Happy Monday-after-Halloween! I feel as if that should be today’s official title – or alternately, Happy-Monday-After-The-Time-Change-Who-Else-Forgot-to-Change-a-Clock? We forgot to move Princess’ clock back, so she woke up at 4:40 and started getting ready for school today!!! OOOPS! Yeah, we kinda “blew that”…. That’s the picture we used for her Student Council President campaign poster 🙂…
Happy Monday! You should start your day off with some of these Rum Soaked Banana Nut Muffin Bites – they’re scrumptious! How was your weekend? Did you eat anything delicious? I feel I should go ahead and apologize to your waistlines, because this week’s features are all sweets. Really incredibly delightful, decadent, delicious sweets.
There’s nothing as wonderful as coming home to spider monkey hugs; and cuddles on the couch that include hand holding and hearing “I love you, mom. I missed you, mom” repeated over and over again. I had the most incredible time in Utah at the Better Blog Retreat this weekend, but there’s nothing like coming…
Happy Monday, y’all! Did you have a delicious weekend? Did you make something incredible and share it with friends and family? There’s a lot going on behind the scenes of A Southern Fairytale right now, and one of these things is an incredible redesign with a new PERMANENT logo and easier functionality for the website….
Happy Monday, y’all! A cool front hit our corner of Texas this weekend, and it had me in baking, pumpkin, slow cooker mode. We’ve made Pumpkin Pie Cake Doughnut Bites, black bean pumpkin chili, and slow cooker roasted chicken. Next up – more chili, taco soup, apple spice cake, some cobblers, and light chicken poblano…
Happy Monday Morning! Let’s start today out with something a bit delicious. Moody Gardens and The City of Galveston Visitors Bureau hosted a lunch at Blog Elevated on Friday, and they began the lunch with Italian Cream Cake slices on each table. I have oodles of respect for a place that begins the meal with…
Happy Monday, y’all. What a weekend we had! Monkey turned 8 on Saturday; attended 2 birthday parties on his birthday – neither for him, and had his birthday party on Sunday at our favorite gymnastics complex. It was a Texans themed party,and I made the kids’ favorite ice cream cone cupcakes and decorated them with…
Happy Monday, y’all! It’s week 65 of Mouthwatering Mondays! Technically it’s like week 265 or some such, but it’s week 65 of the new and improved Mouthwatering Mondays. Hope you had a wonderfully relaxing &/or productive weekend! We’re ready to kick off another week of school, football, tumbling, and volleyball!! Let’s do this! Y’all shared…
Monday! Monday! Monday! I swear that yesterday was Monday, and then I blinked {- -} and it’s Monday again! I guess that’s what happens when school and sports kick into gear. Princess is trying out for a competitive volleyball league, Monkey is playing his first season of football, and we’re learning about their upcoming…
WHEW! First week of school in the books – here we are starting the second week already! Where has the time gone? We celebrated the first week of school by taking the kids to their first High School Varsity football game at the high school we’re zoned for here in Katy, and with good food,…
Today was the first day of school down here in our little corner of Texas, and it was such a great one! I can’t believe that school’s already back in session, and that I have a FIFTH grader and a SECOND grader! Hold me, y’all! This is the last year they’ll be in school together…
Happy Monday, y’all! Look at this gorgeous cheesecake that my brother made for my birthday! That’s a strawberry cheesecake with a cocoa puff crust, chocolate ganache glaze, and a blackberry infused white chocolate drizzle. {I know!!!} The garnish was fresh blackberries and real mint. It was out of this world incredible. It was…