My Friday Favorites 12/28/12

Here are my Friday Favorites this week!  Hope you are all enjoying the holiday season and gearing up for a great 2013! On TV- TV is on its winter break right now and I can't wait until new episodes start back in January!  Here are my top 5 picks for best shows of 2012, plus … Continue reading My Friday Favorites 12/28/12

Baked Corn Pudding

Baked Corn Pudding is a great side dish that's easy to make. I got the recipe from Betty Crocker's website: Classic Baked Corn Pudding.   This recipe can be served at an everyday meal or at a larger party or holiday dinner.  The recipe prepares 16 servings so keep that in mind when making this.  … Continue reading Baked Corn Pudding

Thanksgiving Prep

Believe it or not - Thanksgiving is next week!  For the first time in awhile - I'm not hosting this year!  We are traveling to Atlanta to my sister's for the holiday.  I plan on helping out there though!   It seems odd to me to not be doing my usual week before prep, so I … Continue reading Thanksgiving Prep

Best Thanksgiving Ever – Pin & Win Sweepstakes!

Better Homes and Gardens BHG.com and All Recipes AllRecipes.com have teamed up and are sponsoring a contest on Pinterest called "Best Thanksgiving Ever." How do you enter?  Go to All Recipes Facebook page  and like it.  Create a new board on your Pinterest page called "Best Thanksgiving Ever."   You must pin images from Better Homes and … Continue reading Best Thanksgiving Ever – Pin & Win Sweepstakes!

My Friday Favorites 10/26/12

Here are my Friday Favorites for the past seven day: On TV-  Parenthood  - Haddie comes home, Kristina starts her biggest fight yet, and Max makes a speech of a lifetime  Scandal- Olivia & Mellie vs the President, Fitz finally calls Olivia's bluff , and a strange group of people are gathered around the table … Continue reading My Friday Favorites 10/26/12

My Friday Favorites 10/19/12

Here are my Friday Favorites for the past week: On TV- Dancing with the Stars,   Goodbye Bristol - finally! No Parenthood due to the Presidential Debate -  Grey's Anatomy - to settle or not to settle ... why does Jackson like April?  Once Upon a Time - Emma's realizing that the rules are different … Continue reading My Friday Favorites 10/19/12

Garlic Green Beans

Here is another installment from our dinner party.  The green beans we served on the side of the mac and cheese for the main course.  I used this recipe: Garlic Green Beans. It's a gluten free recipe. It's a quick, easy recipe which is perfect when your other menu items are a little more involved, … Continue reading Garlic Green Beans

Homemade Mac – n – Cheese

Yesterday we talked about making squash soup.  A great compliment to that is mac-n-cheese. My recipes have some cross over ingredients and if you make them both at the same time - you can eliminate some dirty dishes. Flip back and read that post first: Butternut Squash Soup Ingredients: 1 box of elbow macaroni 1/2 … Continue reading Homemade Mac – n – Cheese

Butternut Squash Soup

We had a dinner party this weekend and it was great to have friends over for a relaxing evening.  I decided on a traditional fall menu.  We started with my Butternut Squash Soup for the first course. Butternut Squash Soup Makes six servings. Ingredients: 1/2 pound of bacon 1 small yellow onion chopped 12 mini … Continue reading Butternut Squash Soup

Halloween Decorations & Childproofing for a Toodler

Last week, I finally got all of the Halloween decorations up.  I also had to rearrange our furniture because Olivia started walking!  We wanted to create a confined space for her to play where we can all hang out.  I moved this piece of furniture to where our bar used to be and put Olivia's … Continue reading Halloween Decorations & Childproofing for a Toodler