Bored To Sleep... No Seriously

Well I thought I was going to die this past weekend.. no not really but relatively speaking. I usually try to write on the weekends because I can write and accomplish more, blah, blah, blah. My writing boss- god love her- gave me an assignment to do seven re-writes about golf.. GOLF.. what kind of balls to use, the clubs, how to improve technique, yadda yadda. Oh my gosh y'all.. I haver never been so bored in all my life. Granted the weather didn't help matters either, but geez golf is so boring to me.

Now I've played golf before, and I really enjoy it but good grief, having to write about it? Kill me, kill me now... I vowed to get the articles written by Saturday. Know when I finished them?? 12:00am Sunday/Monday am. I hope I never have to write about golf again...

Now I'm writing about dental procedures which is so more interesting than golf.

*sigh*

It's 12.01 at the start of a Thursday morning, and I am still awake.

I have been a busy girl this evening, but it's all in good fortune. I've been writing about the benefits of contact lenses, X-Box 360 Live Codes, and tomorrow I write about Real Estate Investing with a re-write from the original article.

I was supposed to go with mom shopping, but she ditched me (not really). So hopefully I'll be writing this weekend, since it's going to be nasty and rainy.

Okay the computer is dying, so I'm gonna jump off here and go to SLEEP.

Still writing...

Let's see mid-week I wrote about microdermabrasion- something I'm familiar with being in my line of work. My article titles: What is microdermabrasion? What are the benefits of microdermabrasion? Microdermabrasion at home.

Now I'm writing about pregnancy: The Risks of Pregnancy, The Joys of Being Pregnant, and What to Expect When You're Pregnant. Two of the articles have to have url sources.

I need to write some more, so hopefully I'll have more subjects coming my way.

Colon Cleansing

Yes you read right colon cleansing... that's the topic up for discussion- well topic up for writing- tonight. I'm writing five articles, and I must say after reading some of the topics... kinda freaks me out a little bit. I could go into details but why ruin your appetite and evening with the icky details. Hopefully I can get done with the articles tomorrow and move on to something nicer like diabetes or blood pressure or strokes or EYES (lol).

And on a completely different subject matter, I got paid today... got paid more than I thought I would AND I got a bonus for turning stuff in on time or early.

Supposed to take a day off

My writing boss said that all of my articles were really good and that she was very happy with my work. I should be getting paid tomorrow for my articles, and the sad thing about that is- I've made more money writing these articles in one weekend than my book has made since August 2008 (not my fault but my publisher's fault).

Good thing is I've been writing, and I like writing so it's all fine and dandy. My writing boss asked me if I would like to work today, but it's Sunday and I said no. Then I got a little bored and felt like I needed to write to keep my momentum going, so I asked for a re-write or two.

I've never been good at re-writes, simply because they confuse me. But I gave it a try, and hopefully my writing boss will approve of them.

I wrote about Why Dogs and Cats Eat Grass, and How to Give a Pill to a Cat.. both interesting titles but fairly easy titles.

Writing is a way of life... My life

I'm finally getting to see what my life would be like as a freelance writer, and I must say-- it certainly is a job (no a job you hate but a good hardworking job). Friday I wrote four articles about dental insurance (thanks Shannon for your help). I woke up this am and wrote the final article on dental insurance.

Then I was given the assignment to write eight articles on stress: Signs and Symptoms, Management, Reducing, Causes of, Dangers of, How to Deal With, Job Stress, and Relationship Stress.

I've been writing all day, and I must say I'm exhausted. But I've been very productive today and have loved every minute of it. Good thing, too, is I've made money sitting here on my rump and writing. Woo.

What's New?!

So I've gotten accepted to write medical and miscellaneous articles. Last night I wrote an article about Complaint Handling in 30 minutes. I must say I'm proud of this article-- not because it took 30 minutes but because I know so much about customer service and the article flowed wonderfully as I wrote it.

I'm waiting on permission to publish it on blogspot, so be on the lookout...

I found out last night that I don't have the rights to the articles I've written- which is totally fine with me.

Good thing I'm writing like crazy, and that's always good.

Oh my, my, my...

I have to share this recipe with you b/c it is probably one of my favorite cookies ever. Now mind you until tonight the only cookies I had made were either out of the package (a quick fix) or homemade chocolate chip, pecan, and toffee cookies (when I'm feeling creative).

I had discovered this cookie recipe out of my Bon Appetit magazine- one of my absolute favorite food magazines ever (should anyone from Bon Appetit read this blog, see how much I love y'all? Can I please write for you now?? LOL). This recipe calls for no eggs which makes it a really good cookie b/c when you bite into them, its flaky and not doughy... kind of like eating a flaky, buttery pie crust... oh my, my, my...

Ok so here's the recipe from Bon Appetit magazine:

Lime Shortbread Cookies with White Chocolate and Almonds.

2 cups of all purpose flour

1/2 cup of powdered sugar

1/4t salt

1 cup (2 sticks) chilled, unsalted butter cut into 1/2 cubes

1t vanilla

2T fresh lime peel (usually 2 limes)

1/2 chopped toasted almonds

1 3.5 ounce bar of white chocolate (I used 3/4 cup of white chocolate chips)

Preheat oven to 325. Mix the flour, sugar, and salt in a food processor. Add the cubed butter, lime peel, and vanilla into the processor and pulse until the dough forms clumps. Press the dough evenly into a buttered 13 x 9 x 2 pan. Pierce the dough with a fork and cut the dough (make sure you go all the way through) into 12 bars and then diagonally to make 24 bars.

Bake the shortbread until golden brown around the edges for 30 minutes (the recipe says 45 minutes but with my oven, it's 30 minutes--- so judge your time-- the rule is: if you can smell them, they're overdone). Remove from the oven. Using a knife, immediately recut shortbread, gently seperating triangles. Put them on a cooling rack.

Place white chocolate into a metal bowl and put over simmering water to melt. After the chocolate is completely melted, take it off the water. Using a fork, drizzle the chocolate in a zigzag pattern over the cookies (I put the melted the chocolate and put it into a ziploc baggy, snipped the end and made it into a piping bag- that works too). Sprinkle evenly with the almonds.

You can sprinkle any remaining lime peel over the cookies, but I didn't have enough so I didn't.

I'm telling you once you make these cookies and bite into them, you'll be in cookie heaven. They're not overly sweet and you can taste the lime in the background.

Trust me you won't regret it.

More Pictures

Ameteur Photography

Now I am by no means an expert photographer like some of my friends and my wonderful husband, but I did feel the need to get out this morning and take some pictures with Josh's camera.

I think I'll just stick to my writing, but hope y'all enjoy the pictures just the same.