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Currently Craving: Kale

With the recent rain and cold weather I'm craving hearty greens like kale! So grab a big bag of pre-washed kale at the grocery store and use it up with both of these recipes!

recipe
Substitute the kale for the chard here's the recipe
Kale's stats:
Nutrition Breakdown
Per 1 cup cooked, chopp…

Dag-nab-it

Last Thanksgiving I had my eye on these fantastic quail salad plates, loved the birds, the fig, the purple, all of it. Just as I added them to my cart, poof sold out. Grrr. This year they came back and to my horror the same thing happened again, double grrr.
Dear Pottery barn, when you carry fantas…

Favorites Friday: November

I love November for so many reasons....the colors, hearty meals, birthdays (mine and my sisters) but most of all Thanksgiving! Here's some images from this week reminding me of all things November.
My first week of work went well at the hospital, a little chaotic, overwhelming, and exhausting (su…

Cinderella for a Night: Had a Ball!

Truly had a Ball! Hubby snapped some great pictures in the backyard prior to the event, but once we got there the pictures were far and few, sorry! The dancing was without exception the highlight for me! To my surprise and delight the dance floor was packed which made my usually shy hubs easier to …

At the Banquet table

One year ago today my sister, lil brother and I lost our father to cancer. An extremely rare and bizarre aggressive disease took his life in one year's time, even stumping my father, a brillant physician. In fact, he was the epitome of life and served my small town in NJ for over 30 years, leav…

Favorites Friday: Fearless

Prepping myself to enter the overwhelming healthcare world as a nurse again, hoping to cast all apprehension and jitters aside becoming a fearless advocate for patients! Here's some images to inspire boldness!
"Perfect love casts out fear" (1 John 4:18)
Truly visionary photography via m…

Living room sneak peaks

Not too many days have passed since moving into our home without a home project! Now I'm in a frantic hurry to finish what I've started since the grind begins (work) officially on Tuesday. Want a sneak peak? I can almost taste the finish line on a room or two!
Living room vignette I stuck to m…

Dress my windows

Racking my brain on figuring out how to dress my six dining room windows cheaply! Fabric and window panels all add up quickly. However, I came across this pretty picture from a delightful new blog to me (Full House) and fell in love with the patterned roman shades.


via housetohome and ashleywhittake…

Cinderella for a night: The dress

It's safe to say I've officially blown this whole ball gown dress thing out of proportion and have elevated all of your expectations beyond repair! Regardless, I MUST show you the dress I found and will wear to the Ball...

The ruffles had me at hello; cobalt blue is so bright and also one of…

Sugar High

This weekend there was a samurai...
(costume straight from Okinawa, Japan!)

balloons in every color to form...
the perfect balloon animal (affectionately named Knuckles the bear!)
Lots of love
and of course plenty of candy at the Fall festival!
Good times had by all.