America deserves better.

A great leader is an example of everything good. They are not scared to get their hands dirty. They will be an example of service, forgiveness, justice, humility, hope, faith, and charity. I don't know what kind of president Romney could be. I only know that he has the potential to be great.

The last four years have been a wake up call for most Americans. Obama and his administration have been a disappointment. Americans have felt betrayed. I have seen the real Obama in the debates this past month, he has been petty and tiny. Attacking Romney, telling lies and rumors about him. Even after the fact checkers has proved Obama wrong. 

I don't know about you, but I want a leader that I can be proud of. As I have said before, I don't know what kind of leader Romney will be. What I do know is that, I am not proud to have Obama as my leader. He has not served the people of America with humility. Obama has not served America, only burden America's people with debt, lies, and irresponsibility. 

Obama was presented to the American people a wolf in sheepskin four years ago. I am proud to say that I did not vote for him four years ago, he did not give me a good reason why I should. During the last four years Obamas sheepskin have been falling apart, little by little. The last two months his sheepskin have been striped away to show the wolf he really is. The sad thing is that people refuse to see it, and that is what Obama is counting on. America does not need this kind of leader. America deserves a better, nobler leader. Sadly, Obama is not he. 

I want a leader that I can be proud of. A leader that is trying to be good.  I want a kind of leader that other nations will be jealous. To have such a leader that will lead America to greatness.  To have such a leader would be amazing. A lot of people would say that kind of leader only is in fictional story's. I don't think so. 

George Washington was a great leader. America needed him. Americans wanted him to be king. Washington refused, so instead he became president. Not only in his presidency was he a great leader, but before being president he was a leader of war. He was able to turn farmers, peddlers, cobblers, and etc into an army with service and with discipline, who defeated the English with the help of the French. The best part of George Washington, he did fight along with his army in war, and he served them and the early American people into independence. The better part of Washington is that he prayed for devine guidance to lead. He prayed over his men, and the land that he loved. There have been other leaders like him in history, and there can be once again.

To have a leader who will serve, and if needs be to discipline with love, humility, and faith will be a great leader. I pray to have that kind of leader that America needs and deserves. 

Cheers Eveyone!

Pina Colada Cake

Ok on Pinterest I keep seeing a Pina Colada Cake. What makes the cake is the icing/topping.  The ones that are on Pinterest have the pineapple in the cake. Hmmmmm. This is my families recipe.

1 yellow cake mix
1 can of chunky pineapple drained
1 package of instant sugar free Banana pudding
1 large tub of Cool Whip/or a small box of whipping cream; whipped
1 package of coconut

Directions:

Mix up the cake according to directions. In a 13-9 in cake pan spray with cooking spray and sprinkle 1/2 cup coconut on the bottom. Pore the cake mix in the pan on top of the coconut, bake according to directions.

In a large bowl pore the Cool Whip/or Whipping Cream, mix the dry instant sugar free Banana pudding together, with drained pineapple chunks. Pore over the top of the cooled cake. Last sprinkle the rest of the coconut on top. Remember refrigerate any left overs, because of the milk.


Ok, I have forgotten to put on a tip for this cake. Tip: Instead of using veggie oil like it says on the back of the yellow cake mix box, my family and I would put in Coconut oil. By doing that it changed the texture of the cake and made it taste amazing!


Cheers!

FHE Activity

I was surprised that ALL of the programs was taken. The people in my ward would usually take a program, read it, and then put it back on the table after the meeting. This time there was not a program put back.  I put on a scripture chase on the program, called Scripture Cookies. The idea of this scripture chase is to look up each scripture and you will find the ingredients for Scripture Cookies. Some of the clues are subtle, so check the list of ingredients on the bottom. This is the recipe:

• 3/4 cup "The words of his mouth were smoother than                  " (Ps 55:21)
• 1/3 cup "Come unto me all ye ends of the earth, buy                     and honey" (2Ne 26:25)
• 1 1/2 cups "To what purpose cometh there to me......the                         from a far country? (Jer 6:20)
• 2 "As one gathereth            that are left, have I gathered all the earth" (Isa 10:14)
• 2 cups "And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine                (1 Kings 4:22)
• 1 teaspoon "Take thou also unto thee principal spices,... and of sweet               half so much (Ex 30:23)
• 1 teaspoon  "Ye are the              of the earth" (Matt 5:13)
• 1/2 teaspoon "The kingdom of heaven is like unto                 (Matt13:33)
• 3 cup "Nevertheless,....                        for the horse" (D&C 89:17)
• 1 cup "And they gave him....two cluster of                 " (1 Sam 30:12)

1. Beat first four ingredients together
2. Mix in remaining ingredients
3. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased cookies sheet
4. Bake at 350 F (175 C) for 15 Minutes

Answer: Butter, Milk, Sugar, Eggs, Flour, Cinnamon, Salt, Baking Soda, Oats, and Raisins.

"Feast upon the words of Christ" 2 Nephi 32:3

I did two things different to this recipe. I took out the raisins and put in chocolate chips. I am not a fan of raisins, I really hate raisins. The chocolate chips, I thought made the cookies. And I took out the Salt

Cheers everyone!

Music Theory/Another Play

Wow, have things been frustrating. My mom and I are working on a new play. This play is for special needs. Our protagonist ( good guy) is deaf. Yep, you read right; deaf. So in this play there will be signing going on, along with singing. Yep, my deaf protagonist will be singing in sign language. While the best friend will be signing terribly off key. It's still in the very early stages. You know writing, deleting, re-writing, deleting some more, screaming at the computer, then taking a break to work out coming back and the whole cycle continues again. Like the cycle of prosperity in the Book of Mormon.

We are currently writing one song. I have no problems with lyrics and melody, but translating what I have in my head on to paper is another thing. So yeah frustration is apparent right now. Craft, art, or whatever you would like to call it, takes time. The thing is that when you are your own critic, (a bad one at that), you need to be careful not to hate yourself and give up. Whatever creative thing you do is a new learning experience. You maybe painting, singing, drawing, or sculpting for years but it's still a new learning experience.

The question is now is why am I writing a play that will have sign in it, nobody but the deaf will understand what he is saying? The answer is: Well this is not the first time I have co-written a play for special needs. This one is the first time I have written about a deaf protagonist.. The deaf and hearing alike will be able to understand all of the play....we hope. I'm just hoping that the play will make sense.

Now my music program decided to take a vacation on me, it will not let me save my progressive work. I just need to find my disk and restart it. I worked so hard to figure out the rhythm of one of the songs. I refused to loose it so I ended up writing it down the old fashion way. On paper. Poetic Justice? Possibly. Beethoven, Bach, and all of the other classical composers are possibly applauding me or laughing at me right now. I'm thinking laughing at me.    

Cheers Everyone!

Bad Cooks Anonymous

I'll start out with this. I shouldn't have used anonymous as part of the title for this blog post. I'm not very anonymous because my name will be on the bottom of this post, which in fact will not make me anonymous. So how about this?

"Hello; my name is Hollie. I can and will cook better. I guess, if I half to."

I'm not a the best cook in the world, but I'm not the worse either. But after what happen tonight well..........One would classify me as the "worse in the world."

• The pic, is in reality the toxic waste (Brownies) that I tried to make. Looks yummy huh?

I took a brownie mix and tired to make brownies. Ha! You'd think that I'd be able to do that with no mess up!


I did follow the directions. To make things short, the batter came out as toxic waste. The things that I do because of chocolate cravings. Now this is what makes things interesting. I tried to make it better. You know by adding sugar, coco, vanilla, butter, and flower. It didn't work, it just made things worse. It tasted as bad as it looks after I cooked it.

So now it is where it belongs. I thrown it way. It should go to where other low levels of toxic waste is being held in Utah. So what did I learn from all of this? Stay away from box mixes.

Cheers everyone!