kitchen redemption recipe: mango mahi & corn quinoa

After my epic fail Tuesday, I knew Wednesday night had to be a winner in the kitchen. My ego can't handle two poor days back to back. Guy planned to make a mahi and mango salsa dish so I decided to make a corn & green pepper quinoa side dish.

Perfection!

{Easy, delicious, and healthy!}

{Recipe can be found here}

{The finished plate - a bit monochromatic but oh so good}

{Ah-mazing quinoa recipe can be found here}

This truly is the perfect weeknight, easy & healthy meal.

Let me know if you try it!

Happy Thursday! Be thinking about Guy and I today at 3p EST - we'll be closing on our new home!

xoxo

Kitchen Fail

What's that they say about the best laid plans?

For two days I've been planning to make this delicious sounding lemon blueberry glazed bread.

As you can see, huge, stellar fail.

Oh well, you can't win them all right? To make myself feel better, I cracked a brew, turned on Austin City Limits and let the sounds of The Head and the Heart wash over me.

And suddenly, everything was right again.

xoxo



the first impression.

If a first impression is important, the entryway to your home is one of the most important spaces in your house. It's often the first place guest/friends/family see as they walk in so you want to set the tone for what your home says about you. As you can imagine, I've been pouring over pictures to help inspire me for my new home. Here are some of my favorites....

Have you done anything creative in your own home entryway? Do tell!

Happy Monday friends!

xoxo

*In other, more random news, I'm selling two lovely pair of boots (size 8 & 9) that you should check out. They're gorgeous. And one is Frye. And I don't want to part with them. But my feet have grown. My growth is your gain. Check them out here!

life changes in seven days.

Remember this post where I talked about being giddy nervous/excited about something? Well, I'm not pregnant thankyouverymuch. That seemed to be the guess dujour of the day. I guess when you get married people assume your big news is always around getting knocked up?

Anyways.....the big news is that in seven short days, this beautiful house will be ours!!!! Guy and I couldn't be more excited and can't wait to make this house into a home!


Keep your fingers crossed for us that everything continues to go smoothly and we're handed the keys by this time next week! I can't wait to get in there and make it our own. And speaking of which, I'm taking any and all home decor blogs/website recommendations.

xoxo

be still my heart.

I treated myself to this beauty.

And I can not wait to get it.

Fancy yourself a beautiful one of a kind painting? Run, do not walk, to this sweet little Etsy shop.



Who doesn't love buying themselves something beautiful while supporting an artist's talent?

xoxo

gratitude.

This is my motto for 2012.

A few days ago I was going through pictures from when I first moved to Charleston, which was eight or so years ago. I was immediately envious of the young twenty two year old's body that was staring back at me in the picture. I soon realized I've always taken my body for granted. I've always looked at pictures from years past and wished my now present body looked like that in some way, shape or form. But I'm finally realizing that my body has never let me down, gets done what needs to be done, and is a constant work in progress.

So today, I'm grateful for....

 ....my pin straight arms that mean I never have to worry if a sleeve is going to fit.

....the extra five pounds around my belly that are proof of how happy married life has made me.

....my scarred knees because they mean I haven't sat on the sidelines not participating in life.

I'm going to be thankful for my thirty year old body now. Not when I'm forty, looking back.

And let me tell you, it's kind of a relief to let your body be just as it should be.

xoxo

fill in the blank friday!

Happy Friday Friends! Today felt like a perfect day to play along with Michaela Noelle and her "Fill in the Blank Friday" series! Here.... we.... go!

Right now I am: Multitasking on many things. Working, Pinteresting, Searching, Dreaming, etc

Outside is: Cooooold! It's been beautiful here in Charleston but today we got a cold snap. I'm actually in a sweater! Whhhat?

I'm excited to see: My friends tonight for dinner! It's Charleston Restaurant Week here in Charleston so we're going out downtown for a delicious Italian dinner and drinks after. Love nights out downtown! Perfect way to start a long weekend!

I'm nervous about: I'm giddy nervous about something really exciting but I can't reveal why yet. I know, I'm so mysterious!

I'm dreaming about: Lunch. Is that bad? Most of my thoughts revolve around food.

There are more questions but this woman is running short on time! Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

xoxo