The circus came to town this past Saturday {Holden’s actual birthday} and it was nothing short of chaos ~ beautiful chaos. We packed almost 60 {59 to be exact} clowns, big & little, into our circus tent and I think everyone had a grand time. The day started off with Jay taking Holden to get [...]
Still don’t have plans for New Year’s, but want to get out and do something? Why not coordinate a Progressive Dinner Party with a few neighbors on your street? That way you can ring in the new year with friends ON your street and not have to be out on the roads. We have done [...]
Oh my. It’s been 5 days since I’ve posted! Every day I plan on sitting down and doing so, but it just hasn’t happened. My days have been filled with the following… driving around to four stores looking for gingerbread syrup for some martinis…then it dawned on me that I could have just walked into [...]
This weekend has been a wild ride already with a trip to {The Happiest Place On Earth} yesterday and a new adventure awaiting us this afternoon {will hopefully share more soon!}. {Elliott & Holden’s Wild Ride} ***** Powering up and recovering this morning with Martha’s Banana Oat Smoothie and LOTS of coffee to get through [...]
On Monday afternoon I fixed my Pops and me an iced coffee with Coconut Creme coffee-mate ~ it was the perfect warm afternoon pick-me-up. I thought I’d try it blended and make a frugal girl’s version of a Mocha Coconut Frappucino. All you need is come chilled {strong} coffee, crushed ice, Coconut Creme coffee-mate, Splenda, [...]
I’m {here}! Back from the East side…we spent 2 glorious weeks in the Carolinas and now we’re here to spend the last few weeks of summer on our turf. More pics to come, but first I need to share this easy recipe for refreshing Watermelon Agua Fresca. No, we didn’t sip this in the south, [...]
I am not an iced tea drinker per se. If I do drink iced tea, it must have lots of lemon and a little sweetner. The southerners have it all figured out with their infamous {sweet tea}. It’s a little too sweet for me, but I wanted to share a recipe that strikes the perfect [...]
There’s a new time suck in town… It’s a fun way to create virtual bulletin boards of all your favorite things, ideas and inspiration. View recipes, craftiness, home decor, diy, tutorials, on & on! You could spend DAYS finding inspiration. I spent 10 minutes and {pinned} some Summer Lovin’ goodness… You can see it here. [...]
My friend Vicki gave me some mini homegrown peaches. Thanks, Mama! This morning I gathered four of them, some fresh ginger, a squeeze of honey, a few big spoonfuls of plain yogurt, a splash of milk and about 2 cups crushed ice and gave it all a whirl in the blender. It made the most [...]
Yesterday morning I whipped up our first {green} smoothie. Used this recipe, but omitted the chia seeds {my mind immediately goes to the Chia Pet commercial….} I did add a splash of orange juice to help get the blender going. First, I started with some crushed ice, o.j., half a mango and several fresh pineapple [...]
