Living in Texas, I’m never quite ready for fall holidays to hit. By the time I’m ready to start thinking sweaters and pumpkins, “fall” is almost over everywhere else – and we haven’t even had our first crisp day of the year yet! But even though the season isn’t really reflected outside my calendar and the fact that it… [Read More]
Happy Thanksgiving, My Dear Friends
I love the bustle of the holiday season and thrive in the busy-ness. I have lengthy to-do lists, projects planned, posts drafted, commitments, family visits. But about this time every year, despite my drive to DO, I begin to feel an irresistible pull to slow down. Perhaps it’s just that cooler weather has finally arrived… [Read More]
A Fakesgiving Table Setting
Number of years Bryan and I have been married: 4 Number of Thanksgiving dinners I have cooked for us: 1 Number of times we have had food poisoning from an undercooked Thanksgiving turkey: 1 Catch the full story in last year’s Thanksgiving table setting post – needless to say, we do not eat Thanksgiving dinner… [Read More]
The Great Pumpkin Cocktail Post of 2013
Have I got a post for you today! As you’re wrapping up your Thanksgiving prep (or just beginning it, as the case may be), don’t forgot to double-check the liquor cabinet and make sure you have the ingredients on hand to whip up these amazing pumpkin cocktails – taste-tested, approved, and punningly named by yours… [Read More]
It’s a Thanksgiving Table Setting!
After I divulged how much I suck at Halloween and shared my lazy approach to fall decorating, I just knew I couldn’t let Thanksgiving pass by without any effort on my part. I mean, “I Suck at Thanksgiving” would have been a little too lazy, right? To be fair… I suck at Thanksgiving. Our first… [Read More]