SUMMER BREAK!!!

Okay, so a lot has happened since the last time I updated my blog. After my STAAR tests that I ranted about in my previous post, I went on this school trip to tour around the New England region. We went to many different places and I got to visit D.C and New York City. This trip was absolutely awesome and I really enjoyed going to all the different places. After my trip, school was basically over and all I had left was my 8th grade graduation ceremony. Since this was the school's first year, the graduation wasn't extravagant, but it was pretty amazing. We had a ceremony and, from that ceremony, I got four medals. Three of these medals were for getting commended on my algebra, science and history tests. The remaining medal was for having perfect attendance, which I didn't even knew I had. After the ceremony, we left the school in a bus and went to the church that I would be attending at this year. After arriving at the church, we spent a couple of hours just hanging out and meeting some of our high school teachers. Then summer came. To be completely honest, I spent half the summer doing absolutely nothing. My days were spent doing only three things: eating, sleeping and watching TV. Around mid-July, my family and I went on a trip to Chicago to visit my grandparents and uncles. The three weeks we spent there were really fun. We did a ton of shopping while we were there. I really had fun this summer and I really can't wait till next summer. Maybe we'll spend more time in Chicago next time. ADIOS!!!!

Making Muffins with the Family

Today, my sisters and I got to make banana muffins and quadruple chocolate muffins. Both muffins were delicious. My sisters and I are going to be making muffins for breakfast like these muffins more often for school because they're time-saving. The banana muffins came from Simply Recipes, though we made some alterations to the recipe. Below are the recipes for each muffin with a picture of our muffins:

Banana Muffins
Prep time: 10 minutes            Cook time: 30 - 40 minutes            Yield: about 17 - 18 muffins

Ingredients

• 4 very ripe bananas
• 1/2 cup melted butter
• 1 cup of sugar
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• Pinch of salt
• 1 1/2 cup of all-purpose flour

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C), and lay out 17-18 regular-size muffin cups on a pan.

In a mixing bowl, mash the ripe bananas with a fork until smooth. Stir melted butter into mashed bananas.

Mix in the baking soda and salt. Stir in the sugar, beaten egg, and vanilla extract. Mix in the flour.

Pour the batter into the muffin cups, filling only about 1/3 of the cup.

Bake for 30-40 minutes at 350°F (175°C), or until toothpick comes from the center clean.

Remove from pan and let cool. Serve with some butter and enjoy!



Quadruple Chocolate Muffins
Prep time: 10 minutes            Cook time: 17 - 19 minutes            Yield: about 23 - 24 muffins

Ingredients

• 1 pouch of Betty Crocker Hershey's Ultimate Chocolate brownie mix
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon of Nescafé Clásico
• 1/2 bag of Nestle Toll House Dark Chocolate Chips, 10 oz. bag

Directions

Heat oven to 325°F and lay out 23-24 regular-size muffin cups on a pan.

Stir brownie mix, Nescafé Clásico, oil, water, and eggs in a medium bowl until well blended. Mix in Nestle Toll House Dark Chocolate Chips. Pour the batter into the muffin cups, filling only about 1/3 of the cup.

Bake for 17-19 minutes at 325°F, or until toothpick inserted into center of brownie comes out clean.

Remove from pan and let cool. Serve with a cup of milk and enjoy!

 

 

Summer Music!!!

Besides being lazy and reading, summer for me is spent by listening to discovering new genres of music. Surrounded with music from a young age, I've always loved music. This summer, I started to listen to alternative music. Now, with summer break almost over, I am in love with alternative music. I could tell you that I only started listening to it because I came across it while going through radio stations, but I only started listening to this music because my favorite radio station was acting up. I now love this genre because the songs have so much good meaning and I just love the bass and drums. Below are YouTube videos of the new songs that I discovered that are all really good:

Need You Now by Lady Antebellum

 

Riptide by Vance Joy

 

Cardiac Arrest by Bad Suns

 

My Sweet Summer by Dirty Heads

 

Habits (Stay High) by Tove Lo

 

Do I Wanna Know? by Artic Monkeys

 

Stolen Dance by Milky Chance

 

Dangerous by Big Data ft. Joywave

 





UPDATE!!!

Wow it's been a long time since I've been on my blog. This summer has been just awesome. My definition of summer vacation is being lazy, read books, watch movies, and be lazy. All summer I've pretty much spent at home with the occasional outing to the movies or store. My whole summer has been surrounded by music and I absolutely love it. I think the only bad part about this summer is that my dad has to work the whole summer away from home. I miss him so much and I only get to see him with the occasional Face Time chats. Other than that I'm having a wonderful summer. I also get to go to this new charter school that's being built near me. I can't wait to go there. It means a new start. I hope you guys have an awesome rest of the summer and stay safe. PEACE!!!