Follow your dreams

For the passed few years and most of my life, I've had issues following my dreams. I've fallen, I've been broken, I've tripped and fell what I felt like was milies down. But I've never given up. Depression, anxiety, PTSD, all of this stuff has swung towards me. Relationships in my house, family, friends. All that stuff has broken, restarted or changed. During most of that I felt lost, confused. I've been working on things that I thought wouldn't help me, I did work with my ptsd, work with my depression, work with my anxiety, and my social phobia. 

I felt like all these roads at most were going to leave to a better lived, or at least fulfilled left.  This path I've taken has lead me to a lot. I've found my family, we've found out strength and bravery going through so much stuff. I've found and learnt how to talk, I'm not scared to use my voice anymore.  I've learnt and healed from broken friendships and I've created new ones. I've created and looked after me, I've learnt skills to deal with trauma. I've learnt to deal with my anxiety. None of that is over, It'll be with me for the rest of my life, much like scars, or stretch marks, but I'm learning how to display them, and be proud of them. Everyone has problems, myself included and I'm human. 

For awhile I thought my dreams were unreachable, I've been told to also follow a different dream, like do law or something that is always searching for people. But you know? I feel great, I'm following my dream. My dream is to do marine biology, my dream is to learn and help the ocean, my dream is also to help people, educate people. Yeah I enjoy modeling, I enjoy photography, I enjoy a lot of things. But the ocean is my passion. I live by a great lake when I was younger, but my heart ached to be by the ocean. And step by step I've gotten here. I live by the ocean, My heart craves to help the ocean, I do cleans up on the beach, I pick up trash, I also collect things like sea glass. 

 And now I get to do what I've always wanted to do as a child, Marine biology.  I'm so excited, my heart pounds. I can't wait. I can't wait to learn, I can't wait to do something I've always wanted to do. This is only an introduction course, but I'm still excited.  This is my passion. The ocean. I want to make a positive foot print on my life. 

Bravery and beauty come in many different ways. Most of us view beauty as modeling, being that girl in a magazine or looking like a cover girl. Beauty is more than that, beauty to me is strength, its what keeps you going everyday. Its what keeps people up at night, its what inspires people. Beauty is something humans will never master, we are never going to find it in a jar. Its what is in us. Its the fight we have." By Me.

Feeling happy, and having a lot of pride

I feel really happy, and I have been since the start of my week. I've been really happy because I was able to get my marks back for my class I did last semster and I passed. Which makes me really happy, So I'm getting myself a small cheaper treat for that. I wish I had more money because I would buy something something like a family set from calico critters. But this week sometime I'm going to get myself a strawberry calpico, and a munchy sweet.

But this all makes me really happy to get my marks back because this  means I was able to sign up for my marine biology program sign up for the  I've wanted to get into marine biology for a long time, ever since I was little, and for the longest time I've been told I wouldn't be able to do it, because there was a lot of doubts of me being smart... But I am smart, and passing my class means I could start to work towards marine biology. So I signed up. :3 I'm excited! Its going to be an introduction to marine biology course, and its going to be shorter compared to last semester but, I also am going to my school about 4 times a week.

I do feel really excited, but at the same time I feel really calm and happy. Everything is coming together. 

disney short film I like.

I really love this short film. Its so cute.

Calico Citters

This is a toy I want. Its called Calico Citters. Its a dress up toy set, you can get a house, an animal family, and stuff for their house. You also can get things like campers and other stuff.  There is a bunch of families, cats, bunnies, bears, foxes, ect. The family I want to get, and start with is the deer family I think.

I'd like to buy the family set sometime soon and maybe a camper for them.

From my understanding the camper comes with everything aside from the car and the family.  After I get them and there camper I'll start planning to work on a house for them. I don't know yet if i want to get a pre made doll house from that brand, or just make my own. 

Adult play ground

I'm not sure about some of you, but one of the things I really liked having up until I was 14 was a playground. I had one in my back yard when I was younger, and I would have kept playing on it, if I hadn't moved. It was homemade and it was meant for taller people.

None the less, I've noticed that playgrounds have gotten smaller and smaller, which means big people, adults don't tend to get to play as much. I'm not really sure who ever had the idea that adults don't like to play, but whomever it is, is sadly mistaken.  Because there's not playgrounds out here for adults, I've been grabbing ideas for my own future playground, that will be built to my size.  

These would be the rules I would have posted. 

Something like that but more adult size! 

Something like this would be neat to have too. :3  It also would have be to adult size. I'm thinking a good weight limit would be maybe 500 pounds. 

I wanna make something like this so I can play on, in the back yard along with my boyfriend or friends that come over. I also would like it too, because I could make myself a little hide away. 

Week without picking

I've been about a week without going into the bathroom, locking myself in there and picking at my skin, causing bruises and bleeding. Its been a full week of me not doing that. I don't know if a lot of people know what that feels like. But its really great. I looked up some stuff online in ways to help me deal, and my boyfriend has also helped me cope.

I do skin picking when I'm anxious, I also do it when I feel like I've let down or hurt someone, but in this passed week I haven't felt like that. I've also been really giggly and I'm really trying to leave that habit behind.  Its counted as an OCD so its not as easy as it sounds. And it really makes me feel really ugly and bad after I do a really big picking episode. I'll pick until my skin hurts, and its already been bleeding and bruising. 

I've found some stuff that helps, talking to my friends, removing myself from situations that suck, I also have found out about wearing gloves. And that I think is going to help me when I get the urge to. 

I've also found a website called Trich.org. So I'm going to click around and browse it. I also might look into other sites and possible some books. but I'm not too sure yet. I don't want to overwhelm myself.

 I have scars from my skin picking already. I just really need to stop future scares from happening.

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This all being said, I've done a week without picking and my boyfriend and I have talked about getting me a treat if I can do it for so much of a long time. I can't remember what we picked it to be. But I don't mind re-asking and really figuring it out.  :) It could be something really simple or a toy I've been wanting. 

Will O The Wisp

Will-O’-The-Wisp, or Ignis Fatuus in Medieval Latin, means”foolish fire”. It is a ghostly light commonly seen by travelers at night, especially in bogs, swamps or marshes. It resembles a flickering lamp. They lure travelers off the road and into the woods or marshes where they either perish, drown or lose their way and wander until they starve. The lights are said to mark the locations of buried treasure or corpses.

Often they can be seen around October and November.

They appear in folklore across the globe.  They have been recorded in many variant forms in Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales, Appalachia, and Newfoundland Canada.

They go by lots of names:

• Jack-o’-Lantern
• Foolish Fire
• Ghost Candles - This term is used when they are seen in grave yards.
• Orbs
• Spook Lights
• Fox Fire
• Dead Man’s Candle
• Meg of the Lantern
• Hinky Punk
• Spunkie
• Faeu Boulanger rolling fire.

Sometimes the phenomenon is classified by the observer as a ghost, fairy, or elemental beginning. In the movie Brave by Pixar Will O' The Wisps plays a prominent role. In the movie it breaks from the usual characterization, these Will o'  The Wisps appear benevolent or at least neutral in nature. They are hinted to be spirits of the dead, who aid the living by leading them towards their destinies.

One of the stories was recounted by K. M. Briggs in her book A Dictionary of Fairies, refers to Will the Smith. Will is a wicked blacksmith who is given a second chance by Saint Peter at the gates of heaven. But lives such a bad life that he ends up being doomed to wander the Earth. The Devil provides him with a single burning coal with which to warm himself, which he then uses to lure foolish travelers into the marshes.

Folklore

In Sweden the Will o’ The Wisps represents the spirits of unbaptized person trying to lead a travelers to the water in hopes of being baptized.

Danes, Finns, Swedes, Estonians, Irish people and Latvians amongst some other groups believed that Will o’ The Wisps mark the location of treasure deep in the ground or in water. Which could also be taken when fire was there. Some magic tricks and even a dead man’s hand were required too.  In Finland and other northern countries it was believed that early autumn was the best time to search for will-o’-the-wisps and treasures below them. It was believed that when someone hid treasure, in the ground, he made the treasure available only at the Saint John’s Day, and set will-o’-the-wisp to mark the exact place and time so that he could come to take the treasure back.

In Britain Will o the Wisps can be found in a number of folk tales around the UK. They also are often the malicious character in the stories. In Welsh folklore the lights are called “Fairy Fire”. It is held in the hand of Puca or Pwca. Puca or Pwca is a small goblin like fairy that mischievously leads lone travelers off the beaten path at night. As travelers follow the Puca through the marsh or bog, the fire is extinguished itself, and it leaves the travelers lost. In Wales the Will o the Wisps predicts a funeral that will take place soon in the locality.  The Will o the wisp are not always to be considered as dangerous. There are some tales about them being guardians of treasure. They can be treated like the Irish leprechaun leading those brave enough to follow them to sure riches. In other stories travelers getting lost in the woodland and coming upon a will-o'-the-wisp, and depending on how they treated the will-o'-the-wisp, the spirit would either get them lost further in the woods or guide them out.

In Guernsey, the will o the wisp is also known as Faeu Boulanger. Which means rolling fire. It is believed that the will o the wisp is a lost soul.

In Asia the will o the wisps have many names. Such as: Aleya or marsh ghost-light, Chir batti, Hitodama (literally "Human Soul" as a ball of energy), Hi no Tama (Ball of Flame), Aburagae, Koemonbi, Ushionibi.  Aleya is the name given to the unexplainable strange light that is over the marshes in Bengali, especially fishermen. The marshes light are attributed to some kind of unexplained marsh gas that confuses fishermen. It makes them lose their bearings, and may even lead to drowning if the fisherman decided to follow them moving over the marshes. Locals believe that the strange light that hovers over the mash is ghost lights representing the ghosts of fisherman who died fishing.  Sometimes they confuse fishermen, sometimes they help them.  

In South America, Brazil Will O the Wisps are called: Boitatá, Baitatá, Batatá, Bitatá, Batatão, Biatatá, M'boiguaçu, Mboitatá and Mbaê-Tata. In Argentina the will o’ the wisp phenomenon is known as Luz Mala or Fuego Fatuo. It is one of the most important myths in Argentine and Uruguayan folklore. This phenomenon is quite feared. And it can be seen in rural areas.

In North America, Mexico folklore explains the Will O the Wisps are witches who have transformed.  In the swampy area out in Massachusetts known as the Bridgewater Triangle has folklore of ghostly orbs of light, and there have been modern observations of these ghost-lights in this area as well.

Credit: Will O the Wisp Wiki.

I need to find more write ups about Will O the Wisp! They really interest me.

Centaurs

I really like Centaurs. I love the pastel colored ones from Disney. And Disney is one of the reasons why I found out about Centaurs. It was my gateway, I also really love the Fantasia movies, which is where centaurs are introduced, and for me that was the first movie I learnt and saw Centaurs.

 I also really like the most classic Centaurs, from greek mythology. I found this on GreekMythology.com/Myths/Creatures/Centaur/centaur. I took the full quote from them.

 " Centaurs are half-human, half-horse creatures in Greek mythology. They have the body of a horse and the torso, head and arms of a man. They were considered to be the children of Ixion, king of the Lapiths, and Nephele, a cloud made in the image of Hera. According to a different myth, however, they were all born from the union of a single Centaurus with the Magnesian mares. One of the best known centaurs is Chiron or Cheiron, a wisecentaur. Although most centaurs were depicted as lustful and wild, Chiron was a notable exception; modest and civilised, he was known for his medicinal skills and teaching abilities. He lived on Mount Pelion in Thessaly and was the tutor of a number of Greek mythical characters such as Achilles and Aesculapius. He was immortal; however, he was accidentally wounded by Heracles with an arrow treated with the blood of the monster Hydra, causing him insufferable pains. So, when Heracles asked his father to free Prometheus and Zeus demanded that someone must be sacrificed, Chiron volunteered and died, both to free Prometheus and himself from the pain. More: Heracles, Prometheus Centaur is also called Centaurus, Centaurs." 

I also recently found a manga that has to do with a centaur, its called "Centaur No Nayami" The english title is called "A Centaurs Life" The manga is really good. I like it because its a simple read, and its easy to follow, but its cute. There is centaurs and other monsters creatures and its just really good. Thats it. I really want to get the manga because its really good. And I like buying and supporting manga I like. Its a good manga, its cute, its funny. Its also a slice of life. http://mangafox.me/manga/centaur_no_nayami/ 

 I also made that just a few minutes ago, I made myself and my boyfriend into centaurs. I gave myself white hair, because I really love my white wig, I also made me purple-ish and my boyfriend has blue, because blue is his favorite color. My boyfriend also has blonde hair. I had fun making us.

Shows I loved as a child

I wanted to do a post of the shows I remember watching as a child that I really enjoyed. I might do a second part to this later, so right now I'm going to just stick to cartoons I've watched.  I grew up in the 90's so most of the shows I grew up with where from around there. I'm even trying to re-find some of the shows I liked now on DVD just so I can keep them and re-watch them later.

1.) 

The first TV show I remember watching was AAAHH!! Real Monsters! I loved this show as a kid, I really loved the tub lady, and I also really liked the red guy! I thought the guy that held his eye balls was a little weird, but I did like this show. I remember laughing a lot during this show. I also remember sometimes being confused by the story. But for the most part I really enjoyed it. 

2.) 

Rugrats, this show. Oh my gosh, I loved this show so much. I was so happy when they kept the show up with them being teenagers. I really liked this show, my favorite characters where phil and lil I also really did like the bratty angical and when Chunky got his sister I really liked her.  I've seen the movies, and I loved it when they did a bridge over to another show I really liked. Which is the Wild Thornberrys. <3 I can't really say I disliked this show, I loved it. I loved the episodes with them hanging out with Tommies grandpa.

3.) 

The Wild Thornberrys. I really liked this show, I liked the fact that the girl had powers and she could talk to animals. I also really loved how her parents were just around, helping, learning and being super neat. I really wanted to travel and help animals and this is probably one of the shows on the reason why I want to help animals and get into my marine biology. It probably did raise me with some of my ideals, but yeah. I loved this show. 

It was perfect.  

4.) 

The PowerPuff girls, this came out I think more when I was becoming a tween, maybe 10-11. Not sure, but I loved this show. My fav was Blossom, and then I really liked bubbles.  I really liked the show, and I also really liked even though these girls were super heros, there outfits weren't weird and the art style was cute, and it felt... "real". As a child I really liked this show. 

And even now I really like this show. 

5.) 

As Told By Ginger

I loved this show. I'm not even sure why I liked it. I just did. 

6.) Tales from the Crypt Keeper

I really really liked this show, this show also would scare me. It was like Goosebumps for me. I really loved the stories that were told, but this show also really scared me.

7.) Dexters Laboratory

I liked this show, and as the oldest of four, I really felt like Dexter a lot of my life, with having my own siblings that would poke things that weren't really meant to be touched. So I really identify with Dexter and the show was just goofy.  

8.) Beetle Juice 

I really like Beetle Juice, I love the movie that was done by Tim Burton, and I loved the cartoon called Beetle Juice! I didn't get to watch it too much as a kid, but I did love it when it came on. It was usually on around halloween for me, and I'd watch as much as I could from this show. <3 

Hi Hi puffy Amy Yumi Show This show came out in the early 2000's. I really liked this show, I liked it for the outfits and music. I also really liked the story, and I just really liked how the characters where so different but where able to be friends. :3 

10.) Filmore

This show was like one of my first 'crime' drama shows I've watched.  I really liked this show, I'm not sure what I liked about it the most, I think it might have been how bad ass amazing Ingrid was. I really liked her character, I like what she looked like, and her design, and personality they gave her. She kinda looked like she'd be really scary, but in the show she wasn't. She was shy, but she wanted to help people, and she did help. She also was really strong. 

11.) Sabrina The Animated Series.

I really like Sabrina and anything that has to do with that show, and I really loved the cartoon version of this show. <3 

12.) Bump In The Night

I really liked this show, I also really liked the dolly girl. I fell in love with this show when I was little. I really liked it, I liked the story, and just how "non perfect" the characters looked.  I do recall YTV used to still play there christmas special on christmas eve at like... 4 in the morning. 

Letter To Me

Dear Me,

Hello there! Its me! I haven't bother to really spend sometime writing a letter to you. I wrote you one a year ago I think. But I haven't really thought about doing it again recently until now. I've been thinking a lot about my passed and all the stuff I've been doing because of you.

We've passed English and we'll be moving on to biology once I get my grades back. Do you realize how great this is? We've been trying so hard to get back on track with education. We had some stuff that stopped us, like the mental illness and the social anxiety and phobia, and we've lucked out so far with our class sizes, but still. Look at what we are doing. A few years ago, we wouldn't have done this. We would have been locked inside of a house, scared to leave, let alone sit in a class with a bunch of people we don't know!  

We are on track for that goal, marine biology. We are so close to that, once we do our first semester of marine biology and we pass, there is a promise for our first tattoo.  I'm excited about that and you should be too.  

I feel like the passed few years, and even these few months, after the breakup I've really learnt a bunch about me. I've learnt how to be strong, how to carry myself and keep going. When the breakup first happened, I was truly scared I'd end up falling on my face or moving to somewheres I didn't want to go. but I'm so proud to see how strong I was able to keep going. I was able to find myself the help I needed, track down people, and keep doing what I wanted to do. Years ago I would have probably been destroyed by the breakup and moved back home. But not this time, and that really really surprised me. I had no idea how strong I was. 

The city we have moved to, and called our home is truly beautiful, the people out here are really beautiful too. And I feel like this positive place has really helped me find my home and my own strength within myself, and this place has helped us heal so much.  We've also found our own beauty. And I mean that, I feel beautiful, I feel like I know what beauty is, and I feel like I can say with confidence i'm beautiful. I can go outside and feel that. 

We are getting far in life. We are young, we still have a lot of time to do a bunch of things. Just remember, we are taking our life one step at a time. 

Lets keep staying on track and beating our mental illnesses! <3 Anxiety, depression, ptsd, ocd, ya'll can leave me. I have no more interest in housing you inside of my body! Leave!  

  Love,

            Sarah

Granola Recipe

Ingredients

• 3 cups rolled oats (Gluten free)
• 1 cup slivered and slice almonds 
• 1 cup cashews
• 1/2 pecans
• 1/2 walnuts
• 1/2 peanuts unsalted
• 1/2 hemp hearts
• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 3/4 cup maple syrup OR honey
• 3/4 cup vegetable oil
• salt to taste
• 1 cup raisins or other dried fruit

Tip!

You can use any nuts you like, if there bigger nuts remember to break them up.

Prep

Preheat your oven to 300 degrees

Directions
1.) In a large bowl, combine the oats, nuts, and brown sugar together.

2.) In a separate bowl, combine maple syrup OR honey, oil, and salt. Combine both mixtures and pour onto 2 sheet pans. Cook for 1 hour and 15 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes to achieve an even color.

3.) Remove from oven and transfer into a large bowl. Add raisins/dried fruit of your choice and mix until evenly distributed.

To Store homemade Granola, put it in an airtight container at room temperature for several weeks.

Enjoy! 

Childlike

For me, being childlike is having the same interest and curiosity into subjects and stuff compared to adults that can get caught up in wanting to be normal or the wanting to be the same as everyone else. Being childlike means having that freedom to decide and be interested in things, and have that kid like curiosity and not worry about getting dirty or down at ground level. Being childlike means experimenting with things.  Think of a child, when you give them some toys or even crafts you'll come back and child will create and make something new, and they'll be lost in what they made.

Childlike to me is like, being playful and young at heart. Being able to explore, ignoring the judgements from the outside world and enjoying being yourself. Childlike isn't about ignoring responsibilities, or being dependent on someone. Its not about being bratty or having tantrums, its not about ignoring your adult responsibilities. Its about being able to be free and enjoy being life. .

Polly pockets

I've been looking at polly pockets lately. I keep hoping when I go to second hand shops I'll get myself some, or one. But I haven't really seen them around.  Haha... ^^; I don't really miss the little people, as a kid I always found the people kinda ugly and weird looking, so I'm not really going to be picky if no one is inside of it. But I loved the detail scenes that they had for the polly pockets.  

I do have one polly pocket thing, it's just a little necklace, its really cute.  I found it at value village when I got myself a little wonder women figure. 

These are the polly pockets I want to find: 

I had that one as a kid.  :3 I really liked it. 

These are some of the ones I want. I don't want too many of them. Just a few to have in my room set up.  :3 I think these ones are cute.  I really like toys from the 90's.  I guess its because I grew up with them, but I really get the warm fuzzies when I see them.  :3

Body Scrub Recipe

I have dry skin so I do this whenever I get really bad breakouts. I apply it on my face, and neck, chest and back.  :) I make a lot so I can keep it. I also tweak this recipe so I can sometimes only make a little bit.

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• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice 
• 1 tablespoon of honey
• 1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract

* I sometimes will add a tiny drop of milk. Milk reduces redness. Coconut milk works great for this.*

Directions

Mix the brown sugar and olive oil together. Make sure the brown sugar is all wet from the olive oil. Add the honey and than add the lemon juice.

Apply the mixture to your face in gentle circular motions concentrating on your cheeks, forehead and chin. Scrub any other areas of your body that may be dry, such as your elbows, knees, feet. After about 1 minute, rinse off the scrub with warm water.

Please be aware that oils can make the shower and bath surfaces very slippery. So please be careful!

Selfie spam.

I wanted to share some holiday selfies. <3 

Oh and I took a photo with Mr. Bunny.

My nails

These are my nails. I did my toes and my fingers.  I really love the colors I picked. My nails make me feel super pretty and they make me think of wonder woman a bit. :3

LinePlay

So I've been playing on this app for my phone, it's called "Lineplay" It's really cute.  I really like it, it makes me think of pet society a bit. You design your character, dress her/him up, and there's also some games you can play. Like there is one called Stack Stack which is interesting. But I like Gold Rush. Because I get to click and kill things.

I like it because I'm friends with sailor moon and hello kitty. :x -fangirls really hard-

This is my avi and her outfits:

Above is my avi's current outfit. :3 She's a little sheep lady.

I don't have any pictures of my house yet. I'm not sure how I take pictures of my house, let alone on my Alcatel. I also really like this because it also works as messaging system. I'm Sae on there. If anyone wants to find me!

But yeah, this is the only app I have downloaded on my phone, and I really love it.

Little Cuddle Buddy Application

I really adore making friends and knowing who I can talk to and lean on. I also really like knowing who my friends are because I want to be able to do stuff. So I made this a week ago, and I wanted to share it on here. It's called the "Little Cuddle Buddy Application" It's safe for work, I had fun making it, and I really enjoyed making it too. I do it for Littles, but I also included pets because I have pet friends, and littles.

I want to do one also for blanket fort buddies, and who knows, maybe it'll really come in handy for me some day!  And same with other people.
This is what my card I made looks like:

It's reblogable on tumblr. I used picmonkey to make it. It was fun to make. My friend also filled it out. <3 Which made me really happy. 

Denisa is one of my best friends, and I'm so excited that she filled this out. I really need to have a sleep over with her sometime soon again. I had fun during our sleep over.

Adulting- Budgeting

My boyfriend and I have been talking about doing some budgeting. We both are on a fixed income and we both have desires of things we want to get. And because of that we need to start saving and looking at things in a more... normal-ish way. I'm really use to seeing something I want and spending money for it. But I can't do that. It's not realistic.

I feel like the idea of having a budget and putting money away for me to spend on stuff I would like to get, seems more realistic. It also seems a little like getting allowance. Like what you would get as a child.  I like it, because I can work towards a saving goal, but also in a realistic way.  I also can then think about what I'm going to buy and stuff.

 So I do need to look at my money and figure out what I spend where and then use a chart like above.  We do know some of the stuff, my boyfriend needs to do the math on some other things. And then I can start doing savings.

Last month I didn't spend much money on myself, other then food, rent, phone, and a few treats at school.

I am excited about the idea of having an amount of fun money to save.

 That way I know I have something for me to spend when I want to get something, like treats. :3 Like japanese goodies, books, fashion stuff. ect.

Phobia's

This is a list of my phobias. 
I'm...
 Achluophobia - Fear of darkness. 
 Agoraphobia- Fear of leaving a safe place. 
 Agraphobia- Fear of sexual abuse 
 Agyrophobia- Fear of streets and crossing the street. 
Anthropophobia- fear of people or the company of people 
Brontophobia- Fear of thunder and lightning 
Coulrophobia- Fear of clowns. 
Dromophobia- Fear of crossing streets. 
Gerascophobia- Fear of growing old. 
Herpetophobia- Fear of reptiles or creepy, crawly things.
 Virginitiphobia- Fear of rape.
 Phagophobia – fear of swallowing 
Pseudodysphagia - fear of choking

Chocolate Tree Bark

Ingredients

• 12 ounces (about 2 cups) Semi sweet chocolate. 
• 12 ounces (about 2 cups) white chocolate.
• Crushed Peppermint candy canes

Equipment

• A double boiler 
• rolling pin
• Ziploc bag
• Cooking sheet
• Tooth pick or spoons.

Prep

Unwrap the candy canes and place the candy canes in a large Ziploc bag and seal tightly. Use a rolling pin to roll/smash the candy canes until they are the size you desire. 

I liked making some powder, and some bigger pieces of candy cane. 

Prep a cooking sheet for the chocolate to go into.  Place the crushed candy canes at the bottom of the cooking sheet.

Directions

1. Melt the dark chocolate in the double boiler. Wait until chocolate has fully melted than careful pour the chocolate onto the prepared cookie sheet, mix the dark chocolate with the candy canes and try and spreed it evenly.
2. Melt the Milk chocolate in the double boiler, wait until the chocolate has fully melted than careful pour the chocolate in the cooking sheet. 
3. Place the tray into the the refrigerator. Check on it until it's firm. 
4.  Once the peppermint bark is completely set, break into small, uneven pieces by hand. It might be a bit hard.
5. Enjoy!