My Life After Spring Break

Ok, sorry for the long hiatus. I have been trying to relax & ketch up with all my home work & its paid off! Happy dance! I have now moved to a 4.0 avg!  Is it weird that having a 3.0 avg was bugging me to no end? It was killing me that I did not get a 4.0. Sigh, OCD strikes again. Now all I have to do is improve in my writing class & I will have an A in all my classes.

To go to school during the summer or not to go to school during the summer. That is the question. Iam thinking about taking my XHTML class over the summer along with my next writing class. That means shorter class time & I would have to do them online in order to go to Yellow Stone this summer. (Sigh.) What to do? I can take the classes, but can I do them in the time that would be given & still enjoy the trips I want to take? If I don't go, then will I still be in the swing when fall comes to take classes again? Will I still be motivated or will I just go back to work? (Big sigh!) I have till April 21nd to choose so I wont start freaking out about it till April 1st. LOL! I hope the answer will come to me. I keep leaning towards taking the summer off just so I can have that little of a break before the fall & winter semester, but the workaholic in me just wants to get it over & done with. I will just have to ponder this one.

I have three papers to write this weekend. That means no Arbonne Party tomorrow if I don't get them done today.  One of my cousins is having celebrating the finishing of her degree with foot spas and facials. I love a good chance to mingle with family & girl time. (Not sure about the foot spa thing, people touching my feet, shiver!!!!) I have to come up with a gift idea too. Must ponder that. I will not say here because she might find out about it, but I have a good idea of what to get her.
 
Off to bead with me, bug day ahead. I leave you with this parting gift:
Best bread ever!So good as french toast. I am hungry just thinking about it. 

Challah Bread

    

Ingredients

	118 ml butter
	59 ml honey
	118 ml water
	79 ml sugar
	15 ml salt
	237 ml milk
	1538 ml flour
	4 large eggs
	22 ml yeast

Preparation

Melt the butter in a medium saucepan. Add the sugar, honey, salt, and water. After all the ingredients have dissolved, add the milk. Heat until all is fairly warm, no more than 110*F. Pour this into mixer. Pour in the yeast & let proof for 5mins. Add the flour & beaten eggs. Mix for about 8 minutes on low.

FIRST AND SECOND RISES

Transfer dough to buttered bowl. (I use olive oil spray.) Cover bowl with plastic wrap and hand towel. Let rise 1 to 1 1/2 hours, or until doubled.

Deflate, cover as before and let rise 45 min.-1 hr.

SHAPING AND FINAL RISE

Spray 2 baking sheets with cooking spray. Cut dough in half. Divide each half into 3 equal pieces. Roll each piece into about 18" pieces. Braid, just as you would for a hair braid. I start at the middle to the end, then turn around and go from the middle to the other end. Tuck in ends. Place each on baking sheet and cover with towel. Let rise 40 min.

Preheat oven to 375*. Just before baking, I usually brush the dough with an egg wash. Just take an egg, stir well with a fork, and then brush on braided dough. This step is not necessary, but gives the bread a lovely, glossy sheen, and the crust a better texture. Bake for 20-30 minutes, depending on how you like your bread. If needed, cover the bread with foil, shiny side up, about halfway through cooking, so the crust doesn't get overcooked.