I just received the Slim Fast VoxBox from Influenster. It had a sample of a new flavor of their prepared shakes, a few mocktail / cocktail recipes, and a martini glass. I tried the strawberries’n’cream shake and also prepared the mocktail recipe (without the coconut). They were both quite tasty! The plain shake tasted similar to a milkshake, and the mocktail was more like a smoothie. I tend to stick with chocolate… View Post »
Eating, rarely drinking, and being married
I see it all the time: the wife gushing about how sweet her husband is on her blog. The husband cutely telling his wife how much he loves her on Facebook, even if they’re sitting next to each other on the couch at home. In our lives, we have to wade through what we see to find the truth. So what is married life really like? Not so much of… View Post »
Sbarro Stromboli
Back in college, I ate at the Sbarro in the student center almost once a week. Mac also ate there pretty regularly, and we actually would order the same thing: pepperoni Stromboli. Since we don’t always live near Sbarros, we decided to make our own at home. Our Sbarro Stromboli recipe can feed one or two, depending on how hungry you are. We like to serve it with warm marinara… View Post »
Sunday Social
1. What are 3 items you can’t live without on a daily basis (water, food, shelter, and clothes don’t count)Mac, books, cherry Softlips 2. What is your all time favorite book? Why?The Other Boleyn Girl. It helped spur me from reading historical fiction oriented for younger readers to full-on biographies. 3. What is something you’d like to accomplish before the end of 2013?Finish my 25for25 goals. 4. If you could… View Post »
Not exactly Ansel Adams
As I mentioned yesterday, I started my blog with two goals: to blog for Weddingbee and to become rich and famous like Ree Drummond. Neither of those happened. Having been around the bloggy-sphere for nigh unto a year and a half, I’ve encountered some growing pains. My first hurdle was photography. I had lots of great recipes just waiting to burst onto the scene and go viral on Pinterest. Then the cookbook… View Post »
Coming out of the bloggy closet
I know lots of people with blogs. Men, women, college students, stay-at-home moms. Some embrace their blog and post it every which way to share with friends and family. Others, like me, still haven’t come out of the blogging closet. I had delusions of grandeur, fame, and fortune when I opened my Blogger account. I imagined my blog becoming instantly famous, so I would be happy to share my wonderful… View Post »