Farm Raised | Shoe Enthusiast | Baking Queen | Mom
My mother gave me many good pieces of advice as I was growing up. I’d like to think I followed her direction on most occasions; that her insight has, in part, gotten me where I am today. There is one piece of advice, however, that I didn’t follow and it was a biggie. One summer when […] Read more…
I’m torn about being super excited it’s almost the weekend and super panicked because – oh my God, it’s the weekend but I have about a zillion things to do at work between now and mid-March and how in the world is it all ever going to get done? Did I just type that out […] Read more…
You know what constitutes a nearly perfect Saturday for me? (Besides the Chinese Chicken Wings recipe below – ha!) No schedule. Getting a morning run in. Grocery shopping and the obligatory trip to Target. A blog post. Early happy hour. And cooking a fun meal at home for my boys. It doesn’t take much to […] Read more…
You know what makes me happy right now? The Good Wife – Good grief do I love this show. It’s smart, funny, emotional … and the music is kick ass. I watch very few other network television shows, but I rarely miss this one. Bitmoji – Have you checked out this free app? My coworker tuned me […] Read more…
Hello friends! We just had the most magical birthday celebration yesterday for Joe, my sister, my nephew, and my Dad. (We have a lot of late January / early February birthdays!) All 13 of us met at Lord Fletcher’s on Lake Minnetonka Saturday night and were pleasantly surprised to have our own private dining room. The […] Read more…
Now that I’ve spent exactly 73 minutes (give or take) packing for a 4-day business trip to Atlanta, I think I need to quit obsessing about my wardrobe choices. Success for this particular packing experience = bringing a 2nd pair of boots and an extra pair of ballet flats in my carry-on. I just can’t […] Read more…
Oh my word has it been cold this weekend! I know, I know … I live in Minnesota, after all. But I don’t care how native you are to this state, when you wake up to this on your phone, it’s officially bleeping cold! This kind of cold doesn’t necessarily keep me tethered to the couch […] Read more…
It’s not really Sunday night, right? Sigh. I know the truth but I’m ignoring it for a little longer. I hope you don’t mind. Another sigh – we didn’t win the massive Powerball drawing Saturday night, but we had fun dreaming of what we would do if we did win. Mainly we decided we would […] Read more…