Raspberry Cheesecake Brownies

January 27, 2010

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?!? 
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Style by Karen

January 25, 2010

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 me [...]

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Finding 50}Days 12-18

January 24, 2010

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 right!
January [...]

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Ree and Leigh {Anne}:Simple Perfect Enchiladas!

January 22, 2010

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 and treat [...]

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Key Lime Bars

January 20, 2010

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 I [...]

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Finding the Pretty} Reusable Shopping Bags

January 18, 2010

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 in [...]

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Finding 50} Days 5 – 11

January 17, 2010

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 – Day 6
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Ree and Leigh{Anne}: Sherried Tomato Soup

January 15, 2010

I love tomato soup.  I have loved tomato soup since I was a kid.  I think one of my favorite lunches or dinners growing up was tomato soup with a grilled cheese sandwich – wasn’t it yours too?  Hands down, tomato soup always won out over chicken noodle or any other soup.
Of course there was [...]

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Mongolian Beef

January 13, 2010

As I logged into the dashboard of my blog yesterday I noticed that I had written 499 posts.  That means that today’s post is my 500th post!!!
It is hard to believe that I have actually found 500 things to blog about over the last 2 1/2 years!  My biggest fear when I first started blogging, [...]

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Word of 2010

January 11, 2010

If you read very many blogs you have probably seen a post of two about bloggers picking their Word of the Year.  I think the whole idea was started by Ali over at aliedwards.
Last year I jumped on the bandwagon and declared a word of the year for 2009.
I dedicated a Christmas tree to the word…
 
 and [...]

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