As you may already know, my awesome cousin, Jenna, has her own blog which I love to follow.  I love seeing her daughter growing up and reading all about the latest kitchen experiments.  If you haven't already, be sure to check her out here: Jennaseverythingblog.com.

"What does this have to do with me?", you may be wondering.  Well, Jenna recently did a canvas print giveaway, which I entered.  I didn't win, but a few weeks ago, I got an email from someone at PrintCopia.com saying Jenna had referred them to me and would I like to review them on my blog and do my own give away? "Absolutely!"  

Ever since getting my hand run over, I haven't been cooking or baking much of anything.  In fact, I was physically unable to do a myriad of everyday tasks I've grown accustomed to over the past 23years.  This was frustrating for many reasons, not the least of which is I'd just bought a bunch of new dishes and was super excited to use them!

A week and a half after my accident, I rolled out of bed and decided to make brownies to take to work.  It was the first recipe I'd made since my hand got smushed, and I'd actually never before made brownies from scratch. 

I started with this "Fudgy Brownies" recipe from All Recipes (something I'd pinned ages ago on my pinterest). Based on reading the comments, I tweaked the recipe a bit.  While the ensuing result wasn't particularly "fudgey" to me, it was incredibly delicious, and I think more of a fudge quality could easily be achieved with some added ingredients.

I can't claim this year hasn't started with a bang! I'm proud I've spent this whole first month living up to my word for the year - New.  I learned to throw knives, am working a steady job that I love, learning office skills, doing aerial silks, I even got run over by a car! Wait. What?