Recent Posts Tagged With 'food'

• Shopping, Walking, Shopping, Baking

  Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 19:25 in family, soccer, holidays, food, christmas, Ethan, brownies, fun times, a day in the life..., 365 days of blogging

  This morning, after dropping Ethan off at school, I headed straight to Target to do a little Christmas shopping.  I am so proud of myself.  I NEVER do early shopping, but this year I threw all care to the wind and actually started a couple of weeks...

• Breakfast at the Belvedere Coffee Shop

  Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 18:28 in family, friends, food, boardwalk, breakfast, Ethan, stephen, fun times, eye opener, atlantic ocean, virginia beach, a day in the life...

  This morning we started out a little earlier than usual, and met friends of my friend for breakfast at the Belvedere Coffee Shop. Nestled on the edge of one of the older motels on the beach, the Belvedere Coffee Shop is open from 7 a.m. until 2 p.m....

• A full day…

  Posted on Thursday October 15th, 2009 at 20:18 in family, friends, food, walking, Ethan, rain, brownies, fun times, a day in the life..., school stuff, kaiden, 365 days of blogging

  Started out early this morning with getting Ethan and Kaiden to Jump Rope Club at 7:15. Came home in the pouring rain, and Janet and I decided to go ahead and attempt our daily walk on the boardwalk. I am amazed that we did it as hard as it was pour...

• Neptune Festival 2009

  Posted on Sunday September 27th, 2009 at 18:53 in family, friends, food, Ethan, fun times, virginia beach, a day in the life..., neptune festival, 365 days of blogging, north american sandcastle competition

  Ethan and I spent the afternoon at the Virginia Beach Neptune Festival. We had such a good time. Watched the surfing contest, looked at the art show, ran into lots of friends, ate chocolate covered strawberries and bananas and especially enjoyed thi...

• Labor Day Weekend

  Posted on Sunday September 6th, 2009 at 19:18 in family, holidays, fun, friends, food, pool, Ethan, sunset, fun times, corey, ashton, a day in the life...

  The day before Labor Day. The day before the pool closes. The day summer as we know it ends. Our pool held our Labor Day Cookout today. Misty brought the Mamma Mia Mac Salad, yummy BLT dip, and cheesecake brownies. I made a strawberry vanilla type re...

• 4th Annual Farewell to Summer Party

  Posted on Sunday August 23rd, 2009 at 22:06 in family, friends, food, party, cocktails, fun times, a day in the life..., 365 days of blogging, farewell to summer

  Farewell to Summer with just the girls this year. We had lots of good drinks and food, and invited a representative from Pure Passion to introduce us to her new line of sex toys. We had lots of laughs and those who were so inclined were able to take ...

• Counting down…

  Posted on Friday August 21st, 2009 at 21:24 in family, fun, friends, food, party, cocktails, drinks, fun times, a day in the life..., 365 days of blogging

  After spending the last few days shopping and doing party prep (between my time sunning), it is almost time for the 4th Annual Farewell to Summer Party!  I think we’re about 90% ready to party.  A few last minute things to throw together, get...

• Cristin’s Birthday

  Posted on Sunday August 16th, 2009 at 19:45 in family, friends, food, birthday, fun times, 25, a day in the life..., cristin, 365 days of blogging

  Last night Misty and I joined Cristin and several of her friends to celebrate her 25th birthday at a neighborhood Mexican restaurant. It was lots of fun, with good drinks and lots of laughs. You can see the rest of the pictures here....

• It’s that time again!

  Posted on Tuesday August 4th, 2009 at 20:22 in friends, food, party, fun times, a day in the life..., girls only, 365 days of blogging, farewell to summer

  Time to start sharing the details of this year’s Farewell to Summer Party.  It’ll be a GIRLS ONLY party, and will be tons of fun, millions of laughs, and lots of alcohol.  You won’t want to miss it!  Saturday, August 22 from 8 to...

• A camping we will go…

  Posted on Friday July 31st, 2009 at 08:01 in family, camping, friends, food, fun times, a day in the life..., cherrystone campground, 365 days of blogging

  Getting it all packed up and ready to head out the door. Keeping the fingers crossed that the clouds stay away and the bugs aren’t hungry. I’ll be back Sunday, so I’ll probably just do two posts today to make up for the missed one t...

• Tired from all the shopping & a photo from yesterday

  Posted on Thursday July 30th, 2009 at 22:03 in camping, shopping, friends, food, fun times, misty, a day in the life..., wawa, 365 days of blogging

  Misty and I left around 6 today to shop for the remainder of the things we needed for our weekend camping trip. Who knew we’d be out until 10:30? Seriously, we’re only going for two nights! But we have enough to feed the campground, debug...

• Ending the weekend right

  Posted on Sunday July 19th, 2009 at 19:36 in friends, food, summer, sunday, weekends, 365 days of blogging

  We had such a fun weekend, and today ended on such a good note.  Ethan and I never left the pool today, and we ate both lunch and dinner at the pool.  Tonight’s dinner was amazing.  A couple of friends joined us, and everyone contributed a l...

• All on a Saturday

  Posted on Saturday July 18th, 2009 at 20:25 in friends, food, pool, saturdays, a day in the life..., cookouts, 365 days of blogging

  Today wasn’t much different than other Saturdays.  We started the pool off with a cloudy day, but by the afternoon the sun came out and the weather and water were both perfect.  Throughout the day, I watched Adam leave and come home several t...

• It was different…

  Posted on Thursday July 9th, 2009 at 20:18 in food, Chicken, pool, corn, hot dogs, fun times, grill, 365 days of blogging

  In addition to our nightly hot dogs and chicken, we grilled corn at the pool tonight. At least there was a glimmer of change to the day....

• The Captain and The Mayor

  Posted on Saturday July 4th, 2009 at 21:31 in family, holidays, friends, food, pool, hot dogs, hamburgers, swimming, Ethan, grilling, the captain, fun times

  Our homeowners association put together a big cookout at the pool today, and provided the hot dogs, hamburgers, grilled chicken and drinks. During the cookout, we were able to introduce The Captain (Misty’s dad) and Mayor Bob. It was military v...

• Your new favorite song…

  Posted on Friday June 12th, 2009 at 19:24 in food, pizza hut, taco bell, a day in the life..., pta, nice weather, 365 days of blogging

  …because I have nothing else to talk about.  Well, other than the weather was beautiful, I did my PTA volunteer work and I made a decent dinner....

• Tuna Time

  Posted on Wednesday June 10th, 2009 at 20:24 in food, fun times, a day in the life..., 365 days of blogging, tuna pool swimming

  I had the most delicious meal today.  Pan seared, medium rare, fresh off the boat tuna steaks. And I have more for tomorrow!  Yesterday Adam visited an old friend of ours.  An old friend, who had just returned from a deep sea fishing trip, and was...

• Guess what we had?

  Posted on Thursday May 21st, 2009 at 17:21 in family, food, Ethan, donuts, slurpees, red lips, pink icing, 365 days of blogging, red teeth

  Red lips and teeth…the tell tale sign of an after school Slurpee. And a little pink icing on the cheek…remnants of a glazed donut with strawberry icing. Ethan loves stopping at 7-11 on the way home from school for a treat. Now that warm ...

• Skinny Dip

  Posted on Monday May 18th, 2009 at 19:10 in family, friends, food, Ethan, toppings, skinny dip, a day in the life..., frozen yogurt

  For the better part of the day today, and even a couple of days last week and the week prior, I have been anticipating having frozen yogurt from the new spot in town. Skinny Dip. It’s a frozen yogurt bar that allows you to dispense your own top...

• Monday, Monday

  Posted on Monday May 11th, 2009 at 21:13 in food, stuff, adam, a day in the life..., cristin, 365 days of blogging

  I let this day get away from me.  I accomplished plenty during the day, and am happy to say that laundry is completely caught up.  I hung up my new Mother’s Day gift from Cristin and it looks splendid.  I made Adam his favorite breaded ...

• Super Blankie, Super Bowl, Super Food

  Posted on Sunday February 1st, 2009 at 17:32 in family, recipes, football, food, Ethan, adam, super bowl, dips, a day in the life..., blt dip, 365 days of blogging, comfort items

  Ethan’s comfort item since birth has been what he refers to as “blue blankie.” However, it’s a multi-purpose item, as you can see. He wakes up with this thing, eats breakfast with it, and if he’s watching tv or doing som...

• Just a slice will do

  Posted on Friday January 23rd, 2009 at 15:59 in food, pie, yummy, waitress, national pie day, a day in the world..., 365 days of blogging

  If only I’d realized that today is National Pie Day…I’d certainly have baked a pie. The difficulty would lie in deciding what kind of pie to bake. Pecan? Chocolate Pecan? Chocolate Cream? Coconut Cream? Banana Cream? Peach? Apple? A...

• Triple Chocolate Mess

  Posted on Sunday January 18th, 2009 at 10:26 in food, cake, crockpot, a day in the life..., 365 days of blogging, cyber-kitchen, mimi hiller, triple chocolate mess

  Yesterday I posted a recipe for a single serving 5-minute chocolate cake.  Chatty voiced her review, and declared it a flop.  She’s  not the only one to proclaim it “gross” and I’ve heard her sentiments repeated from friend...

• The 5-minute chocolate cake recipe

  Posted on Saturday January 17th, 2009 at 16:58 in Chocolate, food, Easy, cake, quick, 365 days of blogging

  Someone shared this recipe with me, and I figured I’d do the same.   I’ll spare you all the picutres of me adding each ingredient.    What really makes it dangerous is that we usually always have all these ingredients on hand! 5 MI...

• Shortly after midnight…

  Posted on Wednesday December 24th, 2008 at 23:50 in family, holidays, food, christmas, Ethan, a day in the life..., 365 days of blogging, snacks for santa

  …and Santa has come and gone. Ethan asked us to leave Santa some cookies, a few shrimp and a juice box....

• Christmas Eve Quickie

  Posted on Wednesday December 24th, 2008 at 07:25 in family, gifts, holidays, food, christmas, Ethan, adam, fun times, christmas eve, a day in the life..., greek food, pastitsio

  Get your mind out of the gutter! With so much to do today, I thought I’d throw out my post for today before the day gets away from me. Adam’s mom came over last night to celebrate Christmas with us. Ethan got tons of Bakugan and the covet...

• Thank goodness.

  Posted on Monday December 22nd, 2008 at 08:18 in food, soup, comfort food, ham, olive oil, a day in the life..., bean soup, cold weather food, 365 days of blogging, cooking with olive oil

  Yeah, thank goodness I made this bean soup because it is hella cold outside today. It’s in the 20s, with a wind chill in the teens. Certainly others have experienced this sort of cold lately, but it’s particularly hard to take when I was ...

• I almost blew my 365

  Posted on Thursday December 18th, 2008 at 17:05 in family, food, baking, cookies, christmas, Ethan, baklava, holiday baking, a day in the life..., 365 days of blogging

  So before I forget again, here you go. Yesterday Ethan and I headed to my mom’s house directly after school for a little cookie and baklava baking, some present wrapping and to check to see what night the nearby church would be doing their live...

• Bowser knows best!

  Posted on Thursday December 11th, 2008 at 15:58 in video games, food, slacker, Ethan, lazy, fun times, a day in the life..., rainy day, bowser, mario party, 365 days of blogging

  It’s rainy, it’s dreary, it’s dark. Ethan and I are slacking off with some Mario Party. What better way to spend a particularly dismal day than getting told by Bowser that we’re lazy slackers!...