the vest that almost made me a bad a**

vest: similar / skirt: windsor / shoes: similar

This weekend, my American flag denim vest almost turned me into a bad a**.

Like when I brushed up against one of the side pipes of the hub's vintage Corvette, burned the heck out of my calf and cursed like I was a member of the Hells Angels... See? Pretty bad.

I redeemed myself as the true wuss that I am when I teared up, pouted and used my cold bottle of Perrier as an ice pack.

My apologies to all members of the Hells Angels for making the blanketed assumption that you would ever curse profusely or wear an American flag denim vest.

when life gives you a bag of apples...

 

Remarkable.

Absolutely remarkable how I can look at a perfectly healthy bag full of apples and think to myself, "Let's add butter... and maybe some brown sugar.... bathing suit weather? What's that?"

I blame Pinterest.

And the engineer. Ok, I guess he can't be blamed for the initial thought. Again, that's all on Pinterest. But he is to blame for leaving the whole cake for me to eat. Dang him and his healthy ways.

It is remarkable how we are the only two people in the house, he doesn't touch even one piece of the buttery, brown sugary, apple cake, and somehow, SOMEHOW, the whole thing gets eaten.

I blame gremlins. Apple cake eating gremlins. They must be distant cousins to the jalapeño cheese bread eating elves that polish off the entire loaf right after I get back from the farmer's market.

Recipe here.

winter, i think we're done here

It was touch and go for a while there.

It seemed that just as soon as I would vocalize my vow to be done with coats until next winter, the freeze would come. Sure, it happened three our four times, but I take statements like that pretty seriously. Needless to say, in the past couple of months, there has been a lot of creative layering going on.

But after a day that touched on 90 degrees yesterday, I think I can say this with confidence...

Winter, I think we're done here.

just to say hi

I just wanted to stop by to say hi and tell you how much I miss blogging in my little corner of the internet. I'll be back soon! 

time for bubbles

Funny how even in the busiest of times, there is still time to for blowing bubbles.

Just a few pictures if my little sister over the Easter weekend. Isn't she beautiful?

he gets me

The engineer knows his way around random gift giving. In fact, I would say most trips to the grocery store result in the surprise chocolate or flower combo of some kind. Standard "women like this" kinda stuff. 

But last night, things changed. 

Last night, he surprised me with Halloween decor. A clear perfect glass skull peppered with swirls of darker tones. In a word, perfection.

With this random act of gift giving I can say he officially "gets me."

Not that I'll be turning down chocolates and flowers anytime soon...

white chili

Am I the only one who takes an inordinate amount of time to chop an onion? It's really quite ridiculous.  

In this White Chili recipe, you chop two onions. Also, my finished product doesn't turn out looking very "white." But luckily, it's delicious, so I guess I can handle it.

This time I sautéed the chicken breasts. Next time I think I will boil them like in my chicken soup recipe. I topped my finished chili with Monterey Jack cheese, Greek yogurt and a little salsa.