Weekending - May 3, 2019

As I sit here on Sunday evening and reflect back over the weekend, a smile spreads across my face.  It has truly been a great couple of days with a little bit of everything I love.  Here's how the last 50 or so hours went ~

Friday night there were a few stops I wanted to make before reaching home.  With all the efficiency I could muster, I managed to stop at seven stores in a span of two hours and was walking in the door at home right around 7:00 pm.  Eric was working late, so I was on my own for dinner.  As I typically do when Eric isn't here for dinner, my food of choice was a bowl of cereal.  I had an hour before the St. Louis Blues hockey game started so I thought I'd watch an episode of the new show on Netflix, Dead To Me.  Well, turns out I never left Netflix and binge watched the entire season!  Siri kept me informed of the Blues score and I just couldn't turn away from this show.  Have you seen it?  Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini form a friendship as widows who meet at a grief support group and the story unfolds from there.  Already looking forward to season 2.

Saturday we had a fun staycation day planned with our friends, Debbie and Larry.  Our first stop was La Patisserie Chouquette for Pie Palooza.  Chris Taylor and Paul Arguin, creators of The New Pie cookbook, were in town to do a signing.  You could also buy some of their featured pies at Chouquette on Saturday, which we took full advantage of!

If you are into baking pies at all, you should add this cookbook to your repertoire.  There are a tons of tricks of the trade to take your pies to the next level.  For example - see the fancy topping on chocolate Pittsburgh Proud pie below.  It's chocolate covered potato sticks.  Ingenious!

The names of the pies are adorable too.  One of them is named after the street the Golden Girls lived on - 1651 Richmond.  How cute!  If you would like to grab the book, click HERE.

Next we headed to Pizzeoli to try their version of Neapolitan pizza.  What is Neapolitan pizza you ask?  It's pizza cooked in a 800-900 degree wood fired oven for 60-90 seconds.  The crust is very soft and chewy.

We shared a bottle of wine while enjoying a tasty lunch.

Our next stop was the Magic Chef Mansion for a tour.  This 12,000 square foot home was built around 1908 and still has several of the Magic Chef appliances working inside.  The home is open several times a year for tours.

The basement is even complete with a bowling alley, game room and wine cellar.

Sunday we invited Eric's mom down to watch the Blues hockey game with us.  She brought us luck and, thankfully, we ended up winning the game!  Now if we can just win on Tuesday and advance to the next round.

In between all the fun, I managed to finish reading Lost Roses.  I'll be sharing a book review on this one in the near future.

Hope you have a wonderful week!  I'll be working on a few craft items and sending out invites to a spelling bee watch party I'm hosting at the end of the month.  And one more thing - If you haven't entered the Mother's Day Giveaway, what are you waiting for!  Good luck!


We are so excited to be giving away $410 in gift cards for Mother's Day to two lucky readers. The giveaway will run from April 26th – May 10th.

The prizes are:

• 1 - $200 gift card
• 1 - $105 gift card
• 1 - $105 gift card

Each winner will choose the gift card you want. Please choose a gift card which comes from an online store and can be paid by US dollars. EX: Amazon, Target, Walmart, Macy's, Kohls, etc. You may ask for more than one gift card but must add up to your prize amount.

Now its time to meet our co-hosts who have made this giveaway possible.

Carrie at Curly Crafty Mom | Mary at Real Girl's Realm | Dana at Create To Donate | Marie at The Inspiration Vault | Debi at Life Currents | Meredith at The Mom of the Year by Meredith Spidel | Audrey at That Recipe and Munofore | Tammy at Creative K Kids | Kellyann at This Blonde's Shopping Bag | Michelle at Our Crafty Mom | Leslie at Once Upon a Time & Happily Ever After | Kristin at White Arrows Home | Penny at Penny's Passion | Mary at Dine Dream Discover | Trish at By Trish Sutton | Lisa at Coast to Coast | Janelle at Num's the Word | Tara at Noshing With The Nolands | Emily at Domestic Deadline | Linda at A Labour of Life | Gladys at Moms to Grandmas | Habiba at Craftify My Love | Sinea at Ducks 'n a Row | Nancy at Nancy On The Home Front | Heather at The Super Mom Life | Jodie at Jodie's Touch of Style | Terri at Our Good Life | Beverly at Eclectic Red Barn | Tammy at My Life Abundant

Please stop by and say hi to these wonderful co-hosts and their blogs.

The giveaway will end midnight on Friday, May 11th, a few days before Mother's Day. The winner will have 48 hours to respond to the email claiming their prize. If we don't hear in 48 hours, we will choose another winner. The giveaway is open to anyone over 18 years of age and able to receive e-gift cards from the U.S.
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