I feel like I've been neglecting this

Hey!
So I just realised I haven't posted anything in ages. Which is annoying. But I don't really have a lot to say, so I'm just going to write random stuff!

I really really really want this dress:

















But it's too much money :( Which is so depressing.

What else can I say?
Books are awesome! I have a huge list of books I need to read:

The Maximum Ride series
The Uglies
Vampire Academy
Vampire Kisses
13 Little Blue Envelopes
Demon's Lexicon
Stefan's Diaries (book 2)
The Da Vinci Code
Wuthering Heights
Jane Eyre
The Eregon series
Life of Pi
The Adrian Mole books
Percy Jackson
Fallen and Torment

Ahh there are so many! And I have no clue which to read first!!!

Anyway, I have to go now :(

PJ
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Otters

While sleeping otters hold hands so as not to drift away from each other:

How cute is that? 

PJ

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Pearl & The Puppets

Hey!
So I should totally be revising for my truly horrible further maths exam that I have tomorrow.
But I have had a terrible day, and I heard a song in the car on the way home from school today that I just fell in love with!

I've been listening to it on loop ever since I got home. And I think you should all listen :)
It's 'Because I do' by Pearl &The Puppets. It's amazing! I love them now!
And their other stuff is really good too.

It made me smile :)

So, Pearl & The Puppets, check them out!

And smile! :)

PJ

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Happy Christmas Eve!

Chocolate Truffles

Ok so I just thought I'd post a recipe for how I make my Chocolate Truffles, and some pics!

First you need to melt 225g of Plain Chocolate.

Then add 150ml of Double Cream, and 2tbsp of Rum (it makes them taste AMAZING!) 

Stir that together, it will look really odd for a bit, and nothing like truffles at all, but keep going and it eventually ends up looking like this: 

I would like to mention here that I advise you use a bigger bowl than I did, it gets very difficult to stir at this stage in such a small bowl. 

You then need to chill that mixture for at least an hour, I find it normally needs a little bit longer, and then shape it into little balls and put them on a lined baking tray. 

Leave that to chill for another 30 minutes (whilst you eat the remaining mixture).

Now this is the fun part! Choose something you would like to coat them with, I used icing sugar, chocolate sprinkles and cocoa powder for mine. 

Place a little bit of each coating on a plate or other surface type thing and roll the balls of mixture in it to coat them. 

The finished product looks like this:

Totally awesome yes?

They make perfect Christmas presents, or just really awesome after dinner snacks! They look pretty, and they taste like heaven! (Just taking into account that the only 3 ingredients are chocolate, cream and rum proves this).

PJ

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Christmas

Ok so I have sort of avoided mentioning Christmas much in my recent posts, but OMG only 2 days!!!

So, it's Christmas Eve tomorrow, by far my favourite day of the year. I always find that Christmas day never quite lives up to my expectations. Yes there's great food, and presents, and time with family. But there's also always arguments, people stressing over everything being perfect, and I find that the atmosphere on Christmas Eve is a lot more pleasant.

Every Christmas Eve I spend the day helping my mum with cooking. We make the stuffing for the turkey, bake some mince pies, make chocolate truffles etc. Then in the evening I go to a family friend's house, with the rest of my family, Aunt and Uncle, Grandparents, Cousins, and several other family friends. And we have an amazing time! The youngest of us is now 12, so some of the magic has, of course, died. But we never fail to have an amazing time! There's karaoke, games, loads of amazing food, music and dancing and then we all take a walk in the dark singing Christmas songs, which is just the best fun!

Then when we get home we always watch A Christmas Carol, the Patrick Stewart version:

And then we read The Night Before Christmas, hang up our stockings and then go to bed. Then I always read The Nutcracker before I actually go to sleep. 

I actually really hate waking up on Christmas morning. I'm one of those people who hates going to sleep, and then hates waking up even more! But my brother is always up crazily early so then he wakes me up and then me being angry with him wakes my parents up and so on. But hey, it's Christmas!

Writing this has made me feel extra Christmassy. 

And it just started snowing!!! 

Oh dear I really need to calm down. But, in the words of Noddy Holder, it's Christmaaaas!!

PJ

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