It has been soooooo long since I have done a blog post. Let me catch you up and offer a few fun things On May 27th, after 17 months of long distance planning, our youngest daughter got married in a perfect wedding. The entire week leading up to the event and even a few daysContinue reading “Bits and Pieces #10”
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Challenge Accepted: Mini Sky High Chocolate Mousse Pies
Have you ever visited the blog Sally’s Baking Addiction? I have been a regular reader for a few years and love all her recipes and beautiful photography. I must admit that I have been much more of a reader than a baker but this year I decided to up my baking game by participating in Sally’sContinue reading “Challenge Accepted: Mini Sky High Chocolate Mousse Pies”
NYC or My Evening with Adam Levine
I thought that title might pull a few of you in…..to be honest, I visited NYC for work last week and Maroon 5 was the featured event at the conference I attended. I really did get to spend the evening with Adam it just happened to be along with about 5000 of the other conferenceContinue reading “NYC or My Evening with Adam Levine”
Five Days of Salads
Salads and I have a funny relationship. I love them when the weather is warm and the sun is shining, but not so much during cloudy, rainy or cold days. On those days I just want soup. A few weeks ago when we had several days in a row of great weather I challenged myselfContinue reading “Five Days of Salads”
The Cookbook Club
Many of you followed our groups adventures in the ABC Dinner club where we ate our way through the alphabet at restaurants in Kansas City. That club came to a close a few months ago when we finally (after 5 years) made it to the letter Z. One of our club members had a friendContinue reading “The Cookbook Club”
The Grandkids Room
A couple of months ago I shared with you a set of sheets I found that inspired me to make a star quilt for the room where my grandkids stay when they come to visit. You can read that post here. Those sheets and that quilt were the focal point for decorating the rest ofContinue reading “The Grandkids Room”
Trip Report – Magnolia Market
If you follow me on facebook then you know that on our last trip to Houston we stopped in Waco, Texas to visit the Magnolia Market, the retail establishment of Chip and Joanna Gaines of Fixer Upper fame. Source I had heard that on the weekends the area was very crowded and that you need toContinue reading “Trip Report – Magnolia Market”
Sneak Peak
Six weeks ago I sent a quilt top I had made to The Missouri Star Quilting Company for machine quilting services. You can read the story behind this particular quilt here. Today it came back to me and I am soooooo excited. I love how it turned out…..here is a sneak peak. This weekend I will be makingContinue reading “Sneak Peak”
It started with a set of sheets…..
I had been thinking about updating one of the bedrooms in our home where the grandkids usually stay when they come to visit. It was still decorated in high-school-girl turquoise and lavender from several years ago when I still had a high school girl living here. I had seen a set of sheets at TargetContinue reading “It started with a set of sheets…..”
The End of the ABC Dinner Club
Four years and ten months after starting the ABC Dinner club we finally reached the letter Z. To read about our final dinner, “Z is for Zocalo” click here. If you have been following along you know the story. We are a group of twelve who have known each other for twenty-five plus years andContinue reading “The End of the ABC Dinner Club”