The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap was AWESOME this year! I received some very delicious cookies from some amazing food bloggers! (Exclamation points mean I’m excited!) I sent my cookies over to Natalie at Wee Eats, Amber at Loves Food, Loves to Eat, and Margaret at The Right Recipe. I made Chai Snickerdoodles. I haveRead more
I recently participated in an ornament swap via Lauren at Tutus and Tea Parties and it was a pretty great experience. My ornament swap partner was Krista from Life Somewhere in the Middle. Krista is super sweet and after sending her an email to get to know her better I was excited to find herRead more
I received my last Foodie Penpal box of the year and it was AWESOME! My foodie penpal this month was Lindsay. She doesn’t have a blog, but I wish she did! Lindsay was so thoughtful. Her questions to get to know me were awesome. And even though fate conspired against her and kept her fromRead more
Brainstorming is such a fun verb! Today, as my hubby and I tried to organize Christmas at home, I did a lot of brainstorming. About what, you ask? About The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap! I’ve been trying to decide what kind of cookie I’m going to send my cookie swap peeps. Ideas have beenRead more
I am participating in a 6 week challenge called Elf For Health and today is Meatless Monday. Yesterday evening I sat and tried to figure out what I would be making. We have so much turkey left over from Thanksgiving and not using it today feels wasteful but I think I’m gonna freeze whatever weRead more
Since getting married, my hubby and I have had some sort of Fall (BYOP – Bring your own pumpkin) party where I make lots of yummy food and we, along with our guests carve pumpkins! This year, that just didn’t happen. Since coming back from our vacation in October, we have been on the go-go-go!Read more
Last year in November, a great friend of ours gave me this amazing idea to make chocolate covered pomegranate seeds. He watches “Burn Notice” and apparently in a season that he had seen, the main female character is always eating chocolate covered pomegranate seeds. I had never in my life had a pomegranate so, IRead more
I was part of a BzzAgent Campaign for the new SmartFood Selects products. Thy sent me some of the product for free to try and review. The day that I received my package I was so excited! I knew these snacks could possibly be the answer to my healthy snack needs but I was scaredRead more
I am soooooo excited to be participating in The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap 2012. Last year I participated and it was such a great experience. I’m even more excited to do things better this year than I did last year. The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap is what really got me up and bloggingRead more
I got to go on a vacation/anniversary trip this month and it was so wonderful to actually get away. My hubby and I went to San Antonio, Texas (where we honeymooned) for 4 nights and 5 days. We visited with my cousin Audrey at her new home and really relaxed. We decided not to doRead more