Happy National Cookie Day !

Hope everybody’s enjoying a delicious cookie today. If you’re looking to make some cookies yourself, here’s all the cookie recipes that I’ve posted so far:

Peanut Butter Rudolph Reindeer Cookies

Holiday Sugar Cookies

Christmas Tree Cookies

Holiday House Cookies

Melting Snowman Cookies

Sugar M&M Cookies

Lemon Crisp Cookies

Gooey Chocolate Cookies

Mini Pumpkin Whoopie Pies (I know it’s debatable about whether whoopie pies count as cookies or not but I decided to include them).

Take care y’all !

I’ve got an interview !!!

I know that they’re probably bringing in multiple people to get interviewed around the same time but this is a step in the right direction to possibly getting a job ! It’s been a little over 6 years since I had a job and it’d be really nice to break that streak ! The interview is on Sunday and while I’m a little nervous, I’m also giddy and excited (’cause the use of all these exclamation points wasn’t showing it enough as is).

I screwed up

Mommy’s been trying to eat more vegetarian dishes lately to help her lose weight and save on money. I thought last night’s meal was the one she was referring to being bland and was okay with throwing most of away. Turns out she was actually referring to a different dish ! So I threw away a lot of food she actually enjoyed. I feel so stupid ’cause even though she told me to keep a certain amount, I thought about keeping more and we’d just throw away what was leftover once we needed the space. She’s trying to act like it’s okay but I know she’s upset and I don’t blame her. Today has not been a good day for her so far and I just hope that something gets better for her. I applied for a job yesterday and it’d be really awesome if I could get a call back saying they’d like to interview me today ! Bringing more money into the house would really help out especially since the V.A. decided to cut about 250 bucks from my father’s check.

I don’t even know what I’d buy first with my paycheck. Do I try to help out with everyday things like pet food and groceries or do I try to save up the money so I can buy my mom a pair of glasses or finally buy a new mattress, etc. There’s just so many things I could use the money for so I’m really hoping I get hired on. Going a long time without a job just makes you value getting hired that much more and makes you that much more motivated to not screw up and do something that would make you lose a job.

Take care y’all !

Update on doughnuts

Well I did get the doughnuts made and they do taste good but something went wrong with the shape of them. I used the recommended size but once the doughnuts hit the hot oil, one side stayed the classic shape you’re used to seeing and the other side… did not. The other side had almost like a muffin-top look to it. I’ll try this recipe again and hopefully they’ll come out looking more normal.

Take care y’all !

Cookies & Cream Fudge

Finally, I have a recipe to share with y’all after what feels like too freaking long !

Ingredients

  • 16 Oreo cookies, broken into chunks*, divided (I used original Oreos)
  • 1 can (14 oz.) sweetened condensed milk
  • 2 Tbsp. butter (I used unsalted butter)
  • 2 2/3 cups white baking chips**
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • Crushed peppermint candies, optional (I didn’t use them)

Directions

  1. Take an 8-in. square dish out and line the inside of it with aluminum foil, spraying the foil with nonstick cooking spray afterwards. Take half of the broken Oreos and spread them out across the bottom of the dish.
  2. Take a heavy saucepan and add the milk, butter and baking chips to it. Set the saucepan over low heat and stir constantly until the chips have melted and everything’s combined (not gonna lie, I don’t workout much so my arms got a little bit of a workout stirring this). Take the saucepan off the heat and add the vanilla extract in, stirring to combine.
  3. Pour the chocolate mixture over the cookies in the dish, spreading it out evenly (the chocolate will start to cool down and harden a little so move quickly). Sprinkle what’s left of the cookies over the top as well as the crushed peppermint candies (if you’re using them that is), cover with more foil and place the dish in the refrigerator for a minimum of 1 hour before taking it out and cutting it into individual pieces.

Makes 3 dozen pieces.

*I broke the cookies up just using my hands but you could place them in a resealable bag and break them up in there if you don’t want to get your hands dirty.

**I used an entire (11 oz.) package of Ghirardelli Classic White Baking Chips and had to use Toll House Premier White morsels to finish getting the 2 2/3 cups called for.

Have you ever tried a Hershey’s Cookies ‘N’ Creme bar? This fudge taste just like it but with a fudge consistency ! You can eat this after the initial hour and it’s slightly firm but will almost melt in your mouth when you bite into it. Letting it sit overnight in the fridge will help firm it up a little bit more and get that fudge consistency that mommy says she’s more used to. The cookies will lose their crunch but they don’t get soggy either. To be honest, it tastes delicious enough that I want to bring some of it to to people I like but it also tastes so good that I sort of don’t want to !

This recipe came from Taste of Home.

I wasn’t paid in any form to promote/mention Oreo, Ghirardelli, Toll House, Hershey’s or Taste of Home.

Take care y’all !

What a clusterf*ck !

I needed to get online for bank-related reasons Tuesday morning but the internet was out so we call our provider (CenturyLink) and they tell me the problem should get fixed by 1:30 pm that day. 1:30 comes and we get the call saying the problem’s fixed, all we might have to do is reset the modem (I think that’s what the automated voice said). I go in, unplug for 15 seconds, plug back in and… the internet is not working. I have to call again and the automated message says we have a problem again with the internet and the problem will get fixed by 4:30 pm ! I find a way to talk to an actual human being and it turns out we’re not the only ones having a problem but even though I’d been told 4:30 just a few minutes ago, she says it’ll probably be 5:00 when it gets fixed ! I just wanted to hit my head against a wall. Obviously I have the internet back but it felt like way more work and stress than it should’ve been !