Don't be fooled.

He may the have the cutest dog face in the world 
but he is Naughty. 
Yes, naughty with a capital N!
He ate the second pair of our little 5 year old neighbors shoes today. 
It cost 30 freakin' dollars to fix too. 
And made me so mad at Carl. 
And even after our lesson on forgiveness, I'm still not over it. 
However, these have cheered me up tremendously:

Speedy Brownies
2 cups of sugar
1 3/4 cups of flour
1/2 cup cocoa
1 tsp salt
5 eggs
1 cup of vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup of chocolate chips
Mix all ingredients together and spread in a 9x13 greased pan. Sprinkle chocolate chips on top and bake at 350 for 30 mins. 

Cut them up, eat them and freeze what's left in individual baggies. It's really useful to have a stash of these for when you get so mad that only chocolate will cheer you up. 
It works. 

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