♥♥♥Things I'm Loving ♥♥♥

Thanks everyone for encouraging me through my ennui! Your words of advice and commiseration were much appreciated.  I'm starting to feel the creative juices bubbling up again...slowly, which is why I don't have any crochet to show right now, but I'm working on something that I'm hoping will turn out really cute.

Things I'm loving this week:

My new blog button!

Cute, huh? 

I'm extremely proud of it.
Go ahead and grab one from the right side margin if you'd like.

This recipe for lasagna that I made last night.  It's called Easy Lasagna and it really is.  

I do some little tweaks, like I use half cottage cheese, half ricotta.  I use ground turkey instead of ground beef.  I use fresh parsley instead of dried.  And it always comes out tasting so unbelievably good.  I mean, like, the kind of good where you can't really believe that you actually made it.   

Well, just try it.  You'll see.

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♥Things I'm Loving♥

Not a lot of crochet time lately now that Mr. Boy is down to one parent.  (Daddy is in Indonesia on business.)
So I've been doing a lot of browsing and playing on-line.

Here's a few things that I've found that I'm loving:

Boat and Tote bags from LL Bean.  There's just something so classic and timeless about them and now you can customize your own.  I've been playing around with different colors and combinations all week. Here's a link to one of my favorite custom combos if you want to check it out.

This quick bread recipe from Inside a Black Apple.    

I changed it up a bit.  I used 1/2 cup of sugar instead of 2/3, and instead of just 1 cup of walnuts, I added 1/2 cup each of walnuts, dried cranberries, and white chocolate chips.  It came out sooooooo delicious! My picture doesn't do it justice.  Just try it because it's super easy to make and it tastes like something you slaved over.  I'll bet you have all of the main ingredients in your kitchen right now.  I did!

I can't wait to try these Salon Effects nail polish strips from Sally Hansen.  

I've already bought some, but haven't had the chance to actually try them out yet.  Pictures will follow when I do.

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