So, I finally remembered that I have a blog. Well, I didn’t forget, I’ve just been
busy! I finished my summer college classes
last week so now I have a short break before starting the fall classes.
My family isn’t huge on watching sports, but when the
Olympics come on, things get serious. And wet.
My sister Carol and I always tear up when watching the Olympics. I’ve been a fan of the Olympics ever since I
was a little girl. I remember writing in
my diary about Michelle Kwan and my other favorite Olympians during the Salt
Lake City 2002. Admittedly, I was a
pretty bad speller back then.
As I’m sitting here typing this, my family and I are
watching the 2012 London Olympics. The
ages and abilities of some of the athletes amaze me. We just watched Missy Franklin in her first
Olympic final win the gold medal about an hour ago. Not only is it incredible that she won the
gold for the 100m backstroke at age 17, she had just raced in a semi-final 10
minutes before. I love it when the gold medalist comes from behind to win the gold medal. My eyes were glued to the TV as I watched Missy down the final stretch. It looked like she wasn't going to win, then she
started to gain speed. Everyone was cheering, at home and on TV, and I couldn't catch my breath. Then at the last second, Missy pulled from behind and won her first
Olympic gold! Just now, we watched the
medal ceremony for Missy. Every time I
hear our national anthem playing at the Olympics I tear up. How amazing for those athletes who get to
stand on the podium hearing the national anthem playing because of them! In
Missy’s face, you could see the emotions, chin quivering, shinning eyes, and
her contagious smile.
We always watch the opening ceremonies and this year I
decided to up the notch a bit. I made an
Olympic themed fruit pizza! Baking is
fun, but it’s even more fun to do themed baking! I’ve never made a fruit pizza before, but
I’ll definitely have to try this again; it was delicious. Carol and I also painted our nails in the British style with miniature flags. My fingernails have suffered an attack from the home improvement project upstairs, but my toes are still okay. I thought I should show some of my American pride as well to prove that I'm not a traitor. Go Team USA!! Carol's nail-painting ability surpasses my own however, because they look ridiculously good.
(Thanks for taking some of the pictures, Glynne!)
Here is the recipe I used for the fruit pizza:
(I doubled it for my Olympic pizza/cake/thing)
Fruit Pizza
Ingredients
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175
degrees C).
2. In a large bowl, cream together the
butter and 3/4 cup sugar until smooth. Mix in egg. combine the flour, cream of
tartar, baking soda and salt; stir into the creamed mixture until just blended.
Press dough into an ungreased pizza pan.
3. Bake in preheated oven for 8 to 10
minutes, or until lightly browned. Cool.
4. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese
with 1/2 cup sugar and vanilla until light. Spread on cooled crust.
5. Arrange desired fruit on top of
filling, and chill.
Yep. I totally copied and pasted this recipe. What can I say, sometimes I'm lazy.
"Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize."
1 Corinthians 9:24
"Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize."
1 Corinthians 9:24
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