1) A while back I joined birch box. Every month they send me small samples to try out and you can buy if you like them. I immediately fell in love with this mascara. It makes my lashes very full and long looking.

It was such a nice and relaxing weekend! Not only did I take one nap but I took TWO. Shaun would like to say that I didn’t nap but that I slept because both were an hour and a half long. I was supposed to go visit one of my best friends in Dallas

Ok, I know what typically goes into a tater tot casserole, but why not be a little different and make a side dish without using any meat. Sometimes it’s okay to break away from the standard and create something new and exciting.

Couscous…. It’s such a strange little word. When I used to talk to family about couscous, more often than not, the response was always a question as to what exactly is couscous. It’s definitely not a common meal especially when you come from a small town

People always ask Shaun and I if we have any recipes that fail or if something just doesn’t work out. My answer is a simple, HECK YEA. Martha Stewart even makes mistakes but its those mistakes that give you better recipes. As a food blogger and recipe developer I’ve had many recipe fails in the […]

Can you believe that August is almost over! I feel like the summer just fly’s on by and that I don’t have one anymore since I still work five days a week plus some weekends. I swear either Shaun or I need to win the Lottery soon.

SHARK WEEK IS HERE! I am so terrified of these creatures yet I am highly fascinated with everything to do with sharks. I blame the terrified part on my two older sisters who made me watch Jaws at the tender age of 5. This fear has been with me ever since, so when I swim […]

This was the first weekend in a really really loonnnnggg time where we had nothing planned. You have no idea how nice it was waking up past 9 and realizing we could lounge around the house for the next couple of hours in our pajamas. I talked Shaun into taking me to The Woodlands where […]