Calm and Quiet Works for Me!

An open letter to those who were at Target today when I lost it:

Please don't judge me because I said "freakin'" to my 10 year old today. I had a moment. I lost it a little. So I made a little scene. So what. You needed something to talk about in the break room anyway, didn't you?

I'm not perfect, that's all I'm saying.

-CRAZYMOM

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I have always been a Monday gal, as you might remember. It's my fave.

Yes, it's true: I {heart} Mondays.

But Wednesdays are quickly growing on me.

I do actually look forward to sitting down and reading through the Works For Me Wednesday posts. I have gleaned so many useful tips it is unreal! I love it.

And it's not just because Kristen uses an old Typewriter font, although that doesn't hurt matters. It's like saying my husband's nice...and he's HOT too! (Yeah, he is but that's not the point!)

Anyhoo, hop on over to We Are That Family and get yourself some useful tips. You might be surprised what you can learn!

I am not a fan of noise. My mother used to say I was the noisiest child ever. Well, I must have gotten it out of my system because as an adult, I can't stand it. Loud noise is to me like bright light is to some people.

I recoil in pain.  

(I wish I were exaggerating.)

You might wonder how I have remained sane with 4 children running screaming in my house all day long. Have you checked the title of this blog lately? OK then.

So today I came up with stumbled upon something that made my house VERY quiet.

I knew I needed to share this one!

So we went to Target because we were out of milk. I am a lover of all things dessert-ish and fattening-ish, so of course, we grabbed some goodies while we were there. Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough.

I used to hate that pre-made cookie dough but you know what?  

When you buy it like that, there is limit to what you can eat.

KWIM?

This is portion-control in action!

So I made homemade enchilada's. (They were yummy by the way.)

While we were eating and since the oven was still warm, I popped in the cookies. After dinner, I took the still warm-and-gooey cookies and made ice-cream sandwiches with them. I used vanilla-chocolate-chip ice cream, which rocks, in my humble opinion.

Now this is not a food blog. It will never be a food blog. I have like 2 good recipes that don't involve ordering take-out, but this was SO super duper easy and FAST and (here's the kicker)

I AM NOT KIDDING: they were silent for like 30 minutes!!!

Even when they were finished, they just looked at me quietly as if to say:

"You, ma'am, are our queen."

Now that's what I'm talkin' 'bout!

This is just a random stock photo-not my actual cookies. 

Note the lack of chocolate chips in the ice cream.