just our day to day life
I have a new favorite gluten-free sugar cookie mix that I picked up at Marshall’s a month or so ago! When I bought the Pure Pantry Sugar Cookie Mix, I didn’t really have a plan (or much hope) for them, but I decided to make …
I can’t say for sure where I saw this recipe first because I’ve seen it on a ton of blogs since then. Balls are all the rage these days. This is the recipe that I had jotted down a long time ago, but I really …
I made these fun fall cupcakes for a bachelorette weekend in Hocking Hills. I had asked the bride-to-be if there was anything specific that she wanted me to make for her and she said that her all-time favorite thing that I made was nutella cupcakes …
During zucchini season I often buy zucchini without any plan for it. Days go by and I realize that I still don’t have a plan and I don’t want it to go bad. Once when this happened this summer I decided to use it for …
One of the best ways to save money in the kitchen is to make sure you eat your leftovers. My husband and I are usually good about eating leftovers, but sometimes we got bored or I want to turn them into something else. The day …
I like bacon, but I hate cooking bacon so Lo usually takes care of that (and almost all weekend breakfasts). On the few occasions when I need to make bacon, I refuse to do it in a skillet and get burned by grease splatters, so …
We had another busy weekend and I’m spent – which is the opposite of how I should feel after a weekend. Friday I went to a Leadership Forum put on by the John Glenn School of Public Affairs at Ohio State University. It was a …
In celebration of a coworkers upcoming wedding the managers brought in cupcakes and (from what I was told) gluten-free granola bars for after our staff meeting. I grabbed one to eat with my cottage cheese and fruit for breakfast and STUPIDLY didn’t read the label …
I opened some granola for a snack one day that I didn’t end up loving. I don’t remember what kind it was (Bakery on Main, maybe?), which makes it pretty likely that I’ll buy it again. I’m not scared though because I turned it into …
When I left for Florida on September 12th, it was 85+ degrees. In Florida, it was pretty much always between 85 – 92 degrees. When we got back on Sunday, it was about 58 degrees – and will get down to 38 degrees overnight. Brrr… …