Joy

How much joy can one baby jumping up and down and laughing at his own expressions in a mirror bring you ask?

I will tell you...

A lot.

Images from the incredible Invisible Creature portfolio.

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Merry Mary Monday!

Good Morning Bull!

You can read about the origins of Merry Mary Monday here.

Taco Pie

My mom and I made our famous taco pie recipe recently and I thought I'd share it with you, dear readers, so we can all enjoy it's glory. It's ridiculously good and even better, it's easy to make.

I know Doritos don't exactly fit in with my "natural foods" kick, but sometimes you just need to go with whats best for the meal. :) With this recipe you can easily edit the ingredients depending on how you like to make your tacos. You could add black olives, jalapenos, guacamole or salsa or make the recipe with ground turkey instead of beef. There's room for interpretation here. Either way it's going to be great.

Enjoy!

Ingredients:

1 and 1/2 pounds ground beef

1 packet taco seasoning (we used the fancy stuff from Penzey's Spices, but it didn't taste any better than the cheaper Lowry's brand)

1 small onion

3/4 of an 8oz. can tomato sauce

1 can Pillsbury crescent rolls

2 cups crushed Doritos

1 cup sour cream

1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

salt and pepper

lettuce and tomato to be served on the side


To Make:

1. Press crescent rolls into a pie plate.

Bake at 375 degrees until nearly all the way cooked (dough should be slightly browning)

2. Dice and cook onion in pan until translucent.

3. Add ground beef to onion and cook until meat is browned.

4. Add seasoning mix, tomato paste and some salt and pepper and simmer for five minutes.

5. Now you'll do some layering:

Sprinkle half of crushed Doritos onto the crescent rolls.

Spoon on meat.

Spread the sour cream over the meat.

Top with cheese.

Sprinkle the remaining Doritos on top.

6. Bake at 375 degrees for ten minutes until golden brown. You may want to cover with tin foil for half of the cooking time.

7. Serve with lettuce, tomatoes and the rest of your Dorito chips.

New favorite thing

This site rules.

Nerd Boyfriend.

Enjoy.

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Winter... and more winter

I love the snow during the holiday season and in the first couple months of winter it creates a beautiful little womb of quiet and comfort. But then we hit February and it all goes out the window. It's still cold and snowy and you simply can't see the light at the end of the dark, freezing rain, crappy driving, snow filled tunnel. You can't see the light because it's over two months away.

So I'm in the thick of my winter madness where I feel a little bit like I'm completely loosing my mind. But this morning King and I tromped around in the freshly fallen snow and it was warm outside (relatively) and beautiful and yesterday I saw a robin.

You gotta appreciate the small things.

I'm going to spend some time getting my sanity back this weekend. I hope you all are able to do the same. And if you're someplace warm and dry... pray for us.

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Pretty Coffee

LOVE this packaging for Reserve Collection Coffee (from Bull Run Roasting Company) featured on Lovely Package.

So pretty.

Good Morning!

Adding some much needed color to our morning with these fabulous photos by Anja Mulder.

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I Can See Your Tracks

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More bookishness

But with a little fashion mixed in. These out-of-print book cover t-shirts are available here.

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I adore Wes Anderson

and his acceptance speech.



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Thesis Project Book Covers

"An integrated branding campaign based around the illustrative reinterpretation of classic book covers directed toward junior-high-school students."

I'm liking these book covers, but wondering if adding playful, colorful illustrations to them gives a junior high kid a false sense of the tone of the book? Maybe the point is just to get them to open it in the first place. Maybe I'm just an old fogey.

More on Mike Burton here and here. and prints available here.




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