Showing posts with label Show Us Your Life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Show Us Your Life. Show all posts

Friday, September 2, 2011

Show Us Your Life--Favorite Blogs

Today I'm linking with Kelly's Korner to showcase my favorite blogs. Kelly must have been reading my mind because I have seriously been thinking of doing a post like this. I'm a HUGE blog reader, and I love sharing my favorites with other people.

Obviously, I'm a big fan of Kelly Stamps at Kelly's Korner. She was the first blog that I started reading on a regular basis. I don't remember who turned me on to her, but I am so thankful that they did! Kelly seems so down-to-earth, and I love reading about her daily life with her girls.

If you read my blog, you know that I love I Heart Organizing (you can read about my obsession here). Jen is an organizing guru, and she offers so much practical advice. I heart her!



Paige at Simple Thoughts is amazing. Her blog is so inspirational...she went through personal tragedy, yet her faith saw her through the dark days. Today her life is truly amazing. Her blog displays beautiful photography, updates on her beautiful girls, and her incredible house. You must check out this site!

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Erin at Sunny Side Up is a breathe of fresh air. She blogs about her family, home, and organization (notice the trend here??). She is also uber fashionable...swoon...:)

Kelly at My Sweet Creations makes the most delicious looking desserts..she is a cooking diva.



Lisa at Odom Party of Five is a personal favorite for two reasons: she's a fellow North Carolinian, and her girls are older. Many blogs are written by mothers of young children. I enjoy those, but sometimes it's nice to read about adventures of older kids--especially girls!

Kelle Hampton at Enjoying the Small Things is not simply a blogger, but a top-notch photographer and writer. I would not be surprised if she actually wrote a book about her life and had it published. Her girls are beautiful, and she chronicles being a parent to a special-needs child in a touching, meaningful way.



These are just a few of my favorites..check out my side bar for a few more...Enjoy!


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Friday, June 3, 2011

Show Us Your Life...Recipes

Today at Kelly's Korner, the feature is appetizers...I thought that I would share a simple recipe that I take everywhere. It never fails to get rave reviews, and everyone marvels at how easy it is. It only has three--yes, I said 3!--ingredients. Here goes:

Easy Sausage Dip

Ingredients:

  • 1 pound hot sausage
  • 1-8 ounce block of cream cheese
  • 1 can of Rotel (tomatoes with green chilies and spices)
Directions:
  • Break up sausage and brown in frying pan (just like you would do for ground beef). Drain.
  • In same pan, mix Rotel and cream cheese with sausage; place back on stove and melt.
  • Voila! It's done!--it is equally good warm or at room temperature.
  • Serve with tortilla chips.

I'm also including links to other appetizers that I like to make...

Buffalo Chicken Dip--This is my signature dish...Delicious!
Deviled Eggs--Interesting story about deviled eggs..I never would touch my mom's eggs...she tried for years to get me to eat them, but I "thought" that I didn't like them. I can't get enough of them now...I'm convinced that she is in heaven laughing her butt off about this one! Oh, the irony of life...
Seven Layer Bean Dip--I haven't met a bean that I don't like (much to my husband's chagrin!)
Hot Pizza Dip--Incredible, plus it can be made in the microwave...
Fruit Salsa and Cinnamon Chips--Delicious but the chips are too much work! In the future, I will buy cinnamon chips..it's all about ease for me!

Enjoy!
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Friday, May 20, 2011

Show Us Your Life

I decided to link up with Kelly's Korner for Show Us Your Life Main Dish Recipes. My family would probably vehemently disagree, but the older I get, the more I like to cook. I look to several sources for inspiration, but there are two that stand out. The Pioneer Woman has a lot of recipes that are relevant to our lifestyle. The ingredients are easy to find in small towns, and she gives great step-by-step instructions. She is getting her own show on Food Network this fall, and I cannot wait to see her in action. She seems like a fun down-to-earth lady. I love her cookbook, too...it is full of great food and pictures.


I also visit Allrecipes often. It is the best site dedicated to food that I have found. In fact, the majority of the food I cook comes from this easy-to-use site. I have listed just a few of my favorite main course meals.








Bon Appetit!

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Friday, April 15, 2011

SUYL

Today I linked up with Kelly for Show Us Your Life--What Are You Reading?  I have been so waiting for this one because books...well, let's just say that they are MONUMENTAL to my life (which is a good thing considering that I am an ENGLISH teacher--ha!)...

One of my favorite things about summer break is finally getting the chance to read all of the books that have had to go on hold because of the busy school year. Don't think that that means, however, that I have not been reading! I reread each book with my students because I cringe at the idea of them tripping me up on some small, minute detail...This year alone I have read reread the following books: Frankenstein, 1984, Animal Farm, Fahrenheit 451, Lord of the Flies, Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, The Awakening, The Metamorphosis, The Kite Runner, The Joy Luck Club, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and The Poisonwood Bible...whew...no wonder I had no time to read for pure, unadulterated enjoyment...

Never fear, however, I have been slowly loading my Kindle with a few beach reads that I can't wait to start...here are just a few...

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The Paris Wife by Paula McLain--A fictionalized account of Hemingway and his first wife Hadley's days in Paris. Anyone who knows me knows that I love both Paris AND Hemingway, and the idea that in the final pages of A Moveable Feast Hemingway declared that "[he] wished [he] had died before [he] ever loved anyone but her" makes my heart swoon....

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Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosney--I've had this one for a while but have not been able to get to it (I have a nasty habit of downloading when a book appeals to me...sigh....)

Water for Elephants: A Novel

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen--I'm a little late on this one but I refuse to see the movie without reading the book first...


Sing You Home: A Novel

Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult--because I LOVE her...period...

The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown--sounds intriquing...

The Love of My Youth: A Novel

The Love of My Youth by Mary Gordon

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Black Heels and Tractor Wheels by Ree Drummond..I'm a budding blogger...she's the Queen Bee of the Blogging World...enough said...

Hopefully these will get me started, but I'm already making a list as I read everyone's posts...so, I'm sure the list is bound to grow...ha!