Friends! Are you
still with me?! If you are, bless your
heart.
So… I have been majorly slacking on my little passion
project, Perfecting the Pairing. Let’s
be honest, all of 2016 has been a bust, but the last two months have been
ridiculous with ZERO posts. I have a
good reason! Life has been bananas! Wonderful, but bananas.
In the last month Chris accepted a job in Iowa,
we sold our condo in the city (closing soon), I started working remotely (it was
an answered prayer to keep my job), we celebrated our one year anniversary, and we moved in with my parents until we
close on our new home in Bettendorf, Iowa.
We kind of feel like our lives have been turned upside down but we are
absolutely overjoyed with the exciting changes happening. We are going to miss Chicago so much (especially
our friends… and the restaurants) but we can’t wait to open the next chapter in
IOWA. If you follow this blog at all you
know how much I love the lake where my parents live, so living there has not
been a hard adjustment!
Now that life has normalized a bit I am anxious to start
blogging again! These days I get to cook
on a regular basis for more people and have access to all of my mom’s fun
kitchen gadgets/serving pieces/spices/etc.
I have ZERO excuses!
So simple!
I pre-cook the potatoes for a few minutes in the microwave
to speed up the grilling process. I use
my favorite 8-cup glass measuring bowl.
This is a must-have tool in my kitchen.
I use it all the time.
Perfecting the Pairing is back!
One year ago on Perfecting the Pairing: We got married!
Four years ago on Perfecting the Pairing: Pickle Dip (I just re-discovered this recipe and make it all the time. Now I add a spoonful of hot pepper jelly!)
