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If you can recall from a few months back, I wrote a blog post on Re-Setting Your Pantry.  And, in that post, I promised I would follow it up with a post on organizing your fridge like a pro…in June. We are already in the…

Every May and October, I like to take inventory on freshness and amounts of my spice cupboard and dried goods.  That is what I call Springtime Kitchen Pantry Re-Set, baby!!!  Let’s get real, I cannot be the only one who periodically wipes down all of…

I have been a little quiet lately. Do you know those times in our lives in which we sort of lose our shit and completely go off-rail with our centering?  That happened to me this past winter. And what is so incredibly crazy is that…

When I first began working in Georgia in 2016, I had come to know southern cooking on a more personal level.  I was introduced to Low Country Boils, cheesy grits, fried alligator boulettes, boiled peanuts, and a good ol’ bream fish fry.  All of these…

What can I say…I am truly a sucker for new year resolutions. Why? I think I get sucked into the whole idea of “starting over” at the beginning of the new year. This particular first day of the new year really hit me like a…

Cauliflower Chili Verde Posole…Pozole…whatever…check it out…. I am excited to shout from the top of my lungs I have been sucked into the cult of Bullet Journaling.  My art school professor would be so proud to know I am FINALLY keeping a sketchbook!  My journal…

I have been down with a pretty badass cold…flu…or some evil hex put upon me for the last three days.  I’m even wondering if someone gave me “Ojo” at the grocery store on Monday.  It has kept me from doing any and all things needing…

Three cups of coffee later and the simple act of “just getting dressed”, I am finally sitting down with my computer, journal, and puppy, brainstorming ideas for new content.  Sometimes, I get into a rut with scheduling blog posts, writing, and just simply keeping your…

My mother always used to say, “For every bad thing that happens, at least three great things come from it.”  For a long time, I thought that was just a phrase to make us all feel better about whatever cards we were dealt.  I’m here…

And just like that, nineteen years ago on Labor Day weekend, I went into labor with Bennie Irene.  Oh, the irony… I was 28 years old and completely scared out of my mind to have my very first child only five months after I had…