
Simple, not-so-spooky, homemade Halloween decorations inspired by Disney’s new family lifestyle site Spoonful.com

Simple, not-so-spooky, homemade Halloween decorations inspired by Disney’s new family lifestyle site Spoonful.com
Tweet This weekend my husband played (and took second place) in an annual tennis tournament at The Lakes Tennis Academy in Frisco, TX. The Lakes just happens to be one of my favorite tennis watching venues and also just happens to have the most amazing little (not-just-tennis-stuff) boutique. This knit crocheted headband seen here and…
Tweet For my son’s 3rd birthday, we hosted a Dr. Seuss themed brunch at our home. Dr. Seuss is a favorite of the whole family (and Dr. Seuss went to the same college and was in the same fraternity as my husband…but not the same year ). This post will also be sprinkled with some…
Tweet Here is what I wore/bought at Type-A Mom Conference in Asheville, NC. I did not capture every outfit (I think I’m only missing 2). Somewhere on the internets are all of my many ensembles. This was a few weeks ago but I’m still catching up with me since the return home. I can’t wait…

Tweet just click, print, & use this as a guide to Fall 2010 Are you in the mood for Fall Fantasy 2010 yet? Remember our old friend the Color Palette? Well here is the Fall 2010 version. It plays very well with the Spring Colors (which is good news for your budget). Why is this…
Tweet I was turned on to “Made By Joel” yesterday by babble (one of my favourite parenting resources) and just fell head over heels in love with Joel and his creations. He is a very inspiring dad and one of the things I love about the internet is that everybody is an expert at something,…
Tweet I never know what to get my father-in-law because he really is “the man who has everything”. He does love to read and he also loves nature so I started there. Here are my tips: -start with something he likes and build the gift around that -get creative and USE WHAT YOU HAVE -use…

Tweet I hope you and yours had a fantastic Memorial Day Weekend. We went on a campout (video to come) and I just wanted to share some simple recipes that I used this weekend. S’more on steroids I’m always looking for easy ways to take things to the next level so I used cinnamon graham…

Tweet Yesterday was the most busy and deliriously awesome day. The highlight of it was being able to cook a big wonderful meal while baby boo played with his grandparents Cooking is a form of meditation for me and then I decided to whip out my Mother’s Day present (an HD pocket camera) and vlog…
Tweet Last night I baked up some love for my boys in the form of Oatmeal Scotchie cookies. Mrs. Fields got me hooked on this cookie crack but I have to say that I like my version better (it was a little less butterscotchy that this because my package was minus 1/2 cup of morsels)….

Tweet This afternoon I was playing dinner Macgyver, trying to avoid a trip to the grocery store in this damp cold weather. And the result was a muy tasty success (don’t you love it when that happens?). I had a giant bag of those frozen raw chicken tenders from Costco that you can cook from…
Tweet I just happened to see this recipe on my package of carrots and made it for lunch….and dinner (it was just so tasty). I made mine without bell peppers or herbs and it was still slammin’. Ingredients:3-4 peeled carrots cut into 4×0.5″ pieces1c green or red pepper pieces1 clove garlic, minced1/4c fresh chopped herbs…
Tweet I absolutely adore Real Simple magazine and the recipes in it. This book is a compilation of the very best of their recipes (be still my heart!). I was excited for this book to come and now that I’ve made meal after spectacular meal, I feel confident recommending it to others. I got three…
Tweet This year I hosted my first Thanksgiving–for 29, yes TWENTY-NINE family members. It was glorious! It was great having everybody together again after having such a tough time last year. We had lost 2 very amazing family members and we were all still grieving and it just wasn’t a happy time. My heart swells…