Just Because Chocolate Chip Cookies

I have no idea where I found this recipe. But it is yummy!  

 Step 1. Find yourself a little helper.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoons salt
3/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cups white sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 egg
1 egg yolk
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips (I like to use milk chocolate)

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets or line with parchment paper.

Sift together the flour, baking soda & salt; set aside.

In a medium bowl, cream together the melted butter, brown sugar & white sugar until well blended. Beat in the vanilla, egg, & egg yolk until light & creamy.

 Mix in the sifted ingredients until just blended. Stir in the chocolate chips by hand using a wooden spoon.

Drop cookie dough 1/4 cup at a time onto the prepared cookie sheets. Cookies should be about 3 inches apart.

Bake for 15 to 17 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the edges are lightly toasted. Cool on baking sheets for a few minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.

Enjoy

Shabby Apple

Entering into the blogging world I have discovered a few new things. One of my favorites is Shabby Apple

I heart this Dress!!
I am loving their dress designs!

Check them out!
http://www.shabbyapple.com/

Rosette Headband

A break from all my other projects!

I have quite a few of projects that need to be completed but very little motivation. As an attempt to procrastinate from these projects I decided to do a little craft. This is my new rosette (I love that word) headband. Maybe I will put a tutorial together later but for now, here are a few photos.



Fridge Makeover

I have been needing some new magnets for my fridge and I figured why not make them? After searching through my craft drawers I found these scrapbooking flowers that I used for baby shower decorations over two year ago. Why not put them to good use? I glued some magnet tape on the back and this is how it turned on. A little girly but not bad. I also now have this nifty calendar and plan to put it to good use (although the calendar needs a bit of a makeover itself).

(Note the bike Asher wants)

Magazine Love

If you are anything like me you receive one or two parenting magazines in the mail. For me these magazines go directly from the mail box to a place where I am most likely to read them - The bathroom. It is in the bathroom that I have found great ideas for easy recipes and kids crafts (usually a few months after I receive the magazine). My latest find that I am super excited about is from a Focus on the Family magazine. In their January issue they published an article called "50 Guilt Free Resolutions" (yes, I read an article about New Year’s resolutions in March).  I wanted attempt some of these resolutions and share the results with you.

The first "resolution" I tried was #41 (I am not one to start at the beginning)

#41 Write a Love letter to your spouse. Sign your pets name.

I know this sounds a bit weird but I am happy I did it! I wrote a letter from our Golden Retrieve to my husband and sent it off in the mail. For this one day my husband checked the mail there was something more than junk mail and bills. It was nice to see him laugh - even if he thought I was a bit crazy.

The Love Letter

Rico