Re-Designing my blog

Hello,
How are you doing today?
Today I wanted to talk about the look of my blog. When I started my blog, I needed to get it to look how I wanted. My thought process when I got my blog started, was find a template and layout that you like, and then get the blog started. I was looking through them, and I wasn't completely satisfied with the templates. I picked one and started my blog.

   I have had my first template for a while, and as I came back to my blog again and again I didn't really like the look of it. I then looked through the templates again and. I found out that you could use a picture as your background, so I found a picture on my computer that I liked of flowers. But then again after awhile, I didn't like it. So then I changed it again! After the blue background I changed it to what it is now.
 The background I am looking for is more sophisticated I guess. less bright and colourful, something that I can't find on Blogger. I'm not to sure what that might be yet but I am looking for background ideas that I might like on other blogs, and online. Too sum this up, I am looking for a new look.
 I hope you keep reading and enjoying my blog.


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Have a lovely day!
until next time, bye. 

The best Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies + Double Chocolate Chip Cookies

Hello everyone,
How are you doing today?
It's been awhile since I wrote a post.
Today I am going to share two cookie recipes that I have recently made. The first recipe is

The Best Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies.
8 tablespoons of Salted Butter
1/2 cup white sugar
1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup chocolate chips

Method
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Microwave the butter for about 40 seconds to just barely melt it. It shouldn't be hot - but it should be almost entirely in liquid form.
2. Using a mixer, beat the butter with sugars until creamy. Add the vanilla and the egg; beat on low speed until just incorporated - 10-15 seconds.
3. Add the flour, baking soda, and salt. Mix until crumbles form. Use your hands to press the crumbles together into a dough. It should form one large bowl that is easy to handle. Add the chocolate chips and incorporate with your hands.
4.Roll the dough into 12 cookies (or 9 HUGE cookies) and place on a cookie sheet. Bake for 9-11 minutes until the cookies look puffy and just golden. DO NOT OVER BAKE.
5. Let them cool on the pan for 30 minutes or so. And Enjoy!
NOTES: 1. To make the cookies a little more soft and chewy, I used 1/2 cup of honey Instead of white sugar.since I replaced the honey with the white sugar, I found that you need to add more flour depending on how it looks. 2. Depending on how big or small you like your cookies, you can change the size. 3. The recipe calls for 3/4 cup chocolate chips, but when I put chocolate chips in my cookies I go more by feel, and how much I want.

The second recipe is Double Chocolate Chip Cookies. I have made these cookie a couple of times.The last time I made these cookies I changed them up a bit.

Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
1 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
3 Tbsp cocoa powder
1 1/2 package chocolate chips

Method
Bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes. when they come out of the oven they should be soft. Let them cool for about 10 minutes (or as long as you can wait.)
NOTES: 1.With this recipe I also replaced the white sugar with honey. I used 3/4 cup of honey. with adding more liquid, you will have to add more flour depending on how your dough looks and feels.
 2. Chocolate chips also can be depending on how much or how little you like.

I hope you liked these cookies recipes, and I would love to here how they turned out.
I would love to here in the comments what your favourite cookies are.

I hope you keep reading and enjoying my blog.
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Until next time, Happy baking. bye!

Mental health week

Hello,
How are you doing?
This week may 2-8th is mental health week.
In health class we have been doing presentations on mental health. My group did our presentation on social anxiety and panic disorder. I have learned a lot about things that I didn't know about during all the presentations on mental health,. including eating disorders
 Since it is mental health week I thought it would be good to tell you a few things.
This may 4th our school is wearing funny hats in support of mental health.
   Mental health sometimes goes under the radar.  its not something a lot of people talk about, and people should talk about it more. The purpose of this is so people can be more aware of mental health, and maybe learn a thing or two.
     Anxiety can occur when
Being introduced to new people
Being teased or criticized
Being the centre of attention
Public speaking
Feeling insecure and out of place in social situations
Feeling embarrassed
Meeting people/making eye contact
Making/answering phone calls.
  Some symptoms you might feel from anxiety is
Blushing
Nausea
Excessive sweating
Trembling or shaking
difficulty speaking
Dizziness or lightheadness
Rapid heart rate.
   Did you know that....
40 million Americans over the age of 18 are affected by anxiety.
Women are twice as likely to suffer from anxiety then men.
Anxiety may be hereditary.
https://www.elementsbehavioralhealth.com/anxiety-disorders-2/8-facts-anxiety-anxiety-disorders/
   Anxiety and other mental health goes under the radar. lets bring it back up by talking about it. I resonantly found this page on Facebook, its called Pico's Public panics.This is a public blog about her struggles/successes through her generalized anxiety disorder.
https://www.facebook.com/search/str/Pico%27s+Public+panics/keywords_top
 I hope this helped you learn something new. I hope you keep reading and enjoying my blog.
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Until next time, Bye!








 

7 Facts About Me

Hello,
How you all doing today?
 I was watching YouTube videos the other day and I was watching a bunch of facts about YouTube.
I thought, since some people who read this don't know me, I thought it would be good for people to get to know me a little more. So I am going to tell you some facts about me.

1. My full name is Madeline Abigail Enns
 Some people think its such a secret to keep your middle name to yourself.

2. I love to dance!
I have been dancing since i was about 3 years old. When I was younger I was in a creative class with my sister. When I was a little older I went into other dances like hip-hop/jazz. the last few years of dance I have been doing a group dance with some of my friends, it wasn't necessarily hip hop or jazz. it was more what dance style we wanted to do. last year in our group dance we did a lyrical dance to young and beautiful by Lana Del Rey, A jazz dance to beetleJuice, and a contemporary dance to bravado by Lorde. Last was my first year doing Ballet, and it was the first year that me and my friend started a duet together.
  I have always liked ballet from when I was little. in creative class as a kid you did a bit of everything, but we never offered ballet until last year I believe.

3.My favourite movie series is Harry Potter.
I remember this one time when my sisters were watching Harry Potter and I wanted to watch it to. I asked my parents but I think they said no but I watch it anyways. I haven't read all the books, but I did read the first one and then my sister read 2,3 and 4 I think.  Some day I might get to reading all the books, but I'm not much of a book lover.
 My favourite movie is the first one because it makes me feel warm inside watching it. My favourite part is the sorting ceremony.

4.I love to bake.
When I am older I want to be a baker. My plan after high school was to go to Red River College, but there is a two year waiting list so in the mean time I have to find something else.  I love to bake cakes, cupcakes and cookies. my favourite thing is decorating cupcakes and cakes.  I want to try making sugar cookies and flood them, butt I have not done that yet.

5.My favourite is Italian food.
My number one favourite meal is pasta. pretty much pasta anything, especially lasagna!
When I am home alone, my go to meal is pasta.

6.My two favourite T.V shows to watch as a kid were Veggie Tales, Winnie The Pooh, and Peter Rabbit.
Growing up as a kid my ten favourite animals were Winnie The Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Rabbit, Kanga, Roo,
Eeyore, Owl, Gopher, and Peter Rabbit.  I'm not really familiar with Peter Rabbit characters.
Veggie Tales was great! I love Bob and Larry. Veggie Tales taught me a lot about the bible.

7.My top 5 favourite YouTuber's
Of course these are not all my favourite YouTuber's, but I didn't want to male the list to long. If you want a longer list of YouTube recommendations, I can either put a full list in the comments or make a blog post about it.
The one thing I have in common with these five YouTuber's is that they cheer me up if I am having a not so good day.
#1. Zoella.(Zoe Sugg)
#2. PointlessBlog (Alfie Deyes)
#3. ThatcherJoe (Joe Sugg)
#4. The Michalaks (Grayson, Hannah and Stef Michalak)
#5. Jim Chapman (Jim Chapman)

That was 7 facts about me, I hope that helped you learn a little bit more about me.
I hope you keep reading and enjoying my blog.
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Moose Lake Memories

Hi everyone
how are you today?
Today I thought, Some people are saying that it might be the last year that we are going to moose for new years. I don't know whats going to happen, but I thought it would be nice to write down all of my Moose lake memories to have so I can look back on.
   The first memory I have at moose lake is being there for summer camp.I don't remember how old I was or what grade I was in. It was my first time going to summer camp. I went to camp with my cousin Sarah.  My favourite activity was archery because I was really fun and I was good at it. During siesta me and Sarah me and Sarah were still up and I was reading Geronimo Stilton and Sarah came into my bed and we read Geronimo Stilton together. When we were reading the book my stomach growled and the both of us started to giggle, and our Councillor shh'ed us and we giggled again and went back to reading. Another memory from me and Sarah at camp was when is was sleeping and there was a thunderstorm. Me and Sarah where in a cabin together, in the middle of the night Sarah came into my bed and asked if she could sleep with me. Now we look at these memories they make us laugh.

      I have been to Camp moose lake for as long as I can remember for New Years, except for the year that I went to Mexico. there have been so many memories created there I don't know where to start.
 some of you may or may not know that my favourite hand lotion from Bath & Body works is sweet pea.this began one Christmas ago I got sweet pea lotion in my stocking. the first time I used the lotion was at Moose Lake, so now every time I use it, it reminds me of camp moose lake. Another memory I have of moose lake at New years is with Sarah is doing talent shows. when we were little we use to have talent shows. me and Sarah made a little skit called Camp Moose Lake is the greatest place. In the skit Sarah and I would go into the kitchen and we would say everything that you could do at moose and everything that we liked about moose lake.I think back now and it seems kind of weird, but at the time we thought it was the greatest idea. I look back at it now and me and Sarah bring it up sometimes and we have a laugh.
Some people know I don't like skiing. When me and Sarah were younger we went skiing with my dad, my dad went ahead of us over this big hill. Me and Sarah didn't know where he went and we were scared.

Now although this wasn't a good memory at the time, now every time we tell it we laugh.
 The biggest memory I have food wise is cinnamon buns! Me, Sarah, My sister, and her sisters helped make cinnamon buns at New Years. It is always tradition to make cinnamon buns on the first night. we would have so much fun making and eating the cinnamon buns, i would usually sprinkle the brown sugar and the cinnamon, I always look forward to having great Moose lake cinnamon buns!
I have made these cinnamon buns at home a couple times, but its definitely not the same.

  The most recent memory that I will always remember is volunteering at Camp Moose Lake in the kitchen for two weeks.
This past summer I volunteered in the kitchen at moose lake. If you want to go read about my week and camp you can go check out my first and second week volunteering at moose in the kitchen.
The first week was juniors. the first day I got there and I was't sure how it was going to be. As soon as I got out my van a girl who was also working in the kitchen showed me which cabin to put my stuff in. Everybody in the kitchen was so nice and we had a fun week, although some days and meals were more stressful than others.
My favourite meal that I had would probably have to be theme meal. the these was fairytale so we all dressed up like fairytale characters. The first week some of the staff made a little skit. For the meal we made potato wedges and chicken strips, and of course salad.
 My second week at Moose Lake was junior high week. This week was alittle more stressful because we had a lot of people, like atleast 50 people to cook for. This week there was new people in the kitchen. since I had worked the week before everyone was asking me where stuff was. The theme was the same, it was still fairytale but this week we had rice with meatballs, italian bread, and a garden salad.
At camp, in the kitchen if you were serving stuff like fries or chilli, you were considered liked by the the staff and kids, or there favourite. if you you got stuck with serving vegetables, salad or even fruit you considered unlike by the staff and kids. this was a joke that started at the first week of camp, and some of the staff that stayed from the first week carried it on and the staff told the kids. i guess.
My favourite snack was cauldren donuts.
 We were suppose to have cauldren donuts the firrst week, but it was raining so we baked them. the staff the kitchen staff included were pretty upset because they were looking forward to fried donuts.
The second week when we tried donuts again it was sunny do we were able to make cauldren donuts. the staff were so excited about donuts! they were so good. There were a lot of leftover donut so after the kids had snack me and the kitchen staff went back to the kitchen and ate a bunch of donuts.
 I have had so many great memories at Moose lake  and I hope iI can continue to create more memories.
 I would like to know if you have any good camp memories or any camping memories?
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My New Years at Camp Moose Lake

Moose lake New Years
Today I woke up at 10:00 and watched some YouTube videos while I packed to go to camp moose lake.  Lately I have really liked watching old videos and romanatwood, if you don't know who that is you should look him up. Roman mostly does pranks, but he also has vlogs.
 When it was time for lunch I stopped packing and made myself a grilled cheese and chips with dip and carrots. I finished packing and I took everything downstairs.
 It took a while for us to pack everything up and get going, because we still had to pack the food and some of us weren't fully packed. We ended up leaving at about 3:00.
 When I started packing up the stuff, I noticed that my dad packed his ski's. Since one of my sisters wasn't coming because she had to work, I thought that me and my other sister would have space and we wouldn't have to sit beside each other. My dads ski's were in the way so we had to sit by each other.
 We stopped for supper at smitty's in stienbach with some other people who were also going to moose. When we got back in the car on the way to moose, I had a nap.
 We got to moose and unpacked the food in the main lodge and then went to go unpack our stuff in the mini lodge where we were staying.
We went back to the main lodge and Emily Sarah started to knit, I forgot my knitting in the mini lodge so I went back to get it.  After knitting we walked to Sarah's friends cabin to see fireworks.
 We got back and the cinnamon buns were already made. We usually assemble the cinnamon buns, but we were watching the fireworks so we were late. We were knitting and then it was the countdown to New Years. I can't believe I stayed up that late, but I had a nap on the way to moose so I could stay up late.
 I went to bed at about 1:00
Good night

Friday January 1st
This morning started off a little rocky. I'm sure no one wants to hear this, but we found bed bugs in the mini lodge. We had to put everything in the dryer and have showers, I'm not going to go into detail about this because it's gross!
 After all that was finished I went into the mini lodge and then me and Sarah made brownies for the trifle that we were going to make for dessert. By the time we finished everything it was lunch time, for lunch we had taco salad and for dessert we had mint ice cream and chocolate mocha ice cream.
 Emily and Sarah wanted to go tobogganing down the toboggan slide but I didn't want to go because I don't like it, I went outside anyways to watch and then I finally went down with Emily and then went back inside to make tea. When we all got back inside we finished making the trifle. It was a skor trifle, so I was crushing up the skor bits using a bowl. After many broken skor bits, the bowl broke and I felt bad so I cut it instead. Since there was glass on the skor pieces we had to throw them out, and these were the mini skor pieces. I ended up with maybe six or seven pieces. My sister just happened to take along the left over turtles we had at home, so we used those with the left over trifle we had. This day hasn't been very good.
 In the mean time I between making the trifle and waiting for supper, I sat on the couch and played on my iPad for a bit and some of us played Apples to apples.
 Supper was pork loin with potatoes green beans and ceasar salad and for dessert trifle.    
 We moved all our stuff from the mini lodge to finch, and set up our beds after supper.
Sarah and my sister went tobogganing again and I stayed inside and sat on the couch and watched people play heads up.
 We eventually went to bed at 12:00. It didn't really feel that late.
Good night

Saturday January 2nd
Today I got up around 9:00 and went into the main lodge to get breakfast. For breakfast I had a bagel with cream cheese. After breakfast we cleaned up our cabins and the main lodge this took a while so after we finished we had lunch. For lunch we had sandwiches and cookies for dessert.
We were all packed up to go but we couldn't leave yet because my sister went skiing with my cousin. When they got back we finally went home, I slept on the way home.

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Blogmas Day 22 & 23

Hello my sugar cookies,
how are you today?
What I think I will do is combine today and tommorow, because I didn't do much today and I probably won't do much tomorrow except for do homework, so there will not be much to read for onr day so you can read two days instead of one.
 Today I woke up early and went to go christmas shopping at polo park. Shopping took pretty much  all day. when i got home I had supper and wrapped my gifts. I'm not really good at wrapping presents, but thats ok because people our just going to rip it open anyways. I finished wrapping the gifts and put them under our tree, and then catched up on The Michalaks, Zoella and Tanya Burrs  After that I went to bed. Good night

 Wednesday December 23rd
Hello,
How are you all today?
This morning I slept in until 10:00 and it felt good. When got up I went downstairs to have breakfast, for breakfast I had a bagel with cream cheese.
 Today I planned to do homework. After I had my breakfast I went outside to shovel the front porch and the sidewalk, when I was done I went to play with my cat Juno for a little while.
 I think Juno loves the snow, she loves to run around in the snow. When she runs into the snow she makes an imprint and then puts her face in the snow, she also likes to try and go after the snowflakes.
 By the time I got inside it was about 1:00 so I made myself some lunch. After lunch I went to write my story, I didn't finish but I did get further. For supper we had soup and biscuits.
 After supper I had a shower, and In the evening we watched dr. Suess how the grinch stole Christmas, and Arthur Christmas. After I went to bed.
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Until tomorrow, bye!