Everyone hold on to your hats, because I made something, and ADDED something to the recipe. I am turning into a baking rebel.
But for real, I know I am not a very adventurous baker. I usually stick to a recipe for the most part. I might use normal butter for unsalted butter, or light brown sugar for dark brown sugar, when I want to get crazy.
But I wanted to eat an orange, and I wanted to make cookies, so I decided to add some orange zest to these chocolate chip cookies. And they didn’t turn out to shabby. The zest added a nice freshness to it. Everyone at work seemed to eat them, so I would say that is success.
We ate ours split in half, with an orange split in half, and some tea.
The guy’s silly puppy dog is always so happy to see me at the end of the day. She follows me around constantly. On Monday, she was basically doing yoga on the mat with me at one point.
She just likes to be as close to me as possible. Just like her owner.
These penguins are a custom request from Etsy. Someone asked if I could embroider some words on two penguins, and I decided to give it a try! I was kinda nervous about the hand embroidery, since it definitely is a challenge to embroider fleece, but I think it turned out pretty good. The handwritten lettering is part of the handmade charm, right?
Now off to your happy new homes, little penguins!
I just discovered the wonders of cute wrapping paper. I am kinda obsessed with these options from Paper Source.
I may or may not start giving away random presents just so I can use some.
How pretty are these vintage tins? I just want to fill them with goodies and send them to someone.
(found via pinterest. tin 1, 2, 3, 4)
Getting breakfast on weekends is one of my favorite things ever to do with my one true love. We occasionally try new places, but we have a couple favorites we go back to over and over again.
Since everyone in the world is coming to Austin, I just wanted to give a hint about 3 places you should NOT get breakfast, since I would like to eat there peacefully as usual.
1. 24 Diner. I like to get waffles or the breakfast platter. The guy likes the 24 hash or chicken and waffles. (photo)
2. Kerbey Lane. I wish I could eat the whole breakfast menu in one sitting, plus some Kerbey queso. (photo)
3. Rudy’s. Breakfast tacos or pigs in a blanket. (photo)
Everyone has a very strong opinion about where you should go on a honeymoon. Its one of the first things people started giving me advice on after we got engaged.
All I really want from a honeymoon is somewhere where you can see the stars, and breakfast. So maybe a cabin? Somewhere in the mountains or by the beach? Somewhere that brings breakfast to my door?
photo from here
There is something so satisfying about kneading dough. Also, it is a great arm workout, especially after you just did an hour of yoga and have rubber band arms.
We made “everything” bagels. The guy was in charge of putting the holes in the bagels, and making the spices and such to go on top. We used salt, sesame seeds, and some minced garlic. It was our first time making bagels, and it wasn’t really that hard at all. We followed these directions mostly, and ours turned out really good. We ate them fresh with a little cream cheese. Bagelicious.
guy and his girl 