VEGAN CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES!!!

So I have decided on a different lifestyle in becoming vegan (despite the fact all my friends don't understand why and don't think it's healthy when really it does soooo many good things for your body) It's mostly to adapt a healthier lifestyle and also I've become more aware of all the animal cruelty out there and don't feel the need to consume anything with any animal products. sooooo today I made vegan chocolate chip cookies (well semi-vegan i couldnt find vegan chocolate chips or carob chips but it says MAY have milk products - I'm not a full fledged vegan yet)

After watching the Food 101 episode of Oprah and Alicia Sliverstone's The Kind Diet I was fascinated. so that what i intend to start . . . soon.

These cookies took no time. like 10 mins to prepared then less than 12 minutes to cook (there's no eggs and no worry of eating anything raw)

http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=6391.0 <----recipe used

in the middle in oil, sugar and vanilla in a well (as they called it) flour. looks kinda cool

see it looks just like regular dough

just chilling in the oven . . . well the opposite of chilling

the finished product! They don't taste bad but I will bring them to work to let people try em out.

Planetarium

So, what do you do when you have an A+
astronomy student in your presence?

...you make a planetarium. Duh.

And so we did.

A+ astronomy student.

This doesn't really show it that well, but please know that all the constellations are correct in their positions in the night sky.

Neerrrrdddss.

As much as i hate it. . .

Valentines Day is coming and i had to decorate some cookies at work. I Really like the plaid one and the "messy" heart (left of the plaid one).

Lame post but what evs.

I didn't make the cookies though, just decorated them.

Final Product.

My camera is broken, please excuse the crappy photo quality.

I sewed my freshly painted buttons on to my hobo sweater with black embroidery thread.

I foresee many years of wear ahead for this sweater.

My Tuesday Evening in Pictures

So, I have this sweater.

I love this sweater.

My mother calls it my hobo sweater.

Others call it my old man sweater.

It don't care, I love it. It's cuddly and warm and goes perfectly with skinny jeans and boots.

There is only one problem with my old-man-hoboesque sweater: the buttons. The buttons are silver with a globe within an exploding star on them. They fit the ticket for old man sweater perfectly but drag down my personal cute quotient.

The Offensive Button:

(Please excuse my paint splattered fingers, it will all make sense momentarily.)

I've been searching for big flat black matte buttons to replace the gross ones, and for a long time, I was unsuccessful. UNTIL, today, when I wasn't even looking (isn't that always when you find stuff?) I found these:

The only thing wrong with these are that they look like banana chips.

I decided a paint job was in order.

So, I did:

Just waiting for the paint to dry....

I'll keep you posted.

What would YOU do before you die??

We all just started watching this MTV show (yuck gross I know) called The Buried Life about 4 very cute Canadian guys on a mission to cross off things on their list of things to do before they die and helping others achieve something they want to do before they die. It's really quite sweet of them.

We each have a fave I like Ben, Julz likes Duncan, Meshe (my sister) liked Johnnie but has recently changed it to Dave (who Shannon likes) they can fight that one out.

any who it got me thinking of the things I want to do so i just started making a list in a notebook I had lying around (one of those cheap black ones with the red corners and red binding). I thought why not . . . make a craft out of it. The notebook was pretty boring so i made it . . . not boring. . . ? So far I have 46 things on my list.

This other book I got from the dollar store to use as a sketch book/ideas book was also pretty plain and I fixed it up a bit. There should be something written in the little rectangle I just dunno what yet.

i feel like i haven't blogged in sooo long.

January is almost over it seemed like a really long month for some reason. We'll see what february holds. . . oh shit . . . valentines day GREAT! (note that was sarcasm) can you tell i'm single . . .

21 Before 21

On my birthday, I made a mini book with 21 things I wanted to do before I turned 21.

So far, I've done not too bad: of the 21 things, I've entirely completed seven, partially completed four and realized that there's no way I will be able to complete two. With the exception of those two items, I think I'll be able to finish everything else successfully. Yay!

Just FYI, the book is made primarily from the contents of my recycling bin: if I recall correctly, that includes: a tampon box, a Strongbow box, and a macaroni and cheese box. (Isn't a person's recycling box so revealing?) All the cardboard is cut (uneven on purpose) and covered by pages from magazines, graph paper and scrapbooking paper. Bound with presentation rings from Staples, and VOILA. Mini goal book.