An Update To My Hiatus and Red Velvet Cream Cheese Whoopie Pies To Celebrate

Hello again, strangers! I know it's been over 3 months since I've done any blogging, and I'm sorry that it happened without any warning. Some personal issues came up and I started working 45 hours a week and never taking a break, and of course it affected me more than I wanted to admit to. However! This weekend I was encouraged to take a much needed break and spend the weekend with my parents in Chicago. It was an absolutely lovely weekend, and I spent it doing absolutely nothing that I hated and everything that I loved. I wrote, I watched movies with my parents, I ate (finally), and most of all I got back in touch with who I am and who I want to be. It's been an eye opening weekend, and I'm hoping that my plan to take one of these a month is going to seriously help me relax and take a breather sometimes.

This is how I spent my entire weekend (with movies in the background)

Pumpkin Nutella Swirl Cookies

I have been gone for a very long time! It's been a very busy time for me lately as I've been trying to find a second job (I did get one, thanks!), and also trying to write and memorize my speech for an event on ISU campus for sexual and domestic violence. I'm so excited for this speech, it's my first speech as a part of RAINN. The event is Tuesday and I've somehow only managed to memorize half of it! If any of you are in the area and would like to attend, above is a flyer for the event. I'd love to see you all there! The night will consist of a few survivors speaking of their experience, and then I'm told there will be a march around the campus and then some safe spots will be set up if you find anyone that you would like to talk to more about whatever, and then a candlelight vigil. It'll be a fun night, and it'll be very emotional, but it'll be entirely worth it! Hope to see you there :)

Strawberry Cookies and Creme Cookies

I know it’s 2 desserts in a row, and normally I try to space it out and give you guys something sweet then something savory. But my training got the better of me and I was REALLY feeling these cookies today! So here we are again, watching my diet while still trying to sneak a few cookies, and still getting you guys something delicious to try at home J

Much like my last cookie recipe (Funfetti Nutella Cookies), these delicious cookies take less than 20 minutes to make, bake, and devour!

Funfetti Cookies

I have one word for you: YUM!

These are one of the most delicious cookies I've ever had the pleasure of putting in my mouth! They are soft, chewy, beautiful, and super easy to make. Now if there's one thing my endless surfing of foodblogs has taught me, it's this: if you've got cake mix... make everything but! I absolutely LOVE making cookies out of cake mix, it's one of my favorite things to do. It looks amazing, they take less than 20 minutes to prepare, and it tastes like you slaved over them all day long.