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So listen. Brownies are nothing new.  I know this. But — they are one of the world’s most famous desserts for a reason.  They’re sturdy, simple, and delicious. And chocolate. Did I mention chocolate? This year, I am making them extra fun and festive by gift...

If you are not a fan of frosting, these cookies are not for you. My son is not a fan of frosting.  I honestly don’t understand it.  It doesn’t matter if it’s a thin layer of frosting, a poured frosting or a bubblegum frosting — he doesn’t want it....

I don’t know if you know this or not, but my husband is six years older than me. For most of our relationship, I haven’t noticed the six year difference.  I’m an old soul and plus, we don’t talk about age a whole lot because that is just a weird thing to...

I feel like things with me and the UPS Man have reached alarming levels of awkward. First off, I order way too much stuff. Not to say that I order stuff I don’t NEED, or have a shopping “ADDICTION”, but Amazon Prime makes it too darn easy not to leave the house....

Want to know the best thing ever? When your husband comes home and watches the baby while you cook dinner and almost dies from exhaustion. Seriously — THE.  BEST. Not that I want him to actually DIE from exhaustion, of course. But a healthy brush with death via infant...

Can I tell you something? One of my pet peeves is when people say the future generation is, “entitled”.  I swear, I hear it constantly.  Like children and teenagers have zero redeeming value whatsoever. Don’t get me wrong — kids are not always a picnic. ...

So last night, our baby monitor decided to stop working. Of course, it was late at night and we were in our pajamas, which means that I don’t go anywhere.  Honestly, once it’s dark, you’re not getting anything out of me.  I say it’s because I don’t...

So I have decided that this is how I’m eating all my fruit from now on. Can’t it be a thing?  Fruit covered in caramel, chocolate, and toasted coconut? Fruit is fruit, people.  It still counts. An apple a day and all that.  Pretty sure it doesn’t go “an...

  Can there be such a thing as a time of day where you are allergic to answering questions? If so, I think I have that allergy. Because, seriously.  ALLTHEQUESTIONS. I don’t even think my family realizes how many questions they ask.  But I do.  I do realize. Five...

It probably won’t surprise you to know that I am well versed in snack cakes. Hostess, Little Debbies, there are hardly any that I haven’t tried or tried to make myself. Except for Tastykake – those haven’t been carried in my grocery store (grocery store...

Is it Halloween yet?? I feel like I’ve been looking at Halloween candy in the stores for months now. Also, today I was looking for a Halloween wreath at Target, and they had Christmas ones right next to them. Not cool, Target.  Not cool at all. As you may remember, Shelly...

I don’t know about you, but I am a huge fan of cake. Huge. I mean… foam finger waving, jumping up and down, HUGE.  GIANT.  FAN. (And by foam finger, I don’t mean the Miley kind, gross.  I mean a wholesome, #1 Cake Fan foam finger that has lived a perfectly...

I don’t know about you, but I’m always looking for stuff to put into brownies. Aren’t we all? I absolutely love Ghirardellhi Squares.  I saw the mint ones at Target the other day and knew that they needed to go into some brownies. It was basically one of my best...

Today we are talking about cake. I like talking about cake, don’t you? I mean, we could talk about how many loads of laundry are currently wrinkling in a basket because you didn’t put them away right after pulling them out of the dryer. I know better.  I do. ...