Oh my goodness the month of June has really slipped away from me. Better get the Favorite Things in before it’s too late! I know you’ve all been on the edge of your seats waiting to see what makes the list this month, so here we go. 1. Rhubarb. Now that I finally found it...
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Friday, June 24, 2011 Posted in Personal
Photo taken on our 2nd anniversary {many moons ago!} on the isle of Kaua’i, with Brian and Julie Prue: two people who are proof God loves us and has great things in store. Last Monday morning, after sleeping until 9:15am, gathering my things, and heading to Panera to do a little writing, I received a...
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Thursday, June 23, 2011 Posted in Recipes
This is rhubarb. It is delicious. I never would have thought that rhubarb would need an introduction, but here in Little Rock, it does. A few months ago, when the food world was all abuzz with rhubarb recipes, I asked my friend Carol if rhubarb was sold in Arkansas. I had searched high and low,...
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Today is a busy day, filled with lots of Lululemon wearing activities like brining chickens, cleaning up the house for our guests {we’re having a dinner party!}, trying my hand at a lattice-top strawberry rhubarb pie {oh my!}, and filling my gullet with nothing but egg whites and vegetables because all I ate yesterday were...
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Monday, June 20, 2011 Posted in Recipes
On my trip to the grocery store {with coupons!} the other day, I found an ah-mazing deal: ground buffalo {or bison, same diff} on super sale! I have been eyeing the ground buffalo for a few months now. It’s lower in fat than ground beef, yet still has an excellent and very “meaty” taste. The problem:...
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Friday, June 17, 2011 Posted in Personal
I originally posted this a few months ago as an anniversary note to Glenn, and am re-posting it today for the My Husband Rocks! Contest. Hope you enjoy reading {or re-reading} it! To my better half. When I was 16 years old, sitting on a log at Hume Lake, with my favorite person beside me....
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Five years ago, when two of my three sisters were following in my footsteps and working for the greatest retail store on earth- Nordstrom – I was introduced to Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Studio. Melissa, my brow expert, has changed my face {for the better} forever. If you are not familiar with Anastasia, let me...
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Hi everybody! Last week, when I was back home for a mini vacation {so amazing! thank you chick-fil-a for giving us the opportunity to take time off!} I spent a day with my friend Erin. Erin likes to call us “frenemies” because when we first met we didn’t exactly love each other. I thought she...
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Monday, June 13, 2011 Posted in Arkansas
We are back in Little Rock after a lovely week spent with family and friends in San Diego. I have so much to catch you all up on! First up, though, I am going to the grocery store as our refrigerator and pantry are completely empty. And I’m arming myself with coupons. You read that...
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As you read this, I am on an airplane headed to The Motherland. It will be 60-70 degrees while I am there. I will get cold at night and put on a sweatshirt with my shorts. I LOVE wearing a sweatshirt with shorts. I LOVE cool nights. I LOVE the ocean breeze. I LOVE carne...
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