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
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
As you guys know, my two favorite hobbies are doing things around/for the house and cooking but unfortunately, the pendulum is rarely evenly between the two. I swing back and forth between spells of realllly focusing on the house and not wanting to cook, then reallly wanting to cook and spending my weekends with a… Read More
What an awesome week around here guys!! I finally spurred my first blog hop, the Home for the Holidays Blog Hop and my participants have completely blown me away. This whole week has been filled with their beautiful holiday homes, of all states, shape, styles, and stories, so no matter what your decorating situation is… Read More
Happy Thanksgiving Eve everyone! (my friend sent me this on Pinterest and I couldn’t resist, hi-larious!) I sure am ready for this break, it’s been such a busy time around the blog lately! The Ornamental Things giveaway ended this morning and I will be verifying the winner and sending them an email. I… Read More
If you haven’t already, make sure you link up your creations to the TWO link parties that will be here every week, Talented Tuesday and On Display Thursday!! This fella, the Chocolate Stout Bundt Cake from Cooking in Stilettos, popped up on Pinterest not too long ago and I was immediately smitten, but not able to settle… Read More
So maybe we’ve been jaded by the harshness of, and spoiled by the length of, our Game of Thrones episodes but the Walking Dead premiere last night just wasn’t all we thought it would be. I mean, it started off pretty cray-cray but then was a bit meh the rest of the time I thought. Again,… Read More
You guys, in the last week, we have become completely addicted to Game of Thrones. I know we’re way late to this game but that’s how we roll. We have stayed up way too late the last few days watching it repeatedly and are about midway through the second season. Although now there’s a new… Read More
I had totally planned to show you guys our completed master bath this morning but yesterday we pulled weeds and trimmed the crap out of our palms, oleanders, esperanza, bushes…everything, nothing was safe. We finally got that “cold” front down here, bringing it into the low 80s and even the 70s so we had to… Read More
There is a new Peruvian restaurant here on the island that we love and they have a “Cuatro Leches” cake that is to.die.for. I get it every time we go and savor every single bite. They tell me that the owner’s grandmother makes it :) A Cuatro Leches cake is a spin on the classic… Read More
