candy coated rose petals

Here’s the annual pictorial view of my Christmas decorations.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

This year I made some new dishes for the holiday. On accident, my mom and I both forgot to pickup a box of stuffing at the store. No worries, I had been wanting to make stuffing from scratch for some time. I found an Apple, Cranberry, Pecan Stuffing recipe over at Real Simple and set to work. The recipe was very simple, however, I made some substitutes. Instead of pecans, I used toasted almonds that I had on hand. I also skipped the celery, since I didn’t have any and going out to the store on Thanksgiving wasn’t realistic. Here’s the stuffing before it was popped in the oven:   [ Read more ]

A long-awaited birthday wish was achieved today when I received a KitchenAid Professional Series Stand Mixer! I have wanted a stand mixer for a long time; ever since I can remember. My arm often tires using a hand mixer and so I’ve been lusting after an upgrade.

Unfortunately, such a pricey item hasn’t been in my budget—until my birthday. This year I had some pretty nice gifts in the form of wonderful cash. So instead of watching that money go to waste on little things, I decided a big purchase was in order, something that I wouldn’t normally get for myself.   [ Read more ]

Boxes of all sizes. I don’t discriminate.