Nov
8
what a clever pasta ad.
(photo by jill greenberg)
what a lovely hair color.
Razzle. Dazzle.
Decorating small spaces. Baking for my husband. Becoming a city girl and figuring out my new home, Boston.
Plus many things that I love or make me think.
by Ginny G.
Need me? ginny2222 {at} aol {dot} com
Restaurant-supply-style shelves from IKEA keep canisters and teacups within reach, and, with the stainless-steel refrigerator and stove, signify what this homeowner calls “urban cottage.” (via Kitchen Decorating - Ideas for Decorating Your Kitchen - Country Living)
Nov
5
There is nothing I love more, food wise, than a good potato. I know there are much healther veggies to consume but I can’t help it. I served these with dinner last night and they were to die for.
Individual Scalloped Potatoes - The Noshery (photo via The Pioneer Woman)
8 whole medium potatoes
1 stick Butter
1 cup Shredded Cheddar Cheese
½ cups Scallions, Chopped
12 teaspoons Half-and-half
Salt And PepperPierce potatoes with fork, sprinkle with salt, wrap in damp paper towel and microwave for 15 minutes. Potatoes should be firm. Set aside and let cool till they can be handled, then slice.
Place 1/2 Tbsp pats of butter in each mold of the muffin/cupcake pan, then a slice of potatoes, a pinch of salt and pepper, then cheese and scallions. Repeat layers: potato, salt & pepper, cheese, scallions. (I only did 2 layers, but I suggest going up to 3.) Top each mold with another pat of butter and drizzle each with 1 tsp of half-and-half.
Bake in the oven at 400 degrees for 20 – 25 minutes, until cheese is melted and potatoes are brown.
Reblogging because I fully intend to try making these over the holidays. The only thing I would do differently would be to actually bake the potatoes beforehand, instead of nuking them.
Reblogging because we may be spending some holiday time here in Boston and I need some ideas for a holiday feast!
“i think that if you look uncomfortable you don’t look good and that’s something i see in a lot of people, like, running down the street in these awful shoes…it’s like, you don’t have any swagger, you look crazy, just wear flats!”
beth ditto (via sarazucker)
This is my new mantra!!
To Rilke...
You must change your life,
the poet said.
But into what, I wondered?
and how?
I want to be moved,
rattled at the foundation
torn splinters in my being
until what is left
is all that matters.
Is it love?
or beauty?
the rush of fear?
or the high of substance?
remembering, discovering, forgetting.
I wander about the corridors
of my memory
searching for something constant.
And I think it is this,
this longing to stumble upon something
essential, or pure, or true,
something that is both real and tangible
and something that must be suspended in faith.
I have traveled in circles,
Going, coming.
Seeking, finding.
It seems it’s never enough.
But should it be?
What is enough?
Enough growth.
Enough magic.
Enough peace.
Perhaps I am ok with wanting more,
with living constantly on the brink of the end,
the precipice of beginning.
And so someday,
To some young aspiring poet, so too, shall I
turn and say,
You must change your life.
And you must change it daily.
Micah, this is amazing!! Bravo, dahling!!
Nov
4
New celeb crush. Jason Segel.
Why just now, you ask? Haven’t you seen How I Met Your Mother? Yes, but “Marshall” actually bugs me on the show. What about Forgetting Sarah Marshall? Loved it, but, ”eh.”
Until last night, when he appeared in my dreams and everything changed. This has happened before… years ago, when everyone was in love with Kirk Cameron from Growing Pains, I liked the little brother, Ben Sevier (Jeremy Miller). The weirdo. Why? Because one night I had a dream I was babysitting with him and I was forever changed. I felt a connection to him. Does this happen to anyone else? I actually feel like I spent real time with Jason last night. We shared a moment. And now I am obsessed.
Yes, I am happily married, so thank God this didn’t happen IRL. But damn. :)
Nov
3
Tiffany & Co. isn’t my thing… at all—- but I am craving something sweet and these are simply adorbs!
Very Interesting... and rated PG-13... erhh, let's go with R.
lovepuppy:biteofpythias:darklamb:
“Contraception and mate choice in females: the pill (oral contraceptive) suppresses ovulation and everybody knows or its been documented that women when they’re ovulating are attracted to different types of men. more masculine men, more cro-magnon-y types, hunkier, lunkier more knuckle draggy guys but when they’re not ovulating they’re attracted to basically swishy bitches, right. more effeminite gys. and they think this might be a problem for marital harmony, and for evolution.. because you know women are mostly in the west, on the pill when they’re dating and selecting mates and then they bag some guy, marry some guy and then they go off the pill bc they want to get want to get pregnant and suddenly they realize they’re not attracted to the pansy-ass swish they married that they wish they married the nfl guy who they ran from, when they were on the pill. and the other sort of evolutionary component of the study that’s really interesting…. is this element of the suppression of ovulation. that women are attracted when they are not ovulating to guys who are more genetically similar. and when they are ovulating they are attracted to guys who are more genetically dissimilar. and the more genetic diversity or dissimilarity the better when it comes to mating humans. and they think that over many many many many generations this could have evolutionary consequences for us! it’s very disturbing… particularly if you’re on the pill and engaged to be married. i think you should err on the side of caution and if you’re engaged to be married you should go off the fucking pill for a couple of months, just to make sure that once you go off the pill, once you’re legally hitched, that this is a guy whose dick you want to suck for the rest of your life.”
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We tried so hard to make things better for our kids that we made them worse.
For my grandchildren, I’d like better. I’d really like them to know about hand me down clothes and homemade ice cream and leftover meat loaf sandwiches. I really would. I hope you learn humility by being humiliated, and that you learn honesty by being cheated. I hope you learn to make your own bed and mow the lawn and wash the car. And I really hope nobody gives you a brand new car when you are sixteen. It will be good if at least one time you can see puppies born and your old dog put to sleep.
I hope you get a black eye fighting for something you believe in, I hope you have to share a bedroom with your younger brother. And it’s all right if you have to draw a line down the middle of the room, but when he wants to crawl under the covers with you because he’s scared, I hope you let him. I hope you have to walk uphill to school with your friends and that you live in a town where you can do it safely.
On rainy days when you have to catch a ride, I hope you don’t ask your driver to drop you two blocks away so you won’t be seen riding with someone as uncool as your Mom. If you want a slingshot, I hope your Dad teaches you how to make one instead of buying one. I hope you learn to dig in the dirt and read books. When you learn to use computers, I hope you also learn to add and subtract in your head.
I hope you get teased by your friends when you have your first crush on a girl, and when you talk back to your mother that you learn what ivory soap tastes like. May you skin your knee climbing a mountain, burn your hand on a stove, and stick your tongue on a frozen flagpole. I don’t care if you try a beer once, but I hope you don’t like it. And if a friend offers you dope or a joint, I hope you realize he is not your friend. I sure hope you make time to sit on a porch with your Grandpa and go fishing with your Uncle.
May you feel sorrow at a funeral and joy during the holidays. I hope your mother punishes you when you throw a baseball through your neighbor’s window and that she hugs you and kisses you at Christmas time when you give her a plaster mold of your hand. These things I wish for you - tough times and disappointment, hard work and happiness. To me, it’s the only way to appreciate life.
”Paul Harvey
I heard this two weeks ago and haven’t stopped thinking about it since.
(via emilyposts)
Next time I am at Trader Joe’s, I am buying an orchid! I have wanted one forever and my mantle is just begging for a little beauty!! I love how they add height, color, and lots of luxe!! Pics to come… {because, obvs, this is not my beautiful orchid. :) }
We like to look for our future house. Imagining how great it will be to have a backyard for Lola to run around in. I think we can agree, the craftsman bungalow is our style. Now to find one to move into. :)
That’s my favorite style too. Love these pictures!
Ugh … craftsman bungalow with big porch and backyard = my dream house
Ditto!!! I especially love house no. 135. Dreamy!!!
Oct
25
It was nice today, but winter is on its way!
{pics via Prairie*Go*Round aka Abby Plachy}
It was a perfectly perfect fall day and I had so much fun shopping at the SoWa Open Market!! Regardless of the amazing temps, I could not stop thinking about (Nashville gal) Prairie*Go*Round’s adorable hats, scarves, and arm warmers… and how I am going to need them up here, sooner than later!
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