Let's Talk About Hormones

Shall we?

Because, I'm sick of thinking about work and buying and selling houses and Josh is sick with the flu and the boys are in bed and so why not? I mean, I'm just sitting here alone in my pj's with a pint of Ben & Jerry's half baked when I should be sleeping, so I might as well, all things considered.

To begin, I think it's safe to say Oren is officially weaned. We stopped nursing on the 1st of this month and haven't looked back since. One week later, bam! Everything is back in working order. The human body is an amazing thing, I must say. But this also means I'm back to my old, pathetic, emotional, cry at EVERYTHING self. Allow me to illustrate:

Exhibit A. This post made me weep. Not just cry, WEEP. I'm telling you what. I haven't sobbed that hard since I read the Joy Luck Club. (omg the part where she has to abandon her babies on the side of the road because she's too sick to go on? Forget about it. FORGET. ABOUT. IT. I'm still traumatized.)

Exhibit B. Abby and I were discussing my instagram feed (as you do) and we realized about 90% of the people I follow I do so solely for the purpose of oogling their cute babies. That's pretty much all my instagram has become useful for. If one considers an on demand supply of random stranger-baby photos useful, that is. (p.s. If you're not following Amelia's blog and/or instagram feed you are missing out on literally, and I do mean literally, because I've checked, THE cutest baby in the world. And I'm allowed to say that because I don't have any babies any more (wahhhh!) But, oh that Ralphie, he's a dreamboat!)

Exhibit C. I bought some baby girl shoes off the internet. No, seriously. And I know what you're thinking, because then it would make sense (!) but I'm not pregnant, nor will I be anytime soon. I think with all the house stuff going on if I were to become pregnant Josh might actually have an aneurism. I'd give it a good 80% chance of happening and since I love my husband dearly, no. No plans for that anytime in the near future. But, in my defense, these shoes were ones I first saw made by a blogger/shoe designer I follow as a cool little design challenge she did for her blog. They were never meant to be for sale but I loved how they looked so much that I even emailed her and suggested she sell them. Well, apparently so did a lot of other people (they're that good!) and now, over a year later, they suddenly popped up in her shop and were 25% off! How could I resist? I don't know if I'll have another baby someday, particularly a girl for that matter, but I had to get them juuuuust in case. Besides, I would like to let it be known that this is also a bribe I'm throwing out there to all of our brothers and sisters so that they know that whichever one of them has the first baby girl in the family and finally makes me an aunt gets the shoes if I'm not using them. Let the races begin! Anyway, yeah, I'm now the proud(?) owner of a pair of size 4 toddler girl shoes. And that's where my hormones have taken me this month, folks!

No wait, actually this where they've taken me.

but, I mean, pretty cute though, right?

A Most Impressive Post (alternately titled We Have No Shame)

The fact that I'm going to tell you about this, let alone blog about it, probably tells you something about me. And I'm okay with that. So let's just put it out there. I'm addicted to sugar and I'm not ashamed to admit it. Josh is too, which miiiight just be the key to a successful marriage. Think about it.

 

Anyway, if you've been reading this blog for any time at all you know how much we like a good treat around here (well, food in general, but let's stick to the topic). So, the other night I was watching a rare half hour of tv. Well, a rare half hour of grown up tv, let's be clear. Phineas and Ferb doesn't count. So, what do I select from my endless amount of unseen DVR'd options? Unique Sweets of course. I love that show and I was all caught up on Sister Wives anyway.

 

Now, problem number one with this scenario is that pretty much every place featured on the show is in New York or California, so even if if something looks particulary good, you can't have it. Problem number two, I was hungry. And lo and behold the episode I watched featured a little place out in Studio City, CA all the way across the country called Xtreme Desserts. And you know what this place specializes in? COOKIE SANDWICHES! (said in the obligatory cookie monster voice). I sat on the sofa, one hand on the remote, the other wiping the drool from my mouth, watching, tortured, considering pricing flights to California. And when Josh got home from work I actually made him re-watch it with me because I knew he would appreciate this place just as much as I did.

 

And then Josh had the most brilliant, beyond brilliant idea of all time.

 

"We should see if they can ship them."

 

One impulse order and $60 later this was sitting on our doorstep when we got home from work last night. Now I totally understand that we should be hanging our heads in shame for the most ridiculous fatty purchase of all time, I get it. But instead we just high-fived and I said, "this will make a great blog post!"

 

 

And then, as if it wasn't ridiculous enough, Abby and Jeff were over and I made them stay late to have a cookie tasting and judge a completely unnecessary cookie contest I just dreamed up right at that minute. But we're related, so they were game.

 

I cut the cookies up in to wedges one by one and the four of us each gave them a point value 1-10. Jeff gave extra points for smell. So out of a possible 40 points I now present to you our very scientific results...

 

(Descriptions from the Xtreme Desserts website)

 

Red Velvet Cookie

Two moist Red Velvet Cookies sandwiched around real yummy cream cheese frosting with Cocoa/Cinnamon crumble on top.

 

28 points

 

 

Double Chocolate Cream Pie Cookie

If you love chocolate, you'll love how we created a rich chocolate pudding cream pie filling surrounded by our moist cocoa chip cookies.

 

34.5 points

 

 

German Chocolate Cookie

The Xtreme German Chocolate cookie combines a rich chocolate pudding like texture with a special coconut-pecan mixture in the middle.

 

23 points

 

Blueberry Ginger Crumble

This delicious treat combines your classic style crumb cake with Xtreme’s soft sandwich cookies seasoned with a touch of ginger and homemade blueberry pie.

 

25 points

 

 

 

Black Forest Cookie

The perfect chocolatey cookie take on a classic cake. A rich chocolate chunk cookie with cream cheese frosting and tangy cherries in the middle

 

17 points

 

 

very serious cookie judging going on here

 

Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cream Cookie

Two soft cocoa chocolate chip cookies with a silky smooth peanut butter cream cheese filling. We add the Xtreme chocolate ganache drizzle to top it off.

 

30 points

 

 Pecan Pie Maple Cookie

This unique twist on an old favorite has two moist 100% Maple cookies sandwiched around homemade Pecan Pie filling. Topped with a lightly sugar coated Pecan.

 

19 points

 

 

 

PB and J Cookie

Taste the richness of the peanut butter as the strawberry blends together with every mouthwatering bite

 

32.5 points

 

 

 

Carrot Cake Cookie

Add all the right spices and seasonings, slow baked with sweet moistened raisins and sandwiched around our silky cream cheese frosting. Then topped with white chocolate orange curls. Carrot Cake like no other.

 

14 points

 

 

 

and the big winner of the evening...dun dun dun...

 

 

White Chocolate Chip Apple Pie Cookie

White chocolate, Cinnamon, Nutmeg and other spices create this moist explosion of flavors. Of course it wouldn't be Xtreme without the homemade apple pie and touch of frosting in the middle.

 

36 points

 

 

To be fair, some of these cookies never stood a chance, but we wanted to try them all anyway. Since some of us just inherently didn't like some of the ingredients used in a few of the cookies (like coconut, cherries or maple for example), those were bound to rank low. I think the only ones that didn't make our order were the key lime and the cocomint (maybe next time). But they were all good for what they were and every one of us was super impressed with how moist and fresh they were considering they were delivered from California. Not that any of you probably care because unless you find yourselves in Studio City at some point I doubt you will be FedEx'ing a dozen cookies to yourself any time soon. But if you do (and I think you should) we fully endorse Xtreme Desserts as your treat shop of choice. They have brownies too, you guys...

 

 

And thus concludes the silliest blog post of all time.

Thank you and you're welcome.



(And no, this was not a sponsored post. I wish.)