Christmas gifts on a tight budget #1

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It's Xmas time and there are only 26 days left until Xmas day! We are going to be having our Xmas eve celebration at my house this year. I am going to make Xmas happen with only a $150 dollar budget. When I say $150 I mean $150 for EVERYTHING. I will record for all of you to see everything that I spend money on.
The things I will spend money on are


Homemade Xmas Gifts
Xmas Decorations for home 
Xmas dinner
Xmas Tree & Decorations


Some materials I already have such as some gift supplies (ingredients, and extra wrapping paper and such)


Homemade gift #1-Baked Goodies 
What better way to spread love and joy then through cookies!? Even better, SNICKERDOODLES
I found a few good recipes such as The Elves Snickerdoodles that are simple to make and can be made in large quantities. 
Stay tuned for my next post to see how these turned out!

Ingredients

• 2-1/4 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
• 2 tablespoons soft butter

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1/3 cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
• Colored sugar or edible glitter

Instructions

1. Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and nutmeg into a large mixing bowl. In a separate bowl, using an electric mixer, cream the shortening and butter. Gradually mix in the sugar. Beat in the egg until blended, then the sour cream, vanilla extract, and lemon zest.
2. With a wooden spoon, stir the dry ingredients into the creamed mixture half at a time, until evenly mixed. Cover the dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate it for 30 to 60 minutes.
3. Shortly before baking heat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease one or two large cookie sheets, or line them with parchment paper. Put the decorative sugar into small bowls.
4. With lightly floured hands, shape the dough into 1-1/2-inch-thick balls. Roll the balls in the colored sugar and place them on the prepared baking sheets spaced about 3 inches apart. Bake the cookies on the center oven rack for 15 to 18 minutes, until they're a light golden brown. Cool the cookies on the sheet for 2 to 3 minutes. Then use a spatula to transfer them to a wire rack to finish cooling. Makes about 24 cookies.
   
   
   Original recipe by Ken Haedrich

It's Laundry time!

Laundry time!

I'ts laundry time! I'm broke so I had to bring out the big yellow plastic crayon for quarters... I could walk down to the bank and get a roll of quarters, buts that TEN DOLLARS. That is a lot of money that I just don't have right now. I'm sure many people feel the same way. 

Which is why I recommend the big plastic yellow crayon.

The responsibility crayon

1.Cut a big hole at the bottom so that you can take change out when needed. 

2. Change IS money

3. Throw all your change in there (I keep mine upside down to avoid putting in one coin at a time)

4. Use it only when you have a responsibility to attend, such as laundry.

It's great because for some of us that can't wait until the crayon is full to take money out

 We don't need to feel bad about it.

I was able to get enough for FOUR loads of laundry in a matter of only 2 minutes.

 :)

Can you relate?

They just want to help...


Afterwards she's going to be screaming at him "Why did you leave me alone?!" We all know women don't really mean that. They just say it to test the men. He failed muahahhaa.

Is it really necessary?

You've got to give it to him though, at least he remembered :D

Reaching for your Gift

This reminds me of Animal Crossing XD

Unexpected Swan

Now replace the duck, with that one person
;D

why do people hate all the time

Hard work and determination. We've been taught that since we've been young and yet only a handful of us actually understand what it is. 90% of the time if you're broke the hard work and determination %age go above and beyond 100. The sad part is that the people we rely on most to lend us a helping hand usually just make it worse.
"But Billy already tried that once and it didn't work"
Who cares if Billy tried it first? Maybe he sucked at it and I can do it better.... but of course thats where the "respect your elders and others" part comes in. You can't tell them that because then they will see you as being stuck-up or that you're way in over your head.
The reality of it is. You need to be a hacker in your own terms. Hackers get what they want not by telling the world that they are going to go out there and TRY and do it. They just attempt it and if they succeed then they are in. If they don't...well it's back to drawing out their plan to try again.
      Don't tell someone they can't do something, even if your completely sure they will fail. You only live once and until you die you DON'T KNOW what comes next. Enjoy your life :)

The first of many

Shut Up Child! Teh Guvanahs Coming!

I bet you that poor child said nothing. and yet he's getting the punished! Poor, poor child.  If you're wondering where this fabulous drawing came from it was drawn by my amateur yet skilled brother OaH. Robotchick and OaH have been around for quite some time now. Always lurking in the shadows awaiting for our moment to yell out. 


Anyway...(I will ramble on occasion) That child is me and OaH is the dude on the left, the guy who just watches but can't say anything. I don't mind taking the blame for anything, I figure, why fight it? A little smack to the face never hurt anyone. Wrong. Over time I'll "release" some more interesting information I believe people should honestly hear. You will want to stayed tuned. 


As for OaH, I will be posting more of his awesome artwork.


It's worth following.