*Please update your bookmarks to my new website: Hi friends! Thanks for the good wishes for our vet appointment yesterday. 
For the most part, Yasha is a healthy girl. The scary lump IS going to have to come out, but the vet thinks there’s a 50/50 chance it’s nothing. We’re just going to think happy thoughts for now. For any of you who have pets, you know HOW expensive something like this can be– but my vet has generously offered to do two procedures at once to save me some moola! Yasha will be getting her teeth cleaned AND her lump removed at the same time, so she only has to be put under general anesthesia once. Whew! As much as it’s going to suck, I know it will be a relief to have it over and done with!
I’m not gonna lie, this has been a hard week for me. I’ve been super-depressed about Yasha’s lump, worried about my sister-in-law and her new baby, missing my husband, and just dealing with all sorts of stress! Normally, I’d disappear from the blog world for a few days, compose myself, and return as the happy, perky blogger I like to be! But Christie’s recent post inspired me to blog anyway, bad week and all. After all, I think it’s also good to see that everyone has their off days, weeks, etc… No one’s perfect!
So, what do I like to do when I’ve got the blues? Bake!!
On a normal day, I’d try a new vegan recipe, or create a raw treat. But last night, I was so sad and really needed to just go through the process of baking– good, old-fashioned, traditional baking. So I chose a pretty labor-intensive recipe: Cinnamon Rolls. I figured, the longer they took, the better. 
**Warning: There is NOTHING healthy about what I’m about to show you! You’ve been warned!
The good thing about making cinnamon rolls, is you do get a bit of an upper-body workout! There’s a good 5-10 minutes of kneading the dough:
(Silpats make an excellent kneading surface, by the way!)
Rolling out the dough:
Rolling up and pinching the dough:
Then I decided to roll it all in plastic wrap and refrigerate it for the morning.
When I woke up for early this morning for my 3-mile run, I sliced the dough, arranged the rolls in a pan, and set them in my slightly warmed oven to rise.
They were so cold when I sliced them, it took about 2 1/2 hours for them to rise!
But they were worth the wait.
After 25 minutes in the oven, I flipped them out of their pan to let some of the buttery filling drain back to the top of the rolls:
Then I flipped them back over, and glazed:
As I said before there is NOTHING at all healthy about this recipe. However, I feel so much better after making them! Sometimes we need to indulge a bit in order to re-enforce our healthy habits.
After eating this:
I felt kinda sick from all the sugar! Ha ha. It was a good reminder why I don’t eat like this all the time.
So now you guys know my dirty little secret. I bake when I’m depressed. But, I think this process may have gotten me out of my rut! I’m really craving my greens again!
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Good for you for writing how you feel! It’s hard to remember that we all don’t have to come across perfect in the blog world, because we aren’t in real life! I also read and enjoyed Christie’s post. I also bake and cook when I’m not in the best mood. Hope everything gets better, I can’t imagine how hard it must be to have your husband away. Do you know when he’s coming back?
This looks really yummy and it came out pretty
I am SO glad your baby is going to be okay. I’ve had plenty of those very upsetting scares! She is so cute too, gee.
I hear you with the baking. In January I remember I was having a bad day, and HTB was out of town, I baked a whole big batch of vegan chocolate chip cookies. They were PERFECT and just what I needed, — though my tummy was upset after. Those rolls look incredible though.
When I’m upset I also shop. It’s bad. The worst part is, I don’t like to spend time shopping. I like to buy lots of things quickly.
Homemade cinnamon rolls are the BEST!!! Yours are gorgeous!
Great news about Yasha!
I hope your day gets SO MUCH BETTER!! Yasha will be just fine, I know it!!
I’m glad that Yasha’s lump will hopefully be nothing! She’s a cutie and I’m sending well wishes your way.
When I’m having a bad day I usually mope and waste time doing.. nothing. Something tells me I need to change things, haha.
So happy that Yasha is going to be alright! When I’m having a bad day I try to go for a long run to make it go away, but when a string of things go wrong and I’m having a bad week I actually bake too! Mainly because I start craving sweet foods and I know if I just buy a cookie I’ll be bored and hungry 5 minutes later so by baking it kind of soothes my stress and makes me more able to control myself around the unhealthy deliciousness.
Plus you’re right – there’s nothing like a big ‘ol cinnamon role to get you craving veggies again!
Wow, this looks so perfect! That takes some skills. You have a serious talent!!! haha
I loved the warning too..
- Christina
I forgot to say:
I am sending goof thoughts for your baby! My husband’s ex-dog had quite a bit of lumps, but it was always ok.
Also, I hope you feel better soon! I have also had some bad days lately… at least there is always something that can make us at least a little bit happier.
I am so sorry you had a rough week! Hang in there and keep baking because seriously those look AMAZING!!
ok, i’m totally salivating over those cinnamon rolls. they look AMAZING! that would be a huge trigger for me, i don’t know how you didn’t absolutely inhale them!