Gee golly do I love Valentine’s Day. Is it just me or was it the best as a kid? Everyone in your class would exchange cartoon valentine cards. Boxes of conversation hearts were abundant. Sugar highs started around breakfast and lasted ’til dinner. And if you were lucky you got ‘asked out’ at recess and then
Oh pancakes. How I love thee. I tried to fend off my cravings for you by going savory. But inevitably, my sweet tooth got to me. Pancakes, you are my kryptonite. The inspiration for these dreamy pancakes came from The First Mess. Laura does an incredible job at illustrating her cooking process. Her narrative is like a
A few weeks back my boss at the coffee shop told me there was an employee at our warehouse who sells his chicken eggs for $1 a dozen. Farm fresh eggs for cheap? Guess who’s the proud owner of a dozen a week? THIS GIRL. If you want some eggies than you betta put ya
No, I don’t have bad grammar. Real simple hairstyles as in Real Simple the magazine. [Grins] I recently got my July Real Simple in the mail and was immediately drawn to their simple summer hairstyles feature. I love trying new things with my hair as it’s somewhat fine and long and won’t do much without
Oh hey. In case you haven’t noticed, I’ve been going a little hippie lately. What’s new? Last year I took up couponing, which isn’t necessarily hippie. But it is frugal. I also officially switched to reusable grocery bags in 2010 and we now recycle like it’s our religion. Two years prior I made patchouli my
When I was a teenager my sister and I were obsessed with face masks, picking up a new brand or sample nearly every time we went to the store. We were sub-consciously convinced that they were the answer to all our beauty woes since we both had oily, acne-prone skin (and still kind of do).