Oregon Transplant

I haven't done a "Day in the Life" post in forever (since February of 2013 !!), so today I thought I'd have some fu...

You guys... I almost didn't share the books I read in 2016. I'm embarrassed. I only read 13 books in 2016, and 31% of them ...

December 2012 3 years. Well, technically it's been almost 3.5 years. But I digress. Can you believe it's been almos...

Oregon Trip 2015 Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a healthy, happy, and safe holiday season. Let's wrap up 2015 by summing up la...

Time to start wrapping up 2015! I'm looking back at the list of books I read in 2015, and it's so weird, but I feel like I jus...

November is nearly gone. Unbelievable. This year has flown by. I'm sitting here in a bit of shock that the hubby and I are going to...

Last week I confessed that I'd had a doughnut pan for over 6 months that I hadn't tested out yet. There must be something abou...

I'm running out of summer time to post my summer fruit recipes, so today ( much like many, many days this summer, ahem ) is abou...

I've got all kinds of things to talk to you about today. Slow cookers, chicken carcasses, herbs, veggies, broths, oh my!  To te...

Happy Wednesday! I'm going on my 3rd day of not leaving the house. We are currently buried under 6-7 inches of snow. The roads ...

This dish is a lesson in simplicity folks. There isn't much to this recipe. Olive oil, crushed red pepper, garlic, broccoli, pa...

It's time to talk change. Self-improvement. Growth. You know, all that stuff that we humans loathe to do. I, myself, am a highly self-...

Happy New Year! Well, it's 2015. Time to put 2014 in the rear view. One of my goals for 2014 was to read more. I didn't set a...

-with broccoli and grilled chicken If December were to call for any kind of food, I would think it would call for comfort food. ...

Happy Sunday from two warm and cuddly Chihuahuas! This is truly how these guys like to enjoy the weekends. Curled up in their favori...

I think it's time for something fun! Something totally off the wall and different. How about cookies? And make it a cake-y sugar co...

Oh yes, it's time for a slow-cooker treat! I've said it before, and I'll say it again- I don't pull out the crockp...