In Celebration - A GIVEAWAY!!!!

Time flies! I can't believe that I've been blogging long enough that I'm approaching my 100th post!

As a huge THANK YOU to the fabulous folks (ahem...YOU!!) that read my humble little blog, I've put together a giveaway.

What's up for grabs you ask?!?! Good question!

Lilly Pulitzer journal and pen. Cuz who doesn't love some Lilly?!

OPI "Think Pink" nail polish. Great summer color. :-)

Burt's Bees Tips N' Toes travel kit. That's right - all the beeswaxy goodness you can stand!

Philosophy Strawberry Milkshake Shampoo/Shower Gel/Bubble Bath. I've always loved strawberry shampoo. Who says you need to give it up as an adult?

A Bartender's Deck. Every woman should know how to mix at least one killer drink!

The piece de resistance? A Coach Wristlet!

What, you see three wristlets?!?! Oh, that's cuz there's a second and third prize! I love you all soooo much that a second and third prize winner will get a wristlet too. (Note: the pink and green wristlets are leather; the blue wristlet is suede.)

Here are the rules:

You get ONE entry for commenting.

You get ONE entry for following me.

You get ONE entry for blogging about my giveaway.

You get a super special bonus entry if a commenter tells me that YOU sent them to me!

Please make it easy to give this stuff away to you...and let me know what your first/second/third choice of wristlet would be! I'm good - but not psychic. :-)

The contest is open until Tuesday, July 7th at midnight EST. The winners will be announced on Wednesday the 8th.

Oh...While I have your attention... two other people are having giveaway's too! Drop by A Sassy Engineer's and Mrs. Realife's blogs by Friday to enter their fabulous giveaways.

Tuesdays At The Table - Curried Chicken Salad

Howdy! It's that time again. :-) I just love reading your weekly recipe blog posts... and trying the recipes too! You all are such great cooks!

Round up your yummy recipes and share with the group. But before you do that - swing by Andrea's blog and tell her you miss her! Hopefully she'll check in soon to let us know how her pregnancy is going!

Last week Mr. Linky was a royal P.I.A; hopefully this week he behaves. I LOVE chicken salad; and this is a good way to spice it up just a little bit.

Curried Chicken Salad

3 cups cubed cooked chicken
1 cup diced celery
1 cup sliced green onions
1/2 cup dijon mustard
1/3 cup chutney
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 1/2 teaspoons curry powder
pinch of salt and pepper

In a large bowl mix mustard, chutney, oil, curry powder, salt and pepper. Stir well. Add in chicken celery, and green onions. Toss ingredients until the chicken is well coated. Chill and serve.

My two favorite ways to eat this is 1. On top of a garden salad; 2. In a chicken salad melt with provolone cheese and whole wheat bread. Yum!

What's cooking in your kitchen?

Musical Monday - Summertime

Happy Monday! I hope you all had a great weekend...and only have a four day work week this week. :-) I'm so happy that I have both this Friday off as well as the following Monday.

Well, it's finally summer in New England. HURRAY!! The sun shined, the breeze was warm and there was only a little rain. Add in the fabulous BBQ and fire pit at Kirstren's Saturday night and it was a great weekend!

This Monday I'm bringing back an old favorite. You all know this song; don't deny it! It's nice to see Will Smith before he hit it big as an movie star. :-)

Friday Funnies - Literal Videos & The Best Cupcake EVER

Happy Friday! I hope you all had a good week. :-)

To celebrate surviving a long week (we've been short staffed due to the flu, incessant rain and the departure of our contractor) my co-worker, Stina and I indulged in cupcakes today. There is an amazing bakery by my house and they totally outdid themselves.

Yum, yum!!

BTW, our contractor didn't know we were celebrating his departure. But more on that at a later date.

April did a post on literal videos, and when I was playing on YouTube, I found two that I thought were well done and share worthy.

I'm hoping for a low key, relaxed weekend. What do you have planned?

Rain, Rain Go Away...

...and don't come back. Ya hear?!

I usually like the rain during the summer... the sweet earthy smell right before it starts coming down. And THUNDER STORMS?! LOVE 'em!!

Unfortunately, we've only had three days in the month of June where it didn't rain. It is spoiling my enjoyment of summer rain.

Our forecast looks like this for the next seven days:

Not cool Mother Nature! We played nice; we shoveled all winter; we were patient in waiting for summer. You are going to give us sun and warmth eventually, right???? If I wanted fog and rain all the time - I'd move to Seattle!! :-)

OK, ladies. Make me jealous; tell me exactly how nice it is where you live!

Tuesdays At The Table - Strawberry & White Zinfandel Granita

Ah...Tuesday is the yummiest day of the week!

Thank you, thank you, thank you for linking up and sharing your recipes last week. Mr. Linky has been well behaved; and I'm crossing my fingers that our luck holds out this week too.

A big welcome to anybody from Andrea's blog that is dropping by for the first time!!

This week I'm sharing an awesome Strawberry & White Zin granita recipe I came across. It just screams summer! :-)



Strawberry & White Zinfandel Granita


2-1/2 pints raspberries (hulled)
1-1/4 cups sugar
1/4 cup water
1 (750 ml) bottle white Zinfandel


In a medium sauce pan, combine all ingredients. Bring to a boil, allowing sugar to dissolve. Take off heat and allow to cool to room temperature then transfer to a food processor and process until smooth. Stir in wine.


Pour out into shallow pan (I find that a 1 quart or larger Tupper Ware/Glad Ware container works well) and pop it into the freezer. Pull the container out every half hour and stir with a fork. Make sure the scrape the sides and bottom so everything freezes evenly.


Such an easy, yummy summer treat! *Remember, this is supposed to be grainy/full of ice crystals; like adult version of a stick-less Popsicle!*





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Musical Monday - Be Here Now

Happy Monday! I hope you all got to show appreciation to the fathers in your life yesterday - your hubby, your dad/step-dad, and your grandpa(s).

This week's Musical Monday is Be Here Now by Ray LaMontagne. I've used one of his songs in the past and wanted to hold myself to one using each artist once...but I just like this song to much not to share. :-)

Have a WONDERFUL week ladies!