To start off;

I won't give out my real name on this. It's to distinctive and I prefer this blog doesn't go out personally to lets say college apps. and so on. But I figured everyone's going to get sick of calling me by my username on here. So anyone (if thats mean people actually read this!) Just call me "Katie". Continuingggggg.

I hate disorganization more than anything in the world. I can take it here and there and I myself am pretty disorganize. But when my routine's messed up. I'm irritated. I go into work last night and instead of my usual Saturday night managers. It's Kristen and Matt. Instead of Peter and Tim! Kristen is a loose cannon, she flips at everything and 45% of the time doesn't even do her job (and she's the head manager, go freaking figure) and Matt.....ugh. Disgusting, pervert who's always cursing at anyone that tells him what he did wrong. Thinks he's superior and is just by far the most annoying person ever. So thats my night.

I won't go into details, i have literally talked my mother's ears off just complaining about this one night lolz.

Thanksgiving is coming up and I'm just about KILL MY SELF. I am expected (which seems to be a tradition that won't fade now) to make my Carrot Cake. I enjoy baking soo much. I love being in the kitchen as it is so to make things enjoyable to others is more of a joy for me. My carrot cake is all made from scratch and over time i have added my own touches to it from the recipe i printed it out of from Allrecipes.com. It's a great and easy recipe (that I won't willingly give out..too much pride!) that only takes me 15 minutes of prepping it all together.

I'm also starting to make home made pumpkin pies too. When i say homemade i mean cut the pumpkin, steam it, puree and throw it in a bowl. It's something new i'm trying and i'm learning that my patience runs very low with these like this but i bite my tongue and convince myself everyone will be begging for it later. (i hope soo..) The first time i did the pumpkin pie, it was okay....not what i expected. but thats also because i didn't use a 'sweet' pumpkin. i just used a standard pumpkin and also i used white whole wheat flour, instead of just regular white all purpose flour.I also don't think i steamed half of the pumpkin pieces i put in the pot all the way. But the pumpkin was big and i was at the end of my rope near the end. i puree it which i think came out right. But what I think may be right probably wasn't right.

I also just made the best apple pie ever,I'll show the picture later I took of it. I made the crust from scratch to and i learned how to do the lattice decoration from a baking class my step-dad suggested to me, which was a great classs! My teacher was Sue Johnson, and let me tell you it was awkward enough my friends thinking it was weird I was taking the class, but the fact that I was surrounded by people who have grandkids on the way was just awkward. But I made myself known and it was only two classes but I learned so much. I was always struggling with my crusts and i never knew what i did wrong! Sue taught me that i was always adding too much water or just over doing it. I practiced and my crust came out perfect. I worked the water in gradually for 5 minutes and just let it sit in the fridge until i needed it. I never bothered to chill everything before hand except the water. which turned out to be perfect. And i never time the amount of time it need to chill in the fridge basically when i was ready for it i would take it out unless i even knew it was too soon. But i would leave it in approximately 30 minutes. but i've even left it in over night just to have it when i need it the next day.

Also when rolling it out. They say flowering it will dry it out. yes it will if you dip it in flour. When rolling it out i make sure the dough is constantly floured with each roll i do because it'll stick and pull up and rip apart and more times than i can count end up against the wall because i couldn't stand it anymore. Cakes have ended up that way too when my dogs decide they deserve a treat. The bastards. it's easier than ever now though. i literally drown my dough in flour but it rolls out perfectly and throwing it in the pan is a piece of cake!!(lets hope not Ucky!)

I will also probably write a lot about baking in here. it's definitely a hobby of mine that i enjoy and i love talking about it to anyone who'll listen lolz. So night!

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