I am still so excited about the new year. A little secret about me….my favorite holiday is New Year’s (the Eve and the Day)! I love fresh starts, a reset, and a reason to write out New Year’s Resolutions. This holiday has been my favorite since I was a kid. …
The past few years, I have chosen a word to live by for the year, like discipline, calm, and organized. I see many people online having a word of the year as well. For 2025, I decided to do a mantra of the year. Or you could call it your…
Have you ever wanted to do something perfectly? No mistakes. No mishaps. If you have, then you will relate to this blog post. There are a few different kinds of perfectionism. One kind is doing something thoroughly and perfectly, where you can’t rest until it is done. The other kind…
Have you ever heard of the “mise en place” way of cooking? Well, it is a French phrase for “everything in its place”. Official culinary training in culinary schools teach how to use this way of cooking. In fact, if you watch cooking shows, you will see the majority of…
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and a good weekend. We had a good weekend. I did some cleaning, we saw some family, and I did some online shopping. Which speaking of shopping, that’s what I want to share with you today. Some really awesome Amazon cyber Monday deals…
I have scoured Amazon for some of this year’s best Black Friday finds that I’m sure you will love. Whether keeping for yourself, or buying gifts for someone else, these are some of this year’s best items for the cook in your life, in my opinion. Smoothies are my breakfast…
Podcasts have taken the place of the radio (most of the time)for me. I would rather listen to a great podcast and learn something, than listen to the radio. Now, there are times when I will listen to the radio (usually a Spotify playlist), but most of the time it…
Have you ever gone to the store to get just one thing or a few things, and ended up getting a cartfull or way overspent what you had planned on spending? I’m sure you have…we all have. Well, I have really been trying to watch my spending, especially grocery wise.…
What a week this week has been. I am so glad it is Friday and the weekend is here. While my weekend is full of work(work from my day job), cleaning, and laundry, I am thankful it’s here. I usually don’t mind if I have to work from home on…
We all have or have had at least one unhealthy or bad habit that we really needed to let go of. Those bad habits are like a disease that won’t go away; a pest, and sometimes might even be your guilty pleasure. For me, my unhealthy habits are a nuisance;…
