Many of you will remember that a couple months ago I posted about my hesitancy to change my name after getting married. This post really stirred up quite a bit of feedback, and I thought it was time to share a little update on what I decided to do with my name. After that post went up, plenty of friends and family members were eager to share their advice on what they thought I should do. Some thought it was … Read More

This morning I was planning on posting a few photos of our life over the past couple days: time spent with Nutter, a spontaneous date-night at home with homemade calzones, pictures of magazines I’ve been loving lately. But then earlier this week I started feeling the pressure. The pressure to do everything perfectly: to perform well at my job, to keep the house clean, the laundry done, to put good meals on the table, to be a happy, joyful spouse … Read More

Chances are if you met me and we got to talking about kitchen appliances, I would tell you something about my waffle maker. Not about how much I love it, but about how little I use the thing. It’s not that I don’t love my waffle maker, since I most certainly do, it’s just that I never think to take it out on the weekends. Pancakes rule the roost in our little apartment. In fact, late on Friday night, you … Read More

Joe and I took full advantage of the long weekend and met my family out in Salt Lake City for a little ski weekend. Here are a few shots from our trip! {Our view on the way up to the slopes.} {Mandatory airplane/travel shot!} {We stayed at The Little America Hotel in Salt Lake City. It was beautiful! The staff was helpful and attentive and the prices were reasonable. I would highly recommend it for anyone visiting SLC.} {We skied … Read More

Hey, everyone! Joey and I are back from skiing with my family in Salt Lake City over the long President’s Day weekend. While we settle back into a schedule and routine (and I catch up on laundry) I will leave you with today’s No Fat Talk Tuesday post. This week’s post comes to us from Justine who blogs over at Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One. Justine actually shared her story of how she learned to love her body … Read More

Anyone who knows me well knows that I have an almost obsessive love for all things J. Crew. Walking into a J. Crew store is like a burst of sunshine, sort of like a grown-up version of Disneyland. So while this may not be a fashion blog, spring is just around the corner, and I thought one of you might be able to find a few uses for a gift card from my favorite store. One lucky reader will win … Read More

I’m so excited for this week’s No Fat Talk Tuesday and that it happens to be on Valentine’s Day, too. What better day to focus on loving our bodies than today? Today’s post comes to us from Kristin Tigges. I first met Kristin about a year and a half ago. She was one of my mom’s ‘college girls’ through a mentor program at church. I wish Kristin and I lived closer and could spend more time together. Her joy for … Read More

Thank you so much to everyone who weighed in on how they save money when grocery shopping! It was nice to hear that I’m not the only crazy person who grocery shops at two or even three different places in order to get the best deals. Last week I decided to commit myself to seeing how much I could save on our grocery budget if I put some real effort into it. Turning it into a challenge to see how … Read More

I think I’m finally starting to realize that time really does go by so much faster the older we get. It seems like the weeks fly by these days and here we are, getting ready for another weekend to begin. Sometimes when life moves so fast, I find myself so caught up in the craziness that I forget to really soak up the blessings that are right around me. Last weekend I snapped a photo of two of my favorite … Read More

Last Sunday Joey and I held off on dinner in order to enjoy a few Super Bowl snacks. But since my least favorite feeling is that stuffed, over-full feeling you get after endless amounts of snacking, I decided to keep our snacks on the healthier side and stick to eating just one thing, instead of trying a bunch of different dips and spreads. Of course, variety was still important to me, so I made the most colorful, varied dip I … Read More

Lisa’s Amazing Snack Mix Homemade Chicken Nuggets Vegetarian Sloppy Joes (just double, triple or quadruple the recipe) Missy’s Slow Cooker Ham  Velveeta Chili Dip  Individual ‘Scotcheroos’ Chocolate Revel Bars Banana Sheet Cake  Fluffer-Nutter Bars Rice Krispie Treat Pops Homemade Almond Joy Candy Bars 

{Blogging back in the summer, when I was tan. Sigh.} Lately I’ve really been trying to corral and comment on the blogs of those of you who read Espresso and Cream. It seems like every day I’m discovering a new, amazing and tasty blog but then either forget to add it to my Google Reader or forget the URL of the site I was on.  Later this month I am hoping to add a new page to Espresso and Cream … Read More