Posted by Sarah on April 5th, 2010 I had a mighty fine Easter!
 My brother and I, though both out of high school, still get an Easter basket full of goodies. I can’t complain!
The house was pretty with bright flowers.
 
Games were bringing us together (although I didn’t win….).
And the food! Oh, the food! These bacon wrapped little smokies were smothered in brown sugar and baked. They weren’t around for long – I think only a matter of five minutes before they were resting peacefully in our stomachs.
 The honey-glazed showstopper. Mmmmm.
 My mom’s surprise potatoes which ended up being Potatoes Anna. So delicious!
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Posted by Sarah on February 15th, 2010 I hope everyone had a great Valentine’s Day! San and I had a great day – it was one of the first full days we’ve had together since early December, so it was a much needed day to spend together. We did not go out to a fancy dinner, but we made one and went out for dessert, and we did not splurge on gifts, but we did make each other a card. It was a perfect day! I’ll share some recap photos, but I also wanted to fill you in on the big meal – Chicken Marsala. I do no have many pictures of the process of making this, but it’s really simple. San doesn’t like the added stress of snapping photos while cooking, so I let him off the hook this time!
Ingredients:
4 boneless chicken breast halves without skin
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon basil, dried (we also added garlic powder, thyme, parsley, and oregano)
3 tablespoons butter or margarine
3 tablespoons olive oil
4 to 8 ounces fresh mushrooms, sliced (1/2 to 1 cup sliced)
1/2 cup Marsala wine (we used Merlot because it was all San could find)
![]() Revamping Recipes: Chicken Marsala (AKA Chicken Merlot)
Posted by Sarah on February 8th, 2010
I had a vision of the perfect Valentine’s Day over the weekend that would work for a romantic dinner for two, a plentiful meal for a large family, or even as a buffet-style dinner for a Valentine’s Day party. Seeing as I’m a Minnesotan, I have had just about as much as I can take this winter, and the snow doesn’t seem to be going away anytime soon, in fact it just keeps on falling every day. All the snow had me dreaming of a summertime picnic filled with bright, happy colors, and warm rays shooting down from the sky. Unfortunately, unless I’m willing to have a picnic full of frostbite, this vision will not be able to become a reality for at least a few months, but I decided to create a Valentine’s Day tableau that involves bringing the outdoors in.
I started it all out with this quilt (which is over 50% off right now), but I imagine many people have a quilt or blanket of some type they could use to drape over the table. I suppose you could even do it in the
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Posted by Sarah on January 1st, 2010 2010 has now arrived and although I do not have too many new resolutions for the next year, I have big dreams for the next decade. One of my favorite bloggers, Bryn Alexandra, wrote about her goals for the next decade, so I wanted to follow suit. She has five years on me, but our goals are pretty similar. If you read my post about creating a book of possibilities, then many of these will look familiar, but now I have a time frame to fit many of them into! I am really hoping to keep blogging well into my marriage (which will not be happening for at least a couple years – I’m not even engaged yet), so that is something I hope I am still doing in ten years. I love reading blogs about families, home renovations, cooking, and basically everything I already love to do but inside a marriage with kids running around while all the other stuff is going on.
I have been dreaming of my first house my
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Posted by Sarah on December 25th, 2009  
Merry Christmas, everyone, from my house to yours. Mr. Stewart Wallace hopes everyone has a very merry Christmas filled with laughter, happiness, love, and joy! Christmas only comes once a year, so make the most of this time. :)
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