Paleo Comfort Foods

Yay! I have been eagerly waiting for my cookbook to be here and it finally arrived this week! I have been checking out the Paleo Comfort Foods blog for a few months now and have absolutely loved their flavorful recipes and easy going spirit. I also like all of the giveaways they have had lately (even though I have yet to win)! Either way I am super excited to have my cookbook in my hands now and have been looking through the book and can't decide what recipe to experiment with first! All of them seem pretty simple to make and most of the ingredients are things I try to keep around anyway. So keep looking for my Paleo Comfort Food cooking adventures in the upcoming weeks :)

Smile, laugh, and live in the moment :)

This montage of pictures (Canine Bliss Series by Chris Becker) was in the June issue of Real Simple Magazine. The caption for it says:
"To me, nothing says 'happiness' quite like a dog hanging its head out of a car window...it has a straightforward purpose: to make the viewer smile, laugh, and remember to live in the moment."
That's it....enjoy :)

Flowers make me SMILE

I just love flowers. Something about them brings a smile to face everytime! I try to have fresh flowers in my house as often as possible!

This summer I decided to have a flower garden instead of a vegetable garden. Last year my tomatoes were out of control! They just kept growing until they took over the small bed. I also tried to grow artichokes last year…again a crazy looking plant that didn’t produce any artichokes! When I have more space I will try to plant more veggies again.

I have a few different flowers in my garden. I love sitting outside and looking at them! I didn’t realize it when I was buying them but I have lots of pinks and red flowers. My Lilies were my favorite! They bloomed soon after putting them in the ground and had the most beautiful yellow and orange colors. My Daylilies are trying hard to survive but not sure if they are going to make it. Surprisingly my strawberries came back this year (they haven’t flowered yet though). There is also another flower/plant that I came back from last year that is huge (I threw a bunch of seeds in the ground last summer and not sure what type of flower it is).  I am looking forward to spending lots of time outside on my little patio/backyard and enjoying my flowers this year :)