An appetizer must for a snack lovers repertoire - meatballs.  A small little bite size ball of meat coated in a sticky sauce is the perfect snack to whip up for a party, or just  a fun additional to Jordan & I's weekend charcuterie board.  & I usually resort to buying mine in the frozen aisle at Costco.  But no more!  I decided to experiment with my own little homemade meatball in an effort to find the perfect go-to recipe that I can whip up in a snap.  & holy balls I was successful, which was a pleasant surprise even to me.  I bought organic, farm raised ground chicken (so a good quality meat),

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Today I’m embracing the act of New Years-ing.  It is in face a verb defined by embracing total veg mode, nursing a that NYE hangover, spending the day in loungewear, and possibly Netflix binging.  For days, my plans New Years day plans have entailed watching an embarrassing amount of TV, and I feel pretty great about it.  Listen - everyone deserves a day of unproductively to re-group &

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My husband has become the neighborhood lumberjack.  He is out there in full on denim, flannel, and equipped with a chainsaw to get the last of the overgrown mess in our backyard cleared out.  & he does look pretty darn cute doing it!  I did help pile up the debris, but ya I don't get down with that chainsaw business.  But literally our backyard is FINALLY all cleared out and officially

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Another day of home projects in the books - just me and my man laying floor.  Real life that is what we did today - laid hardwood laminate floor in our second story.  Our home has a one room second story addition that the previous owner literally did nothing with, so our contractor finished up the dry wall and we tackled our first experience with laminate flooring.  & oh man do I feel accomplished!! Like I feel so good about my ability to lay laminate flooring that I feel

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