To being 19!

It is exactly 1 month until my 20th birthday. My last month of teenage-hood. wow. Today I made 5 minute bread all by myself-ground the flour, mixed it, let it rise, shaped it, baked it, cut it, savoured it...mmm. I swam 150m at the sea baths, made apple crumble, washed dishes, hung out laundry, caught up with my dear granticus, read The Book of Mormon and played a smidge of piano. I'm going to make every moment count. I have loved my life so far and am so excited to see how the rest of it unfolds. And so it begins.

oh...

I forgot. mama follows my blog.

it's an overcast and humid thursday evening...

And so it was, I found myself rinsing sweet potato soup out of a towel over our laundry sink. Poor mum. It's been a tough day, I'd been out so she decided to take dinner into her own hands and made her delicious sweet potato soup only to have it artistically spill over the southwest corner of our kitchen floor. Quote: 'Saaarrrahhh....if I ate chocolate would you give me one now? I think I need one....' I decided to laugh at the situation as sometimes the only thing you can do is laugh. Well it can't get any worse than having the past hour's work which would feed your hungry family leap out of your hands and onto the floor. Well it kind of did get worse but mum doesn't know yet. I was taking pictures of the spillage-the colours were lovely-the orange soup against our green pantry paintwork, the shape of the splash...ADVICE TO ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS: ALWAYS HAVE THE LITTLE SAFETY STRAP AROUND YOUR WRIST AND DON'T LAUGH TOO HARD WHEN TAKING PHOTOS. Yeah, I kinda dropped the camera on it's lens. It still works but the lens cover doesn't fully close. I'm going to break it to mum either when she's recovered enough to handle it and not kill me or when I get it fixed in which case I just need to pray she doesn't want to use it til I get a chance to have it seen to. (ouch to my mission fund *cringe*)

I have a whole box of rerrero rochers-a whole box of bribery. I have complete control over my little brothers. I told Jaikozu not to breathe and he started holding his breath. [don't worry I let him breathe again. I won't abuse my power...much.]

Just wanted to let you know I am incredibly happy and have been for the past month.

My friend the Roman General loves Taylor Swift so presently I am listening to a few of her creations. Very formulatic and all her songs seem the same but she seems to be getting an almost twilight-esque following. I'm staying neutral for now whilst I try to see what draws people in. I have to admit it's not what I normally listen to so I'm trying to stay open minded.

Just gotta go check if the oven is hot enough to put the bread in. Mama discovered this fantastically quick and delicious and easy bread recipe so I thought I'd cook some from the dough she'd made whilst she's dropping elle at work.

bread in the oven!

I ate a whole cucumber. i love cumumbers.

On tuesday I wore a red gypsy dress and danced on our dining table and on our front lawn in the freshly rained on grass to Jewish tunes. When the time comes for me to purchase a dining room table for my future home I shall have to dance on it for confirmation of it being the right one. the piano accordian and violin weave together to create music for the soul.