{"id":12767,"date":"2012-04-30T07:05:26","date_gmt":"2012-04-30T11:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/?p=12767"},"modified":"2012-04-30T07:05:26","modified_gmt":"2012-04-30T11:05:26","slug":"its-the-everyday-sort-of-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/2012\/04\/its-the-everyday-sort-of-things\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s the everyday sort of things&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey hey sweet shoppers!\u00a0 Laura here this morning to ramble in your ear.\u00a0 Springtime is one of my favorite times of year.\u00a0 All the new life that begins to sprout up, nicer weather (for the most part), the idea that summer is right around the corner&#8230;it always seems to kick my funkalicious mood to the curb and gives me a better attitude and makes me appreciate the little things in life.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t get me wrong, I do know that my life is far from perfect, but it my eyes, that is exactly what it is.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For those of you that don&#8217;t know, I&#8217;m a Work At Home Mom.\u00a0 I stay home with my two daughters and I also babysit anywhere from 2-5 kids in a day.\u00a0\u00a0 I spend a lot of time at home with kids so weekends are my time to spend with my family.\u00a0 My husband and my two kids.\u00a0 This weekend was one of those eye openers for me.\u00a0 We didn&#8217;t do anything super special, but it made me realize just how great we have it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I got to spend my Friday with four little girls who love to be at my house.\u00a0 They don&#8217;t mind that I get cranky every now and then, and that they get yelled at because they are getting &#8216;too rowdy&#8217; from time to time, but they do love spending time here and doing things that they may not do at home.\u00a0 Friday was cookie day.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve found that it&#8217;s a lot cheaper for me to bake cookies a couple times a week to keep as a snack in our house instead of buying them.\u00a0 With as many kids (and my sweets loving husband) as I have here throughout the week, we go through a lot of snacks, and cookies are a fave.\u00a0 Friday, we made &#8220;inside out&#8221; chocolate chip cookies.\u00a0 My youngest &#8216;named&#8217; these cookies for us.\u00a0 We all love chocolate chip cookies and well, these were a reverse chocolate chip cookie in her eyes.\u00a0 We made chocolate cookies with white chocolate chips and they were SO good.\u00a0 Simple, yet effective&#8230;and so yummy!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the recipe we used and a shot at the batter (which is always everyone&#8217;s fave part, right?!)<\/p>\n<p>(taken from the back of Nestle TollHouse White Chocolate Chips)<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>Ingredients<\/h3>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>2 1\/4 cups all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>2\/3 cup NESTL\u00c9\u00ae TOLL HOUSE\u00ae Baking Cocoa<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon baking soda<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 cup granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>2\/3 cup packed brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>2 large eggs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) NESTL\u00c9\u00ae TOLL HOUSE\u00ae Premier White Morsels<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Directions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>PREHEAT<\/strong> oven to 350\u00b0 F.<\/p>\n<p><strong>COMBINE<\/strong> flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morsels. Drop by well-rounded teaspoon onto ungreased baking sheets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BAKE<\/strong> for 9 to 11 minutes or until centers are set. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net\/hphotos-ak-ash3\/561863_10150672452871179_530526178_9682324_253892150_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Saturday was a rather unique day for us.\u00a0 The girls were going to their first sleepover and my husband and I had a night to ourselves!\u00a0 We dropped them off and headed out to Texas Roadhouse for a little grown up dining and then we headed to the mall to just wander around.\u00a0 I of course stopped at Bath and Body Works and got some things for myself, but it was so nice to just get to spend time together as Darik and Laura and not Daddy and Mommy<\/p>\n<p>Aren&#8217;t we cute<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12768\" title=\"photo(4)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo4.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo4-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo4-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sunday we spent the day with Darik&#8217;s family.\u00a0 His grandma turned 88 on Thursday and we took her for lunch, then went back to my brother-in-laws house for ice cream cake.\u00a0 It was just a pleasant day spent with our family&#8230;.again, making me realize, through all the hustle and bustle of the week, all the stress I feel at the end of the day, this is ultimately where I want to be.\u00a0 Loved, cared for, and most importantly, happy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So, what&#8217;d you do this weekend?\u00a0 Are you taking time to spend &#8216;everyday moments&#8217; with your loved ones?\u00a0 Try it, I bet it gives you the warm fuzzies!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey hey sweet shoppers!\u00a0 Laura here this morning to ramble in your ear.\u00a0 Springtime is one of my favorite times of year.\u00a0 All the new life that begins to sprout up, nicer weather (for the most part), the idea that summer is right around the corner&#8230;it always seems to kick my funkalicious mood to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":12768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[127],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12767"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12767"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12771,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12767\/revisions\/12771"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}