A light and airy Italian Spongecake filled with a Creamy Cheesecake Filling, created in partnership with PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese. Not only are we celebrating Easter this weekend, we are celebrating Nick’s grandmas 90th birthday!! I’m so excited to get together with his family, including all his aunts, uncles and cousins (and they are Irish Catholic,…
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Roasted Veggie Pizza for #PizzaWeek
If you like vegetable pizza than you will love this oven roasted veggie pizza, the recipe I’m sharing today for a blogging collaboration called #PizzaWeek. I like vegetables, a lot. I always have. In fact, growing up when I got to choose my birthday dinner the main thing I would ask for was lima beans….
Stay Off the Internet {Recipe: Zesty Mustard Baked Chicken Thighs}
I had outpatient surgery yesterday… nothing too serious but I’m hoping will change the quality of my life quite a bit. (TMI for my men readers…but ladies, I had a D&C and ablation. Hopeful it helps!) Anyway, I had the sweetest nurse before my procedure who warned me to stay off the internets while I’m…
#Thisis40 Week 5, 6 and 7 In Photos
Hi all! I got a little behind on posting my #ThisIs40 photos, so this is going to be a long one! So far, 40 has been fabulous! Here is what weeks 5, 6 and 7 looked like for me, in photos.
#ThisIs40 Week 4 in Photos
Hey all! Before I get into my #ThisIs40 Week 4 in Photos, I wanted to tell you about a new project I’ve started. So many people contact me each week for advice on writing, so I thought I’d share my free “writing workouts” with those interested. Head over to the new inspiredPrompts page on Dine…
inspired Prompts
Over the years I’ve mentored so many talented bloggers. One common theme I hear, week after week, is they wish they could figure out a way to improve their writing. I don’t claim to have it all figured out, by any means, but I do know that after reading Bird by Bird by Anne Lammot a few…
#ThisIs40 Week 2
Hi there! Thank you all so much for the kind comments on my #ThisIs40 introduction post last week. I’m so glad it’s going to be a feature you all are interested in! It gives me a great creative outlet to share one of my passions, so I really appreciate your kind comments. Now, without further…
#ThisIs40 Photography Project {Week 1}
So… I turned 40 last week and oh what a week it was! I spent a week away, part with friends, part with my husband and had a lot of time to think and reflect and plan. I couldn’t imagine a better way to spend my birthday! With the thinking came a few regrets. One…
Stop Giving It All or Nothing
Alternate titles for this post: “How Training For a Half Marathon Has Made Me Dislike Running” “What the hell is wrong with me and why can’t I stick to anything?” “Tales of a non-perfectionist, perfectionist” You get the point. Running and I are not being friends right now. “Well, how can that be?” you ask….
Stuff It {Recipe: Cobb Salad Stuffed Pita Pockets}
I’m crying uncle to my schedule… And from what I can tell the rest of you are feeling the same strain. Since when did May feel more like the holidays with all the running around and stuffed calendars? From graduations to birthday parties to sports practices and games every night of the week, things have…