On Why I'm Not a Foodie Blogger

On Monday, I mentioned that I baked over the weekend.
(I know, try not to be too shocked right off the bat, because there's definitely more coming)
I needed to make something for a bake sale at school, and rather than go with my mom's easy suggestion to make chocolate covered pretzels, I consulted my Pinterest board filled with all the yummy things I'll never know how to make.

Well, since I love lemons, like eat-them-whole kind of love (no, that's not a joke.  just ask my coworkers), I thought the obvious choice was Lemon Crinkle Cookies.

Just so you know, here's what they were supposed to look like.
HERE

Sounds delicious, right?  Well, that's what I thought too, and so I got to work mixing ingredients and zesting lemons, and eating raw batter!

By some miracle, 20 minutes later my first batch came out looking just like those!  On the more realistic side of things though, I didn't taste a drop of lemon in them...more like sugar cookies if you ask me.

See? Aren't they beautiful?

But that's when things took a sad turn.  Acting on instinct (which, for the record, an awful cook should never do when it comes to baking...), I added more zest...but not more of any other ingredient.  More zest = more lemony, right?
Well...wrong....and also an awful idea for other reasons.

Painful to even look at, I know...
And to make matters worse, they still weren't very lemony!

And now I guess you all know why Good Day Sunshine isn't a foodie blog, despite my obvious love of anything I can eat...
And I guess now I know to just follow the darned recipe, right down to every. last. measurement.
For the record though, the ugly cookies sold better at the bake sale the next day.  Go figure.

Do you have any funny kitchen disasters?  Share them - it'll make me feel better about my epic fail!

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What I've Been Pinning

Pinterest is one of my favorite websites; but also one of the most pointless ones.  

I have boards full of gorgeous hair-dos, fun outfits, lovely crochet patterns, and recipes that look delicious.  For the most part though, the ideas Pinterest builds in my mind never come to pass.  Instead, I waste hours each week browsing through photos of tattoos, photography tips, and "I can haz" cats, re-pinning like there's no tomorrow.

That realization doesn't stop me from scheming and planning though; so for now, here are some of my favorite pins.

I absolutely adore the placement, and anybody acquainted with my blog knows how much I love cats...but maybe a tattoo of a kitten behind my ear screams "crazy cat lady" a bit too loudly.

I know it'll be years before I find myself waking up in my own house, especially one this beautiful...but a girl can dream of brightly colored walls and floor-to-ceiling windows, right?

Not only do these look delicious and healthy, but they're so fun and different!

And I wouldn't even need a passport to see this breath-taking view in Western Maine

This dress has me dreaming of springtime...

I'm loving this scarf

What about you?  What have you pinning lately?

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PS. click the photos to link to the original source :)