Friday Things
1. Happy belated Valentineโs 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:ย 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. Iโm 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 Iโm 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? Iโm not sure if Iโll get one planted yet, but Iโm hoping to do containers at the very least!
7.ย I didnโt 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 โbirtdayโ on the cake. Good thing I had already fed him some delicious lamb ;-)
9. Donโt 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 enterโฆ Good Luck!
10. TGIF! Hugs all around!
I canโt believe you gave up Peanut butter for lent. I couldnโt do it! Love love love peanut butter. Also, I cut my hair super short recently (this Michelle Williams in chesnut brown) and itโs so easy to blow out. Two minutes and youโre out the door!
Those roses are stunning! Good luck with giving up pb; I donโt think I could resist the Reeseโs eggs that long, Iโm powerless around them!
Hi! Since you gave up peanut butter you must try cookie butter (if you havenโt 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 Grammyโs, I thought the Bob Marley tribute was good, as well as the Lumineers performance of โHo Hey!โ :)
amazing vibrant colors!!
Those flowers! Ohmigod. So super lovely. Glad you had a great Valentineโs Day!
First those flowers are beautiful and Happy belated Valentineโs 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 (donโt 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 donโt 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 โ the one flower I canโt imagine summer without.
Good luck with your peanut butter!!! I gave up looking at my phone in the car (even when Iโm not the one driving), and dessert after dinner (I figured I couldnโt give up dessert altogether because of the blog. Right? Right?).
Iโll eat a PB egg for you if that will help. Before dinner, of course. ;)
As far as hair tutorialsโฆ http://www.thesmallthingsblog.com/ has great ones, all video but she also shows the hair style from the front and back which is helpful!