Monday morning I woke up and something was bothering me. I couldn’t shake the feeling. I had two great recipes that I wanted to share for Sweet Tooth Friday, both appropriate for Valentine’s day and I just couldn’t decide which would be the one. I obsessed about it all morning. I considered calling Hubs who was away [...]

Valentine’s day is just around the corner. You all know that I’ve been baking up a storm and will continue until, well, my oven breaks, my KitchenAid mixer breaks or I injury some muscle vital to baking. Like my tongue. Until any of these disasters happens, you can find me in the kitchen, measuring and pouring. Mixing [...]

I’ve been feeling raw lately. Motherhood has a way of doing that sometimes. Raw. Vulnerable. Exhausted. But above all, vulnerable. The little man had his six month appointment last week. And it didn’t go exactly as expected. He’s healthy. He’s happy. He’s growing. He’s all smiles. He’s starting to babble. He’s my little man. But [...]

I’m in the kitchen, making red and white velvet cookies for Valentines Day. It’s the semi homemade version, because sometimes even I don’t want to make everything from scratch. I know, shocking. While I’m baking and attempting to not eat all of the cookie dough, I thought I’d share some Valentine’s Day treats from last [...]

About a million years ago, Hubs and I fell in love. You know how he did it? After years of friendship how we finally made the leap to “something more”? He won my heart with chocolate. Loads and loads of chocolate. Or perhaps it was gin. My memory is a little foggy. Regardless of how [...]

I declare this week eat from your freezer week. Anyone with me? I’m really not in the mood to cook. Bake, yes. Always. But cook? No. So we are keeping it simple and cleaning out the freezer at the same time. Here’s our menu for the week: Dinner Meal Plan Chicken tamale pie from Joy [...]

Nothing says I love you like chocolate. Not diamonds. Not gadgets. Not new cars. It’s chocolate. And only choclate. That’s not to say I would turn down a new diamond, the latest gadget or a brand new car. Don’t get me wrong. But I won’t really know that your heart is in it unless there’s [...]

It gives me such a thrill when the kiddo asks me, totally on a whim, if we can make something in the kitchen. Be it granola bars, Oreos, or whatever his favorite snack of the moment is, he almost always asks me if we can make it, rather than buying it. I must be doing [...]

I’m always in awe of moms, dads, grandparents – whoever – those people who seem to effortlessly find the most creative ways to entertain children. The ones who look at a box of transparencies destined for the trash can, and see an art project just waiting to be born. And reborn, with the quick wipe [...]

I’m loving all of these Valentine’s Day sweet showing up on Sweet Tooth Friday. So much love. So much chocolate. So much to send my sweet tooth into overdrive. Instead of making and sharing all of these lovely treats, I’m just going to share the links to the wonderful bloggers who created them. Enjoy. Drool. And [...]