Date: 2010-10-06 (Tuesday)

Reference: How to knit a pumpkin for beginners | Pepper & Pine (YouTube)

刚好看到Pepper & Pine的这个视频 - 编织南瓜。万圣节快到了，而且这个编织方法也很适合小瑜和小可，所以就决定让它们做这个了。那个南瓜茎，我用i-cord的方式。觉得孩子也可以学习knit i-cord了。

我织的南瓜是8针。茎用3针。

小可已经开始织了 - 她用12针。

Date: 2020-08-16

参考图案：Planet June - Tiny Whale

小齐出世之前，我织了两只小鲸鱼给小瑜和小可。昨天在收拾玩具时，发现了这两只鲸鱼，想就织一只给小齐吧，反正就小小的，很快就织好。

小可把小鲸鱼放在这“鱼池”里饲养~ 

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对于烤蛋糕，我的成功率很低很低。
即使是很简单的海绵蛋糕，我都做得不好。
对于烤蛋糕，还真的有点却步。
不过，小瑜说星期六要烤蛋糕，好，那就烤吧。
反正就是尝试，再尝试，改进，再改进，还是会有进步的一天吧。

今天一口气就做了两次蛋糕。
第一次是根据Carol的这个磅蛋糕，只是我把糖的分量改成60克，也没放白兰地，也没放奶。而且，我放的是黑糖，所以烤出来是黑黑的，还真像巧克力蛋糕。

第二次是刚好在youtube看到的另一个类似的做法，只是牛油比较多。
Butter - 160g
Cake Flour - 140 g
Caster Sugar - 140g (我改成80g)
Baking Powder - 1/3 teaspoon
2 eggs
180c - 30-40 minutes

做法其实还真的蛮简单的。
1. 面粉 + 泡打粉 - 过筛
2. 奶油 + 糖 （糖分两次加入） - 用打蛋器搅拌
3. 加入蛋 （分两次加入） - 用打蛋器搅拌
4. 加入粉 （分两次加入）- 用刀搅拌
5. 烤！

做了第一次，第二次就比较熟手了。这一次是用没有分蛋的方法，下次试试看分蛋法。

这次做得还可以吧，至少像蛋糕。呵～～ 只是我觉得很甜。我比较喜欢第二个做法，下次得再把糖的分量再减一些。希望不会影响蛋糕的质感。^_^

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I haven't been baking cakes for quite some time, as I have never successfully baked an edible cake.
My eldest son suggested to make Saturday breakfast as cake, so here we tried again.

We made two batches, and both tasted quite okay though I prefer the second batch which we used a different recipe.

I am surely going to challenge myself to bake again next week. Thanks to my son for the wonderful suggestion, so I can improve myself and everyone has cakes to eat! :D

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I commit to take the 21 Day End Paralysis Challenge by Mayi Carles.

Review of previous day:

#1: I want to review notes for planning for 2017

I reviewed and even rewrote the notes I attended the two webinars:

1) Crushing It Mini-Course

2) 7 Steps for taking control of 2017

Besides these two, I also found another goal setting guide from Mayi Carles - Bullet Proof Your Goal when I was browsing her blog. I just added some ideas to my goal setting plan. I also learned something great from Boho Berry, especially about how to do goal setting for bullet journal. 

So Day #1 was a good start!

#2: Write down 2017 goals

I have set December to be my planning & organizing month. It's already 11 December, so it's really time to get down to the plan.

I am going to write down my 2017 goals. According to what I have learned, these are what I should take note:
- It's advisable to be 7 - 10 goals for the year.
- must be specific, measurable and deadline assigned. e.g. Read 10 books by 31 December 2017
- List the reasons for having each of those goals
- Choose top 2-3 goals from the list

That's what I am going to do today!

Do you have anything you must do today?

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