Gracie's Bahaha-nana Nut Bread

Sister makes really great Banana Bread.

Wish she would send me a piece.

Food Gawker

Have you heard of Food Gawker? My sweet and hipster cousins mentioned this to me last weekend. Said it had great recipes. Ridiculous photography. Couldn't take their eyes off it. 

I was curious.

But I also thought, "But you probably don't read blogs like I do. I mean, I really read blogs. It's becoming my thing. Wonder if this Food Gawker will even hold a candle to some of the blogs and photography I have seen."

I was wrong. I should have known my cousins had an eye for photography when they took this picture with Nonee, our grandmother.

Yes. These are 4 of my cousins. And my 80 year old grandmother.

I love my family.

Anyways. I finally went to Food Gawker to see what they were talking about. I'm hooked. The site reminds me of that childhood card game where you matched the bowl of cherries to the bowl of cherries. The bananas to the bananas....

They showcase fun and random recipes, great photography by linking your blog to the. It takes on a community dining sort of a feel.  Such fun. Cousins even found a recipe  homepage for Margarita Cupcakes that was really tasty!

Thought I would share.

Holy Cow!

I have been blogging away and have completely forgotten to give credit where credit is due! 

I like to think I'm crafty, but when it comes to design and tech stuff, I'm a lost cause. Good thing I have dear friend LeighAnn Tufts to help me out! Besides being a Sonic Drink aficionado and a musical genius (I know your cringing Leegs), she is also the one behind this aesthetics of this blog!

She's got serious skills. Thanks LeighAnn!

4th of July

When I was little, my family would load up the suburban and head to Big Spring, Texas for the 4th of July. Not just to see my hilarious, mile a minute, always on the go Grandmother, but to be in the 4th of July Parade, of course.   This year was no different and, thankfully, it was not the Flora Kid showcase, but the Hargrove Kid showcase (our little cousins). With the help of the little boys and a trip to Walmart, my sister and I decorated the heck out of their golf cart. What a sight. You better believe that we won 1st Place in the 12 and under Motorized Vehicles section!

Texas, My Texas

Just back from 10 days in Texas. Thats right. 10 DAYS! Count em! My traveling was a little more involved than I would have liked. But what can you do? Makes things colorful, I suppose.

I would like to sum up my getting to and from Texas:

Cab ride. Subway Ride. Airtrain Ride. Wrong directions multiple times. Old woman in line for a Vegas flight with 2 glitter/sequenced canes and a massive hair piece. Birds flying through the terminal. A debit card that is locked, not from over-drafting, but from a Metro card machine that is spazzing out. Making friends with a Long Island girl as we trek to our gate via a parking garage. A creeper at the airport. Michael Jackson music and news reports blaring from every direction. Flight Delay. Oh the humanity. A piece of junk rolling suitcase with wheels that heat up from the slightest use. Traveling in a maxi dress. Fearing it getting ripped off by the escalator leaving me TOTALLY uh...ahem...vulnerable. The loudest terminal I've ever been in. Giant frizzy curly hair. Sharing a gate with Las Vegas passengers. A lady driving one of those airport carts, blowing a PE whistle. And a barking dog on my plane. Of course there would be a barking dog on my plane. 

All that to say I was much relieved to finally make it to Texas.

More to come on my adventures in the Big Spring 4th of July Parade...