Fresh Start Challenge Day 30: She Leaves a Trail of Glitter Wherever She Goes

Dear Self at 15:

Life seemed hard. School, cheerleading, abuse, and not being able to drive. Trust life will get suckier next year at sixteen. Cruelty of life will play in after that. Smoking will come too and the drinking will get harder. The cutting will get worse. The cutting will get horrible. You will want to die soon.


Dear self now:

Congratulations for putting the cigarettes down, for really applying yourself to work and school. And for finding someone who loves you for you. Who doesn't care that you had a baby. Who doesn't care that you can't run a washing machine. Doesn't mind your fur babies.

You are doing so well. You are going to be married soon and have tiny ones all over and it's going to be amazing with the cookies and the glitter.


Dear Future self:

You deserve a cookie. Married 15 years now, not bad. Kids are growing like weeds and Frankie is still hanging in there. You look fantastic and still rocking the glitter I see. You are still doing marvelous things! Keep reading!

Forever

Yes yes yes I know Chris is Kermit. Please spare me the fussing at me. 

Have you just had a moment where in your life you just feel like things are just perfect, carefree, and totally worth being a completely weirdo for? Well that's just what happened. I was singing and dancing down my hall. I had sat down and was reading to start another post but life intervened. 

"It's like I've waited my whole life for this one night. It's gonna be me you and the dance floor. Cause we've only got one night. Double your pleasure. Double your fun and dance. Forever (ever, ever)" Down the hall I had just danced down, came my dancing cookie monster in full song and dance. 

Dancing on the living room coffee table together like we were Kermit the Frog dancing felt so amazing. We shook our bodies to everything was wiggle and jiggly. I think this is why I love him so much. He doesn't act stupid or nerdy. He is just him. 

He is in a sweet and cuddly mood and I am so digging that today after a week of seminars in Nashville. He is making me laugh so hard about why we shouldn't go into town today because who knows what kind of "scary things could be lurking or swagging about" in the mall or other places. He said that from now on my shopping will be done online. Fine by me. I happy with that.

A Basket Full of Cookies

I have been terrified of this weekend.

Why you ask?

Well Frankie said we were going to talk about us having children. You see Frankie has always been unsure about having kids because of his chronic disease, Crohn's. For those who either are just plain assholes or really don't know; Chronic Disease is a long-lasting condition that can be controlled but not cured. NOT CURED! And yes that's my Frankie.

He doubts being able to being stable enough to give them the love and support they deserve. I personally think he would be the most amazing dad. For starters, he gets to be the stay at home parent who spoils them rotten with cookies and ice cream. But he doesn't see that. He thinks he would be distant because he would worry.

He fails to realize that he is amazing uncle!!!! They don't come running to him over Chris for nothing.

But this morning I was totally swept off my feet and reduced to tears.

I woke up to a box of tiny cookies. This were macadamia nut and white chocolate which is my second favorite kind of cookie! The top cookies spelled out "Eat Us." Eat them I did.

This was below the cookies. No this is not my picture this is the website's picture.

We are going to have little glittery monsters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fresh Start Challenge Day 17: Seasons Change

Spring

• Kentucky Derby
• Spring Break
• Asparagus and mushrooms!
• Things become alive!

Summer

• Popsicle season
• Sprinklers
• BBQs
• Shorts

Fall

• Watching Hocous Pocus
• 13 Nights of Halloween on ABC
• No Shave November
• Halloween oreos
• Caramel Brulee lattes
• Pecan pie
• Smell of burning leaves
• Candles (I always burn more during the colder weather)
• Cardigans

Winter

• Peacoats
• Decorating the Christmas tree
• When the tree is the only light in the room. (God I love that!)
• Ice skating
• Snuggled up by the fire and read.
• Skiing
• Christmas cookies

Fresh Start Challenge Day 11: Pink.. Everywhere Pink

Yes pink cookies! I have a cookie monster by my side and I had to have my pink fix.


1 stick of butter softened
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup flour
2 whole egg whites (do not use whole egg or the yolk will turn cookies orange)
1 whole pouch Betty Crocker sugar cookie mix 17 1/2 oz.
13 drop red food coloring (or until desired pink color is achieved)
1 cup baking chips (dark chocolate, semi-sweet chocolate, milk chocolate or Frankie's favorite Reese Peanut butter chips)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees
Cream butter and cookie mix.
Add powdered sugar and flour and mix until well blended and crumbs are fine.
Add egg whites and mix until well blended and mixture sticks together.
Add red food coloring, several drops at a time, mixing after each addition until desired pink color is achieved and is uniform throughout the dough.
Stir in chocolate pieces or whatever you added in.
Use a spoon to drop cookies onto ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake for 10 minutes, or until set but not brown.
Allow to cool on cookie sheet for 2 minutes before removing cookies to cooling rack or wax paper.