I am overly ambitious every time I go to the grocery store. When I see all the yummy fruit, I buy way more than Eric and I could possibly eat. I justify this by telling myself I’m going to eat all of my daily serving of fruit. Unfortunately, this rarely happens. …
I like to think I’m Irish. I look enough like one, (red hair, fair skin, and freckles), that I don’t think anyone would question me if I said my ancestors were from Ireland. I even participated in the Shamrock Run last weekend (although it wasn’t to support the Irish). It’s…
I just love little girl stuff–cute Sunday dresses, lovely butterfly decor, adorable flower headbands. Every time we are at the store, I longingly look at these things and sigh. My husband just laughs and says, “Maybe our next kiddo will be a girl.” Don’t get me wrong; I love my little…
Home. It’s my favorite place to be. When I’m having a bad day, all I can think about is being home, sitting on the couch with a nice cup of tea or hot chocolate, watching the fire, and letting my problems melt away. When I’m out shopping, I think…
It was my friend Alonna’s baby shower this past Saturday. I was asked to make favors (I was so honored!) and decided to make cute baby-inspired lemon sugar cookies. Her baby room theme was “unofficially” jungle (as she called it) and I used this background paper as my inspiration. When…
Nothing says comfort like peanut butter and chocolate. When I’ve had a really bad, rotten-awful day, peanut butter and chocolate satisfy my soul. Sometimes I just dip a square of chocolate into a jar of peanut butter, but that was before I got married and didn’t care how many times…
Note: this recipe is not low-fat. I repeat: This recipe is not low-fat. So, if you’re on a diet, thinking about going on a diet, or just got off of a diet, this is not the recipe for you. However, if you like restaurant-style seafood and pasta, and like to…
Well, since by the time you’ll be reading this, today will mostly be over. So, I hope you had a great Valentine’s Day! For me, my husband and I had dinner in, with me making shrimp linguine for dinner and bittersweet peanut butter cups for dessert. (I’ll post both recipes…
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Holly
