It was a busy, crazy week around here . I found I had to make more of an effort each day to find the pretty. Think you will see a bit of a theme this week – sweet friends and family and pretty flowers. January 25 – Day 19 My pretty kitchen calendar. I originally found this [...]
Cowboy Calzone:Ree & Leigh{Anne}
January 29, 2010 By 13 Comments
Cowboys may like calzone because they are quick and easy to eat on the run but so do us civilian folk , especially busy civilian folk!! A calzone is like a pizza pocket or turnover. In Italian it actually means “stocking” or “trouser”. Not really sure how it resembles a stocking or trouser but oh [...]
Style Update
January 28, 2010 By 3 Comments
Thanks to all of you who have left comments for Karen and to Karen for her generous offer! She has loved reading the comments and wishes she could work with each one of you. She has generously offered to help two people – one local and one virtually! Thank you Karen. So we will have [...]
Raspberry Cheesecake Brownies
January 27, 2010 By 35 Comments
So I am still working on perfecting the dessert menu for the women’s event coming up at church in a couple of weeks. Those yummy Key Lime Bars definitely made the cut. But I knew I needed at least one or two chocolate based recipes. What would a church event for women be without chocolate?!? [...]
Style by Karen
January 25, 2010 By
I don’t know about you but just about every January I get that bug – that redo, revamp, reorganizational bug and I always seem to start with my closet! I’m usually pretty tired of my clothes about this time of year and feeling like I need a little redo myself! Ever feel like that? Well, lucky for [...]
Finding 50}Days 12-18
January 24, 2010 By 12 Comments
My journey in finding the pretty in turning 50 continues…. This week I had a little help in finding the pretty. Tessa found our first pretty for the week. One morning she called me into the laundry room to show me how pretty her dress was with the sunlight streaming through it – she was [...]
Simple Perfect Enchiladas:Ree & Leigh{Anne}
January 22, 2010 By 23 Comments
I think my favorite ethnic food group is Mexican. It is usually my food of choice when I get to pick where we go out to eat. One of my favorite food memories growing up are the yummy cheese enchiladas my mom made. When I was in college I would save up my food money [...]
Key Lime Bars
January 20, 2010 By 17 Comments
I am in charge of the food for yet another women’s event at church. This time we are doing a dessert bar with an assortment of bar cookies. That means I’ve been trying out a lot of bar cookie recipes lately. This could add a lot of extra calories to the old caloric intake but [...]
Finding the Pretty} Reusable Shopping Bags
January 18, 2010 By 27 Comments
I’ve been trying to be more green lately. I do live in Oregon after all – the capital of living green! I have to admit one thing I struggle with is remembering to take those reusable shopping bags in with me to the grocery store. I tried leaving them in the car but I’d get [...]
Finding 50} Days 5 – 11
January 17, 2010 By 17 Comments
Thanks for joining me on my journey of finding the pretty in being 50! January 11 – Day 5 What is prettier than a pretty bowl full of fruit. I found this vintage bowl at a flea market. I don’t want to think about what it might have originally been used for…. January 12 [...]
