#flowertherapy might be right up there with #water #flowertherapy might be right up there with #watertherapy.  Love passing the time in secret wildflower patches. As you do. 🌸
I remarked how pretty that tiny sliver of the moon I remarked how pretty that tiny sliver of the moon was on the way home tonight, and my friend pulled over right away so I could grab a photo. That’s when someone really knows you! It was just too beautiful to resist. 🌙
Weekend photos in review, old school style. ✨ C Weekend photos in review, old school style. ✨ 
Context: 1/ picture perfect weekend, 2/ threw together a quick meal w udon noodles, steak and broccoli, so good, 3/ the sun reflections on this painting struck me today, looked like a cross 4/ it takes all afternoon but nothing like Sunday Gravy, 5/ six months old, 6/ when he wants some serious zzzz’s, he covers his eye with his ears, the cutest, 7/ breakfast pastries at @coniglios
I have plenty of reusable shopping bags since New I have plenty of reusable shopping bags since New Jersey banned the plastic ones last year. But when I spied this beauty for a buck, how could I resist? It just is so darn happy, which makes me happy. The little things aren’t so little. 💛
Cheers to the weekend! This may look like a staged Cheers to the weekend! This may look like a staged photo, but Lola just has ZERO boundaries and Clifford is exceptionally patient. 😂
I’ve been on a smoked salmon kick lately (it’s I’ve been on a smoked salmon kick lately (it’s so good for you), so when I saw that a local patisserie has a smoked salmon croissant available (weekends only), I added it to my list of things to seek out. I popped into @chocolatinenj early on Mother’s Day and was rewarded with this deliciousness. Layers of soft flaky croissant dough, tender smoked salmon, light whipped cream, thinly sliced red and green onion slivers and dotted with capers… it was every bit as amazing as you’d imagine it would be. If you’re local, don’t sleep on this one. 😋
Weekend photos in review, the belated edition. 1/ Weekend photos in review, the belated edition.

1/ hit up a few yard sales and snagged this beautiful pasta dish from Italy with my favorite color for a buck, 2/ and one of these printer trays came home with me too, 3/ pre Mother’s Day celebrations with 30 local moms, 4/ finished the weekend supervising furniture assembly
Today would have been my friend Cathy’s 53rd bir Today would have been my friend Cathy’s 53rd birthday. Unfortunately she’s not here to celebrate because she died suddenly at age 49. I think of her often … every Mother’s Day because we spent most of them together since her husband worked weekends … when I discover a new food adventure (we once did a day long donut crawl) … when I’m sharing a special time with my kids knowing that her then-11 year old is growing up without her. Before she passed, I always appreciated every day, but since then, even more so. You never know what the next day can bring, so relish in the sunshine, surprise rainstorms, making wishes over railroad tracks and all the wonderful randomness life can throw your way. Don’t waste a single second, say yes, live on the outskirts of your comfort zone, laugh often, tell people you love them, give eight second hugs, and squeeze every ounce of joy you can out of life. Do it for the people who can’t. ✨
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Weekend Dog Blogging #68

January 15, 2007 · Narrative

Last night, we had our regular dinner with The Neighbors, but this time they hosted. In addition to making the very-loved Cheeseburger Soup and Bleu Cheese Chips, collectively we turned out SIX new recipes, and they did four of them on their own! I know you all are as proud of them as I am. For their new recipes, they turned to Sandra Lee, making a Stuffed Pizza Ring, Crab Salad Cucumber Bites, Banana Smores and Bananas Foster. I took care of the kids stuff, making a Crunchy Onion Chicken for them, and Candy Sushi for dssert. Now for the reviews:

Crab Salad Cucumber Bites – good, but the crab could barely be tasted, and when you’re spending a small fortune on a can of real crab, you really want the crab to shine through. If we make them again, I’d cut back on the other ingredients, so the crab is stronger.

Stuffed Pizza Ring – Rachael Ray makes a similar recipe to this. Tasty and easy to make. The Neighbor Husband inadvertently omitted three ingredients (cheese, seasoning, black olives), so he very nearly made his own recipe. ;)

Bananas Foster – The Neighbor Wife and I didn’t taste them, but given the speed at which The Husbands demolished them, it’s a fair bet that they were quite tasty.

Banana Smores – Delish. The kids shared them with us and they were easy to make and tasty. Slit open a banana, but leave it in its peel. Stuff it with marshmallows, chocolate chips and graham cracker crumbs. Wrap in foil and place in oven until everything is melty.

Candy Sushi – Nicholas loved them, super simple to make and a nice fun way for them to end their meal. Recipe is here.

Crunchy Onion Chicken – took literally 5 minutes to make, and Nicholas loved his; tender juicy chicken and you probably have the ingredients on hand, which is always a bonus. Recipe can be found here.

Alright, enough food for tonight. On with the dogs. Until tomorrow…

A year ago today… pure miscellany.

Stephanie from Dispensing Happiness is up first with two new additions to the roost, bringing the total up to five (check out her website for more pics).

The trio from Peanut Butter Etouffee drop by for a visit:

Dale, from One Hot Stove in Missouri enjoys the life of leisure:

Thankfully, Simba from Up a Creek Without a PatL is slowly on the mend:

There are some very happy pups at Rachel’s Bite tonight, enjoying some homemade Bacon-Cheese-Barley Burgers. Go check out her site for the pictures, unfortunately they’re not working here.

Well, if Kita and Lili from Sugar Mountain Farm in Vermont has snow, maybe there’s hope for us Jerseyans yet:

Ziggy from the Soul Fusion Kitchen in Los Angeles pops in:

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  1. Claire says

    January 15, 2007 at 4:50 am

    The crab bites look really good (I guess a “cheaper” version could be done with salad shrimp (?)). I also LOVE the idea of the banana s’mores. What a great, healthy treat! Y’all always seem to have so much fun. When I get out of school and residence (meaning, when I can have a life again!) I hope I get to do dinner parties more often. BTW, the chicken roll-up recipe is posted.

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  2. rachel says

    January 15, 2007 at 3:25 pm

    those cucumbers with crab LOOK so good, too bad the taste doesn’t follow through. Hm, cucumber, crab and olive . . . can’t get better than that!

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I remarked how pretty that tiny sliver of the moon I remarked how pretty that tiny sliver of the moon was on the way home tonight, and my friend pulled over right away so I could grab a photo. That’s when someone really knows you! It was just too beautiful to resist. 🌙
Weekend photos in review, old school style. ✨ C Weekend photos in review, old school style. ✨ 
Context: 1/ picture perfect weekend, 2/ threw together a quick meal w udon noodles, steak and broccoli, so good, 3/ the sun reflections on this painting struck me today, looked like a cross 4/ it takes all afternoon but nothing like Sunday Gravy, 5/ six months old, 6/ when he wants some serious zzzz’s, he covers his eye with his ears, the cutest, 7/ breakfast pastries at @coniglios
I have plenty of reusable shopping bags since New I have plenty of reusable shopping bags since New Jersey banned the plastic ones last year. But when I spied this beauty for a buck, how could I resist? It just is so darn happy, which makes me happy. The little things aren’t so little. 💛

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#flowertherapy might be right up there with #water #flowertherapy might be right up there with #watertherapy.  Love passing the time in secret wildflower patches. As you do. 🌸
I remarked how pretty that tiny sliver of the moon I remarked how pretty that tiny sliver of the moon was on the way home tonight, and my friend pulled over right away so I could grab a photo. That’s when someone really knows you! It was just too beautiful to resist. 🌙
Weekend photos in review, old school style. ✨ C Weekend photos in review, old school style. ✨ 
Context: 1/ picture perfect weekend, 2/ threw together a quick meal w udon noodles, steak and broccoli, so good, 3/ the sun reflections on this painting struck me today, looked like a cross 4/ it takes all afternoon but nothing like Sunday Gravy, 5/ six months old, 6/ when he wants some serious zzzz’s, he covers his eye with his ears, the cutest, 7/ breakfast pastries at @coniglios
I have plenty of reusable shopping bags since New I have plenty of reusable shopping bags since New Jersey banned the plastic ones last year. But when I spied this beauty for a buck, how could I resist? It just is so darn happy, which makes me happy. The little things aren’t so little. 💛
Cheers to the weekend! This may look like a staged Cheers to the weekend! This may look like a staged photo, but Lola just has ZERO boundaries and Clifford is exceptionally patient. 😂
I’ve been on a smoked salmon kick lately (it’s I’ve been on a smoked salmon kick lately (it’s so good for you), so when I saw that a local patisserie has a smoked salmon croissant available (weekends only), I added it to my list of things to seek out. I popped into @chocolatinenj early on Mother’s Day and was rewarded with this deliciousness. Layers of soft flaky croissant dough, tender smoked salmon, light whipped cream, thinly sliced red and green onion slivers and dotted with capers… it was every bit as amazing as you’d imagine it would be. If you’re local, don’t sleep on this one. 😋
Weekend photos in review, the belated edition. 1/ Weekend photos in review, the belated edition.

1/ hit up a few yard sales and snagged this beautiful pasta dish from Italy with my favorite color for a buck, 2/ and one of these printer trays came home with me too, 3/ pre Mother’s Day celebrations with 30 local moms, 4/ finished the weekend supervising furniture assembly
Today would have been my friend Cathy’s 53rd bir Today would have been my friend Cathy’s 53rd birthday. Unfortunately she’s not here to celebrate because she died suddenly at age 49. I think of her often … every Mother’s Day because we spent most of them together since her husband worked weekends … when I discover a new food adventure (we once did a day long donut crawl) … when I’m sharing a special time with my kids knowing that her then-11 year old is growing up without her. Before she passed, I always appreciated every day, but since then, even more so. You never know what the next day can bring, so relish in the sunshine, surprise rainstorms, making wishes over railroad tracks and all the wonderful randomness life can throw your way. Don’t waste a single second, say yes, live on the outskirts of your comfort zone, laugh often, tell people you love them, give eight second hugs, and squeeze every ounce of joy you can out of life. Do it for the people who can’t. ✨

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