We love cookies at our house.  So much in fact, that I cannot make them very often because they are gone ridiculously fast.  Okay – so I still bake them, but I like easy recipes that don’t take a lot of time or make too many at once.  In honor of National Cookie Month, I wanted to share an easy recipe with you – one that is really versatile and can be tailored to your preferences! This is exactly why you should bake cookies this...

Lately, I’ve found some of the cutest make-it-yourself projects online this week and just wanted to share them with you. I am ALL about pretty notebooks.  I can admit – I’ve been known to purchase a notebook for it’s beautiful cover…  Really.  So when I saw this tutorial at Splitcoaststampers for creating your own personalized File Folder Notebook – I promptly bookmarked the page and have made plans to put...

I’ve been VERY tired lately – and we’ve got a lot of “stuff” going on in and around our home and family. Thankfully, Curly is done with soccer – but she had fun and made some new friends and rediscovered her love for digging up worms out of the dirt… We were all kinda dealing with some crud yesterday – different for each of us – but we laid low and took it easy.  Curly needed a few...

Fall brings a fresh attitude into my life.  Summer heat beats down on me and I feel the energy just sapping away.  But then Fall arrives, with its crisp morning air, bright sunshiny afternoons, and cool evenings – and I am revived once again. Honestly – Fall is my favorite season – and is also my favorite season to cook.  The harvest of fresh vegetables, squash & zucchini – as well as berries and apples –...

One of the multitude of benefits of my blogging internship is the extreme exposure to foodie blogs.  I’ve found some pretty great cooks, bakers & bloggers – and now I’m a loyal follower of many of them. I’ve tried several new recipes (and have more to try), but I have to say my favorite is the Yummy Donut Muffins recipe I wrote about on Family Foodies.  Adding sour cream to the original recipe really made a big...