Last night my girls from church came over for a Christmas party so I thought a craft would be fun for the party and since I am the food lady I thought this cupcake ornament was just perfect! And while it isn’t a food item with a recipe like I usually do on this blog, … Continue reading
The girls all came over to my house last night for our weekly activity where I gave them some school lunch ideas and then we made some no bake treats. The genesis for all these lunch ideas came from a blog called “Easy Lunchboxes”. Her blog is amazing so I would recommend checking it out … Continue reading
Today is my 27th anniversary! 27 years ago I married my sweetie and best friend Bob! We celebrated on Monday night by going out to dinner at La Jolla Groves restaurant in the Riverwoods and then we went up and spent the night at the Homestead resort in Midway. After we checked out Tuesday … Continue reading
Bob and I went to the “Taste of the Valley 2012” this morning which we’ve been going to for several years now. I’m pretty sure that I blogged about it last year. Every year they gather together quite a few restaurants and they set up tents or booths at the Riverwoods outdoor shopping center and … Continue reading
So this post could also be called “Fun at the Dollar Store” since I bought all of the items for this project at the Dollar store. Some of my cute little neighbor girls just graduated from high school and I wanted to give them a little something to celebrate so I hit the dollar store … Continue reading
And one last post about Bunco and then I promise I’ll be done! I made some Oreo Truffles for prizes (recipe already on the blog) and I had some extra Chocolate Velvet Cupcakes from Noah’s Muppet cupcakes and some extra purple frosting from Emmy’s Justin Bieber cupcakes so I combined them with some pearl sprinkles … Continue reading
I just got back last night from spending 2 weeks with my parents (my dad had open heart surgery after suffering a heart attack in November so I went to try and help out a bit) and while I was there it was my birthday. My mom asked what I wanted for my bday and … Continue reading
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 17,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 6 sold-out performances for that many … Continue reading
So yesterday I was nominated for the Liebster Blog Award by my new blogging buddy, nocturnefirefay, who had nothing but nice things to say about my blog over on hers, thanks! Here is the link to her blog http://www.nocturnefirefay.wordpress.com And here is a little bit about the Liebster Blog Award: “The Liebster Blog Award is … Continue reading
And this week’s Bountiful Basket contained: a bag of pears (12) 8 oranges 2 oroblanco (which the guy there said was like a grapefruit, only not!) 7 bananas 1 pineapple 1 pint grape tomatoes 2 yellow onions 2 (1 pound each) bags of carrots 1 bunch spinach 2 bunches of celery 1 (5 pound) bag … Continue reading
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