Time to Grill!!

The weather has been amazing here! Last weekend I went and bought some pretty flowers for my flowerpots-the looks gorgeous! We don't have a patio or porch, so these are placed on each side of our garage. It's lovely to drive up to!

All of this really makes made want to sit outside and enjoy the weather...we have a little grill, but we rarely use it. I think because there's not a good place to sit with it while we cook, and we would also like to eat out there too. SOOO....after I got my flowers planted, I knew we needed to fix this problem. We found a great little bistro set for a good price and immediately snatched it up. We keep it in the garage and its easy to drag out with the grill on a nice afternoon or evening.

We are enjoying it! Here are some pictures... (see my next post for our latest grill recipe)!

What's on your table for the holidays?

Everyone has a Christmas centerpiece, right? In clearing off all of the excess clutter from our dining room table today, I wondered what everyone else had as their centerpiece for the holidays. I always admire how creative and festive people can get. Here's mine, and I'd love to see yours!
Mine is a handmade ceramic bowl, with decorative charms on it. Fore some reason, I don't do well with table runners, so I simply placed the bowl on a red charger. To keep in the color scheme I filled it with large mints and Peppermint Hersey's Kisses. This bowl is so much fun...not just for Christmas, but any time of year. You can change out the charms for practically any occasion you can think of. I've got Halloween charms, baby charms for a baby shower, wedding ones, 4th of July. Everyone always says how fun it is, and how great it looks on any food covered table.

Sharon is from Ft. Worth and makes these and other great homemade items http://www.glazedfromtheheart.com/

I love the cake stands too, but the bowl was more versatile. I've put anything from brownie bites to fruit salad, to sausage balls in mine.

Can You Cook?

I wouldn't say I'm a fancy cook, but I do enjoy being in the kitchen and trying new recipes. Is that enough to qualify me to type up all the recipes, take photos of what I cook and post it for others to see? I hope so! This is a new thing for me, and I think it's going to take some time for me to figure out this blogging thing, but I will try and even if no one reads it, I'm sure I'll get a kick out of doing it!