A Yankee Girl Heads South

I’m the first to admit I haven’t spent much time “down south.” With the exception of a few trips to Florida, Eric’s hometown in southern Illinois was as far south as I’ve ever been.
Until now! Eric and I just got back from an AWESOME trip to Nashville, TN! We decided to road trip from Iowa [...]

We put the SPRING in Springfield!

Up until this past weekend, I had never been to Springfield. I think every junior high age kid in the entire state of Illinois took a weekend trip to the state capital at some point. I missed out. Or, more accurately, I skipped out. I remember what I was doing too…my cheerleading squad was in [...]

Finally! A Tent I Like!

Usually the thought of tents makes me squirm. They make me shiver and shudder and fill me with dread. I don’t do tents. I do resorts. I do indoor plumbing and rooms with king sized beds and flat panel televisions. I make reservations, not campfires.
Let me tell you why I hate tents. It all started [...]

It’s Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas!

Wow! With all the baking I’ve been doing this week, you would think I was one of Santa’s little helpers….if Santa’s workshop made cookies…you know, instead of toys. Yeah…
Anyway, I got a jumpstart on holiday baking for an open house we held at work to try to recruit more volunteers to our non-profit program. I [...]

Coming Attractions!

Hello out there! ::insert echo here::
Well, I’m knee deep into NaNo – cracked the 30,000 word mark on Friday afternoon. And since we are exactly half way through the month, that officially puts me ahead of the game. Woo hoo!
I’m about 99.9% sure that it’s the worst novel ever written. In the history of the [...]

Help me win $100!!!

So this is a shameless plug for the advancement of my own selfish agenda and has absolutely nothing to do with food. Sooo…yeah…sorry in advance…but $100 is a $100, after all.
The point of this entry is to ask for VOTES!!! Every year, our local paper has a Halloween story contest where the paper [...]

Meet Me In St. Louis!

You know, it’s kind of hard to believe that I have lived right here in the Midwest my entire life and I had never been to St. Louis! What’s up with that?? I guess it’s probably because all the city I ever needed was right in my backyard in Chicago but now that we are [...]

Summer Gift Swap!

So it’s been a few days for me. Slight computer malfunction. The power cord for my really old Dell laptop broke. Needless to say, after that, I had about 30 minutes of power left. That went fast, of course! Man, no computer all day SUCKS! Big time! So I’ve confiscated Eric’s laptop for the evening so I [...]

Li’l Country Cakes: The Story of a Mini-Bakery

Eric has started referring to my time off as the “Summer of Erin.” That’s a nod to Seinfeld when George loses his job at the Yankees and spends the summer doing absolutely nothing until he slips on the party invitation and hurts his legs. HA! Well, I don’t plan to injure myself on stationary supplies, [...]