Sunday Loves & Links | Vol. 8

Pugcentric // List Maker Picture Taker // Eric Jimenez Art
Your pug of the day! Another piece from mine and Eric’s #Pugcentric series.

Happy Holidays!
//Christmas Carol hotline: call this number 24/7 and a very real person will sing you a holiday song.
//Winning Christmas: the worlds biggest letter to Santa delivers a powerful message.
//Yes. ‘Baby It’s Cold Outside’ IS that creepy.
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/If Cormac McCarthy wrote Home Alone (this is epic).  Continue reading

30 Before Thirty

30 Before Thirty//List Maker Picture TakerOne benefit of having a birthday that coincides with the ending of one year and the start of another is the opportunity it presents for self-reflection. Resolutions are woven into the fabric of the season’s traditions, and I’m by no means immune.  Last year, I made the list below of things I want to do before my thirtieth birthday and I set to work crossing them off one by one.  Continue reading

The Great Cookie Poll: What Are Your Favorite Christmas Cookies?

gingerbread cookies
In case it wasn’t clear by now, I love the holidays. The decorations, the music, the movies, all the fun festivities, and, of course, the food! One of my favorite Christmas past times is making cookies and other sweet treats for the people I care about. This gives me the excuse to indulge in two of my favorite things: Christmas and baking. I also love the gift giving part of the season and, it goes without saying, gifts you can eat are the best kind. Continue reading

Spicy Sweet Potato Chili

It’s been unseasonably warm here in Chicago, and with all the rain it’s been feeling more like spring than Christmas time. The temperature actually got up into the 60’s yesterday! That said, I needed a meal that would remind me that, yes, it is actually winter; so I pulled this Chili out of the recipe box. If you’re having a lazy day at home, you can make it on the stove, or you can throw it together in the crock pot so it’s ready to go when you walk in the door at the end of the day. Either way, I love this recipe not only because it’s quick, and super simple, but it’s also healthy without tasting like it.
Sweet Potato Chilli Continue reading