As I reflect on this month I have realized that writing a blog a day is not as hard as I thought it was going to be! Things like ‘taking and uploading pictures’ make it slightly more tedious but when I look back at those entries they happen to be some of my favorites… Who … Continue reading »

I actually came up with this idea after seeing a friends wedding gift (Mrs. Dell) a few years back… She has it on her mantle and every time I go over to her place I think ‘I need to do that!’  Well recently I found a Flickr account on Pinterest (the site was unavailable at … Continue reading »

I’ve given myself the task of planning a menu for a Girl’s weekend trip that is coming up, which will no doubt include lots of wine…  So therefore, I’ve decided to do a wine pairing menu with different varieties of wine and tapas (and we can’t forget dessert).  And with that, I’ve decided I’d blog … Continue reading »

One of my new favorite things these days is party planning and I recently hosted a girls tea party for a few ladies which included decorating with a Valentine’s Day theme. Each lady brought a tea party dish to share and we sat around drinking tea, eating, and enjoying each other’s company. I love my … Continue reading »

This week I’m only going to post Sunday – Wednesday dinner menu’s because, starting next month, I’m going to attempt to do a monthly menu vs. a weekly menu. Wow has this monthly flown by! I can’t believe we’re already almost in March… I’m loving this beautiful spring weather we’ve been having here in Southern … Continue reading »

This is going to be a short post, I almost forgot to post something today for the blog post challenge, but I’ve been running around all day and haven’t had the chance to stop and think…  I decided to talk about this after a conversation I had last night with one of my best friends…  … Continue reading »

Yes, we are continuing with the sweet potato recipes… This time we made baked sweet potato fries! Ingredients: 2-3 sweet potatoes 1-2 tbsp olive oil 1 tsp garlic powder ½ tsp pepper 1/3 tsp salt ½ tsp paprika (or other seasoning of choice) Directions: Preheat oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.  Peel the sweet potatoes (throw … Continue reading »

I love sweet potatoes and so does the baby, so I bought them at Trader Joe’s this week and figured I’d experiment with them and try out some new recipes.  Well, first off, we used them for baby food, and then we made the most delicious (and easy) sweet potato pancakes.  These paired really well … Continue reading »

Happy Fat Tuesday! I’ll be enjoying my ‘day of sin’ with my 1 glass of red wine tonight with dinner… party animal!!! I’ll save the partying for the single, young people. Not, that I’m old, because I’m definitely young at heart (and technically still in my 20’s), but on a Tuesday evening where I have … Continue reading »

Starting this week off right with some inspirational quotes from Buddha -  Live for Today, Happy Monday! ~Namaste~