We made it and we’re having a great time! Testing different ways to post from here now, so sorry if this looks a bit funny at times ;) Happy Monday everyone! (yes, I went meatless today…even with having dinner in a pub!) Read more…
Year: 2012
Wordless Wednesday – England/Scotland Memories
Reminiscing over my last trip to England while packing for my upcoming trip. Happy Wednesday! P.S. if you have a Wordless Wednesday post, please share so I can stop on by to view your photos! Read more…
England/Scotland Trip Preparations
Next week at this time, I will be on a tour of the beautiful city London. I was there briefly years ago on another tour with my mom. This time I head out again with my mom and in addition to Mimi, Jimi (Pops) and our friends Greg and Dianna. This is Pops’s first tour […] Read more…
Biscoff Spread – Yummy & Vegan?!
So finding this delicious spread happened in one of those instances when it’s a good idea to tell just about everyone you see that you’re vegan (this isn’t always the case, but more on that another time). A co-worker of mine came over to me to tell me about his “spread” he had tried that […] Read more…
Cinnaholic = JOY
Cinnaholic = Joy yep, that’s all I could come up with as a title to this post. Joy is not a word I use often, but it’s what popped into my head when I was thinking about how I felt when I finally got to Cinnaholic. You could say I’m a little crazy (cuckoo, nutso, […] Read more…
Breakfast ’round These Here Parts
Just for fun, I thought I’d post some photos of a typical breakfast around our house. I know for some people it’s easy to skip breakfast even if you know that it’s not good for you to do so. I’m not much of a cereal eater and I’m not fond of starting my day with […] Read more…
Meatless Monday – Recipe Share
Ok, so I didn’t actually cook anything “new” or “exciting” this past week. But that doesn’t mean I have nothing to share on this Meatless Monday!! I decided to look through my Google Reader and share some of the current vegan recipes from some of my favorite blogs! From Kathy Patalsky over at The Lunchbox […] Read more…
Green Tip – Nellie’s Laundry Products Giveaway
In my never-ending attempt at making our house greener and greener, I’ve found a new line of laundry products I’d love to share. Nellie’s All-Natural Laundry Products I have been using the Laundry Nuggets and the Oxygen Brightener for a few weeks now and LOVE them! You know how you’ve probably read that people (and […] Read more…
Wordless Wednesday – Hakone Gardens
Best part of visiting Hakone Gardens in Saratoga…visiting with Mom! Happy Wednesday, Read more…
Leap Into Spring Photo Fun
The incredible women over at Live and Love Out Loud, Bumbles&Light and Project Alicia have been putting on a weekly photo challenge this Spring called “Leap Into Spring”. If you’ve missed any of it, pop on over to their sites to see all the amazing photos that have been submitted. I haven’t been prepared enough […] Read more…
Couscous, Black Bean & Corn Salad
Happy Meatless Monday everyone!! I made this couscous salad for a bar-b-que we had with the kids yesterday on Mother’s Day. Our first BBQ of the season! This salad was super easy to make – and easy to improvise with if you’re running short of time and have to use what you have on hand […] Read more…
Happy Mother’s Day
Happy Mother’s Day to all the fabulous moms I know…step-moms, Grandmoms, birth moms, moms-in-law, stand-in moms, pet moms – any mom who loves another and has ever taken care of a child, pet or other human being…you are AWESOME!!! Enjoy your day and feel the love around you! And much love to my incredible mom […] Read more…
Product Review – Rodan + Fields
Aaahhh the skin! If you’ve never had skin issues of any sort, well then I am so very envious of you! I’ve never had major skin issues, though I definitely have noticed more acne – yes, acne in my 40s than I have at any other time in my life. Could this be hormones? Who […] Read more…
Meatless Monday – Cauliflower on the Brain
Truly, lately I’ve had cauliflower on the brain. This has created somewhat of an obsession with this little-used-in-my-house veggie. Let me tell you how it all started… A couple of weeks ago I came across a recipe for a curried-cashew cauliflower dish. The obsession begins… I haven’t made this recipe yet because I keep forgetting […] Read more…
Wordless Wednesday – Memory Lane
See the beautiful bride above? That’s my Aunt Ellen (she’s also my Godmother). This past weekend, her daughter Amanda (my cousin) got married in a gorgeous ceremony in North Carolina. I wasn’t able to attend the wedding, but was so grateful for Facebook and the ability to follow the day’s events through photographs posted there. […] Read more…
For the Love of BEANS!!
As I looked through the recipes I’ve posted throughout the life of this blog, I am amazed how many of them contain BEANS! Therefore, it goes without saying I LOVE BEANS! Thank goodness for that because I think it would be truly hard for me to be a healthy vegan without them! Beans are like […] Read more…
More CHIA Love!
Just as I was getting ready to write about this DELICIOUS Chia/Vie drink I tried, I noticed that one of my favorite bloggers, Leslie over at Crunchy Betty has a post up about using Chia on your FACE! You know I’ve already written about how much I LOVE Chia – not to mention all the […] Read more…
Wordless Wednesday – Blossoms
Enjoy the beauty all around today, Read more…
Garden Rehab
Ready for a very random post of my thoughts when working in the garden this morning? I hope so…otherwise, just skip past this one. It’s finally the time of year when I can get back into my yard!! I love seeing all the new sprouts and blooms and smelling all the scents from the awakening […] Read more…
Cerritos Surf Colony Vacation & Birthday Celebration
See this amazing group of people pictured above? Well, I was lucky enough to spend 5 days last week with them celebrating Nia’s 50th birthday in Mexico. We all stayed at Cerritos Surf Colony on Cerritos Beach in Mexico. Up until a few days before we left, I actually thought there were only 12 of […] Read more…
Get Smelly – Giveaway
Just back from Mexico and another incredible birthday celebration for my dear friend Nia Peeples. Yes, there was that “other” party for her back in December, but, hey, I love her idea of celebrating the beginning of her 5th decade of life with festivities all year long. While I’m recovering and downloading photos, videos and […] Read more…
The VEGG – Vegan Egg!!
So, I’ve finally tried “The Vegg” – have you? I’ve heard about it for a couple of weeks now, seen tons of recipes and photos of delicious looking dishes prepared with it, and finally broke down and bought some. The verdict: IT’S FANTASTIC! What is The Vegg? Well, it’s another vegan egg replacer – but […] Read more…
Putting Yourself First
How do you put yourself first? How does taking time for yourself help make you happier? These are the current “Life Well Lived” Getting Happy questions? WOW – these are big ones. Questions that, unlike Bubba above who only lives in the moment, I don’t think I’ve even mastered the answer to yet – though […] Read more…
“Garden” Chair Re-do
Do you ever have items sitting around the house or yard, that you look at for years and years and think: a) these things are just in the way? and/or b) I want to do something cool with them? Well, these two “soda shoppe” chairs have been in my studio taking up space “forever”. I […] Read more…
Westly AKA Dance MACHINE!
Picture the scene – a school gymnasium…. a first dance (and auction for the parents)… and a 3-year old who’s not afraid to strut his stuff (even though his older brother is the one who actualy goes to the school) You have…. WESTLY – THE DANCE MACHINE!!! He’s not afraid to show you how it’s done […] Read more…