds" to maddiesthinkathought@gmail.com


Maddie

My Dog

I know, I know... I write a ton of posts about my dog. But it is only because I love him so much! He is always there if I need a cuddle, and he will play with me when I am bored, and all in all, he entertains and loves me and is part of my family. He puts up with me through tons of stuff, including:

• Being a pillow.
• A footwarmer.
• Listening to music with me.
• Letting me paint his nails (for Halloween, of course)
• Letting me DRESS him for Halloween
• Playing Hide n Seek with me
• ... and much more!

Lucky with my toad

All while dealing with my sister climbing on him, wrestling and playing fetch with dad, and strolls down the driveway with "the girls". And then of course he has the outdoors to himself- I'm not even going to TELL you how many times he has gotten "porcupined". 

Lucky truly is the family dog. He is well behaved for the most part and very loving. He even sits quietly with the pet toads on his paw... I just tell him to be good, and I have never had a problem with him... though he does kind of glare at them.

Tell me in the comments what your favorite pet is/was, and why!

Maddie

One Man's Junk is Another Man's Treasure

As the title says, one man's junk CAN be another man's treasure. I personally love going out to yardsales with my family- you can find such interesting things! And it isn't always yardsales or sales in general. My dad had a dog when he was in his twenties named Barkley, and he was his favorite dog. He was a rescue dog, and it is quite interesting how dad got him. The shelter needed a fridge (probably for medicine) and dad happened to have an old one. He said that instead of money, he would give the shelter a fridge in exchange for Barkley.

And he did- and he had Barkley. Barkley was my dad's favorite dog. I only remember him vaguely as I was about 3 when he passed, but I have heard many kind and funny stories about him. As for me, Lucky is my favorite dog as he is my first. But that is off the topic- the point is, dad got something that he loved forever for something that was junk to him- while the shelter got something they needed and got rid of their "junk".

What I want my readers to do is to leave me a comment telling me YOUR greatest find at a yardsale- or even trading something like Dad did.

Maddie