Hi Friends. Happy Fourth of July! Ok so I know I’ve been pretty sporadic with my blogging lately. Between tidying up my manuscript and signing up to be on the launch team for two other books, it has been a busy time around here. I’m so excited about these two books (The Happiness Dare by … More But Wait! There’s More!

I’ve been thinking a lot about the origins of this blog- how Cookies and Sanity came to be. I could have named it after myself, but the truth is that at the time, it didn’t feel right, and to be honest I wanted a good level of anonymity. (Not anymore, follow me on Instagram @jenbabakhan!) … More Eat Cookies. Pray for Sanity. Repeat.

So to offer an update on my book progress to all of you that have been asking- here it is- I’ve “finished” the book proposal and “finished” the book. “Finished” is in quotation marks because if you’re a fellow writer or maybe just a perfectionist, you understand that nothing is ever finished. Ever. There are … More Manuscript Update!

I feel it’s necessary to explain the silence on the blog, so here it is: I’m writing a book. All of my time and effort has been funneled into this one project that I am so excited about I cannot think of anything other than adding more words to the page- one by one, in … More There’s a Reason for the Crickets You Hear…

  There are two types of people in this world: Those that lose themselves in Adele’s music, and those that observe and take notes. It came to my attention earlier this week when I was listening to obsessing over  Hello, and then felt the need to share my thoughts with friends. One of them totally understood … More If Loving Adele’s Hello Is Wrong…

About a month ago I took my older son to the pet store that I lovingly refer to as the local zoo because a) we have no zoo locally, and b) it’s pretty much the same thing. He loves to go see the fish, birds, and lizards so much that it’s a pretty easy way … More The Ballad of Sammy Jack