How Much Is Too Much?

I laughed when I came across two cookie pictures on my phone
(they can be seen farther down in my post).


I took them a few months ago when I decided to be a "good little wife" and make homemade cookies for the families Shay home taught.

Little did I know what a mess I would get myself into!

It started off like any old cookie making afternoon goes.

I started off with my dry ingredients........only to discover that I was short something (can't remember what it was, it was too long ago) and had to ask Shay to walk over to our wonderful neighbor's to borrow some. Shay of course was not too excited about this endeavor (you would have thought I asked him to stick bamboo shoots up under his fingernails).

Luckily, he returned with the missing ingredient and happy that he had the opportunity to chat with his friend. Life was great again!

I then was able to finish mixing up the cookie dough.

"Done," I thought, "Now all I have to do is get these suckers on the cookie sheet and into the oven before Shay needs to leave."

Well, of course I had to get a "small" spoonful of dough and taste it to "make sure it was perfect."

(wish I looked like her!)

I was so glad I did!

It was awful!


I literally had to spit it out!

It tasted like pure salt?!?!?!

What!?!@?!?

I make these cookies all the time and they are YUMMY!

What went wrong?

Well, after a closer look I discovered that I had pulled out the TABLESPOON instead of the TEASPOON when I measured out a few of the dry ingredients. Not a good thing to do when trying to make a sweet tasting something!

After much thought I decided there was no reason why I should throw the dough out when I could easily triple the ingredients to make up for the mistake. So off I went tripling the dough only to get half way through and realize I actually needed to sixth the recipe......so of course that didn't stop me and the following is what I had when I was finished.

(The pictures above and below are the actual pictures of my cookie dough.)

Notice the few batches in the background already cooked and cooling. The above picture was taken after a FEW batches had gone in AND had came out!

My arms actually hurt after trying to stir the dough. I thought I would break the spoon.....I had long given up on my mixer because the dough was too much to fit in the actual mixing bowl.

Unfortunately while I was trying to correct my pathetic mistake Shay had to leave to home teach and none of the families were able to enjoy these yummy cookies.


Let's just say it took taking the dough to Shay's folks home and making numerous batches for the family and grand kids, having to cook cookies for days in a row and eating enough cookies to not want to see another chocolate chip cookie EVER again.....

to finally get rid of all of that dough!!!

I don't think I have been a

"good little wife" since

.....can you blame me???

It's Official

Today we got the anticipated phone call......we are official owners of 93 West Fox Hollow Lane!
Although I don't think I will ever go through a short sale purchase ever again, I am so grateful for the miracles that have happened that have lead Shay and me to this home. To be honest, trying to purchase this home (through the short sale process) was one of the most stressful things I have ever gone through. Back and forth, up and down, he said she said, banks requiring illegal actions, calling people on their illegal actions, you owe me, we owe you, phone calls, texts, emails, etc. Yet we survived and were able to see miracles happen. Then today we were finally told that the funding went through and it's official......we are now the owners.

What is weird is that I am starting to feel overwhelmed by the whole thing actually....probably because we now need to sell our condo ASAP, we still haven't gotten the keys (or know when we will be getting them), and I am not ready to leave our wonderful home and friends! Weird how something so exciting, anticipated, and sought after can also become so scary and overwhelming. Does that even make sense?

I do look forward to sitting outside on the porch and enjoying the view. I have learned through the house hunting process that I am all about "the view."

I LOVED this house mostly because of its views. This is the backyard of our home. You can see all the way to Nephi.

Now to the boxes. How I love to pack up and move---NOT!!!