Jared and I both consider ourselves to be pretty clean people (you’re relieved to hear that, I’m sure). But after three and a half years of marriage, I’ve learned that clean is one of those to-each-his/her-own kind of things. For all the things that drive me bonkers (clutter, dirty dishes, things not being in their…
Ode to a cookie: Recipe for a masterpiece
I love cookies (cue Cookie Monster: Om, nom, nom). Mixing, rolling, cutting, baking: I love every step of the process. Oh yes, and the eating. That’s good, too. During the past year especially, I’ve found that baking, particularly baking cookies, works wonders for my stress level (I realized while writing this that my go-to stress…
Tour de lights = tour de force
A few years ago, Jared and I stumbled upon a new tradition after finishing up some last-minute Christmas shopping. It was just getting dark outside when we pulled into the Starbucks drive-thru, grabbed a few festive beverages and started to head back home. A pretty decent snowstorm had passed through the area a few days…
Waffles: I like ’em pipying hoot from the gleede.
With Christmas less than a week away (which means mountains of baked goods, candy and holiday grub are on the very close horizon), it would probably behoove us to start preparing our tummies for the impending feast. Then again, muscles tend to work better with frequent use, so perhaps the tummy works the same way….
The making of a wrap star
As per my usual, I’m running on list-y mode via a checklist I started a few days ago with all of my pre-holiday to-dos: addressing Christmas cards, mailing Christmas cards, buying stamps for Christmas cards (as Clarice, Rudolph’s lady love, sang, “There’s always tomorrow…”). But last night, it was all about the wrapping. Wrapping has…
Favorite things: Target chair à la neutral
It’s probably no surprise to anyone that Target paraphernalia is a staple in our home. From chummy birds to throw rugs, curtain rods to furniture, we do so love a good Target find (particularly those we can snag on sale). Our Target obsession was actually a running joke with my little sister for a good…
Forget long distance; I’m switching to spritz.
Remember a few days ago when I was writing to Martha with my list of all the kitchen-y, crafty gadgets that she insisted I get tout de suite? Well my Grandma Smith, who holds the cornucopia of cooking/baking gadgetry within the confines of her kitchen, heard of my yen for a cookie press and immediately…
No time like snow time. No cocoa like hot cocoa.
Well, winter has officially arrived in the great state of Missouri. With a few sparkly inches of snow outside and a morning temperature of 13 degrees, it’s cozy-up-by-the-fire kind of weather (or cozy-up-by-the-Christmas-tree for we apartment dwellers with no fireplace to speak of). A quick scroll through my Facebook news feed Sunday morning indicated that…
Cabinet makeover: a porcelain-induced cleaning frenzy
No, your eyes are not playing tricks on you. Those are plain old (well, not literally old) Cheerios in the above photo. And no, I did not make them myself. I did, however, eat them for breakfast this morning. And while we’re talking breakfast, here’s a shot of Jared’s morning nourishment. Mmm, mmm, sourdough. Now…
Favorite things: Nice to gnome you
Does anyone remember that cartoon David the Gnome that played on Nickelodeon way back in the day (and by back in the day, I mean the early ’90s, for all you shoulder-pad-rockin’, slap-bracelet-wearing folks out there)? The show followed the daily adventures of David and his wifey, Lisa, a couple of 350+-year-old gnomes who lived…
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