Rustling Thoughts

Posted from Starbucks, because our internet hates us. BTW, thanks for going with me Lydia! Stats and other news from the blog: First of all, I'd like to apologise for the finicky behaviour of my Google Friend Connect button. I have no idea what's up with it, but if anyone has any ideas about how to fix it, I'd be most appreciative. 1. 30 followers through Google connect, and at least two others through either email or Google+. 2. 20,971 total pageviews. 3. 763 comments published. 4. 126 published posts. 5. Post with the most pageviews:  The Tag Masterpost  at 169. Entry Pageviews United States 1598 Germany 40 Ukraine 27 Canada 25 Ireland 19 France 18 Taiwan 13 Philippines 10 Australia 9 United Kingdom 6 Happenings of June: 1. I started Algebra 2 for the second time (I had been failing last year, so I did Geometry instead. Hopefully since we changed...

But first, let me give you the backstory of my cookie baking career. Maybe four years ago, I decided that I wanted to make cookies. Mom helped me choose which cookbook to find a recipe from, and explained a few things before leaving me in the kitchen surrounded with ingredients. I decided upon an oatmeal chocolate chip recipe, followed it to a T, and everyone enjoyed it. For a while, I followed the recipe exactly, until, one fateful day, we ran out of one of the ingredients. Mom quickly thought of a solution, and from then on, my recipe-tweaking days began. One time, we were on vacation, and Mom had specifically asked me to print out the recipe so that I could make cookies. Unfortunately, that was the one thing I forgot to pack. So, I had to figure it out from memory and general deduction. Success! The cookies turned out fine. Over the past year at least, I've not followed any recipe, and only one batch was dubbed a flop. While it was still edible, only a few people ...