Photo Challenge

Day 27: "Lunch" Some leftover calzone. Mmmm.

Time to Have a Ball

Next weekend, we are having a ball. A Cav Ball.

My husband and I were army for 19 years before we ever attended a ball. When we finally went, I purchased and wore this dress:


Then we moved, and had another ball a couple months after we arrived in Alaska. So I wore the red gown again.

Now we have another one coming up.....and I decided to make my gown.

"Print Friendly"

I just discovered a website, that I wish I had found A LONG time ago!!! And I can definitely see myself using it quite a bit.
It is called PrintFriendly.com

It takes any web page, and makes it a printable version. You can remove the pictures, or some of the pictures, or any of the content you don't want to print, and only print the parts you want to!

I now have the widget for my site. In the box under the posts, where you would leave comments, you will see the "PrintFriendly" button.

It looks like this:

If you click that, it will bring up the printing app and allow you to customize how you would like to print the post. Any post! So even if it is an older recipe that doesn't have a printable version, you can still have a printable version at the click of the button.

Sorry...I'm a little excitable....but isn't this exciting!? I love making things easier for my readers!

"Color"

One of my paintings.

#WordlessWednesday

Guest Post: Overcoming the "Scariness" of Deployment

All you need to know about me is that I have absolutely zero coordination and I have more stubborn pride than anyone on the face of the Earth. Talk about a winning combination. Just picture me as the person who is constantly tripping over her own feet and playing it off as if it was exactly what I was trying to do and it didn’t hurt a bit.

Now that we have introductions out of the way, let’s talk about what’s on everyone’s mind this time of year, haunted houses. OK, I know, no one really thinks about haunted houses outside the month of October, but in my life this story comes up…a lot.

 During my husband’s first deployment to Iraq, a few close friends and I built up the courage to attend a haunted house. This place gets a lot of hype. Every year there are billboards and radio ads. It even has its own spot in a mini-mall that is vacant for 11 months out of the year with the sole purpose of scaring the pants off of people who pay for it 31 days of the year.

For days leading up to this bad decision, I, of course, talked a big game about the one (that’s right, one) other haunted house I’d been to back in high school. I like scary movies, I was a veteran haunted house goer, and I was nominating myself to be the brave rock for our little group as we faced the terrors in this haunted house. I warned you I had a disgusting amount of pride.

"Guilty Pleasure" - A Chocolate Martini

Today's photo assignment is "Guilty Pleasure." What better to post than a cocktail recipe. And not any cocktail recipe....a Chocolate Martini.

Rustic Apple Galette

In honor of "National Pie Day" I decided to make my family an Apple Galette this evening. A galette is basically a pie without a pan. You simply pile the filling in the center, and fold the crust over. It is very easy, and very good.

Photo Challenge

Day 21 - "Reflection"

From the view of the mixing bowl.

Personal Space

Living the military life and moving around every few years, you sometimes have to learn to be creative with your home decor, furniture placement and such. We currently live in the smallest house we have lived in, in a LONG time. Trying to find a place for everything is difficult. And trying to find some "personal space" is a challenge as well. Here is my own personal space. It isn't a "Mom-Cave" by any means, but it is certainly Mom's nook in the living room.