Mediterranean Dip

Following is a wonderful recipe that my friend Shelby made us last night at our Fall Happy Hour (well happy hour for all those who aren't nursing a baby!). My wine comes after baby D is fast asleep. Thanks Cathy & Shelby for having us and thanks Shelby for such a great dip. I plan to try it as a spread on paninis and make garlic bread with it as well...yum!

Mediterranean Dip

Chopped Tomatoes (I use 5+ roma)
One Jar of Kalamata Olives Chopped
One Garlic Bulb Chopped or use the pre-chopped garlic and do three big spoon full(s)(tons of garlic)
Two packages of Fresh Basil Chopped
Salt and Pepper to Taste
Red Pepper Flake to Taste
Olive Oil
Two tubes of plain Goat Cheese

Mix the first seven ingredients together and let it marinate for a minimum of 15 minutes. Crumble cheese and mix into the other ingredients. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes or until it bubbles.

Serve with mini toast, pita chips, pita or a crusty bread

Enjoy!

I love getting my Real Simple in the mail. It is so clean, crisp & full of great ideas & images. For example, last month I learned that you can make lists (honey-do lists) on mirrors with dry erase markers. So when the light above my vanity went out last week, instead of asking Chris fifty something times to replace it, I simply (get it real simple, ha.) wrote my request on his bathroom mirror! This week, I have a new light above my vanity to better view the dark circles under my eyes(see about me section-new mom). To be fair, I still had to make the request verbally a few times, but we'll get there.

"Happiness is never stopping to think if you are. "

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HAPPY FRIDAY!

What hands can do

Very clever ad from the folks at volkswagen...i'm such a proud VW owner.

dillon brady ring. chris & i's creation. thief of my time. owner of my heart. love of my life.

Youth Group: Sicily

youth group is a band my husband, chris, turned me on to. today this song is making me very happy. it runs through my head over and over. beautiful.

Death Cab for Cutie - I Will Follow You Into the Dark

a song that i am addicted to right now. enjoy.

my old college roomie, mel, introduced me to her favorite movie, which quickly became one of mine.

splendor in the grass starring natalie wood (gorgeous) and warren beatty (what a total stud) is a heartbreaking and beautiful tale of first love that ends with a lines from William Wordsworth's "Ode on Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood"

What though the radiance which was once so bright
Be now for ever taken from my sight,
Though nothing can bring back the hour
Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower;
We will grieve not, rather find
Strength in what remains behind...

Primera.

bienvenido. today is the first day of my blog...hooray!

i am looking forward to sharing images, ideas, recipes, music, stories, videos, anything and everything that interests me. it's for all to enjoy, and i hope you do!

fyi-the name of my blog came from an AIR remix (Air - Casanova '70 (The Secret Of Cool Brendan Lynch Remix) i was listening while trying to come up with a clever name for my blog...by the way everything clever is taken.