Fabulous Finishing Fridays

Sometimes it’s the little things in life that are so super fabulous.  Sometimes it’s the bigger things. This week the fabulousness in my life surrounds a huge weight being lifted off my chest.  I’m just now finishing up a project that I’ve been putting off, mulling over, and dreading for several years.  That’s right ~…

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Awesome Ending Fridays

Awesome, indeed. What does it mean to be awesome? A             Astonishing.  To truly astonish is to truly surprise, inspire, and impress. W            Wonderful.  To be wonderful is to inspire, delight, and be admirable. E              Excellent.  To be excellent is to be superb, outstanding, and wonderful. S              Salubrious.  To be salubrious is to be  nurturing, and…

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Awesome Ending Fridays

As the shortest day of the year is upon us, I come to appreciate both the darkness and the Light of each and every day: the quiet stillness in the starlit sky, the vibrant shine and Life in the dawn and dusk of daylight, and dichotomous harmony as the two parts unite – awesome. I…

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Awesome Ending Fridays

The year is rapidly coming to an end. It’s amazing to me how as I grow older, time truly does fly – faster and faster every year, every month, every week, every day, and every moment.  Time passes in the blink of an eye. As a child, it seemed as though a season could last…

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Awesome Ending Fridays

It is SO cold this week.  Winter has truly arrived. I am not a fan of cold weather in any way, shape, or form, other the cozying up by the warm fire, under a fuzzy blanket, and perhaps cuddling in the arms of my favorite awesome someone… In an effort of uber positivity in every…

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Awesome Ending Fridays

Our family has the Thanksgiving tradition of circling around the table and sharing at least one item for which we are utterly and entirely thankful in that very moment. For years and years, this practice involved both laughter and a great deal of tears.  I believe my family and close friends share a special bond…

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Awesome Ending Fridays

This past week has truly been awesome.  Indescribably awesome, in fact. I cannot even put it into words, but I shall try. Awesome: [aw-suhm] adjective 1. inspiring an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, or fear; causing or inducing awe: an awesome sight. 2. showing or characterized by reverence, admiration, or fear; exhibiting or marked by awe. 3. Slang. very impressive: That new white convertible is totally awesome. And not just ten, but eleven words for awesome, only because I couldn’t resist: 1.  Magnificent 2.  Incredible 3.  Wonderful 4.  Amazing 5.  Stunning 6.  Staggering 7….

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Awesome Ending Fridays

Generally focused on presenting the finished product of recipe creation, food delicately placed upon a plate for the perfect picture, so many food blogs underestimate and neglect the half-eaten angle of food. Inspired by the idea of “simply what is,” perfection aside and without expectations, images displaying a bite out of food, and, thus, a…

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Awesome Ending Fridays

As things change in life and we continue to grow, I believe we could all benefit from a period of reflection in our lives, and from a shift of focus on what “is,” to what “will be.”  In order to enable ourselves to be all that we can and will be, in the most awesomeness…

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Awesome Ending Fridays

Another week has flown by… 10 AWESOME things about this week: 1.  Warm sunshine.  Even when it’s super cold and crisp outside, the warmth of the sun makes it all better. 2.  SLEEP.  After rising at 2:30am, 3:30am, and then 4am on consecutive days this week, I am cherishing some shut eye. 3.  Pumpkin Chipotle…

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