Chocolate flavored saw dust and three months of bliss

In order to prevent ourselves from spending wayyyy too much money (and waaayyy too many calories) on junk food, Daniel and I instituted a once a week dessert rule about 2 months ago. Our long awaited "Dessert Fridays" often turn into "Dessert Weekends" but, nonetheless, it is effective for the most part. I spent all of this past week waiting with baited breath to try the new peppermint chocolate chip milkshake from chick-fil-a....Friday afternoon rolls around and I make my way over to Chick-fil-a, visions of ice-creamy goodness dancing in my head. The cashier (Bethany!) asked if I wanted the whipped cream and cherry. Did I want the whipped cream and cherry!?? Do you SERIOUSLY have to ask? I gave my hearty approval to pack on the goods. My minty-chocolately bliss lasted for a solid 30 minutes, and was well worth the wait. (Sidebar: If you like a thicker shake, tell them....they'll go easy on the syrup flavoring which will make it less thin!)

Later that night, Daniel had yet to have any dessert. The week before, I made choc-oat-chip cookie bars which he absolutely adored (evidenced by their complete disappearance within a 24 hour period.) He told me to make them again, adding a bit less sugar this time. I went to the kitchen in search of my recipe when I realized that it had been on the chocolate chip bag, now long gone as I had transferred the chips into a ziploc. My only other alternative? Typing "healthy choc-oat-chip cookies" into the google search bar. Well, apparently "a bit less sugar" does not equal "health food cookies." I was wondering why the dough was so thick and dry but decided that it didnt matter too much.

Boy, was I wrong.

Daniel ate two of my sawdust squares before passing them off to Cali, the human garbage disposal. My poor honey.

Don't worry though, I redeemed myself the next day by making cookies again....sort of, since I still didnt really follow the recipe that I found, and they only tasted good fresh. Oh well, at least he ate these ones.....and there's always next Friday........

In other news, we have officially been married for 1/4 of a year today :) God has shown us so much in this short time, and we are growing (and stretching) in ways that, although they are not always super comfortable, are making us more holy. I pray that I will make Daniel love Christ more each day as he has done for me. What a joy it is to serve my precious husband.

I pray that your weekend was a blessing and that Christ is more beautiful to you today than He's ever been before.