I totally planned on having this post up yesterday morning, but got sucked into watching True Detective Sunday night. It’s the husband’s choice for what to binge-watch next, since we got caught up with my choice, Orange is the New Black, the night before. I’m not quite sure what to think of it yet and… Read More
Happy “Monday”! I hope you all enjoyed your Memorial Day weekend! We stuck around and got some much needed R&R in along some overdue blog work! There’s a new and improved recipe gallery in the Recipe tab and new project galleries are in the works too so watch for those. Summer is here and that makes… Read More
Well, we finished binge-watching Season 4 of Game of Thrones this weekend (dude!) and started watching Orange Is The New Black. We’re totally hooked! I went as Piper for Halloween last year because we found a juvenile orange prison jumpsuit at thrift store for $7. I had never seen the show but, being blonde, I… Read More
Happy Saturday everyone! Today is the April Monthly Ingredient Challenge and boy do I have a very Saturday style recipe for it, Bacon-breaded Fried Shrimp! That’s right, this month’s ingredient was bacon (yesssss), so I added it to our fave fried shrimp breading! We live on the coast, the husband grew up on the coast, and the… Read More
Happy Monday everyone! If you follow me on Instagram, you saw that I finally got to get started on a DIY project I’ve been dying to do this weekend and oh man, I’m so excited about it! It’s got to get finished by Friday though since it’s in the guest room and my mom and… Read More
Welcome to Day Three of my blogiversary giveaway week!! I hope you all are enjoying the giveaways! In case you missed them, enter Day One’s giveaway for a Hello Hydrangea weaving HERE, and Day Two’s gift card to Savlen Sportswear HERE. Today is a big day, not only because we’re in the middle of my… Read More
So sorry I’ve been MIA around here lately guys! We spent a super fun weekend in Houston hanging out with friends, going to the Houston Rodeo, then going to a Ryan Bingham concert downtown for one of the husband’s Christmas gifts. But I was rudely awoken Monday morning by a horrible stomach bug that I’m still… Read More
Alright guys, it’s month two of the Monthly Ingredient Challenge! Last’s month’s cilantro challenge was so much fun so I couldn’t wait for this month’s to come around. Our ingredient was apples, and I’m really excited for where my recipe went! Some coworkers and I recently went to a new Mexican food joint here in town… Read More
Happy weekend everyone! Today is the first installment of a monthly blogger challenge I’m suuuuper excited about, the Monthly Ingredient Challenge! Each month we are given a certain ingredient and we all then come up with a new recipe using that ingredient. It’s like a smaller, easier, blog version of the TV show Chopped, with a… Read More
Ok, so I’ve blogged a corn chowder before (here), but I just can’t keep myself from the stuff and I have another one here today. I am such a sucker for anything with “chowder” in it’s name, especially with corn, especially with bacon, and especially during this time of year. This one is the Smokey shrimp… Read More