For Valentines Day I had planned a special meal for The Hubby and I of one of our favorite foods, scallops. We had THE BEST scallops ever in Portland for New Years at The Nines hotel a couple years ago and I had forgotten how good those were until I recently ordered scallops at a […]
(I apologize for the funky spacing, I wrote this in Word Pad and it’s not transferring nicely.) As you probably know, the season finale of The Bachelor is TONIGHT!!! This is a little bittersweet for me because that means no more bachelor mondays for a while, (sigh) but I suppose that’s life. 😉 The final […]
I once had a bully. She was tall and had white-blonde straight hair. She was popular and walked around with confidence. She was one year older. She had striking blue eyes and was quite beautiful. I had never hated anyone before. Until I returned back to school shortly after my father had passed away and […]
For this Bowties and Brunch baby shower we wanted to welcome a new little man into the world using colors like yellow, orange, blue, green and small touches of deep red (to coordinate with the deep red wall) while incorporating the much-adorned bowtie and mid-morning meal, brunch. Bowtie Cake Pops Chocolate-covered pretzels Banana Cupcake with Vanilla Bean […]
Yep, you read that correctly. Baby Cal turned 11 months. He is one big ball of love and will melt any female’s heart with his big baby blues. The number one compliment that he receives is how awesome his crazy, wild hair is. His tongue can often be found dangling from his mouth You can […]
One of my go-to meals when I don’t have a lot of time, or when I just don’t want to cook, which is like, always, is this chicken and dumplings recipe. It’s SO easy, my whole family enjoys it, and you can substitute the chicken with leftover thanksgiving turkey if you’re trying to use […]
(Last night) Ohhhhhh Mommy Heaven. I am in complete, heart-swelling, emotion-overloading Mommy Heaven. Before bed tonight Gwyn and I went in her room to play with her princess castle. It was a short play-period, though, because her princesses were missing. Seeming worried, I told Gwyn they were just in Fairy Land going to sleep for […]
A friend of mine recently went to Macy’s while they were having a huge sale. HEEEEUGE sale. HEEEEEEEEEEYOOOOOOOOOGE. Sale. As she was sending me picture texts of various clothing articles I started to feel the inner tigress inside of me and I knew I just had to go myself. It was 5:15 pm, which at […]
One of my go-to desserts that I KNOW will be a crowd-pleaser is this Chocolate Chip Cookie Banana Cream Pie. It’s EASY, fast and you can make it fairly healthy, too! Ingredients: 1 package (or roll) of cookie dough (or use whatever you have on-hand if you have some homemade stored up.) 1 .9 […]
Burlap and lace have been on my mind since about Christmas, so I was able to scratch that itch by using these two materials in this shabby chic, simple and pink baby shower dinner. This dinner party was elegant, intimate, and incorporated little touches suited specially for the mama-to-be. Lace napkin rings with the napkins […]
