Where one girls imagination runs riot.
My blog mainly consists of pieces of creative writing by myself and random ramblings.Occasional original sketches.
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Copyright of Sarah Atchama.
I am 20 years old, suffer from Anxiety Attacks/ Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Some of my posts may be relevant to this.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Puppy-proofing
Today, I spent all day cleaning and puppy proofing my room in preparation for half term when we get our new Sheltie pup. Haven’t had to do this in years so completely forgot about hiding wires, moving breakables, soft chewable things like shoes etc away from his reach.
Luckily, we thought about it yesterday so have begun prepping the house for his arrival. It’s also nice because it gives me an excuse to have a thorough clean of my entire room. I’ve only got some sweeping left and the job is done.
There’s less than three weeks to go, and we need to get all new puppy stuff. Wish us luck.
Busy busy
Plannnnns.
Thursday - Takeaway night with Rebecca and Sophie
Thursday after takeaway - Zumba with Rebecca
Friday - Babysitting for Katie.
Saturday - Kirsties partay
Sunday - die of exhaustion
Chocolate Lasagna
INGREDIENTS
- 1 package regular Oreo cookies (Not Double Stuff) – about 36 cookies
- 6 Tablespoon butter, melted
- 1- 8 ounce package cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 Tablespoons cold milk
- 1- 12 ounce tub Cool Whip, divided
- 2 – 3.9 ounce packages Chocolate Instant Pudding.
- 3 1/4 cups cold milk
- 1 and 1/2 cups mini chocolate chips
DIRECTIONS
- Begin by crushing 36 Oreo cookies. I used my food processor for this, but you could also place them in a large ziplock bag and crush them with a rolling pin. When the Oreos have turned into fine crumbs, you are done.
- Transfer the Oreo crumbs to a large bowl. Stir in 6 tablespoons melted butter and use a fork to incorporate the butter into the cookie crumbs. When the butter is distributed, transfer the mixture to a 9 x 13 inch baking dish. Press the crumbs into the bottom of the pan. Place the pan in the refrigerator while you work on the additional layers.
- Mix the cream cheese with a mixer until light and fluffy. Add in 2 Tablespoons of milk, and sugar, and mix well. Stir in 1 and 1/4 cups Cool Whip. Spread this mixture over the crust.
- In a bowl, combine chocolate instant pudding with 3 and 1/4 cups cold milk. Whisk for several minutes until the pudding starts to thicken. Use a spatula to spread the mixture over the previous cream cheese layer. Allow the dessert to rest for about 5 minutes so that the pudding can firm up further.
- Spread the remaining Cool Whip over the top. Sprinkle mini chocolate chips evenly over the top. Place in the freezer for 1 hour, or the refrigerator for 4 hours before serving.
HOLY SHITTTT, WHY ARE YOU NOT IN MY LIFE.
Directors: doing it right.
Harry Potter could have learned from this.
LEGO: Lord of the Rings
I’ve always shyly enjoyed the LEGO games but this game is a really lovely fan-service. It has the usual LEGO charm, but sticks closely to the LOTR films including nearly every “fucking yes!” moment that fans of the series want to see.
I grinned my ears off when Gimli yelled “That still only counts as one!” when I (Legolas) shot down an Oliphant during the battle outside of Minas Tirith, when the Elves marched into Helms Deep and stood there with all their LEGO armor; Aragorn saying “You are most welcome”.
My worry was that the game would be a short glimpse of all things Middle Earth and not nearly enough to satisfy my fandom, but the expansive overworld and the fact that it took me a good 9-10 hours to finish a single playthrough, barely touching all the unlockables and extras provided was a huge relief and threw my worries out the window.
I’m not calling this a review or anything, but it really impressed me and because I know a lot of my friends share my love for the franchise, I thought I’d share what I thought.
(No online multi-player is this games only downfall)
Peas.
The beginnings of my new sketch.
If anyone’s ever wondered how my drawings start out… (a mess)
Latest Sketch.
Inspired by a friend’s horse, called Brandy.
I drew this as an idea for a villain for my boyfriend’s graphic novel idea. I haven’t attempted drawing people since I was about ten so this was interesting.
As for creative writing, I will post again on Sunday probably as I am away.
Today’s sketches.
Latest sketch, line drawing of a foal/colt.
My recent sketches.
Pretty much as raw as a sketch can get. Literally just scribbled it.
I have a new Moleskine sketchbook, that I plan on carrying with me from now on. My first drawing is of Rainbow Dash, I am not usually a fan of cartoon style drawing but for my first entry, I thought something fun might be nice.
Show me a hero, and I’ll write you a tragedy.
F.Scott.Fitzgerald
I think I’m going to call this the finished sketch…
My fingers are covered in lead.
