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Garlic Butter and Cracked Pepper Croutons

Garlic Butter and Cracked Pepper Croutons

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Croutons are kryptonite to me. For real. I can not resist a good, garlicky, buttery, sometimes cheesy crouton… but I don’t always love the icky stuff (preservatives, artificial flavors, etc) in commercially bought croutons so sometimes I make my own. Last week my Utah besties came to visit. We saw Ed Sheeran (absolutely amaaaaaaazing) in concert at Mile High Stadium (Empower Field at Mile High), wandered and explored and ate entirely too much good food. On Sunday we had a…

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Peanut Butter Swirl Brownies

Peanut Butter Swirl Brownies

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I was never a huge lover of brownies… … until I found a recipe online many years ago that was really yummy. I made it the first time as written. And then I tweaked it for high altitude… and then I tweaked it some more, made more adjustments and added my favorite black cocoa powder and then added a peanut butter swirl. Holy moly, my new favorite brownie recipe was born. This is the easiest brownie recipe! The most difficult…

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Papa's Mexican Steak
Papa’s Mexican Steak

Papa’s Mexican Steak

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Sometimes in your life you meet an amazing person online… I have met many amazing people, through creative interests and foodie interests. I met Carla several years ago in a foodie group and we just really clicked as friends. She is both crafty and a foodie. Over the years we have traded recipes back and forth as we shared our excitement of yummy food. A month or so ago she shared the recipe for her dad’s Mexican steak – Papa’s…

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Summer 2015

Summer 2015

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It has been a rough summer here at our house. Brent was unemployed for three months (the company who hired him last fall was somewhat not so great) but just started working again a little over two weeks ago.  In July Sadie started having some health issues, which we treated and thought were resolved… until a week ago when we ended up in the vet  ER and found out she had a broken right humerus.  Last Tuesday she had surgery…

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Spice, Spice, Baby

Spice, Spice, Baby

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Since moving to Colorado I have been working part time as a professional organizer with my friend, Christa, at Peace Together Spaces.  It has been a lot of fun and fills my need to “sort and purge”.  Organizing other people’s spaces is a lot of fun and easier for me than organizing my own spaces (no emotional attachment to things).   Today I wrote a post for the PTS blog… let’s get those spice cabinets organized, peeps! Check it out by…

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Going Bat Stick Crazy Around Here

Going Bat Stick Crazy Around Here

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And now for the excuses….. I have not died. Or driven off the face of the earth. (Yes, it looks like we might drive off the face of the earth on this road up to Pike’s Peak… oy) I have just been living a very crazy life here in beautiful Colorado. To catch you up on everything would make for a thick novel so instead I will sum it up. 1) Had a GREAT My Creative Escape retreat here in…

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An Inky Update

An Inky Update

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We are moving in a week!!!!!  YIKES!!! Our Utah home went under contract THIS MORNING! Holy moly!! We are having a sale at Stamper Storage!!  SaWEET! Here’s some info:

Crafting with Food: Thai Fresh Spring Rolls

Crafting with Food: Thai Fresh Spring Rolls

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Hello sweet friends! Our move to Colorado is coming along nicely… We found a home and will be living in a beautiful town called Castle Rock which is just about 12 minutes south of Brent’s work and 30ish minutes south of Denver. We will be closing on the home Nov 16th and moving out there that week.  Brent is currently commuting to Colorado.. which totally stinketh.  Our Utah house is now listed and we are anxiously waiting for a buyer. …

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From Couch to 500….

From Couch to 500….

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*Warning* LOADS of Photos… This summer I have focused on my health… a big part of why I have partially “abandoned” this blog.   In February I was diagnosed with severe sleep apnea and ridiculously (near dead) low levels of oxygen in my blood stream… (The last two years of my life have been a crazy medical mess.)  The doctor put me on a CPAP machine and oxygen at night and they have literally CHANGED.MY.LIFE In the first week of May…

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