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Happy Valentines Day!

I Hope you told someone you loved, you loved them.

Me and the boy went out to eat and spent the day together. I made him a cake and a Mix CD. He wrote me a song and gave me lotssss of chocolate. I'll try and post his song soon! I really like it, so sweet.

Love Always
Jessica.

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Icing

The best chocolate icing ever: I'm serious.

I've had several people tell me that! Here is the original recipe, I usually play with it a bit to get it to my liking. It's the one from the back of the Hersey Cocoa powder box.

2/3 c cocoa (I sift it)
3 c (sifted)
1 stick butter (1/2 c)
1/3 c Milk
1 tsp vanilla

Sorry I don't know the conversions..

melt butter. Mix in cocoa. Alternate adding powdered sugar and milk while mixing. (I have found that a hand mixer works better) Add milk to get the consistency you want. Add vanilla. Will last about 5 days refrigerated. It covers at least the same amount a normal store bought can would, and I am usually able to do a boarder or something with it as well.
If you are a lover of chocolate this one is for you! I made a valentines day cake for Jesse today! I hope that his family likes it!
Looks like I forgot to post the picture when I posted it...

The red hearts are made out of the melt-able chocolate, you can cover cake pops with it. The ones I have are Candy-Melts. I got them at Hobby Lobby, they're also at JoAnns, so really any craft store will have 'em. I melted a few squares following the directions on the bag. Then took my offset knife and smeared a layer of chocolate on some wax paper, and set my cookie cutter in it. I stuck it in the fridge for about 4 minutes, and wha-la, chocolate hearts. You'll probably have to play with the thickness to see what you like. The best part is, if you mess up you can eat it or melt it!

Tips used:
Wilton 3 for drop strings
Wilton star tip for Shell boarder( I can't remember the number right now..it was a smallish one though)

Love Always,

jessica

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Tuesday.

I have always liked Tuesdays; they hold so much promise. However, after school, I came home and slept until dinner. I think things are starting to catch up with me.

Photo by Kaelah.

I saw this dress on Kaelah Bee's blog. I must get it when it comes back in stock! It's so perfect. While you're on her blog, you should enter to win a kitchen-aid mixer! If you don't want it, I'll be more than willing to take it off your hands. ;]

Today was a good kind of chilly. The kind that reminds you you're alive. My school was evacuated due to a bomb threat today. It's so crazy, I don't even live in that bad of a city. The news is scary sometimes, I often wonder what the world is going to be like in 10 or so years. I don't understand why there seems to be so much of THIS stuff lately. I think we are being stripped of our innocents, and no one is trying to stop it.

Love Always,
Jessica

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Amelia Earhart

She is probably my biggest hero. For English we have to write a short fictional story on something from history I have chosen her. As much as find her interesting, I can't for the life think up a 1500 word story about her. My brain isn't wired in that way. Much the same I am a terrible liar.

I love when you know someone so well you start to find out little weird things about them. They become more human, in a sense. I think that is why I enjoy books so much, slowly but surely these charaters become real; they become your friends. I love the analytic type of writing. Finding the symbolism and stuff in a book is so cool. Yep, I'm that kid.

What is something weird about you?

That story is due in the morning..I should probably get crackin'.

Love Always
Jessica

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Relief

Today was definitely not as glamorous as yesterday. I only left to get my mom some hair dye, other than that I spent the entire day writing Essays and Autobiographies. Oh the joys of scholarships! Alas, I am finally done with them all! HURRAH! I have not felt this relieved in quite some time. I turn them in on Tuesday. I only have 3 and a half days of school this week! I know what you're thinking! "Does this girl EVER have a full week of school?! And the answer is: Not really! I have found that there is always a field trip to go on. However this week is enrollment for underclassmen, as I will not be returning for my Super Senior year, I get to stay home!

If you know of any clever love cliches, I would be ever so grateful, I have to write a paper using a tonnn of them.

Love Always,
Jessica

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Excuses

My excuse for being a little late is that it was court warming tonight. The kicker is..I didn't even go to it. Me and the boy decided to partake in every aspect of going to a dance, apart from the fact that we never went to the dance. We had so much fun though! Pictures, then out to eat, and in place of a sweaty gymnasium, we went to..the movies! How creative! Pah. We saw Identity Theft. It. Is. So. Funny.

Here are some pictures we took! They were on film, and my scanner is not the best, so they are a little grainy. All photos by Jesse.