Friday Things
1. Happy belated Valentine’s Day! I had a wonderfully delicious and gorgeous day! Not pictured: a fantastic breakfast sandwich to kick off the day, and a phenomenal dinner with appetizers that I absolutely need to recreate at home!
2. There are currently three doggy-bag containers of leftovers in the fridge. If I ever finish a meal at a restaurant, it will be a small miracle.
3. Remember a few weeks ago when I mentioned that I spent the day at the DeLallo test kitchen with Jessica? You can read more about our day there over on the DeLallo blog: Local Food Bloggers Unite in the DeLallo Kitchen.
4. I had a temporary moment of insanity this week and decided to give up peanut butter for Lent. Two days down, 38 to go. I will devour an entire peanut butter egg on Easter morning. Write it down.
5. I feel totally inept when it comes to doing my own hair. I’m capable of styling it curly just fine, but am awful at blowing it out straight. Or doing anything else remotely interesting with it. Does anyone know of any sites with easy-to-follow hair tutorials? I could definitely use some help since I’m like a five-year-old when it comes to doing my own hair.
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6. It might be early to start thinking about it, but is anyone planning a garden for this year? Have you decided what to grow? I’m not sure if I’ll get one planted yet, but I’m hoping to do containers at the very least!
7. I didn’t watch the Grammys on Sunday night; are there any performances worth queuing up on YouTube?
8. Last weekend I made a birthday cake for my Chief Culinary Consultant. I may or may not have spelled birthday “birtday” on the cake. Good thing I had already fed him some delicious lamb ;-)
9. Don’t forget to enter the BEB Anniversary Giveaway! You could win your choice of a dSLR, iPad or KitchenAid Professional Mixer! You have until Sunday to enter… Good Luck!
10. TGIF! Hugs all around!
I can’t believe you gave up Peanut butter for lent. I couldn’t do it! Love love love peanut butter. Also, I cut my hair super short recently (this Michelle Williams in chesnut brown) and it’s so easy to blow out. Two minutes and you’re out the door!
Those roses are stunning! Good luck with giving up pb; I don’t think I could resist the Reese’s eggs that long, I’m powerless around them!
Hi! Since you gave up peanut butter you must try cookie butter (if you haven’t already) They have it at Trader Joes. It is something that I have a bad addiction to, I am telling everyone about it!
Sounds like you had a fun week! Of the Grammy’s, I thought the Bob Marley tribute was good, as well as the Lumineers performance of “Ho Hey!” :)
amazing vibrant colors!!
Those flowers! Ohmigod. So super lovely. Glad you had a great Valentine’s Day!
First those flowers are beautiful and Happy belated Valentine’s Day to you as well. I would suggest finding the Bob Marley tribute, that was by far my fave performance from the Grammys. I also liked Fun, The Lumineers, JT and Kelly Clarkson.
I have curly VERY curly hair, and I find that if I use Moroccan Oil (don’t be afraid to use too much) before I blow it out, it helps keep it smooth. Then, I just take my time. I put the dryer right onto my hair and round brush but I don’t leave it one spot for fear of burning my hair. Then I just use the flat iron a bit to smooth it out then a bit more Moroccan Oil. Just takes a lot of practice!
Those flowers are stunning! I am pretty terrible at styling my hair too, but find that hot rollers and a high quality flat iron are so essential. We always grow morning glories. We start them from seed inside the house right about this time of year (I need to get on that) and then transplant them outside when the weather warms. They are so amazing and beautiful – the one flower I can’t imagine summer without.
Good luck with your peanut butter!!! I gave up looking at my phone in the car (even when I’m not the one driving), and dessert after dinner (I figured I couldn’t give up dessert altogether because of the blog. Right? Right?).
I’ll eat a PB egg for you if that will help. Before dinner, of course. ;)
As far as hair tutorials… http://www.thesmallthingsblog.com/ has great ones, all video but she also shows the hair style from the front and back which is helpful!