I have a confession. Until this morning I was a “Mommy & Me” virgin. I know I should go to these little groups, I know my lil girl would enjoy and benefit going, but I just never did. I went a whole 7 months without it but I caved. I don’t really have any “mom” friends. I have a couple but figured I should go out and try to make more. I had a few bad experiences with unsocial-clique-y moms but I put that and my paranoia of her getting sick from other babies aside and took an introductory class…
Thirsty Thursday – Dirttty Edition
0I would like to pay homage to one of the tastiest and classiest of martinis this week: The Dirty Martini. Possibly my favorite of all the martini’s out there. One of my first experiences wtih this lucious drink was back almost 6 years ago at Blue Martini. As soon as the salty mix touched my lips I was hooked. What made this drink what it is was the garnish of olives. They weren’t your normal Spanish olives. They were stuffed with..wait for it…blue cheese. Indulge yourself..I beg of you. Classic Vodka Dirttty Martini with Blue Cheese Stuffed Olives Makes 2…
Humpday Shopping – Shoe Dilemma
0I love shoes. But finding the right pair for a special occasion is next to impossible. Why is it that every time you shouldn’t be shopping you find amazing things that you MUST have, but when you need to buy something for an occasion you can never find what you are looking for?!?! It is so beyond frustrating!!! As you can see I am having one of those moments…for the past 2 weeks. I bought an amazing dress for a wedding a couple weeks in advanced so I wasn’t rushing around last minute. I figured I would have a sexy…
I’m Lazy. Wah.
0About a month ago, I got all jacked up on the idea of working out. Yeahhhh bro! I was all about beating down Jillian Michaels and pretty much calling her a skank, slut, whore, biatch and every other name in the book. I was determined to get back into the groove of working out and getting “shredded”. Yeah. That didn’t happen. I completely failed at that goal. I worked out for about a week and a half straight, I was on a roll. Then everything seemed to just get in the way. The floors had to be mopped. The rugs…
Anne Burrell is Awesome.
0My husband and I are addicted to pretty much every show on Food Network. And HGTV. Our favorite chefs at the moment are Anne Burrell and Robert Irvine. Thanks to ‘The Next Iron Chef’, Jeff Zakarian is creeping up there too. Any who, last weekend we were watching ‘Secrets of a Restaurant Chef’ hosted by Anne Burrell and she was making a braised chicken dish that just looked absolutely incredible. So we had a bright idea of attempting to make it for dinner that night. It looked complicated but between the two of us it turned out to be so…
Saturday Night Rant
0You know what really grinds my gears? Those stupid security code word scrambled things. You know those things whenever you forget your password to gmail or try to leave a blog comment or you are trying to buy tickets on Ticketmaster? Those annoying scrambled letters that try to tell if you are a robot or human. They are called CAPTCHAs. It stands for ‘Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart’. Yeah. Those things. I hate them with a passion. I get that they are supposed to help with spam and what not, but C’MON! Sometimes…
Winter Jacket? What’s That?
0I am very fortunate to be living in the tropical weather all year round. Florida is awesome. Yeah sure, there is no such thing as season changes down here and it gets hot as hell during the summer but who really cares, that’s why we have the beach, pool and palm trees to distract us. I’ve lived here for 15 years and do not plan on leaving. I grew up in the north and experienced the crappy ass winters and snow. Shits fun to visit but I prefer year-round bathing suit weather. Since I have been transplanted down here and…
Thirsty Thursdays
0Wine and Vodka are my drinks of choice. Sometimes I get bored with my pinot grigio and like to spice things up. I usually mix it up by making white sangria. Crazy, I know. You can get so creative with sangria and use what ever fruit is in season. In the summer time, I like to cut up plums, nectarines, and peaches and mix that in with raspberries and blackberries. Shit is delicious!! With the fall season in full effect, I made a delicious Fall Sangria. Try it out this weekend! Fall Sangria 1 bottle White Wine (I use Pinot…
Wordless Weds.
0– Amanda
The Unexpected Baby
0Some might refer to it as the “ooopsie” baby or “the accident”. In my house, we call it the “holy shit WTF happened” baby. 2 years ago my husband and I got engaged, bought a town house and were planning a wedding. It was an extremely stressful yet amazing time in our life. We had the most perfect wedding – everything was just the way we wanted it and all our guests had a blast. After the wedding, we spent 7 days in the Dominican Republic…7 rainy days. Just our luck. When we got back, we were so excited to…
