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This past weekend I asked Twitter for some good summer ideas for using the chicken breast in my fridge. I ended up doing the Key West chicken and Cilantro Lime rice I blogged about here, but I got such good ideas, I wanted to share them for those of you searching for summer cooking ideas! [...]

I don’t mind BBQ chicken, but it’s not something I want to eat often. So when I knew we were having chicken breasts on the grill for dinner tonight, I went looking for something else I could do. On AllRecipes.com, I found these two recipes, which were easy to prepare. I marinated the chicken for [...]

We’re growing strawberries   And flowers And going to the beach With the top down And wearing our shades. Because we’re baaad.

This afternoon on Twitter I asked: What’s your favorite book that prominently features a dragon. Either as a shifter, character, etc. Keyword: prominent I have absolutely no reason for asking other than general curiousity. I was browsing Amazon (avoiding cleaning my closet, like I’m supposed to be doing on Vacation Day Two) and something caught [...]

Of course, now I have Katy Perry singing in my head thanks to that post title. But despite Katy Perry in my head, I have a giveaway for you! This weekend, I was in New Jersey and visited Sarah Wendell, the very Smart Bitch, herself. Sarah’s written (another) book and I happened to know she’d [...]

I know I write a lot here about Brianna, but honestly, she makes me laugh so often, I have to share. I think I’ve shared with some of you that Brianna has, in the past few months, taken to communicating through her drawing and some signs. One night she was so upset with us, she [...]

I have so much love for this picture Brianna made me for an early Mother’s Day using some heart sticky notes I gave her (I got them in a goody bag from a conference last weekend!). She made every one of our family members in the house (including animals) their own face and labeled them. [...]

My new iPad2 has a camera. And you can do weird things with that camera. Especially when you’re bored sitting on your couch one night.    

Continuing the theme of talking about conferences this week, I wanted to expand on a suggestion I made in a recent interview for the Australia RWA group. Here’s the question and answer: Any advice for conference first-timers and/or nervous introverts? If you’re afraid no one will talk to you, carry an interesting bag, or wear [...]