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June 9, 2011

Nanny Nanny Boo Boo! Stick Your Head in….

By thoughtsappear

Please excuse the regression to my 5-year-old self.

But I’m having an early birthday celebration this weekend! I’m so flippin’ excited that I may pee my pants! Oops…too late…. Apparently bladder control starts to go at age 29.

Seriously.

So you’ll have to do without me for a few days. I know, I know. Deep breaths. 

What? You forgot my birthday was this month? I can’t believe that you would forget something so important. I mean, it’s not like you have your own blogs, lives, children, and pets to take care of or anything. (::head hung in shame:: <–Yours, not mine.)

Anyways, as my early birthday present, please pick one of the following:

  • Search for a Pete, Jr. (I heard Pete was quite the ladies’ penguin.)
  • Bake some cookies (and then send me a sample).
  • Check out my About and Background pages. (I updated them forever ago and then didn’t tell you.)
  • Start a fundraiser for me you and me to go on another cruise.

Now for some serious business.

Serious Business #1: There’s an imposter amongst us. While the Hipster and I were in Ellicott City, we found someone masquerading as The Jolie!

Serious Business #2: Please send wrinkle cream. Apparently my 29-year-old forehead needs some.

Note to self: Never make that face again. It causes wrinkles.

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June 2, 2011

Chocolate Coconut Cookies aka Crack Cookies

By thoughtsappear

Nom, nom, nom….

I made the best cookies ever. Ev-er. Seriously. Remember the Cheddar Onion Crack Bread? Cookies of that tasty caliber.

Cookies that were so good, Kiefer had to hold me back I had to hold Kiefer back, so I could snap this picture of the last 2 cookies.

And what’s even better about this cookie recipe is that it follows Thoughtsy’s 5 ingredient rule.

I love baking. And I love eating my treats. But I hate when a recipe has a list 20 lines long of ingredients. I don’t have that kind of patience.

Without further ado, the crack cookie recipe:

  • 1 package of white cake mix
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/3 cup of veggie-ta-bull oil
  • 1 cup flaked coconut
  • 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips (I added about 1/4 cup more chocolate chips. Or you could add nuts.)

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Mix everything up. Roll the batter into 1-inch balls (Tee-hee. 1-inch balls). Lightly grease the baking sheet. Bake for about 10 minutes.

The recipe comes from my Taste of Home cookbook, so you know it’s good stuff.

Just to ensure you did it right, you should probably send me a sample cookie. Make that 2 sample cookies. For quality control.

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February 2, 2011

Thin Mints vs. Tagalongs vs. Samoas

By thoughtsappear

The other day I nearly had a heart attack. Seriously.

But I narrowly escaped death, just like I escaped Ebola infection after reading The Hot Zone. (I have an awesome immue system. Or maybe I’m just becoming a hypochondriac.)

So what caused my heart to nearly stop?

This article: Girl Scouts Cut Back on Cookies.

 

My tummy turned and growled in protest. My eyes started to tear up as I began nibbling my nails (which, disappointingly, taste nothing like Girl Scout cookies). My chest tightened, and underarm sweat soaked my shirt glisten beaded on my forehead.

Pete, I cried, We’ll be together soon!

Then I read the article. Phew! They’re getting rid of Thank You Berry Munch cookies. Dodged that bullet.

I’ve never even heard of those, but I already know why they failed: The majority of the American public does not appreciate the pun.

There are certain food holidays that I look forward to all year.

  • Candy Corn season
  • Cadbury Creme Eggs season (I bought my first egg a week or two ago.)
  • Girl Scout cookie season.

Girl Scout cookie season. Also known as Samoas and Tagalong overload season. While the rest of you crazies stock pile Thin Mints, I buy armloads of Samoas and Tagalongs.

Why? Because they’re better than Thin Mints.

That’s right. I said it.

Commence throwing things now.

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