Missing Mary...

Oh how I miss going to the mailbox to find my

"Home Companion" magazine

Just look at this February issue...complete with valentines...

...and of course a signature "Mary" paper doll! 



I am so happy to have my "collection" to browse through for

 ideas, inspiration and good old

 Mary Engelbreit frivolity!



You are loved and missed and always welcomed back...

sweet "Home Companion"! 

STAY COZY,

Carrie



Dress it Up...

Forget about the bottled dressings at the supermarket....

Making your own vinaigrette is so easy!

Just blend together...

3 parts olive oil ~ 2 parts vinegar ~ 1 part mustard (any flavor)

and add one of these extras:

1 part sriracha ~ 1 part grapefruit or pineapple juice ~ 1 chopped hard cooked egg

Voila!

Of course once you have the basics ~ go ahead and experiment!

It's healthier, it's cheaper and it tastes delicious!

And don't sweat over the fat in the olive oil...it is so good for you!

A salad a day keeps the "flu bugs" away!

Stay Well, Carrie

January 15th is Strawberry ice Cream Day...

Growing up in the '60's & '70's... my 6 siblings and I would hover over the mailbox as our birthday neared in anticipation of the yearly "free ice cream cone" postcard from "31 Flavors".

 

 

 

YES...Baskin Robins was known as 31 Flavors back in the day....

and true to its name...there were 31 tasty flavors of creamy ice cream!

Oh the decision making.....

 

 

But it was always easy for me....STRAWBERRY!

Sweet, pink, strawberry!

 

As far as I was concerned there was only one choice!

Not only did I adore strawberry ice cream...it was the only kind I ate!

 

 

As my siblings would hem and haw over what kind to pick....

 

 

I was already enjoying each sweet lick....

 

 

So celebrate today...

National Strawberry Ice Cream Day!

 

 

ENJOY!

Carrie



My lucky morning...

A "double yolk"....

An extra helping of luck never hurts!

Stay Cozy,
Carrie

A wild ride....

Due to God's sifting and refinement in my life, I am looking at 2013 with clearer eyes & a softened and humbled heart. I am able to see that the financial and material losses I so deeply mourned were all for my good and they are in fact blessings & acknowledgements that I am His; for when I decide to walk with the Lord I must surrender myself to His will and expect a path for my life that I might never have imagined!

My hope is not to journey to my grave arriving unscathed, unwrinkled, looking as youthful as possible,  with as many earthly treasures as I can accumulate...

but to slide in broadside, thoroughly used up and worn out, 

  a heart overflowing with the love I shared & received,  proclaiming...

 "Wow, what a ride!"

And hearing the words, 
"Well done my good and faithful, daughter."

So buckle your seat belts, ladies....

Let's take this ride together!

Carrie