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Baking Resolution:
total so far:
1. banana bread
2. dark chocolate brownies
3. mini chocolate chip cookies
4. apple cinnamon bread
5. Mango bread
6. Creme Brulee Oatmeal
7. Chocolate and Blueberry cupcakes w/ fresh cream & blueberries
8. Corn muffins
9. Berry Crisp
10. Strawberry Crisp
11. Roti
12. Apple Blondie
13. Apple Crisp
14. Cherry Vanilla Cake
15. 4 Berry Scones
16. Mini apple pie thingies.
17. Cinnamon Buns
18. Blueberry Muffins
19. Loaf of bread

Those muffins from last week were fantastic. Mark wanted me to make more this week and I probably will tomorrow. We have some leftover baked oatmeal for breakfast for tomorrow. I don't know why i don't count the baked oatmeal on here but it doesn't seem like a baked good to me.

Today I went all out and made bread completely from scratch. Yeast always scares me, I just assume I'm going to fuck it up if it involves yeast. So I avoid anything calling for yeast. I've never actually made a recipe that called for it. until today. I kneaded, I rose, I waited. I even talked my loaf into being happy while I was cooking the rest of dinner ( chicken marsala over spaghetti with broccoli on the side). It probably could've used another minute or two in the oven when all was said and done.. or just letting it cool more than 13 seconds before cutting into it.

But it smelled sooo good. and the rest of dinner was ready. So we ate it.. and it was tasty. yum yum yum. If I weren't so stuffed, I'd have another slice now.

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In 2 Saturday's from now, I will be on a place to Barcelona. I'm super excited. I have no idea if I need anything but I'm not in the mood to buy anything else so hopefully everything is there.

I'm excited to go to Barcelona with Mark. I want to see what I already saw again. I dont even care if we see nothing but a three block radius to the hotel. I just like going away. That Wednesday we'll be getting on the cruise and heading to Sicily, Athens, Rhodes, Cairo, Alexandria, and Cyprus. I'm doing this all from memory and I haven't looked at the itinerary in a while so I could be wrong.

Mark and my mom booked a private tour in Cairo and Alexandria. So, we'll probably be kidnapped somewhere in Egypt. We're coming home on November 30, so if you don't hear from us by the latest December 2, please alert all authorities and news media. Thank you.

We started holiday shopping for all the babies today. Toys R Us was packed like a mofo. Already.

Did you know they make snuggies for dogs?