Celebration Generation: Food, Life, Kitties!

A couple years ago, we did our first “Marie’s Favorite Things” giveaway on Celebration Generation. It was a ton of fun, being able to get some of my readers hooked on some of my favorite things (Imaginative title, eh?). We had to skip last year, on account of still being busy with tornado repairs, but [...]

If you’ve ever been to a large trade show, home show, or – in our case this weekend, a Food and Wine show… chances are, you’ve seen a booth hawking wine slushie mixes. “Frappe Vino”, “Wine Slush”, “Party Slush Mix”, “Vino Slush”… there are a bunch of companies offering it. The samples are so good, [...]

As you may know, my husband and I are not really Valentine’s Day people. We don’t really have any need for the traditional V Day gifts (and I am SO not a jewelry person!), it ends up feeling pretty contrived, so we usually just hang out and chill. Of course, external pressures usually have us [...]

Still without an at-all functional kitchen (not so much as a sink hooked up, at this point!), let’s go for something completely different today! This weekend marked a first for me – attending a baby shower. I tend to meet friends after they’ve finished spawning, and my younger friends tend to be happily childfree. The [...]