A Few Shout Outs

I recieved an email link to some great Martha Stewart recipes using herbs. I thought it might go well to follow up the themed herb garden blog with some useful recipes for those delicious herbs you're growing! Martha's Herb Recipes

I also stumbled along a really great friendship blog. It has tons of great advice for relationships. Mostly based on questions readers ask. Check it out for all your friendship needs! :) Friendship Blog

bakedbree.com

I ran across this little blog, on another blog I follow. It particularly caught my eye, not only for the beautiful photos, and not to mention the topic of food is always a good thing.... she's writing about meal planning. I've always struggled with grocery shopping and meal planning. I, like most of us, have picked up my eating and shopping habits from my mother. What I (she/we) do works I guess, but something about it has just never clicked right for me and hubbs. I've asked countless women what their techniques and tips are and they all seem to be similar, but each time I catch an article on it, I'm definitely reading. Here's an article from bakedbree.com. Meal Planning 101

The rest of her blog is pretty great too. What are your best tips?
















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Liberty of London

Anyone else out there loving the new line at Target? Liberty of London has the most beautiful mod floral prints in anything from dresses to bicycles! If you don't know what I'm talking about RUN to your nearest Target and get something in that adorable print! You can afford it! Mini picture frames and individual plastic ware starts around $3!

A Little Piece of Heaven

I just spent the day at one of the most wonderful places I've ever been to and it wasn't the beach! What I thought would be another typical team building off site, was not what Tami Cecil had in mind for me or the people I work with. Chef Tami is the founder of Woodhaven Farm located in Johnstown, Ohio - just 20 minutes East of Columbus. Her 10 acre farm consists of a beautiful farmhouse/barn with a state of the art kitchen, green house, 2 ponds, an organic garden and all the peace and serenity you can soak up in a few hours spent there. The facility primarily hosts corporate gatherings for team building and social events, along with a varying array of cooking classes. Chef Tami has an incredible history and is charismatic and full of life. She kept cracking me up running around saying "My children listen and my children don't do that, or wonderful job my children." The funny thing is she couldn't even be old enough to be any of our mothers! :) Her cooking show on ONN airs on Sundays at 4:30 (this is when I watch, there's other times too). I've been a fan of this show for some time now, but didn't realize it was so close. When I found out I'd be spending a day at Wood Haven Farms I got super pumped... and I was NOT disappointed. Not only was the food our teams cooked DEE-LISH, but it really was a great team building event. And the facility...! Oh... just beautiful. So home-y, inviting and relaxing. The kind of place you hope your own home will ever look and feel anything close to. Any way, here's a few photos I took throughout our day. I HIGHLY recommend that if you ever get the chance to visit Woodhaven Farm or interact with Chef Tami that you take up the opportunity. Here is a link to Woodhaven Farm to check it out for yourself. Enjoy! (I apologize for some of the photo quality, we had been sipping wine all day!)

Chef Tami and I

I'm back BABY!

Vacation was WONDERFUL! I loved spending time with some special gal pals, and the time away from hubby was good too. I love the feeling of missing him :) Quite frankly I'm ready to move! Its almost impossible to have a bad attitude about anything. The sunny blue skies, pink and yellow buildings and palm trees are so cheery. I feel re-inspired about everything in my life. I was introduced to an adorable little beach shop called the Sand Dollar. THE most adorable things you've ever seen. It reminds me a lot of anthropology, but beachy! Thanks for checking in even though I was away! Here's a piece of vaca I brought back for you.

No One Hit Wonders Here!

While doing some R&D for my blog, I came across another blog called One Post Wonder. It debuts blogs that people have created, and only have 1 posting. My most recent fav is ABLOGOFMYOWN - Dedicated to Butterteam. This 1 post 1der is a shout out to another blog! It says "What is up chicken butt?" Isn't that hilarious!? Worth a good laugh... check it out. Since I committed to doing this blog for a year there was no way I'd end up on that site and here's my next posting to prove it!