Willpower. I Don’t Gots It.

Hi. Remember a week ago? When I said I was saying goodbye to blogging for the entire month of November to write a the World’s Worst Novel for NaNoWriMo?
Well. About that. Apparently, I’m a big fat liar. I apologize. If it helps, it’s a definite possibility that my pants are in fact on fire.
See, here’s [...]

Welcome Back

I may or may not have dropped off the face of the earth there for a minute. Yeesh. Sorry!! I’m back now. I have booze. That’s a peace offering if there ever was one, don’t ya think? Yep. Me too. CHEERS!
Now, where I have been? Well, since my last post two friggin’ weeks [...]

Interesting (non) weather we’re having here

What would you say if I told you we’ve had absolutely NO weather here in Northeast Iowa over the last three weeks.
That’s right, no weather.
That’s crazy talk, isn’t it? Unless your orbiting outer space somewhere in a black abyss of nothingness there is weather to report each and every day.
That may be true – but [...]

No Fear

So, I’m probably one of thousands and thousands of food bloggers out there who ran right out to see Julie & Julia this weekend. Eric even agreed to come with me. Way to take one for the team, babe! That’s why I love ya! I absolutely adored this movie – I think I had a [...]

Things Aren’t Always What They Seem…

It’s time to get honest. Brutally so. Are you feeling honest? You sure? K, good. I’m going to be honest too.
There are times when I’m not really all that open minded about food. That’s a foodie sin, isn’t it? People who love food are supposed to be up for anything. There are times where I [...]

Mall Rats

Chocolate chip cookies remind me of trolling the mall as a young teenager. When all us girls in the neighborhood were 11 or 12, we suddenly became of age and gained all sorts of a couple new privileges. The best of all of them being we could go to the mall ourselves. Kinda. Okay, so [...]

Chew on this

Is there anything better than an extra chewy and delicious cookie? Cookies are one of my favorite desserts because they can be dressed up or down, I almost always have the ingredients on hand to make up some kind of cookie, they are portable and they are the perfect hand held treat.
And, really, who doesn’t [...]

Retro Fab!

One of my favorite things to do when I go back home to my mom and dad’s is to raid all the old newspaper clippings and handwritten recipe cards my mom has collected over the years. It’s fun to see how recipes have changed (and remained the same, for that matter) as the years have [...]

I Can’t Take the Pressure!!

I have the hardest time deciding what to bake. I pour over recipes on the internet and in cookbooks trying to decide. I literally get anxiety over it. I’m just afraid I’ll pick the wrong thing! It’s a tough job, I tell ya!
This happened to me yesterday morning. I was particularly anxiety-ridden because I slept [...]

Bachelorette Bounty

My very very dear friend is getting married in March (can’t believe it’s almost here! Hooray!) and I am beyond thrilled and honored that she asked me to stand up with her. We have been buddies since college and she stood up for me, so I’m excited to be doing the same for her. Her [...]