I. Am. Itchy.

So…how about this weather.

Last week it was cold and snowy in the northeast.

So I had to use my heat a lot. And my heat is INCREDIBLY dry.

Only a slight exaggeration

 So I’ve tried to compensate by using this kick ass humidifier:

But it’s still really really dry. And do you know what that makes me?

It’s really really bad. I’m scratching ALL the time. Even with Boyfriend.

And in bed:

Anyway, it’s really unfortunate. And it’s driving me nuts. And I don’t know what to do.

How many days til spring??

Everyone is Sick and it’s Getting Terrifying

[Linking up with yeahwrite! Also linking up with dudewrite this week, because it's for the dudettes! I had a hard time picking between this and my looper review, because I don't know what's manly.]

Sooooo…in case you’ve been living under a rock, we’re having a slight flu problem in the US.

Anyway, no one I interact with regularly has gotten the flu yet, thank goodness. However, a nasty cold has been going around the office.

This is what a typical day in the office is like for me (and Boyfriend, because he’s in the same office):

Phones are disgusting. Fact.

Sick coworkers are everywhere!

Luckily, we’ve both managed to escape getting sick.

  

Or so I thought.

I'd like to think of it as a noble sacrifice.

How are you all faring this season?

Baking is Hard.

[Linking up with yeahwrite!]

You guys probably won’t believe this, but I actually used to be good at baking. I was a little baking savant as a kid.

Okay, that’s a slight exaggeration, but I was pretty good at it. At least average, if not a bit above.

But now?

I keep fucking up the baked goods I make for Boyfriend!! It’s very frustrating. Especially because I’m trying to maintain my standing as world’s best girlfriend.

For example, awhile ago I made brownies from a box.  Easy peasy, right? Well, I figured I’d mix in some applesauce to cut down the oil. And it got all fucked up.

See:

This is normal.

This is me.

Boyfriend, like a champion, ate a bunch of them anyways.  He’s good like that.

I have no proof that this happened. Just suspicions.

 Anyway, so I wanted to make lemon bars this weekend. I hadn’t made them in years, but they’re not that complicated.

First, I only had baking soda, not baking powder. After striking out at a local convenience store,  much googling, and asking twitter for help, I decided I would use the soda, just less of it. (Mistake UNO.)

For those of you who have made lemon bars, you know that first you bake the crust for 20 minutes or so, but you take it out when it’s still white and not fully cooked.

I followed the directions exactly, but I forgot that my oven is a bit intense.

By the time I pulled the crust out, it was already way too brown. (MISTAKE DOS)

So I added the top and kept cooking. However, when I took it out, it looked sad and not lemon bar like at all. See:

It's weird. If you look close, you can tell.

Anyway, I covered them in powdered sugar and cut them for when Boyfriend came over.

It's too flat and burny

He brought a box of brownies. (Side note: he originally said he was bringing brownies, and I assumed he already baked them and that they would be delicious and I hated the brownies for that.)  So I whipped those up, and of course, they turned out shitty, too.

Baking is HARD, you guys.

I WILL bake delicious things for Boyfriend if it’s the last thing I do, damnit! But seriously, does stuff like this happen to you guys? Or are you all perfect bakers? In which case, you know, I kind of maybe hate you a little.