I can be an impulsive person. I come by it honestly because my parents are very impulsive. They would go out shopping to buy a gallon of milk and would come back with a new car. When I was a teenager, it wasn’t a surprise to me to wake up on a winter Saturday…
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Festive Eggnog Dip Recipe for the Eggnog Lover
This simple Eggnog Dip recipe is perfect for the eggnog lovers in your life! I feel like such a traitor. We have the best little local coffee house in our suburb. It was the only little coffee house in our suburb. The Country Club Cafe is a family friendly place that has a small…
Menu for Hope
Like every mother out there and every mother’s mother, I can often be found spouting off the words “There are starving kids in <enter country/city/state on the tip of your tongue at the moment> who would love to have a nice hot meal. Eat your dinner!”. Well, it is time that I put my…
A Very Humble Thank You
I remember the Well Fed Networks Food Blog awards from last year. I was new to the food blogging world then, and recall being introduced to several fabulous food blogs through those awards. Right now the 2007 Well Fed Networks Food Blog Awards are taking place. I knew and was surprised that I had…
The Gingerbread Man Hunt
I love traditions. My husband cracks up at me because if we do something once, and enjoy it, then I make it a tradition to do that same thing every year! It seems like this time of year we have my made up traditions coming out of the woodwork. One tradition that got its…
Cinnamon Flop Recipe
I have to give a HUGE thank you to everyone who has signed up for the adopt a food blogger event. The deadline to participate is today, but if any veteran bloggers out there want to jump in past the deadline, please feel free! We are a little heavy on the newbie side…
I’m Not the Only Person Losing My Mind
Remember when I did this (Did I Seriously Just Do That post)?? Well, that was the last time I had visited that particular grocery store…until yesterday. Yesterday, I was in the area of our local Hy-Vee grocery store and needed some groceries. I only had Ella with me, so I thought it was as…
Cheesy Ham and Peas Tortellini
The deadline for the Adopt a Blogger event is coming up. Veteran bloggers… we need your help! Sign up to adopt a newbie blogger by this Friday (click on the Adopt a Blogger icon above). Newbies, you can still sign up as well. This will be a lot of fun and a great way…
Crab Cakes with Lemon Garlic Aioli Recipe
I cannot help but think each year our annual Christmas party just gets better and better. Just when I think we can’t top the year before, we do. Our 2007 annual Christmas party was a success with great food, even better friends and lots of laughs! To catch you up, I am turning to…
Boboli Pizza Crust Clone Recipe
New bloggers and veteran bloggers…there is still time to sign up for the Adopt-A-Blogger event! Click on the adopt-a-blogger icon above to participate. It was the summer of 2006 and some of my girlfriends and I were sitting around chatting when the topic of blogging came up. Among the six of us, not a…
