seriously, life is too short not to pinterest. WARNING WARNING: RANT AHEAD: if i hear one more person say something to me like “i’m just too busy for that kind of thing” i am going to puke. you know what that is the equivalent to? when you were…
hi. i’m jeanie hornung. friends with “the appreciator”. when i met my husband it was pretty much love at first sight…i mean he was just smitten with me (hehe)! not long after that, we went to his home town of gloversville, ny to meet the fam. well, i’m…
i think you get the point by now, i love fall and everything that goes along with it – cool weather, sweaters, squash, chili, the holidays. i especially love starbuck’s pumpkin spice latte. it’s the only time of year i like starbucks. but pumpkin flavor, color or the…
my favorite movie, by far, when i was in my 20’s was… you see, i was melanie griffin. i aspired to be a “working girl” boy, did i get what i asked for. my first suit, i bought on credit at bloomingdales on michigan avenue. it was an…
i’m mailing this blog post in figuratively because i’m enjoying being with ROF and our weekend. so i found these saying i think make you think. so think, why don’t you?
make it all about you fortunately, for ROF and i, that wasn’t hard. it wasn’t about all the little things, it was about the sum of all those things. today, is our one year anniversary. you know what surprised me? it wasn’t “the hardest year of my life”…
so i had a very interesting flight a couple days ago i had to tell you about. i was a little disappointed (read: a lot) about not getting upgraded and had to smoosh in with all the common folks in the back of the plane. it was so…
let’s put the cart before the horse, and begin with not one…but three recipes……. pesto cheesecake……the beginning 1 tablespoon butter- 1/4 cup dry bread crumbs- 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese, 16 oz. softened cream cheese, 1 cup ricotta cheese, 1 tablespoon salt, 1/8 teaspoon cayenne…
this weekend holds two momentous occasions for me. saturday, is my one year anniversary to my wonderful husband ROF. i’m going to give that it’s own post. on the 25th it will be the anniversary of my dad’s death. it will be 6 years on sunday. it’s not…
happy tuesday! another day, just aiming towards friday. i hope you’re doing well. today is tuesday, so you know what that means…i find links and you click on them. it’s really that simple. for some reason lately, i always have food on my mind. it’s just wrong. i…
i curated some great green THINGS for you. green, along with orange, just makes me happy. you too? all of this can be found on my green board on pinterest.com here and all credit for photos lives there too. love, amy
i’m dedicating sunday to be poem day. rof and i have a friend who writes poetry and i’m going to feature him here on sundays along with some of my poetry and favorite poetry. if you have a poem you wrote or love, send it to me and…
how was your week? mine was very hectic crazy but all good! highlights (without boring the heck out of you!) was i traveled to rochester, ny to be a guest speaker at a chevy dealer meeting regarding a program i’m doing in 27 markets. the cool thing here…
i’m happy to have the popular dana clover from the Homesteading Housewife blog. dana is our chevy lma community manager in houston and i’m excited to get her take on that great city to my south – houston! where in houston do you live and how long have…
low country boil recipe by karen krause, aka “the appreciator’s” stepmom having lived in south carolina for a few years, this recipe represents traditional low country cooking. it was my quick and easy solution for a casual dinner party, not much fuss, prepare in a big pot, add…
i can credit magazines for heavily influencing the direction of my life. both for good and bad. but more for good. i became obsessed with magazines when I was 15 and discovered “SEVENTEEN” magazine. one of the best parts of the month was when it arrived in…
i don’t know about you, but i love tuesday’s “5 lovely links” because it is fun finding them. yesterday was so stressful (it was a monday) and so i decided to give you 5 links to help relieve stress. tech note: oh yea, my mom wanted me to…
… or just laugh at all can be found in my curated collection on pinterest and all credit is there too.
but not really… right? welcome sunday. a sad sunday, albeit, as for what today was 10 years ago. the sadness for all the loss – really unbearable and honestly, more than what our minds are capable of holding and digesting. when i woke up this morning, i really…
wow. this week was awesome. i’m so appreciative of so many things. it was labor day weekend and we had monday off and lots of stuff going on. good friends, parties, birthdays (D turned 40!), seeing friends haven’t seen in a while. but then it was back to…
ok, so with all the travel i do i have found that i get the most work done in the air. i mean REAL WORK. not chase emails all over the place in one frenzy mess. (did i say that out loud?) but as many of you know,…
today’s guest recipe blogger is my mom. if you don’t know her already, you can read about her here. Or click the “wednesday story” to the right! i’m joan krause, mom of “the appreciator”. she invited me to supply a favorite recipe and story. my absolutely favorite thing…
by jeanie hornung, president of touchstone marketing group what do you love the most about boston? wow, that’s a tough question because I love so many things about boston. but if I had to limit myself to “the most” then I would have to say family (and friends)….
lately, i’ve been inspired by everything orange. is it because i’m desperately wanting october to arrive? orange reminds me of the fall leaves that we do get, believe it or not, here in the big d. or maybe orange reminds me of the morning which is my favorite…
an easy, inexpensive way to spruce up your home is with chalkboard paint. it’s great for kids, obviously, but i’m also talking about chic, cool ideas for decorating. here is my chalkboard paint for our kitchen pantry doors. i took a barefoot contessa cookbook and had my nephew…
today i’m re-posting an article from the harvard business review. since you may have missed it from when i forwarded on from twitter, you need to read this gem today. read the real blog here. who’s on your fridge? by peter bregman 9:18 AM Wednesday August 31, 2011…
thankful to have had a fantastic week. no traveling this week but lots of work. it started out last sunday with a breakfast fit for a king for ROF (my king) and moved on to monday and lunch with good friends and fantastic business associates (@jeaniehornung and the…
i adore her art. thanks to victoria at sfgirlbybay for introducing me to her a while ago. it is now even more exciting that sfgirlbybay has a great contest (which i gladly entered) with s. french. her latest pool collection is so very refreshing to look at. i…