Not As Planned {Recipe: Homemade Creamy Limoncello}

April 9, 2012

For us, Easter Sunday did not go as planned. Eager to start the morning off on the right foot, the family woke up early and headed up to church for 7:30am Mass. Ready to participate in and enjoy the early morning Easter service, we settled into our pew and began the day. Half way through [...]

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Project 365 2012 – Week 14 – A Photo a Day Journey

April 9, 2012

Hi everyone! I hope you all had a happy Easter holiday. You’ll have to excuse this weeks Project 365 photos… I am sharing a little more than one picture a day, particularly on Friday, which was egg decorating day. I also was quite iPhone snappy happy this week (especially the first couple days). For iPhone [...]

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Happy Hour {Recipe: Whipped Root Beer Float Cocktails}

April 5, 2012

Fresh out of school and at my first job, happy hour was a regular occurrence. My colleagues and I would leave the stressful day at the office behind and head to the local posh restaurant or bar to unwind and put on our social hats. If we were lucky, our boss and owner of the [...]

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Kelly Moore Camera Bag Giveaway – CLOSED

April 2, 2012

This giveaway is now closed. The winner, chosen by Random.org was Lacey Hemphill (Twitter @Laceylouwho02). Thanks to all who participated and to Kelly Moore for offering such a great giveaway! Since I began Project 365 (where I challenge myself to take a photo each day for 365 days) last year, you will most often find [...]

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Project 365 2012 – Week 13 {Recipe: Creme Cake Martini}

April 1, 2012

Happy April, friends! We had gorgeous weather in Kansas City this past week, which meant lots of time outside and lots of shutter button clicking. In addition to pictures from our week, I also have martini recipe you will want to try out this spring. Make sure to scroll all the way to the bottom [...]

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Stretch Yourself {Zatarain’s Smothered Chicken and Rice}

March 29, 2012

When it comes to cooking, I like a good challenge. Zatarain’s recently launched a line of frozen entrees for two and challenged  the ambassador team to do something new and unique with one of their frozen meals. This was going to be a challenge for a couple of different reasons. First of all, we have [...]

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Connect Through Reading – Prayers and Lies by Sherri Wood Emmons

March 27, 2012

As part of my commitment in 2012 to “connect through reading” this is a review of the most recent book I have read. Be sure to check out previous reviews HERE and to connect with me on Goodreads.  Prayers and Lies by Sherri Wood Emmons was a book I picked up while on vacation in [...]

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Failure Rebound {Recipe: Peanut Butter Bundt Cake with Jelly Glaze}

March 26, 2012

Food blogging isn’t always pretty…not everything I make comes out in the nice little package I envision when starting a new recipe. Take this Peanut Butter Bundt Cake with Jelly Glaze. I make bundt cakes all the time and think they are one of the most beautiful cakes around. I don’t always blog the cakes [...]

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Project 365 2012 – Weeks 11 & 12 – A Photo a Day Journey

March 25, 2012

I’ve been doing a bit of traveling the past couple of weeks and somehow got a week behind on posting my Project 365 pictures. This week, you get two weeks of photos instead of one. When I travel, I use my iPhone a lot for pictures, so if you are interested in any behind the [...]

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Time to Brag {Recipe: Mom’s Best Angel Food Cake}

March 23, 2012

I know that bragging isn’t always flattering, but I’m throwing all of that out the window today and am going to spend this post bragging about my husband. I married a really good guy and am very lucky. Sure there are times we don’t get along and when I can’t wait for him to leave [...]

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