Yahoo! Yippee! We finally have spring in Michigan. I slept with my windows open for the first time last night, and today I’m wearing shorts and flip-flops! I honestly thought the winter of 2012/13 would never end. We are finally seeing true signs that summer is right around the corner! Hallelujah! Needless to say during [...]
I have a confession to make. I have bare walls. Many bare walls. We have lived in this house for 12 years and there is still so much to do. I don’t really enjoy decorating. It’s not my thang. I can never decide I hmmm and haw, hmmm and haw. I’m pathetic. This is Karin… [...]
I’m still doing my giveaways the old fashioned way, using Random.org number generator to pick my winners. Today I worked Mr. Numberpicker over time! Five lovely people have been picked to win a personally signed copy of Bread & Wine by Shauna Niequist. 5. Becca ~ Becca said that family BBQ’s is her comfort [...]
I’m so excited to be sharing a review of the book Bread & Wine by author and blogger Shauna Niequist. Bread & Wine is Shauna’s third book following her bestselling books Cold Tangerines, and Bittersweet. Bread & Wine is the perfect read for those who love food and cherish the community and connection of family [...]
Hello today I am visiting my dear friend Rachel’s blog Rachel Cooks. Rachel is hosting me today for her A day in the life…. series. So if you want to see what a day in the life of me looks like, grab a cup-o-joe and head over! Here’s the LINK. It’s really super [...]
Easter Greetings! I pray that you are enjoying your day with family and friends, breaking bread together around the table, and making memories! I am so excited to announce the winners of Ree Drummonds second cookbook Food From My Frontier!! I asked Ree if she would give me a book or two (or three) to [...]
If you’ve read Jenny Lawsons book Let’s pretend this never happened you might be wondering where Chopped Chicken Salad falls in to this whole scenario. First let me start by saying I loved this book….we’ll get to the chopped salad later. We all did, in fact we laughed so hard we peed ourselves. [...]
I’m here to confess that I nearly did it, but not quite. So I guess I failed. Miserably. I need some closure. I couldn’t just swipe Cooking through Ree’s Frontier under the rug and hope no one noticed that I never finished. chirp chirp…you would have noticed I didn’t finish right? Heck I promised I’d [...]
I’m wondering…why is it, as we get older we fail to celebrate our lives and the lives of those we hold dearest? When we are children we are allowed to celebrate our birthdays with abandon. Favorite foods, cake and ice cream, treat bags, sleep overs, party hats, decorations, parties with family, parties with friends, birthday [...]
I am very happy to announce that we have a couple WINNERS! Lauren “I would love to have the smoker!” winner of John McLemore’s Dadgum that’s Good and Yvette Novak ”My husband would absolutely love the smoker. He could smoke fish to his heart’s content ” winner of Dadgum that’s Good too! Thanks everyone for [...]
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