Happy Thanksgiving, dear friends! Joe and I have had the most wonderful time celebrating with my family in Idaho this year. Most every year I can remember, I’ve celebrated Thanksgiving in Iowa with my mom’s side of the family. This year is the first that I’ve celebrated in Idaho with my dad, step-mom, Andrea, aunt Gwen, Joe and little sister, Taylor. It’s been strange not being in Iowa for the holiday, but it’s been so much fun spending time with … Read More
Last Minute Recipes for Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is right around the corner! Although it is a week later than usual, I feel like this year Thanksgiving kind of snuck up on me out of nowhere. Usually I stick to a very strict policy that there are no Christmas decorations up until after turkey day, and absolutely no listening to Christmas music, either. But this year I’ve broken with convention and have our house fully decorated for Christmas. We even listened to Christmas music while putting up … Read More
Blogger Clothing Swap: Husband Survey
A few weeks ago I took part in a clothing swap with two of the sweetest and most fashionable ladies I know, Justine and Kayla.Ā Over the past couple years I’ve become blog friends and then real friends with these two women. Isn’t it great how blogging works like that? Each of us selected three items to send to the other two women in the swap. All in all, I got rid of six items from my closet and received six … Read More
Life Lately
It’s been a while since I’ve done a life update. As I mentioned before, things have been crazy busy. I’ve talked with so many other people who say they feel the same way. With Thanksgiving being so late this year, it seems to make the sprint to the end of the year and the holiday season even more hectic than usual. Anyone else feel the same way? I have been obsessing over brightly-colored winter coats lately. Strange coming from someone … Read More
5 Tried and True Tips for Traveling Light
Over the past few weeks I have been doing a lot of flying and traveling for work. First, it was the Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest in Las Vegas for five days. Then, five days later it was back on the plane for a quick 28 hour trip to New York for a satellite media tour with Pillsbury. Next week, we’ll be off again, this time for Thanksgiving with family in Idaho. Truth be told, travel isn’t my favorite thing in … Read More
November Stitch Fix Review
Another month and it’s high time I did another Stitch Fix Review! I slacked on documenting my fix last month and returned my items before I had a chance to document what I kept and returned. I’m back on the ball for November. This month’s fix was a bit of a mixed bag. There were a couple items I really liked and a few that left me scratching my head. By far, my most successful fix was the box I … Read More
Meet Pippa!
Before I go any further, thank you all so much for your sweet comments, e-mails and words regarding my last post. I appreciate each and every one of them and writing about our experience was extremely good for me. I can only hope it helps someone else who is going through something similar down the road. I plan to respond to each and every comment and e-mail if possible, but it may take some time. Since I have been traveling … Read More
It is Well
{Completely unrelated but beautiful photo of summertime.} Lately I’ve been feeling that my posts have lacked a little bit of depth, that they’ve been surface-y and lackluster. Have you been picking up on that, too? Having a blog is a strange thing. There are boundaries to what I will and will not share on this site; I don’t post personal details about my marriage, family dynamics, disagreements, and things that are not mine to share. As a rule of thumb, … Read More
Food Blogger by Night
As most of you know, I work for as a food editor for General Mills. When I tell people that I’m a food editor, a lot of people respond by saying, “Wow, that sounds like a cool job!” Followed quickly by, “What do you do exactly?” Most of the time I think it sounds like a made-up job, not something I actually get paid to do. I was recently asked if I would be interested in participating in a little … Read More
Vegan Pumpkin Cashew Custard
Happy Monday, friends! I hope your week is off to a great start. I’ve got the slightest case of the Mondays today, but this week is going to be super busy on the work front, so I better snap out of it quick. Please excuse me if posting is a little slower over the next couple weeks. If nothing else, I’ll be checking in with more life updates and fewer recipes. Maybe the reason I’ve got a case of the … Read More