Kitchen cure

 Its not a secret, I'm not a cook, or a baker.  I muddle my way through recipes and really, I have a 50/50 chance of it working out.  In attempt to keep my hands busy and for fear of what slowing down will do for me, I decided to bake something.  I picked this Little box mix up at Homesense.  Admittedly, It was the cute little box that drew me in, then it was the chocolate mint, that sold me. Not to mention the fact it made putting something homemade on my table.  For those of you who are wondering, It cost me $5.99.  Worth it?  We'll see..

In A small Kitchen like mine, You don't have a lot of room to work with.  So if you do need halp, and you have little room, bring in little helpers.  She couldnt keep her hands outta the bowl, she admittedly caused me more work than usual, but the price was right.  And can I just say, thank-goodness for that apron, we saved an outfit.  To my dear friend who took the time to make that for my baby, I love you, and I don't really even know you.

Half of my hesitation of cooking or baking is the clean up.  Until last October, I never had a dishwasher.  Now that I have one, I use it.  However its rarely to do my baking dishes, lets just be honest. Tonight, I already had a full load in the dish washer.  So by I washed by hand.  Thank goodness, my hands kept moving, and I kept that much closer to sanity, although, I think I'm hang by a thread.

SO by the time I had the dishes done AND a quick shower (no washing of the hair) My muffins were ready to come out.  Well, a little disappointing.  Not what I expected.  Of course, I had hoped they would come out fully iced and looking like a dream.   They didnt, but they tasted ok, not very pepperminty, but enough chocolate for me.  They actually resemble and taste like 2 bite brownies.  I'll take that.  Grace had no interest in them until one hit the floor.  She was all over that.  Don't ask me why.  I let her eat it, don't ask me why either(lets keep in mind, I had washed my floors this afternoon).

Would I recommend you rush out to buy this?  No I guess I really wouldn't.  But I do recommend baking something if you need to keep your mind busy.  This worked for me, for today.  At least It did for a time.  Who knows what it will be tomorrow, but no doubt, I'll let you know, if it s worth knowing.