What a Summer!

HELLO EVERYONE!!

I'm baaaaaack!!

It was a fantastic summer! All I did was work! Whether it was babysitting or lifeguarding, I was constantly working. I had very few days off. But in all that grueling work I made twice as much as last summer! Woo!

So some updates:
1. I AM A HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR!! FINALLY!!!

2. My grandmother on my father's side died on July 25th. (tear)

3. Esu has officially left for college. (tear tear)

4. I broke my ankle on the 1st of September. (tear tear tear)

5. Lacrosse Camp was awesome!
6. My 17th birthday is tomorrow!!

1. I AM FINALLY A FREAKING SENIOR!!! I AM SO READY TO BE DONE WITH HIGH SCHOOL AND GO TO COLLEGE! YES!!!!!

2. My Grandma Ruth died.

Grandma Ruth was amazing. She was so genuine and dedicated to her family and her church. She was wonderful and I was shocked when I heard she died. The funeral was at her church in Atlanta on August 1st. It was a gorgeous ceremony. I cried of course. 2 of my cousins were being extremely disrespectful by playing hangman and listening to music through headphones. I wanted to hurt them. That's no appropriate. At all. This is why I hate people.

3. Esu Mane, my dear friend, has gone away to college. It's so weird not seeing her at school. She has always been there, even before I knew her. It's the strangest feeling to not see her everyday...

4. I did indeed break my ankle on the first of September. It pretty much sucks. I hate crutches. My ankle is STILL swollen. It's so stupid. I was being a klutz at a trampoline place and my ankle turned inward and something popped in my ankle bone area. It still hurts and still sucks. So hard.

5. Lacrosse camp was fantastic! It was beautiful! It was so warm and pleasant and the kids were so freaking cute! There was one kid who had never played lacrosse before and by the end of the week he was doing fantastically and I loved him so much! :D JaQuan and Assness were there. We actually had fun. Jiggelocity trained a couple of new goalies but neither of them are as good as he is. We'll miss him. :'(

6. MY SEVENTEENTH FREAKING BIRTHDAY IS TOMORROW!!!! I'm so excited! I'm getting a present tonight from my grandparents since I won't see them tomorrow. I'm pretty sure I'm getting a Nikon One Camera! I'll have to start taking pictures and posting them on here. :) I love, love, love, love my grandparents! :D My other friends are bringing me presents to school which will be hard to manage since I'm on stupid crutches... But I'll enjoy it anyway. I love my birthday. :) September 19th is such a great day and has an awesome ring to it when you say it. :) We are going to the Melting Pot for dinner afterward school tomorrow. :)

Anyway, here comes the usual daily business:

Word of the Day!

Tartuffery [\ tahr-TOOF-uh-ree \] (noun) : Behavior or character of a Tartuffe, especially hypocritical piety.

Alright! Done!

Later Days! :)

Mojo

Yesterday = WHAAAT???

Yesterday was strange. And fun. And... weird.

Yesterday, we all took a team picture for lacrosse. Of course, with my unbelievably awkward luck, I had to sit behind JaQuan Blackmon on a bench too thin too actually sit on with my full butt. And so, I had to put my knees on his back. At this point he's decided to lay back on me and pretend to sleep. I didn't mind, but it was weird. And to make it even more strange, he asks me to hold his hand... Whaaat??? Yeah... I was kind of weirded out actually. AND THEEEEN, when we get back to the field house after taking our wonderful picture, he decdides to take a nap with his leg on my lap. Again, Whaaat??? And so he proceeds to sleep on me. For an hour. I sure was warm...

Yesterday also involved Jo-E. Jo-E decided to bother me ALL AFTERNOON. He kept poking me and touching me and pinching me and, and URGGG!!!! It was annoying. After the scrimmage finally started at 5:30 I used Jo-E as a warmer. I sat between him and another girl. I was kind of warm-ish... After all of that was over, I  stole Jo-E's shoes and took them outside. Then he comes up behind me, grabs me around my waist, and picks me up. O.O Whaaat??? I was terrified!!! I HATE being picked up! With a passion. A fiery, burning passion of ten thousand suns. HATE IT! And he didn't just lift me up a little bit, he PICKED ME UP. Like two feet off the ground!!! I screamed, of course and lifted my knees to get him to put me down. Then I ran away. I had to stomp around and drag my feet every where to get the feeling of being up in the air to go away... I know. I'm weird and awkward...

Anyway. That's all I had for today.

Later Days.

Mojo

I love Zooey Deschanel.

Zooey for President!!!!

Oh. My. Octopus.

Stole this from Esu this morning.

Too. Much. OCTOPUS!!!

I love octopi. : D

Jiggleocity.

I put that up here yesterday to remind myself to post this. The other day I was talking to Jiggleocity, who is the goalie for our lacrosse team. I was talking about whores and Esu goes, "You know who else is a whore?" and Jiggleocity says, "Me." and them all of us there, Pitbull (the Girlfriend of Young Master Bill [who will be from here on out known as Sadie]) the Asian, Big Red, Esu Mane, and myself, all busted out laughing. It was a great day. : )

What A Weekend!

I had quite a wonderful weekend!

I got my prom dress!!!!! Soooooo exciting!!

I got a tack bag for horseback riding that has all of the brushes and things that I need to keep a horsey clean. : D

I had an amazing Sunday. It was just a good day for some reason. : )

I talked to some friends and planned some excursions for the coming weeks. Fun stuff coming up guys!

I made some money. Cool beans. Boring babysitting.

I had an extremely strange dream this past week. Esu Mane, JaQuan Blackmon, Gewgaw, and I were all in some random house in some random place. (I know super random right??) Esu, who HATES Gewgaw (and I mean HATES him!) was being nice to him. It was... strange. A lot of other stuff happened but... I don't think I should share that much with you guys... Haha! And obviously I didn't get enough sleep. To much excitement in my dream world... Phew! That was... interesting.

Well I have lacrosse practice after school today of course. Kind of dreading it...

I miss my Bullfrog! I hung out with him last weekend but I miss him still. He's my best friend ever. I miss his mom too. She's wonderful. I'm taking Bullfrog to prom with me! >.< Soooooo exciting! It's going to be tons and tons of fun!!!!!!!

That's all I had to say today! A short post for me. : )

Later Days.

Mojo

It's Been a While.

It's been a while since I've posted (as was indicated by the title of this long over due post).

Some News!

1: OUR LACROSSE TEAM WON TWO GAMES IN A ROW!!! We had a game on Friday and a game yesterday and we won both of them!!! I was so excited!!! WOOOT!!!

2:  Gewgaw is back to hitting on me again. Sigh. That boy.

3: I got a C on my report card in AP Language and Composition. Sad face. D: My parents were upset. I was not.

4: ...I don't think I have anymore news for you... Oh, well!

JaQuan Blackmon is sitting next to me in Spanish class. He's a strange one. He's on the lacrosse team too! Yesterday he flattened some guy and got a minute penalty for it. It was pretty great. I thoroughly enjoyed that hit. Thoroughly. He's playing Minecraft on his computadora. It looks like a pretty dumb game but Sans Serif plays it. I don't think I'll ever play it. JaQuan is also a football player. And Gewgaw's best friend. Oh, dear. I enjoy JaQuan though. He makes me laugh. Esu Mane enjoys JaQuan as well.

It's Tuesday. I wish it was Friday. I have nothing to do this weekend except for babysit on Saturday from 4 to I'm not even sure when. I'm ready to sleep in.

Last night, I was reading The Scarlet Letter for AP Language and Composition, when I got extremely sleepy. So, I decided to take a break and put my book on my face just to take a rest. Next thing I knew, it was 5:30, my lamp was still on, and my book, pencil, eraser, and bookmark were scattered on my bed. It was crazy. I didn't even remember falling asleep! I felt wide awake at that point so I just decided to get up. I got to see my mommy though, which is awesome because she leaves for work before I normally get up! It was nice to see her. : )

I think that's everything I had for today.

Later Days.

Mojo.

Word of the Day:
Gasser: (n) Something that is extraordinarily pleasing or successful, especially a very funny joke ; a person or thing that gasses

This is the funniest corny joke I've heard in a looooooong time. How I love corny jokes.

I Hate...

I hate people. They're onerous (that's an excellent word. You should look it up) and quite fickle. I hate how a person can be happy and bubbly one day, and all depressed and angry the next.

I hate when people take their anger at others out on me.

I hate not seeing Bullfrog everyday. He's one of my best friends and I never see him anymore. It makes me sad.

I hate not having a Shugy class. Yammer has 3. IN A ROW.

I hate boys (except for Bullfrog and Cwitoburger). They annoy the ever loving crap out of me.

I hate that I have no free time anymore. I used to be able to read a couple books a week. I haven't even opened a book in about 2 weeks. It makes me sad.

I love reading.

I love my friends even when they're angry at someone else and they take it out on me.

I love being a lacrosse manager. I get to hang out with some awesome people and watch a sport that is super entertaining.

I love sleeping. : D But who doesn't.

I love my mommy. She's wonderful. She's the best mommy ever! >.<

I love being me. : )

I love horses and riding horses. It makes me incredibly happy.

 I love music and singing. I'm scared to sing in front of others but I'm so excited for the Tri-M concert at school.

I love the beach. I lived there for a while when I was younger and I loved it.

I love animals! All kinds! I don't love birds though... they scare me...

Well that's all I had to say.

Word of the Day:
Pococurante: (n): Caring little; indifferent; nonchalant; (adj): a careless or indifferent person

Later Days.

Mojo

I love this picture.

"Paint me like one of your French Girls, Jack."

A note before I begin my ranting: You should all take a look at the tags for each post. Sometimes they're important to the entirety of the post. But most of the time they're just saying what is in each post. So I guess you don't have to...

Yesterday, for the first time EVER... OUR LACROSSE TEAM WON A GAME!!!!!!!!!! Ahhhhhh!!!!!!!!! That's sooooo exciting! After our EPIC win, we went out to eat. We just stopped at Wendy's but it was fun and delicious.

We got to this game like 2 hours early so we had time to kill. So as we're (Esu Mane, the Girlfriend of Young Master Bill (from here on known as Mima), the Asian, and Big Red) sitting on a hill above our competitor's field, I was attempting to write an essay for my favorite class, AP Language and Composition. Well, that didn't work. Instead I wrote it this morning in first period. FAIL.

Of course you guys know that Gewgaw is on the lacrosse team. So yesterday after the game we stopped at Wendy's. At this eating establishment of ginger proportions, I was standing behind him in line while Esu Mane went to the bathroom to take off her pants (she was wearing two pairs... just so you guys don't flip out like "Whaaaaaaaa???"). So me being the horrible person I am, I start talking to him and punching him and then he decides to grab me and tickle me and OF COURSE(!) Roblett walks up crying and asks for aspirin for his tendinitis. I felt so bad for messing around and he's in so much pain! Wah! I'm awful.

Anyway!

The game was fun and I even got 2 new Esuisms and a Mojoism out of it:

Esuism #6:
*talking about what I should write my essay on and Gewgaw shows up to converse with me*
Esu: "Oh! I know! You should write about the time I punched Gewgaw in the face! :D"
Gewgaw: "When did that happen?"
Esu: "10 minutes from now."
Me: "HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!"

Hahaha! She really does dislike him.

Esuism #7:
Esu: "An Esu is worth a thousand words!"
Me: "And a million laughs!"

I made her smile. Hahaha! I'm the best!

Mojoism #3:
*Esu sends me a text message as we're sitting on the bus next to each other*
*I recieve the text*
Me: *turning to Esu and shining the light of my phone on my face* "Do you see my face right now? This is how amused I am by that text message."

This was my face: -_-

Hahaha! Ohhhh, good times.

I was in a pretty bitchy mood yesterday. And I'm not really sure why... I just was... I feel bad for doing it sometimes but at the same time I enjoy it... *shrugs* Oh well.

Word of the Day:
Rutilant: (adj) glowing or glittering with ruddy or golden light


Well that's all folks.

Later Days.

Mojo

I Need a Pintervention.

We all need one.

Mojo/Esu/Yammerism:
*Yammer hands me back my pencil and eraser that I lent her*
Yammer: "Here's your stuff back."
Me (absorbed in Pinterest): "Okay, I don't know what you just handed me but thanks."
*Esu starts cracking up and starts crying*
Me: "You have a mascara tear streak on your cheek!"
Esu (pulling out a mirror): "What? No, I don't! Where? Oh, there!"
*Yammer and I start cracking up*
Esu: "It's official. I need sleep."


Oh, the things said during sleep deprivation. : D

Also my teacher made an example of me for our first period class. Here's what happened as told by Esu Mane and stolen from her blog :

 Mojo is in my first period Criminal Justice class. The teacher enjoys using various people in the class as examples...Mojo was just used as one. "Mojo could be heading out to the club wearing skanky clothes wearing her stripper makeup, and she could be precipitating her own rape..." I about died laughing, because Mojo is not that kind of person at ALL. I honestly don't even think she's ever worn makeup. hahaha. The teacher goes on... "But on the other hand, she could be wearing her housecoat with curlers in her hair and going out to check her mail and her neighbor could find that sexy..." I about died laughing there as well, because Mojo has really curly hair, so why would she be wearing curlers?? hahahah!

Oh, good times, good times.Yammer told me I was really red. I know I was. I could feel it. How unfortunate for me.

This is a yawning kitten:

How Strange.

I have nothing to write about today. That's unusual. Lately it has seemed like there is always something to write about. I guess instead I'll just do the usual stuff.

Word of the Day:
Troglodyte: (noun) a member of a primitive people that lived in caves, dens, or holes; a cave dweller; one who is regarded as reclusive, reactionary, out of date, of brutish

Esu Mane will not be attending lacrosse practice today or tomorrow. I am very upset. But tomorrow I am going to the horse barn with Yammer! I'm sooooooooooooo excited!!!!!! I don't know what we'll do but I'm soo excited!!

Horses are awesome. Like, the best. I looooove horses!!! I ride horses at a different barn than Yammer but I am going to hang out at her barn with her tomorrow!! This is exciting stuff. If you could see my face you'd see how excited I was. Here I'll show you: this is what I look like right now.

Wasn't that interesting? It's funny because I'm not male, nor am I a midget. But I think you get the picture.

Anyway. Time for Psych.

Later Days.

Mojo

A Rambling Post.

WARNING: This is a rambling post! If you do not wish to read a rambling post, please ignore the following ramble!

Your Friendly Friend,
Mojo

 I have started this blog in the middle of winter. But, nothing very exciting happens in the winter time.  Summer is where it's at! This past summer was quite an eventful one for me. I changed quite a bit. I shall inform my faithful followers (all 2 of them) of my plights and adventures of the summer.

This summer I went through a gallimaufry of changes (that was for you Esu! >.<). I worked as a lifeguard at my neighborhood pool and I loved it. It was a fun summer and a hot one. I made new friends and I came into my own (finally). There was one lifeguard named Ginger Lifeguard. He was awesome! Attractive, tall, funny cute. He had it going on (;D). He liked Hurricane first but when he learned that she had a boyfriend he turned his attention to the Cachinnator and I. That was... interesting, to say the least. I have some interesting stories about that whole situation that went on there... (nothing bad just funny stuff). When I got back to school in the fall, my confidence was at an all time high, which was only bolstered by the attention of Gewgaw. I felt different, better, more me than ever before. It was overall a fun and strange summer. I enjoyed it immensely. :D

Yesterday was pretty average. Victimology, Honors Español 3, AP Psych, AP Language and Composition. The AP Literature teacher came in to convince all of us to take AP Lit next year. I was already going to take it so it was pretty much a moot point. (Moot is a great word by the way.) Lacrosse practice was average. (Monday we organized and folded jerseys. According to my sister, that evening when I got in the car I smelled like dirty boys. And I did. Grody.)

Speaking of lacrosse practice, yesterday at the rather average lacrosse practice, Esu Mane and the lady friend of Young Master Bill were backing up to get away from the scrimmaging lacrosse players. They both backed into a tree and said"

Esuism #5:
Together: "Oh, hi Tree!"
Esu: "Did we both just say 'hi' to the tree??"

Ahh, the things said to inanimate objects. 

I have discovered a most wonderful word on this very morning!

Word of the Day:
Hircine: (adj.)
1. of, or pertaining to, or resembling a goat
2. having a goatish odor
3. lustful; libidinous

It is quite fantastic is it not?? Esu Mane suggested I change Gewgaw to Hircine... but that's a lot of effort. I'm not going to. I'm waaaayyyy too lazy for that.

Well, I've already written too much so I shall take my leave.

Later Days.

Mojo

How Uneventful.

Yesterday was quite the uneventful day:

My AP Lang & Comp test was easy... ish. The multiple choice questions were pretty easy but and so were the essays, but each essay had about 50 parts to it. Ugh. Major ugh. But I think I did pretty well on it. I'll make sure to let you know. :)

Esu Mane, Cachinnator, and Cwitoburger would appreciate knowing that nothing happened between Gewgaw and I. I remembered how irritating he can be. But, much to their dismay, I also remembered why I was drawn to him in the first place. It's not that I like him or anything; it's mostly lusting which is bad, bad, bad, bad, bad. Bad, bad. Another reason why I'm going to Hell.

And another thing! Yesterday, at lunch, I was discussing Cwitoburger's clothing choice for the day. He was wearing jeans for about the first time ever! I was discussing this with The Puerto Rican Chef (PRC). She had noticed something quite fascinating. We (PRC and I) noticed that we can remember what Cwitoburger wears on a regular basis, but he can't remember what we wear. And so:

Lunchism #1:
Puerto Rican Chef: "What do we wear Cwitoburger?"
Cwitoburger: "I don't know... clothes... shirts...?"
Me: "Most of the time..."

XD

It was hilarious. Just to let you know.

Word of the Day:  
Pettifog: \ PET-ee-fog \ , verb;  
1. To bicker or quibble over trifles or unimportant matters. 
2. To carry on a petty, shifty, or unethical law business. 
3. To practice chicanery of any sort.

Well, I think that's enough for today.

Later Days.

 Mojo

 POUNCE!!!

Bubble Boy!

This morning in Victimology, Esu Mane and our teacher, Doormain, were discussing Bubble Boy  and people who are battered and beaten (don't ask), and Doormain said that the only way Bubble Boy could be battered was if someone was punching his bubble. Esu (who is extremely sleep deprived) then said:

Esuism #4:
"Someone wanted to burst his bubble... :D"

Apparently:
Vacuum+Spacesuits+Beating and Battering+Bubble Boy+Sleep Deprivation=Bubble Bursting....

Oh, Esu.

And on another note! I must introduce a new character, for she was rather upset that she isn't featured in my blog yet. Her name is Cachinnator. She is one of my best friends and I am sorry for not mentioning her sooner. YOU SEE THIS CACHINNATOR??? I'VE WRITTEN ABOUT YOU IN MY BLOG!! HAPPY???  Hurricane is also one of my best friends. Just so you guys know. She'll be in her at some point I'm sure. As will Cwitoburger. He'll be here eventually.

Anyway! Back to what I was saying... Wait... I wasn't saying anything... Oh, well.

Wrestling has ended. That means that Gewgaw will be at Lacrosse practice today. But it might be canceled because the weather is bad. It's rainy and gray and it hasn't stopped all day. I'm kind of hoping we have practice but at the same time I don't want to go... Well, I guess I'll just have to wait and see.

Alright. It's time for a reading quiz.

Later days.

Mojo

P.S.

Word of the Day: 
Tramontane: (\truh-MON-teyn\) , adjective: 1. Being or situated beyond the mountains. 2. Beyond the Alps as viewed from Italy; transalpine. 3. Of, pertaining to, or coming from the other side of the mountains. 4. Foreign; barbarous.
noun: 1. A person who lives beyond the mountains: formerly applied by the Italians to the peoples beyond the Alps, and by the latter to the Italians. 2. A foreigner; outlander; barbarian. 3. A violent, polar wind from the northwest that blows in southern France. 

I am a Horrible Person.

You know why I am a horrible person? Because Esu Mane will be very angry at me for this and she's a wonderful person. Here's what happend that makes me think so:

Yesterday I was on the procrastination tool of the century (Facebook) and I sat that Gewgaw (I mentioned him in the first post) Had changed his relationship status from "in a relationship" to "single"... Well... there has been some underlying sexual tension between us. We had Chemistry (the class) together last semester and we even sat next to each other. He... he is frustrating. He is pushy and touchy and big and mixed and... there's something about him.... I can't leave it alone even though I want to... Gah!!! It's so hard being young and having no experience with relationships. I don't know how to flirt or react to his advances either so I think it frustrates him. Anyway! I "liked" his relationship status change... And I feel like a terrible person. I don't know what I want anymore. I don't want a relationship right now (because I don't need that kind of a distraction right now) but I want him. But then again I don't want him. He's cocky and a jerk and... irksome.

*sigh*

I'll figure it out I guess.

Later Days.

Mojo

P.S. Did I mention he's on the Lacrosse team too? *sigh* This will be an interesting season...

On Baking Pefectly Gooey Chocolate Chip Cookies

Esu Mane told me to post my Process Analysis Essay that I wrote for AP Language and Composition last night... Here it is...

On Baking Perfectly Gooey Chocolate Chip Cookies

            The first time I made chocolate chip cookies by myself, they came out very much like hockey pucks – flat and round, rock hard, black, and not appetizing in the least. For a while after that my mom was the only one who made chocolate chip cookies or any cookies for that matter. After a while, I decided to try again. This time, the cookies were perfect. I had made the ultimate chocolate chip cookies. Nowadays in my house, I’m the only one allowed to bake at all. My mom loves and hates me baking because she doesn’t have to do it any more but I always end up making quite the mess. Since that fateful day of burning the chocolate chip cookies, I have made many wonderful batches as well as some not-so-wonderful batches. Baking is a tricky business, but there are some good tricks to know when you desire to make perfectly gooey chocolate chip cookies.

            Preheat your oven to three hundred and seventy-five degrees (375 degrees F) and gather all of the ingredients before you start baking. Make sure that there are one or two racks in or near the middle of the oven. The gathering of ingredients is an extremely important step in making the best chocolate chip cookies. Always, always, always check your pantry and refrigerator for the ingredients to be sure you have them and enough of them. The ingredients and amounts needed to make chocolate chip cookies are two and one quarter (2 ¼) cups of all-purpose flour, one (1) teaspoon of baking soda, one (1) teaspoon of salt, one (1) cup (or two [2] sticks) of softened butter, three quarters (3/4) of a cup of granulated sugar, three quarters (3/4) of a cup of packed brown sugar, one (1) teaspoon of vanilla extract, two (2) large eggs, two (2) cups (or one twelve ounce [12-oz.] package) of semi-sweet or milk chocolate morsels, and one (1) cup of chopped nuts if desired.

            A note about these ingredients: the small amount of salt contrasts with the high sugar content in the cookies and sharpens the flavors, always remove the butter first when gathering ingredients so that it has time to soften, high quality vanilla makes for better tasting cookies but any brand is fine, milk chocolate morsels taste the best, and nuts are an optional and sometimes needed addition to these already delicious cookies.

            Mix dry and wet ingredients separately and combine slowly. At this stage in perfect cookie development, all of your ingredients should be out and ready to go for easy mixing. Now, you may want to pile everything into one bowl and go at it with the mixing, but this is the completely incorrect way to do this. What you have to do is combine the dry ingredients (salt, flour, and baking soda) in a small bowl and mix the wet ingredients (sugars, butter, and vanilla) in another bowl. Don’t add the eggs until you’ve mixed the butter, sugars, and vanilla together. Then add the eggs one at a time, and beat well after adding each egg. Now, you must slowly add in the dry ingredients. Add them in small batches. The whole bowl of dry ingredients should take between three and four mix-ins. The dough will get stiffer with each addition so be sure to mix it thoroughly even after your arm becomes exhausted.

            Roll one-inch balls of dough between your hands and place them on an ungreased baking sheet. This is the part where you get to have some fun! Warning: your hands will get a bit messy. Take a chunk of dough from the bowl and roll it between your hands like you were making circles against the palm of your left hand with your right one. Place the completed ball of dough onto a baking sheet and repeat the procedure with the remainder of the dough. Do this in multiple batches if you can’t fit all of the dough onto one baking sheet. Be sure to space the dough balls about one to one and a half (1- 1 ½) inches apart as the cookies will flatten and spread out.

            Bake the cookies for nine to eleven (9-11) minutes and let them cool after they are done in the oven. Place the cookies in the oven on the center rack to bake for nine to eleven minutes. Although I have specified a time length for the cookies to bake, there can be some discrepancies between ovens. My oven for example is a convection oven and can bake these cookies in about six or seven minutes. Because of these discrepancies, you really have to bake with your nose. Usually when you can smell a baked good it is very close to done.

An important reminder: stay with your cookies at all times! Never, ever leave the kitchen when baking. Even when there is a timer set, if you are out of the room when it goes off you may not hear it and that could quickly become a fire hazard.

When allowing the cookies to cool, remove them from the baking sheet (after a few minutes so they can to set up and won’t fall apart when you try to move them) and place them on a cooling rack or, if you don’t have a cooling rack, allow them to cool a bit longer on the baking sheet and them move them to a plate to finish cooling.

Enjoy a cookie or two while they are still warm from the oven with an ice-cold glass of milk. Unless of course you’re, lactose intolerant, in which case have an ice-cold glass of soy or almond milk with your perfectly gooey chocolate chip cookies.

Baking can be an easy thing to do, but it can be just as easy to mess up, as my first attempt at making cookies shows. There was another instance where I added all of the ingredients into one bowl and had to dump the entire batch because of that simple mistake. Another time, I baked the cookies for a couple minutes too long and they turned into hard chocolate chip cookies, which can be good sometimes but disappointing when you were expecting soft and chewy ones. These failures are just as important as the times you succeed in making cookies. The failures teach you what not to do when making cookies and when you succeed, you learn what you should do. Knowing what not to do is equally as important as knowing what to do.

Making cookies is about more than just eating delicious, sugary treats. Baking cookies is about caring for others and making them smile. Something as simple as a cookie can change someone’s day. Eating a yummy, warm, chocolaty cookie will make your heart melt along with the hearts of others. Be sure to share the love and give friends and family, and even strangers, some of your amazing cookies. People simply want to be loved and giving delicious homemade cookies is a great way to show your love.