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…
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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…
Monkey Bread Minis
First of all, there are only a few more days to sign up for the “Adopt-a-Blogger” event. Click on the icon above to be directed to that post. We need some more veteran bloggers, so don’t be shy and sign up! My husband and I celebrated our 8 year wedding anniversary last week….
A Flood of Memories
One of my fondest memories from growing up was the whole process of choosing and decorating the Christmas tree. If my memory serves me correctly, we would always go out to a Christmas tree farm. I vaguely remember my sister Kathy always getting the final say on which Christmas tree we got to bring…
Soup Convert
I have never considered myself to be a soup person. Given the option of soup or salad, salad would always be my choice. Soup seemed like a side item…not something that could be used for the main course. Well, I was not a soup person and now I know why. I was not eating…
Elfed
I elfed my kids. I know that sounds like something that could get me sent to the bighouse, but trust me, it isn’t. If you want a great laugh, click on this link and check out my kids, all elfed out! Jacob, Kelly and Ella Elfed My kids cracked up so hard when I showed…
Inspired by Peabody….Or Not
I am so confused. Let me start this story, and then you will understand why… Yesterday was Thanksgiving and even though it was just my immediate family (hubby and kids…and I STILL felt the need for a Snickers martini at the end of the day) I wanted to do up a big traditional Thanksgiving feast….
Snickers Martini Cocktail
First of all, if you haven’t already, make sure you head over to my “Adopt a Food Blogger” post and put your self up for adoption or adopt a fellow foodie! Lots of people have signed up, but we are in need of some more veteran bloggers to join us. Thanksgiving is upon us. This…
