It's in the bag

With each new season I get the urge to change up my wardrobe. Do you? Today I'm dreaming of a new handbag. Take a look at these beauties! Do you have a favorite?

gianni bini   kate spade   steve madden

kate spade   betsey johnson   dooney & bourke

Nail Polish Favorites

Like any girl I love nail polish! I am always on the look-out for new colors to try.  But today I thought I'd share the four Essie polish colors I use over and over.

Mod Square  Secret Story  Peach Daiquiri  Turquoise & Caicos

Sunday Praise

Source: blugi.deviantart.com viaAmerican Bible Society on Pinterest

Good Friday

"For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16 NLT

Source: American Bible Society on Pinterest

Made in the Shade(s)

The sun beating down on the melting snow has me thinking about sunglasses. Oh the glare!

I haven't always enjoyed wearing sunglasses, they mess up my make up by leaving marks on my nose... What a pain! However, wrinkles around my eyes would be a bigger pain. SoOoOo... sunglasses it is!

Take a look at these cuties!

aviator   cat eye   oversized   swirly   wayfarer

Please Pass the Butter

Who doesn't love a warm, buttery biscuit?  I know I can't pass one or three  up!

Growing up both of my grandmother's made amazing biscuits. My maternal grandmother even made sweet potato biscuits. She always kept count of how many biscuits she made and how many we ate! After she took her biscuits out of the oven she would cut each one open and add butter. The butter melted into the warm biscuit... It was perfection! Any leftovers were turned into the best cheese toast the next day. You haven't had cheese toast until you've had it made with a biscuit!

NB has become the chief biscuit baker in our home. He's really good at it too! We use Paula Deen's recipe from her cookbook Paula Deen's Southern Cooking Bible and it is a great one. Give these biscuits a try and let me know what you think!

Buttery Buttermilk Biscuits

adapted from Paula Deen 

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus extra for dusting

1 tablespoon baking powder

2 teaspoons sugar

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

8 tablespoons (1 stick) cold butter, cut into small bits

1 cup buttermilk

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Grease a baking sheet with cooking spray.

In a large bowl, whisk together dry ingredients. Cut in the butter with a pastry blender or your hands. Using a spatula, fold the buttermilk into flour mixture until moist. (If flour mixture is still dry after adding buttermilk drizzle in additional buttermilk one tablespoon at a time until moist.)

Sprinkle a small handful of flour over a work surface. Turn the dough out onto the surface and knead lightly two or three times with the palms of your hands until the mixture comes together. Pat the dough until it's a rectangle. Using a biscuit cutter or a drinking glass cut biscuits. You should get nine biscuits with this recipe. 

Place the biscuits on the prepared baking sheet and bake until light golden brown, about 12 minutes.

Enjoy with lots of butter! 

Snow Day!

Snow, snow & more snow! Winter struck one last blow (we hope!) on Sunday... And honestly I didn't mind one bit! I love a good snow day.

Sunday afternoon in the middle of the storm Northern Boy decided we should venture outside... He loves a good snow day too! Boy, was it messy out there. Thankfully our car has 4 wheel drive and Northern Boy has plenty of experience driving in the snow. His expertise came in handy... NB pushed 3 stuck cars out of the snow! It was a fun little adventure.

 After our "field trip" we spent the rest of Sunday at home. NB  made biscuits (more on that later this week), we watched movies and I got to use the snow blower!

All in all it was a great weekend!  But now I'm ready for Spring!