Sorry folks, I haven't been doing a ton of new cooking this week.  I was thinking, though, it'd be fun to talk about where I get my inspiration.  I'm an unapologetic copycat, standing on the shoulders of giants and all that.  I mean, yes, I usually end up tweaking recipes to my own tastes, but very few come...

You know how it's sometimes really hard to motivate yourself back into a workout routine after a hiatus? Yea. I do too. It's been 6 weeks since my last run. Not counting the quick dash/race I did with the big guy at the beach. It lasted maybe 40 seconds. So today I went for a run. No reasoning with myself or talking myself...

So I know I've mentioned that I've gone back to work, but what I haven't advertised is that I now work at Lowe's.I'm a cabinet specialist (aka - kitchen designer), and I love my job. I didn't think I would because it was such a change from staying home with the kiddos, but I really do love being out of the house and contributing...

So I know that I've been saying that I'm going to write up a post about this skirt for a while now, but the WAIT IS OVER!I'm writing the post! Its this post in fact!I'll wait while you guys pick yourselves up off  the floor. I  know I'm floored too (har har har).Ok so back to the topic at hand. Simplicity 2058...

So I haven't had time to write a post but I figured I'd share some pics of what I've been up to. I have tomorrow and Tuesday off so hopefully I can get an actual blog post written. :-)...

So it's been a while. I'm down to 230. Yay. Almost to the 220's!!!Exercise has been infrequent at best but I've been super good about staying on my diet. Let me tell you about my guilty pleasure from last night. You see the fam and I had some errands to run and while running said errands we ran into some people that we...

"The Great Meat Race" may be a better title for today's post, but that might sound weird.Moving on, I may have mentioned (hundreds of times) that my husband Mike is a carnivore.  Hardcore carnivore...harcardivore?  Anyway, it's safe to say that every time I've made a vegetarian dish, he has said of it, "This...

Okay, so remember last week where I had a plan to try a new dish, but it didn't work out because my girlfriends and I all stuffed ourselves before I could make it?  Great!  We're all up to speed.  This particular little gem came from Pinterest, but the original source is here.Like the blog entry's author,...

So a while back I pinned some cute decor balls that had been done from styrofoam balls and push pins, and some faux capiz shell decor balls.I made these a few months ago and just never shared them, but I'm rectifying  that now!Aren't they pretty?The pushpin ones were super easy. I bought some pushpins from the $1...

Ok so I hope I do t offend anyone with my commentary here but I SERIOUSLY hate bows on my clothes and shoes. Bows for the hair are fine. So a couple of weeks ago the hubs bought me some super comfortable easy spirit black patent leather pumps for work. The problem here was that said shoes were trimmed in a 3/8" grosgrain...

I feel like such a bad blogger. Both of my blogs have been neglected because of the changes going on. Not that I am complaining because I'm blessed with the opportunities that have been made available to me. But in other news - I'm finally down to 233! Yes I know that it's labor day and I wanted to be 225 but I'm 8 pounds...

I had a plan, a good plan.  I had some great girlfriends over, and we each had something to teach one friend who doesn't cook.  It was great!  But, after the first four or so dishes, we decided we were all too full for anything more, so my dish went unmade.  Sorry, folks, that was going to be my recipe...