Something Extraordinary Happened Today!

Day 5 of my freedom.

As the title says, something extraordinary happened. I'm actually still quite shocked.
I did something spontaneous! Shut up. If you knew me, you'd know why this is amazing.
My friend called me (like, one of the only ones I live around) and asked me if I wanted to go on an impromptu trip to Walmart to buy her cat some cat food because the two Walmarts closest to us didn't have the particular brand her snobbish cat likes.
O_O and I said ok.
Really. This should be your reaction:

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Alright, I'll explain. I don't go places with only a moment's notice. UNLESS, I'm already dressed to go out and look presentable. CONTRARY to popular belief, I don't ALWAYS look fabulous. Ok, I never look fabulous. But half the time I look like an old crumb that lives in her workout clothes.
So you'd better give me notice--I'm talking at LEAST two or three hours to a day's notice. A week's notice is best. Yes, yes, I know.
Anyway. Today was such a day, wearing workout clothes, completely not looking good (my face totally broke out even!) and she calls and wants to go to Walmart. Not for any GOOD reason--to buy her cat food! AND I SAID OK!!
Again. See "Rage face" for my mental reaction to this.
My friend was shocked. And, frankly, so was I. We went to Walmart, Dutch Bro's and--brace yourselves--I agreed to go to the mall and...fftftfttttt--just walk around!!!!
This is completely unlike me. So not Andreaish behavior. I don't know what's happening to me!
Then, the day didn't even end there, I persuaded her to come over to my house for dinner! And she did! And we watched a movie even! This was a completely UNPLANNED dinner invitation and a movie night on top of that?? Really, it would make the old Andrea cry. But something happened to me that has caused me not to care! I spent just about 8 hours with my friend and it was a great time!

Not only that. But I fell in love with this hoodie. SO MUCH SO, that I'm going back to that Walmart TOMORROW to get it (tomorrow's payday of course).

No, you don't get to know what state I live in. Get outta here! But I do love my home state SO much that I want this hoodie. And that shirt, too. Which is another funny thing. I don't like state shirts. I never have. It was only when I fell in love with this place that I realized why people bought and wore them. Anyway, I love it and I'm buying it tomorrow.

So now you have an update. I think it's safe to say you can expect this strange Andrea to stick around. I like being Facebookless! Of course it's hard at times, I want to know what everyone's up to. But it's given me a new sense of freedom I've not felt since 2010, when I first signed up. Yep. I like it. That's it for now!

Day 3 of my freedom.

I'm going to have to ban myself from Youtube, next. I'm constantly listening to songs from Les Miserables and Love Never Dies on there, and Ramin Karimloo's CD.
So, hopefully, next pay day I can buy a few CD's, then I won't have reason to get on Youtube so much.
But, the good news, I've been writing a bit!
And working more. Life is so simple without Facebook, I'm not late to work because of it and I'm not late to bed because of it!
As I pass my computer I think, "internet, what can I check?" ... "nothing." Then walk past to go find something else to do.
Ramin Karimloo, by the way, is an amazing opera singer as well as a, I don't know what you call it, a regular singer? Either way, he plays the Phantom, he's played Enjolras, Marius, Jean Valjean, many other roles. He's got a certain sound in his voice that I just love! Very unique.
So, yeah, listening to him lately.
Here, you listen. NOW.

I also cook meals, too. Which, this used to be a normal thing, but when I got sick it wasn't. And now I am. So, yeah, getting back into that. Goodness, my brain is all bleh right now. I had tons of things I was thinking to say and now that I have the chance to say it I don't remember them!! T_T Sad face.
OMIGISH, so Valentine's day is coming up (as I stated in my last post) and I'm going to make these cute little cookies I saw on Pinterest! They're peanutbutter and you get dove heart chocolates and put them in the middle (rather than hershey's kisses). MMMMM!! Can't wait. Not sure what else I'm going to do. Probably watch Sense and Sensibility alllll by myself.
And maybe send my single sister a little secret present--MAYBE!! DON'T TELL HER I SAID I MIGHT!!!!!
She can't know.
Oh, and my niece and nephews, they gotta cash in on my generosity.
On Friday I went shopping and bought selfish things like pants and a cami and lip stain and a candle. I know.. I know! I feel so guilty.
Oh yes, and tomorrow's Wednesday, which is my favorite day in the week, because it means we're almost to Friday. Friday's me day off, you see. And pay day!

So let's talk about something serious for a minute.
....
......
I've got nothing.
It was a nice try though!
No, I don't feel like talking about my serious things. Totally puts a damper in my mood. Which I don't know what it is right now. A tired just-cooked-a-bunch-of-pork-chops mood. OOOH! That's what I'm cooking! Pork chops and oven potatoes and carrots (Rachellle, carrrots) and peasant bread!!!!
WHAT is peasant bread you ask?? It's the most delicious, simplest, yummy bread. Takes a little less than 2 hours to make and tastes like a cross between French bread and bread made in a bread machine. All this use of the word "bread" makes me want to EAT bread. Good thing I've got some cooking!!
THIS is the deliciousness. Make it, try it, eat it, repeat.
What was the last thing you baked? I want to know. Since I can't question people on Facebook you'll have to put up with me questioning people on here. 




I leave you feeling jealous over my supper. :p



WAAAAAIIITTT!!!

I found more things to say!
And since this had no views yet, I figured I'd say 'em!
Firstly. I don't think I'll ever go to Youtube again if THIS is what I see:

CREEPIEST AD EVVVARRR!! OMW, I saw that and my eyes bulged and I was like "what the heeccckkkk??"
But then it was made better by THIS.. you just have to watch the first part, where Sierra sings and then the four "Phantoms" sing.
This was my reaction as I heard each Phantom sing in turn..
#1: Hmm, he's pretty good!
#2: Aww, John is such a cute little singer..
#3: Ew, I do NOT like that Phantom at all...
#4 (Ramin): DING DING DING! We have a winner! Best Phantom ever. Really, truly, Ramin is gifted. He practically IS the angel of music. For cereal. I mean reals. And he and Sierra have such great chemistry, they're the perfect Christine and Phantom. Yep yep yep.

Is that really all I had to say? ...it seemed like there was a lot more--omw, I had a crazy dream last night where I was actually a guy and I was trying to break my wife out of a hospital because they were keeping her sick on purpose. (I think I was Finnick from Hunger Games, actually). And this lady who resembled Madam Giry from Phantom of the Opera was trying to catch up to me so I was switching elevators and going to different levels trying to lose her. It was freaky. If you've ever been silently chased by a menacing Giry you'd know what I mean.

A Facebookless Existence

Day 1 of my freedom.

As you see, I'm feeling crazy today so I changed the title colors to blue. It feels like I'm cheating on purple. Oh well, I'll get over it.
This new-found freedom feels more like a cage! My mind is so used to putting everything on Facebook that I have to find a new way to process my thoughts. I also miss my friends already.
For those of you who aren't in the "know", I left Facebook last night. I waste half my day on Facebook, posting funny pictures, songs I like, and random questions. Not good.
I found myself waking up today and thinking, "what shall I do??" The possibilities were endless!! I'm no longer shackled to my computer!!!
BAHAAA!!!!
Ehem.
But today is Sunday, not Saturday, so I have some form of a routine I must follow. I work on Sunday (I know, I'm a heathen.) and today happens to be SUPERBOWLSUNDAAAAYYYY.
I am not a fan of football.
But I like to watch the Super Bowl, it makes me feel like a true American. I figure watching it once a year isn't so bad.
So I have those two things lined up. But what to do with the rest of my time?
I certainly, truly, hope my friends read this blog because then I won't miss them so much. It was one of the reasons I was hesitant to leave. Alas, the need to get my rear into gear was higher than my selfish need for friendship!

What else has been happening to me? I supposed to be fair I should give you an update on here in case there are some non-Facebook friends out there reading this. 
I got a treadmill in December and have been using it, for the most part, often. Last month I came down with a wicked fever. I was shivering beyond control, considering--seriously--chopping off my hair because of how warm it made my head. I was weak, felt like fainting at one point, I was staggering all over the kitchen to get a drink of water. It was so strange. That lasted about 10 days. Which, right after, I got a strange infection in my mouth which, frankly, I'm not even going to go into details about because it would make you spit your coffee all over your computer screen. (Ok, it's not THAT bad). These things took up most of January so I wasn't using the treadmill too often. But now I'm back on track and I've lost a good 11 lbs! And can now fit into my olde jeans. Yes. This is good.

I've been writing very little but I hope to get into it more.. not sure if I WILL, but it's a hope.
In fact.. I was considering giving up altogether, I was pondering my material and wondering if I would ever be able to get anything published.
The world is so corrupt today, all they want is drivel! Whereas I don't like junk in my books. I want to provide for the public some good, clean, funny (at times), books that are safe to read but still deliver the same amount of entertainment as the mainstream books.
But the problem is, most of those publishers out there are corrupt!
Worldly ones won't want anything with Jesus in them (though, I have two books, a Star Wars and a Fantasy that doesn't have Jesus, per say, but good morals which I think are important.)
And the Christian ones, sorry to say, they are WORSE than the worldly ones! All the rules and regulations about what form of doctrine to put in and to keep out.
It's like, "We love God! Just don't talk about what He says in the Word. Keep it VAGUE."
That makes me so angry. I don't want to write books for them. If I write a book that includes Christianity, I don't want to be preachy (because, after all, you're reading a story, and for a story to be well-written it has to be delivered in such a way that the author is invisible. If you preach too much it can get to the point where you're like "ok, ok, I get it!") but I will--by golly--write about God and what would be written WILL be the truth! The publishers I've looked up don't like the truth. So I was discouraged and thinking I ought to give up. Vanity of vanities, I say! Everything is vanity!

But there's a bit of happy news, April got engaged. Wait.. no, this isn't happy. She's abandoned me for her fiancee. But that's ok, I guess, it's life and that's what happens.
<insert lost best friend look here>
This new turn of events has thrown me for a loop, it's taken me months to get used to the new April and, yet, I don't think I'll be used to it for a good three years or so. This new year, by the way, marks the 10th year that we've known each other!!!
*SMUG*
I can't believe it's been 10 years but it's so great to look back in awe and think that it's been a decade. A good, established friend, that one is. And now she's abandoning me. Ironic. <insert ironic bawling face here>

One thing I must make myself do, is finish my study. Remember, I mentioned it a while -- a great while ago. Well it kind of started out as this smallish little thing but then exploded into this extensive look into what words are and how they effect our lives. In fact, I have 11 pages of it so far, I don't think I imagined it'd be that big. But at some point I might have to make myself stop and finish it because sometimes you can just get so detailed to the point of ridiculousness.
Anyway, those are some updates for you.
OOH! My favorite part, and I almost forgot, it's nearly Valentine's day! And it brings me great joy to say that, for the first time in 10 years, I'll be on my own.
Like this song.

I leave you on that note. (I love how she sings "PRETENDDDINGG!")

To Write or Not to Write, that is the Question.

Well, my dear Jim, I'm afraid I've come to a crossroad in my life, as usual.
To write or not to write.
I've asked this question many times and have answered it justly, before.
April has even answered it in this blog post. (A good read at that).
There is a good verse in the Bible that says, "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest."
There is also one that says the labor is worthy of his wages or reward.
Now, if there ever were a profession for me, I think writing would be it. I do love to be creative and I love to write, to make up stories. But I do often ask myself, "does this further Christ's kingdom?"
Where does writing fit in in the grand scheme of things?

As a job, I think there's nothing wrong with it. In any other job you're expected to work unto Christ, to carry out your tasks in a Godly manner, you can do the same as a writer, can you not?
As a writer, you can also make sure not to steer people wrong, to fill your writing with good morals and values. That's a noble goal, is it not?
That's how I view writing, or would like to view it if I can take myself seriously enough, as a job. And God has no problem with jobs, right?
I'm cautious, I suppose you could say. I don't want anything to take up too much of my focus. But, you see, anyone's job takes a certain amount of focus. Even making tents in the old days took focus.
So I guess I can justify writing as a means to support one's self. But the material of the book, now that's a trickier question..

Star Wars. It's such a lovely story of good verses evil. But it takes place in a universe where God doesn't exist. Just the "Force". Lots of Christians consider Star Wars and the Force to be evil. I like to consider it an allegory or the ultimate good vs evil. I've written Star Wars books (or, I should say, a very very long book of about 700 pages) since I was about 11 years old. There's something fascinating about the subject. Recently I started to write another one, I've got plenty to fill it with but I've come to a snag, you see, I have no problem with just jotting down these stories. But considering having them published, that's another thing entirely. Putting my name on a written word and sending it out to the world for all to read, you have to be very careful about that. As though you're putting your stamp of approval on it. And, of course, I'd have to approve of it if it was going to be published under my name.
My story, of course, would have the age old good verses evil, standing fast to good morals and even the Star Wars version of righteousness. And then redemption, too, finding forgiveness for past wrongs. Do you suppose there's anything wrong with that, Jimmy? I'm not sure, sometimes I find myself asking, as I've said, "how does this further Christ's kingdom?" When you consider Christ is coming, this world will be gone and all the work and literature, too.
But, as I also said before, having a job to earn a wage is honorable in God's eyes (as long as the job is not sinful). So you see the balance?
It's almost as though I feel like I can have a job as long as I don't consider it enjoyable, because once it's enjoyable it's no longer a job.
But, hey, people sell paintings, don't they? And I wouldn't mind selling some of my Star Wars paintings. But I'd just like to know, how does it all fit into the grand scheme of things?

Of course I've been using my writing "talents" by putting together a study on Speaking. It doesn't take too much of that talent, just the ability to look up Bible verses and having a willing heart to listen and obey. But calling writing Star Wars into question asks you to look to other means of enjoyment, watching Star Wars movies, having fun at all. It seems like whenever I think it through I decide to become a nun on a mountain. :p Ok, not quite.
So, these are some musings of mine. They all came about when my brother was talking about my book and how it was up there with the good ones that are published and said it was a great candidate for being published. (And Nick is quite the critic). What say you, Jim? Do you question things in your life such as this? Have you come to any conclusions?
The only thing I can go off of right now is James 4:17, to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. And, also, that we should work unto the Lord and that everything we do should reflect Christ.

Chicken Pot Pie

This is the best chicken pot pie I've ever eaten.
The recipe was requested so I decided I'd make it a whole blog post so that it would look like I'm not neglecting my blog entirely.

So. This pie is adapted from a Moravian Chicken Pie from Cook's Country.
The chicken pie is just chicken, no veggies, and it is SO delicious.
But I've adapted it a little to suit my tastes but my brothers always ask for vegetables so I sometimes adapt the already adapted recipe to accommodate them.
It is an extremely labor-intensive meal. But it is WELL worth it.


Ingredients:

For crust:

1/2 C sour cream
1 Large egg
2 1/2 C flour
1 1/2 Tsp Salt
12 Tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) cold butter, chopped or sliced into pieces

For pie:

Salt, pepper
Olive oil
3 cups chicken broth
1 bay leaf
Lemon thyme
3 tbs butter
1/4 cup flour
1/4 cup half and half
2 large chicken breasts
1 large potato, chopped
1 large celery stalk, chopped
1 handful of chopped carrots
and peas
1 egg


Make the crust ahead of time, it will have to refrigerate up to 1.30 hours and take a while to make.

The crust:
Start by putting flour and salt in the bowl to make crust dough. Cut in the butter. In a measuring cup, mix together sour cream and egg then add that to the flour, stirring to form a dough. If the dough is dry, you may need to add a little cold water, up to half a cup.

Separate dough in two and form into discs, wrap in plastic and refrigerate for an hour.
Take dough out of fridge and let warm to room temp. Form into a ball (I find it easier to make a round shape if I do) and roll out and put in the pie plate, and then roll out the top part and put on plastic. Put both pieces in the fridge for another 30 minutes.
Take out and let get to room temp before filling.
(Now, if I'm in a hurry, I'll put them in the freezer and sometimes I don't even let them get to room temp, it doesn't seem to make much of a difference)


For filling:

Drizzle oil on bottom of a pot (like a dutch oven, something you can fry in but also boil in).
Pat chicken dry and sprinkle with salt, pepper and lemon thyme.
Fry chicken on all sides until golden brown.
Add broth, bay leaf and veggies (minus the peas) and simmer. When chicken is fully cooked, remove from pot to let cool then cut up into small pieces and put in a large bowl.
When veggies are mostly cool, strain the broth into a bowl and put veggies in bowl with chicken, add peas.
Put butter and flour in the pot to make a roux. Add 2 cups of the reserved broth and half and half. Stir and season with salt and pepper.
Take 1 cup of the gravy and pour it over chicken and vegetables, stir well. Pour mixture into pie.
Top the pie and fold the top layer UNDER the bottom layer then lightly crimp. Put a slight or two in the top then brush the crust with a beaten egg (just an egg, nothing else).

Finally, but in a 450° oven for 18-20 minutes. When time is up, let out some heat, and turn the oven the 375° 10-15 minutes. Finally, take the pie out and let cool, they say for 45 minutes but I eat it pretty much right away. The only thing is, if you let it cool it will set and the filling will not fall out all over the place.

To serve, heat the leftover gravy with the remaining broth and pour over servings of pie.
Sometimes I don't have enough brother leftover so I add a little extra canned broth, it's just fine.

ENJOY!

Demand Excellence

My dear friends,
I have to talk about one of the most controversial topics of this year: The 2012 Presidential Election.
Pray, friends, do not run from this post screaming and shouting. Give me a few minutes of your time and I'll strive to deserve them.
This is not a rant (or, at least I will try to keep it that way) and it is not to endorse Ron Paul (though it should be said beforehand that I do), it is a desperate plea to all Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, white, black, tan, Christian, atheist, gay, straight, smart and not-so-bright Americans.
A plea to better-think this election and wake up to what is going on.

All this year I have seen just about every argument over Facebook regarding this election.
Most of the arguments were Republican-based, crying for anyone BUT Obama.
Others were saying, "choose the lesser of two evils."
Some said, "vote with your conscience. Not for evil."
Some Democrats, though I know very few, do not even like Obama, but are probably going to vote for him in order to keep Romney out of office. (You can't blame them, that's what Republicans are doing with Romney).
Many, many times I've seen, "there are only two choices."
Since when? Why are we allowing this? Nobody likes the two candidates. But no one is doing anything about it. We just threw up (or regurgitated) the "likeliest" Republican candidate for one reason and one reason only, he had the "best chance" at "beating" Obama.
This election is not a game, does anyone understand that? We are choosing a person to run our country. To make decisions for our country. To protect us.
This is NOT a decision to be taken lightly.
Our president is given a lot of power (though, more than he should, I admit), he's put up in a nice house, given money, vacation time if he wishes it. We provide for him a team of special servicemen that will go to lengths at protecting him. It's a big to-do. Shouldn't the next President of the United States be somebody worthy? Shouldn't they earn it? What has Obama or Romney done, what task have they committed that recommends them as the best, most exceptional person to run our country?
We shouldn't only have two choices, we should have many! We should go through all willing and able peoples in the United States and find the absolute BEST man (or woman) for the job! Not some random already politicians that seem to fit the bill. The BEST. How is it in American Idol or America's Got Talent everyone has to work their rears off to get to the top with what recommends them but when it comes to the next President, we just throw our support to whoever seems to line up with our issues the best? Why not vote for THE best? Why are we settling on mediocrity?

People, we do not have to be so divided. I realize there are some insane differences between the left and the right. But there is a nice thing called compromise.
But I'll tell you what we should never compromise on:
Freedom.
Why are we ok with the government regulating everything? Taking away some peoples' rights and giving them away to others?
I'm a strong believer in Jesus Christ, most of you know this, but I'm not going to force everyone to believe in Him. I'd like to have the freedom to preach and say what I wish. That's what makes America great, we have freedom! You can say what you wish, and we can say what we wish. As simple as that.
Stop letting government meddle in our lives. WE, the PEOPLE, are responsible for setting up the government. The government is there for us. WE, the PEOPLE, are in charge. Don't like the candidates for this election? Let's do something! Let's demand they change it. Let's demand excellence from our government. Let's elect someone we actually WANT to run our country. Not someone that will beat the next person or simply looks presidential, or because he's black or Mormon.
We have to put our proverbial foot down and say enough is enough.
We don't have to go by their rules, we make the rules! Read the following with the utmost concentration:

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."

We have this power and we have this right! We are not cattle to be pushed and prodded around, told what to do, tossed in cages if we don't obey their laws that we didn't even agree to. We set up the government, we set up the rules, the laws, by voting, democratically, on what should be and shouldn't be illegal. Democracy is not a dirty word: Democracy allows people to participate equally—either directly or through elected representatives—in the proposal, development, and creation of laws.
And a Republic is not a bad thing: A republic is a form of government in which the country is considered a "public matter" (Latin: res publica), not the private concern or property of the rulers, and where offices of states are subsequently directly or indirectly elected or appointed rather than inherited.
Laws are not bad, they are meant to keep us safe. But when laws are grossly perverted they need to go, just as the corrupt politicians need to go. This stereotype that all politicians are liars has got to be righted. Fire the liars, hire honest, good men. There are still good men in this country. You just have to look hard to find them! Why do we put up with liars? Why are we letting them lie to us?
We were once one of the greatest countries in the world and now we're the joke, the laughing stock. Nobody likes America, we're viewed as idiots.
It's time to take a stand. Be the America our presidents of old would be proud of, the America our beloved soldiers have died--given their lives and blood--for. Be the America we can be proud of.
Many people have said our votes don't even matter. Make them matter, demand that they matter, because they do.

Horsh Radish Shaush

Well, I went for a fun run called the Color Vibe.
You run three miles and get pasted with powdery paint. At the end of it.. there are volunteers walking around with BUCKETS full of this paint. Everyone is grabbing handfuls and throwing them everywhere. It's like Tomatina but more colorful and not as juicy.
It. was. a. blast!

So, the day before I had to go, like, an hour way, way up in this crazy town, to get my bib and these awesome glasses. I went with my brother's GF, Jacque.
We had a hilarious time.
There was a street called Wellesley. I thought it was Wellsley, it makes more sense than Wellesley.
Then, from that, I created a new word. Well, the word, wellesley, was already created. But I created a new meaning for a word.

Wellesley: Adv. A sentence of correction, or contradiction, that begins with the word 'well'.
i.e. "Well, actually...Tom's middle name is James.",  "Well, honestly, I prefer spaghetti to brussel sprouts" (Who doesn't?)
Also see: Wellest, welles.

Haha, so it needs work. But we were cracking up the entire time.
Then we went to get Chinese food and there was mustard there.. and I tasted it, and it was disgusting. It was like.. horseradish sauce and that blue glue you put on pvc piping. It was gross. But then, Jacque said Horseradish saush. And that started a whole new joke on Horsh Radish Shaush and how I imagined Miss Fieldmouse from Thumbelina saying it. And then that sparked a conversation about Horseradish sauce, and perhaps it's really a radish sauce for horses to dip radishes in. And then, even better, maybe it's a sauce for radishes to dip their horses in! O_o it.. was a crazy night.
Then we went on that run and it was the best fun ever. I look forward to that run every year now.

But. The importance of this blog is not over wellesness, or horseradish sauce, but of cinnamon rolls.
I made some the other day. And, well, I'm not a very good cinnamon roll baker.. so I was afraid to try again. But I was pleased when they came out perfect. How perfect? I took pictures.

Before they were finished (I think..)

But the real challenge was making the perfect icing.
Everyone in the world has their own version of icing that involves some kind of mixture of powder sugar with milk, butter, cream cheese and or vanilla. I hate them all. All of them, ya hear?? I despise them!!!
I was on a quest to find a delicious cinnamon roll icing that tasted similar to Pillsbury. Which is nearly impossible because they probably chock theirs full of nasty artificial flavors and such.
But I wasn't going to give up.
And I'm glad I didn't.
Because I succeeded.
What? You think I'm going to share it with you? PAH!!!
Ok, I will. But, you'll hate me for this, I didn't measure a darn thing.
It's powder sugar, butter, CREAM (NOT MILK, I'll slap you fool!), salt, a tiny bit (sadly) of vanilla and GAAASP, lemon. The lemon made this. You couldn't tell it was lemon. You could only tell that it was perfect.
Observe.

Perfect consistency...

So good..

HEAVEN!!!!

Just .. look at it .. (The hole in the center one was from my testing it, lol)

Makes 18 rolls.

They were gone by the end of the day.

These rolls got a "MMM." out of Jeffrey and then *GASP* a "this is good!"
I was beside myself. The approval of Jeff is up there with the judges from Chopped.
The rolls were actually made from my Aunt Clarice's basic bread recipe, so anyone that wants the recipe--TOO BAD! It's a family recipe and it STAYS in the family *fends people off, ravenously*.
But the icing, dude, the icing is where it's at.
Anyway, tata.