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An easy pre-holiday wine and cheese ornament exchange party.

November 13, 2015 2 Comments

Tips for stress-free entertaining. I had a Girls’ Night In and threw a Wine and Cheese Ornament Exchange party! On a weeknight, no less. Easy and fun!

Filed Under: Christmas, Entertaining, party, wine Tagged With: noads

The Perfect Summer Cocktail – Guest Post

June 1, 2015 1 Comment

Hello! I’m so excited to be sharing a guest post on The Perfect Summer Cocktail to all you friends of The VSpot! Over at Tabler Party of Two, I share recipes, crafts, my faith stories, style, and the adventures I have with my cute hubby, Tom! We had one of our biggest adventures ever last […]

Filed Under: Drinks, guest blogger, recipes

Tropical Mango Coconut Smoothie Recipe

April 13, 2015 2 Comments

This post brought to you by Renew Life Formulas. The content and opinions expressed below are that of http://thevspotblog.com/. Summer is coming and so are the tank tops, bathing suits and shorts that inevitably come along with it.  I’ve upped my exercise level, cut my calories, and am trying to get more probiotics, because in addition […]

Filed Under: Breakfast, Drinks, recipes

Chocolate Almond Banana Smoothie Recipe

January 28, 2015 5 Comments

I have not been feeling myself lately.  I definitely haven’t been looking like myself lately.  I had major back problems in 2014 and I only recently found a doctor who could fix the problem.  After a pain induced sedentary lifestyle and being out of my exercise routine, I’m now ready to drop the thirty (30!) […]

Filed Under: Drinks, recipes

The first stop for my holiday shopping? Uncommon Goods. (Is it wrong that I got myself a gift?)

October 4, 2014 Leave a Comment

You guys know that I like wine, right?  I might have mentioned that a time or two five.    I even managed to use all the wine…. even the corks and the bottles. If I were a hunter, you could say that nothing goes to waste… I have a lot of friends who love wine […]

Filed Under: Entertaining, wine

What does it mean when wine is corked? (How to tell a bad bottle.)

May 14, 2014 7 Comments

Corked wine…?  Doesn’t wine normally come with a cork?  Whaaaat?   Is this when the wine has little bits of cork floating in it…? No.  When you hear the term “the wine is corked”  it is referring to wine that has been contaminated with cork taint. Last week I shared my favorite wine gadgets and tools, […]

Filed Under: Let me help you, wine

My essential wine tools (And the comment from a 10 year old that got this started.)

May 7, 2014 2 Comments

It’s no secret that I love a good glass of wine or three.  Pouring myself a glass of wine in the evening signals that it is time to wrap up my work day and it’s time to relax.  So the other day I opened a bottle of wine, and had the following conversation with Grant: Grant: “Mom, […]

Filed Under: Grant, Let me help you, wine

Goode Wine, Goode Times, and Goode Deeds: Giving back with Murphy-Goode Wine and Operation Homefront.

April 29, 2014 Leave a Comment

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Murphy-Goode Winery for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. I love wine.  It’s almost a hobby of mine… a hobby I dabble in every single day.  Wine signals the end of my work day and the beginning of my (hopefully) relaxing evening.  Wine signals […]

Filed Under: wine

Chocolate Mint Spinach Smoothie

April 9, 2014 8 Comments

I promise that this tastes really good!  I have a Green Smoothie recipe that I like, but I wanted a new one, so I played around and came up with this Chocolate Mint Spinach Smoothie recipe.  It isn’t a prefect replica, but it has enough minty-chocolate taste that I feel like I got a little […]

Filed Under: Drinks, recipes

Make a spooky sangria with Turning Leaf Refresh wines.

October 18, 2013 25 Comments

Fall.  Crisp, cool, and still a good time for a refreshing beverage.  I tried Turning Leaf Refresh wines over the summer and they were quite good.  I don’t typically enjoy sparkling (or sweet) wines but these were a nice surprise. I was pleasantly surprised by the Crisp White blend.  It was not too sweet, and […]

Filed Under: Drinks, Halloween, recipes

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