March 19, 2019 by Nicole Collins It’s possible we’re going to fall on both the naughty list and the nice list today. Don’t tell Santa! I know it’s no where near Christmas time so this conversation is totally not seasonally appropriate, but I love Christmas. So, we’re talking about Christmas for a few minutes today. My little nephew is at the age where he can be threatened with the old “I’m going to tell Santa about this behavior” gag. I remember being at the house with him a

March 15, 2019 by Nicole Collins I think it’s funny how Americans are always trying to reinvent the wheel. Sometimes, we just need to follow the old adage “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”. Now that I’m a world traveler and all…(hello, 1 trip to Italy)…I especially noticed this while I was traveling in another country. For example, I was really REALLY bothered by the fact that we have the audacity to change the names of cities in other countries to more Americanized names for

March 11, 2019 by Nicole Collins Are happy accidents the best, or what? Seriously. Don’t you just love it when something fantastic comes from something totally unplanned? Like when you find a $20 bill in your coat pocket from last winter. Or, when you make the Walmart trip you’ve been dreading and end up bumping into an old friend. That’s some of the purest joy right there, if you ask me. Today’s recipe is 100% an example of a happy accident. Here’s the story…I was actually w

March 9, 2019 by Nicole Collins Is there such a thing as food being too pretty to eat? Cause if there is, today’s recipe would definitely fall in that category! I have to admit something to you. I’ve kind of become obsessed with the pictures for today’s recipe. I can’t stop looking at them. Is that crazy? I probably don’t want you to answer that. I took these pictures a couple of weekends ago, and I feel like I’ve made a point to stop what I’m doing at least once a day to loo