Show and Tell Friday!

Welcome to Show and Tell Friday and Happy New Year!  Today I'm breaking my own rules and sharing a recipe this week.  My son made this for me when he was here visiting this week.  It's an appetizer made with cannellini beans and spinach.  It's not an exact recipe but here is how he made it.
1 can cannellini beans1-2 cloves of minced garlic (or to taste)a squeeze of fresh lemon juicea splash of

2010 - The year I kept all my New Year's Resolutions!

Last year about this time I shared my New Year's Resolutions here on my blog!  I thought about these early in the year and then, like most of us, never gave them another thought until today when I started thinking about my New Year's Resolutions for 2011.  I went back to that post from last year and was amazed that I actually kept all 3 of them!  Here they are (in italics): 

1. Lose weight!

The Best Chicken I've ever made!

Photo courtesy Cooking Light
I just had to share this recipe I made for dinner tonight because it was so good!  It's Chicken Breasts Stuffed with Artichoke Hearts and Goat Cheese!  My kids loved it and the best part is that it's from Cooking Light!  I served it with spinach and Yukon Gold potatoes that I roasted with shallots, olive oil and kosher salt and then tossed with chives when they came

Merry Christmas!!!

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I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas!!!

Show and Tell Friday!

 I can't believe Christmas is almost here! It just snuck up on me this year! I put my 2nd tree up in my dining room and I never decorated it with the plates and teacups as I have done the last 2 years! It's too late now! 

I did add a few things to my birdhouse table that my dad made for me back in the early 90s so that's what I'm sharing for Show and Tell today....






If you are joining in

Are you ready yet?

I'm still not ready for Christmas!  I'll be back tonight with my Show and Tell post but for now I thought share this old video I made back in 2008!  I hope you don't mind reruns!

Happy Birthday Vince!

24 years ago today an amazing person was born!  I'm very proud to say that he has far exceeded any expectations I had for him!!!  Happy birthday Vince!  

Happy Birthday Mr. C.!

I blurred his face to respect his privacy
It's been a great 3 months (although it feels like I've known you so much longer)!

We'll be enjoying this chocolate birthday cake I made after dinner tonight!

Show and Tell Friday!

Welcome to Show and Tell Friday! I'm sharing some things from Christmas past...


and I'm also sharing my personalized license plates. I've shared these before but now they are on the Jag!  I actually thought about sharing this again the other morning while on my way to work.  I looked through my rear-view mirror and saw the driver in the car behind me taking a picture of my license plate!  I bet

Oh Christmas Tree!

Oh finally!  Last weekend I finally started decorating for Christmas! I think this is the latest I've decorated in about twenty years! I usually have my tree up Thanksgiving weekend! I usually buy a Noble Fir because I like the space in between the branches to hang my ornaments but this year I bought a Douglas Fir because it was so much less expensive! I'm really surprised at how much I like it!

Show and Tell Friday!

Is it really the end of the week already? Time seems to fly by so quickly this time of the year!  Mr. C and I have been to one party after another since last weekend! I'm not complaining...I'm having so much fun!  I could never be with a man that doesn't like to go out and have fun! As much as I love being at home I really enjoy a night out on the town! Last Saturday night we were at one of his

Getting in the Spirit!

Christmas 2009

Here we are in the second week of December and I still have not started decorating for Christmas yet! I usually have everything up by the Sunday after Thanksgiving!  This photo above is from last year! I thought if I looked through some old christmas photos I would feel more inspired and it worked...I finally bought my Christmas tree last night, although it's sitting outside in

Happy Birthday to my Baby!

Lauren, where has the time gone? I cannot believe you are 18 today! You have become a beautiful young woman, both inside and out!!! I am so proud of you and I love you so much baby girl!
H A P P Y   B I R T H D A Y !

I'm doing the happy dance!!!

My friend Linda sent me an email last night to let me know that my Christmas table from last year is featured on HGTV.com's 20 Gorgeous Holiday Table Settings! I was shocked to see it was the first photo! As I went through the photos I was surprised to see that I had another photo in there too! This gift on a plate...  
What's inside of this little gift? A Christmas ornament!
I hope I don't

Show and Tell Friday!

Welcome to Show and Tell Friday!  This week I'm breaking the rules a bit because I'm going to share something that is not in my home or garden.  Since I shared my trip to Nevada City in my last post I thought I would share today why Mr. C and I took that trip.  We went to go see his friend's wife's open studio that weekend.  Since they are about 2 1/2 hours away from us they suggested that we

Oh such a quaint little town...

You may remember a couple weeks ago I did a post about the weekend my boyfriend (Mr. C) and I spent in Nevada City...well I'm finally getting around to sharing the rest of this quaint little Northern California town with you!  Nevada City, California is located in the Gold Country in Northern California.  This is the area where gold was discovered in the 1800s and the first settlers built these