I'm the first to admit, being a stay at home mom is not easy. It's kinda sucked the life, out of my life! I'm not saying that I don't love my children and don't enjoy being with them more now than I did before, but it is exhausting! Then on top of that I decided to add a part time job to this mix, and well that just adds to my potent mix of anxiety, stress and exhaustion! So if you've noticed, I've been a bit MIA recently. I took a week off from baking and now I'm trying to catch up on all the things that I have made and haven't had the time to write about. Because lets face it, it's easy to bake, but hard to find the time to edit the photos and write about them! I've also come to a bit of a road block in my mind. I've been having a hard time finding inspiration for bakes. I've scoured Pinterest, scrolled through Instagram and flipped through magazines trying to find that spark...that bit if lightening that I get when I want to eat or bake something and I just got nothing! Until... This. I walked into an Amazon book store (I had no idea that they existed until I stumbled into one!) And I found Brave Tart's cookbook. Flipping through it I was mesmerized by all the luscious, creative and interesting desserts she's come up with. And then I found these Glossy Brownies. They looked like a dream, and I knew right then that this was one I had to try.