Well, Well...Look Who's Back!

Wow...two years exactly since my last post. Something is wrong with this. I love blogging, I truly do. I love sharing recipes and fun shopping finds, and I love reading comments from readers here. So why the long break? Good question, and I wish I had a good answer for that. Life got busy and I tried to wear too many hats at once. I couldn't juggle being a great wife, loving mommy, housekeeper extraordinaire, trying new recipes all the time blogger and run a work from home party business. I have realized how much I truly miss the baking and blogging (and shopping and scrap booking and blogging). I love to be in my kitchen experimenting and playing around with new ingredients. It brings me great joy. And so does sharing that with all of you on the other side of this screen. I've put a few of my hats aside and reevaluated my priorities. My hubby and sweet boys are top of that list, followed by my need to reconnect with my crafty, baking, fashion sharing side.  So that's why I've decided (exactly two years to the date) to try again. {by the way, as much as I tried to lose the housekeeping hat, it didn't work! Someones got to do it, right!}
Don't get me wrong, I'm still juggling too many things and probably won't be able to post nearly as much as I like. C and I have added a new addition to our family. From here on out, he will be called  "Little Dude." We love our sweet new guy to pieces! And he and Little Man get along so well! But let's just say that Little Dude is not a good sleeper...at all. He doesn't give Momma and Daddy a whole lot of down time and one of us is always holding him or laying right beside him while he sleeps. Totally not what we pictured for sleeping arrangements, but at least we are sleeping some. I tell you that because I don't get a lot of time in the kitchen these days. My time in there is generally spent throwing together a quick dinner and washing what feels like a million baby bottles! Anyone else know that feeling? But, I'm tired of missing out on sharing all the great recipes and cute things I find. I miss it, so that is why I'm going to try again...starting slowly and get this thing back up and running!
I can't wait to start sharing with you all! And help me remember that it's okay to switch to my crafty hat some days, okay!

Back to our Regularly Scheduled Posts?

Let me start by saying - I feel so behind!  I don't know where this week or last week have gone, but they are gone!  Add to that the fact that I feel a little under the weather and it makes for an unmotivated me! :)  I will try to catch back up!  I promise I haven't deserted this blog, and I have lots of good things in store for the new year!  I'm telling you 2011 is starting out a little rough for me.  With sickness comes a lack of motivation (at least for me)...and even though I still have the same amount of time in each day, I'm feeling like my days are a little shorter.  I blame this cough I can't get rid of that is keeping me up at night!  So, I'm slowly working on catching up....bear with me as I work on it! :)
This blog is very important to me, as are you my readers!  I've got so many ideas running around in my head, a few posts I've started on, and lots of delicious pictures to share!  Once I shake this evil cough, I'll be back to my regularly scheduled programming!  Until then, stay healthy!

I'm going to try this out!

So, I haven't done anything like this before...but here it goes!  I'll share my favorite things with you in hopes that they will soon become your favorite.  I have a passion for cooking and baking and want to share that with others.  I've become a huge fan of all things cupcakes...they are so cute and delicious.  Who doesn't love a personal size cake with decadent frosting?  Food Network is a standard in our home, specifically Cupcake Wars and Ace of Cakes.  I will never have the artistic abilities to create a Charm City-esque cake, but I am willing to try my hand at cupcakes.
I have two willing taste testers at home...my wonderful, supportive husband of 5 years ("C") and my sweet little boy ("Little Man")!  They love it when I test out cupcakes and any new recipe really.
I'll also throw in a little fashion here and there.  I love to follow the seasonal trends, although you might not be able to tell by the way I dress.  This heat isn't conducive to cute outfits, mainly shorts and tank tops.  I'll share some of my favorite finds from my shopping adventures.  I love to window shop and try to piece together outfits from what I already own.  Maybe this will inspire ME to be a little more fashionable while I'm out and about.
I love, love, love to scrapbook.  I'm a traditional album kind of gal, but recently I've started a little digital scrapbooking.  I love scouring the web for digital freebies and templates and will share all of the cute sites that I find.  You won't be disappointed!
Last, but certainly not least, I hope to share some great photography sites with y'all!  I am not even close to an intermediate level photographer, but I have found some excellent information on how to move out of the "point and click" mode of taking pictures!
I hope that you find something you love on this blog, and if you do leave me a comment.  I would love to hear what you like and dislike about the site, what recipes you would like to see, or just to hear that you love me!  ok...j/k about that last one! :)