today was a good day

And now the song is stuck in me head.
I sent AA a text this morning to tell him good luck with his interview for a job with a big accounting firm this afternoon. This was something we’d talked about Saturday night and I could tell he was touched I remembered. I gave him advice – [...]

finally!

I have FINALLY set up my food blog.  I’ve been longing to have one forever, so last night when I cooked for Will I paid special attention to the amounts of ingredients I added.  This has been my biggest problem with having a food blog – I don’t measure.
Hate to say it, though….I won’t be [...]

favorites

One of my favorite food blogs has an adorable recipe for Margarita jello this morning!
I missed adding my entry to the cupcake contest for this month, but check out some of the entries.
By far one of the most amazing bakers I’ve found…actually I think she’s more of an artist.  And I’m thankful that she’s in [...]

homemade granola

I love granola in the morning with yogurt and bananas. Lately I’ve been killing myself by eating bagels with loads of cream cheese and I’ve been missing my granola.  So this morning when I was looking in my cupboard and noticed all my sunflower, pumpkin and flax seeds I decided it was time to try [...]

heaven

Today I visited my own personal heaven.  And I don’t mean the event Babs attended last night, although that could very well be considered to be my own personal heaven in its own right.
Actually I visited 2 places that could be considered secondary and terciary heavens (Babs’ heaven being my numero uno)…and here we go [...]

cooking, creating, writing

Three things I love.
Oh, and big penises. My bad.
Oh, and wine!
But in an effort to keep myself from getting entirely too bored tonight I decided to cook. I love to cook, as we all know, but it’s just not the same when there’s nobody here to eat it. But, we work with what we have, [...]

is anything worse

I’m determined to take this trip, and having a goal has me re-examining my budget.  That’s a horrible word for me, bt-dubs – BUDGET.  Ick.  But when I looked at the trends in my spending and saw that I’ve spent $1952 on eating out and groceries in the last 3 months I kinda got sick.  [...]

living to be tan

Allison spent the weekend with me, which was fun.  We shopped Saturday afternoon and I bought a bunch of baking crap, then went for Mexican last night.  I hate to shop; I love Mexican food.  It was fun having a girly day.
She slept till noon Sunday, so when she got up I was ready to [...]

ooOoOOooh, that smells sooooo goooood

I tried saving this dinner I’m making tonight for a night that Mr. D would be here, knowing he shares my love of seafood. But I couldn’t wait to do my first shrimp boil, and so this one will be for only one. A-ok with me! I wonder how terrible it will be warmed up [...]

my new favorite breakfast

I never had used any cheese in an omelet except cheddar, but after brunching with Jester and Brown Girl at Front Page News a couple months ago I now have a new favorite…  I can’t wait for the weekends so I can have this deliciousness.

delicious squared

Ok, so we’ve established that I love to cook. Simple enough. But there’s more to it. And I don’t mean baking/cupcakes/talking about food or even eating. I love, love, love, love, love cooking for people…especially when said people happen to be a tall, dark, super handsome man who rocks my world [...]

cupcakes that match meeeeee

I love PINK and CHEESE (and of course I love me some dark chocolate!), so I bring you….

Strawberry cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and dark chocolate shavings
Topped with dark chocolate shavings. Delish!
And for dinner tonight:
Steak, asparagus, green beans, baby portobellos and onions sauteed with garlic and spicy szechuan stir-fry sauce. YUM.
Oh, and a glass of [...]

the stars in her eyes

When I was a young girl I used to wish on the stars…for love to come. And by young girl I mean late teens/early 20s. It seems I’ve always been wishing for love, yes. So tonight as I stood on my balcony and looked up to see the stars I was reminded of this, and [...]

get it together

I think everyone who knows me knows how much I trust Ex-Husband.  I know to never go to him when I need a little coddling (girls are wayyy better for this) and that he’ll never, ever, ever tell me what I want to hear – only the reality of the situation.  But when I need [...]