Lady Phantomhive

I wanted to make something nice for my father, since my parents are coming here for the day and all of my cooking is always directed towards my mother's tastes. I decided to make rustic beer bread, which is incredibly easy although it takes a lot of time to rise. I don't drink beer, and had one extra bottle of my father's still in the fridge from the last time he visited, so I decided to make it into this beer bread for him. I made it strictly of whole wheat, which apparently isn't the best for a fluffy bread. This is more like a crusty bread for use with soups or jam, not exactly a sandwich type. Next time I make it I'd probably do half white flour or bread flour and half whole wheat to make it a little less heavy. It's pretty darn healthy this way, though! I hope he likes it. Here's the recipe before I haplessly modified it into something way too heavy.


( THE RECIPE )

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Your dominant hues are red and magenta. You love doing your own thing and going on your own adventures, but there are close friends you know you just can't leave behind. You can influence others on days when you're patient, but most times you just want to go out, have fun, and do your own thing. Your saturation level is high - you get into life and have a strong personality. Everyone you meet will either love you or hate you - either way, your goal is to get them to change the world with you. You are very hard working and don't have much patience for people without your initiative. Your outlook on life is slightly darker than most people's. You try to see things for what they are and face situations honestly. You'd rather get to the point than look for what's good.

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It's all true, besides the "Just want to go out" part. I don't like to go out much. XD

For anyone wondering- I made it from TN back to NY yesterday in one piece. One bruised, exhausted, mentally shattered piece, but one piece all the same. I only got ran off the road one time by some sleepy trucker, and my only other issues were a landslide of Murakami Maki doujinshi when a box tipped over in the car and almost drowning myself by pouring coffee up both nostrils when I accidentally hit a bump while drinking it. And possibly damage to my liver and kidneys from something like 8 energy drinks and a few of those 5 hour energy shots. God those make me feel like shit, but at least they keep me alert. XD It took 4 full tanks of gas and was supposed to take 17 hours, but somehow I did it in 15.5 hours. Apparently there's a wormhole somewhere on I-81 North...

Anyway, I'm staying at my moms for a few days as it's still a few more hours to my new hours further upstate. Relaxing and visiting with everyone before heading up there on Saturday to delivery my belongings and get set up. I'll be sure to take tons of pictures.

Kau-tan's still kicking somehow. She's currently sleeping on my desk. ^^

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HURRAY!! My custom Amaimon mouse pad came in today! I ordered two, since it was fairly cheap to get two made of the same design. Obviously I can't use two, so I'm selling one if anyone's interested. I'm not sure what to ask for it, though.

Anyway, here's my newest treasure! Also, a bunch of doujinshi came in today, so I intend to spend the rest of today scanning and cleaning pages. ^^ 

A little time on my hands to goof off with, and this is what I spend it on. *sigh* XD

It's been brought to my attention that I haven't been posing any cheap recipes recently. As I'm now exceptionally low on cash (again) I've been thinking about such things, and will try to post some cheap meal ideas for all those fangirls who would rather have their hard earned cash go towards their hobbies and not their stomachs.

...and so here we are. Welcome back to Poor Fangirl Recipes. I can't believe we're at no. 7 already. haha Click the I'm Poor tag below for more if you're interested.

I drink a LOT of coffee. I have a small coffee maker on my desk and make fresh coffee several times a day. Recently if I'm craving something sweet, I'll stir in half a packet of hot cocoa mix. It's not too sweet (since I don't put sugar in my coffee) and with a touch of milk or creamer (or powdered creamer if you're as broke as I am) it makes a delicious semi-sweet chocolatey treat with a punch of caffeine.

I know, I know... not terribly creative. BUT SO GOOD! Especially if you have a pinch of cinnamon/nutmeg/vanilla to add to it. :3 The whole thing costs pennies, since a whole box of cocoa mix is only ~$1.50.