Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day!!! I hope you all have a wonderful day filled with romance and love! Me?  I'm saying "next"!   All is well though! :)

Show and Tell Friday!

  Welcome to Show and Tell Friday! This week I'm sharing a business card holder I bought at Vintage and Vogue in downtown Campbell, California.  Isn't it pretty? I just love it!  I bought it to hold my blog business cards. Does anyone else have cards for their blog? I found so many times when I was out and about I would talk about my blog and someone would ask for the web address. It's so much

Hiking around Northern California

 I have a new passion! It's hiking!  I joined a hiking group about a month ago through www.meetup.com.  Through that first hike I met John and Miriam who have their own hiking group and they invited me to join them on one of their hikes. I've been hiking with them for the past 3 weeks now and loving it!!!
We hike at different locations in the San Francisco Bay Area.  There are so many hiking

I Love Slipcovered Sofas!

I'm still loving my Ikea sofa that I've had for almost 2 years now!  Although I  love the white slipcovers I can now change it out to blue once in awhile! As you can see, they match my shutters perfectly!  Click here to go over to my product review page to hear (and see) more about these amazing slipcovers that were sent to me!

Show and Tell Friday!

It's time for another Show and Tell Friday once again!  This week I'm sharing my love of my favorite flower, hydrangeas (although pink roses are also a favorite)!!!  Above are some dried hydrangeas that my former Mother-in-Law, Judy, brought me a couple years ago!  They were from her garden and they were huge!!!This one above was just from the grocery store!

My hydrangeas turn this pretty shade

Diet-Friendly Muffins

I'm always on the search for foods that will satisfy my sweet tooth but still allow me to lose weight.  I think I found this recipe on someone's blog last week but I can't remember where exactly but the original recipe came from Hungry Girl.

 These delicious brownie muffins taste like regular fattening muffins but they aren't!

  You just mix a can of pumpkin (yes pumpkin!) with a box of

I'm not here today

I'm not here today but I am doing a guest post over on Debbie's blog for her Coffee Talk Tuesday series!  Click on over there to see my thoughts on blogging!