My Little Entrepreneur

Seriously cute!

We had a garage sale, and Makylie decided she should work too.

Kevin was in Bellevue helping his parents with a project, and Tyler went with him, so it was all Makylie.

At first she was so quite and wouldn't talk to anyone...but once she warmed up, and realized people were actually going to GIVE her money....she opened like a little blossoming flower!

She helped make the sign, and wrote lemonade all by herself...

Lemonade was 25 cents. Most people gave her more.

Some older couples just wanted to talk to her, and make jokes with her, and then gave her money...but didn't want lemonade.

She loved that because it reminded her of her grandpa.

She looked so cute.

She was so hot, and tired, and actually pretty bored in between customers, but she kept at it.

She did most things alone, but isn't quite big enough to handle the lemonade, so I helped her pour.

Seems that I should have put out a whole bake sale for her because people were just buying left and right. We went through almost all of the lemonade that we had.

Everytime she got another quarter, or dollar or anything...she would whisper to me...

Mommy, how much does that make do you think?

She just melts me.

All told, she made $14.83. (We don't quite know how that happened)

She shared a little with her brother, which was adorable...

and then stuffed the rest in her piggy bank!

Love my little Entrepreneur!

One Gigantic Cookie

I made this AMAZING....GINORMOUS COOKIE

It was as big as a pizza! It cooks perfectly!
I have tried to make big cookie before...and they are always over done on the edges and undone in the middle. But this recipe....let me just tell you...sooooooo good! So perfect!

I made them as gifts...and they were so perfect and LOVED by everyone!
They fit perfectly on 12" cake rounds that you can buy at Michaels...and then you wrap them up. I am telling you...I will make these every single year for teachers and if there is an event where I need to bring an item!
It is the talk of the table if you do.
***Add a pizza cutter and you just have an AMAZING gift for someone!
Plus, it really is easy to make!
Try it out....you won't be disappointed!!!

This is the recipe that I found HERE

Recipe makes one Giant Cookie

1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter (melted and then cooled)
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cup flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
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1/2 cup chocolate chips
1/2 butterscotch chips (optional)
You could also add nuts, or m&ms, or anything else you wanted
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a medium bowl, cream together the sugars and the butter. Add the egg and vanilla and cream again. Add the dry ingredients and mix well. Fold in the chocolate chips.
Line a large baking pan with foil and press the cookie into about a 9 inch circle...it will spread to 12 inches as it bakes.

Bake for 13-16 until the cookie is lightly golden brown. The trick is to NOT overbake.
Let the cookie cool completely on the baking pan so it can have time to stabilize and set up.
Once cool, gently use the foil to lift off of the pan.


Raelyn

Introspection...

I have been re-evaluating things lately.
More then I think anyone around me realizes.

I have been in kind of a "funk" and have been trying to figure out what is wrong, or what needs to be fixed in order to come out of it.
I still don't think I really know...but one thing is for sure today, as it has been for years...I am not happy with my body.
I worked so hard, for so long and did really well. I had great results.
THEN...I started losing very little if any and it got very self-defeating. So I slowly started moving back toward my old ways, my bad habits...and
it seems that now...those old habits, have become new again.

So I am getting back on the horse.
I am setting some new goals.
I am quite mad at myself, because now I have to RE-lose some of what I already lost..
but I am going to do it!




It is funny...with the few pounds that I have put back on...how different I feel. Mentally, and physically.
Before, I felt like I could take on the world...

Now I have lost confidence again, I feel like everyone is staring at me, and mentally, that I am starting from absolute scratch.
And, it is literally a few pounds.

Definately a big part of my "funk" that I know I am in.