weekend wonders.

this little guy kept all of us up friday night and made an early morning debut on saturday! and then was promptly smothered with love and kisses as soon as aunt christin could get to him on saturday afternoon.  congratulations on your new family mr. and mrs. malora! parker has stolen our hearts.

beautiful sunday morning at the gring's mill run working the water stop at the red bridge.
as always, proud to be a pagoda pacer!

finally used my frye boots properly... 

..and took this beauty for a trail ride on sunday. more to come in the next issue of fitness berks!

a little down time and DIY in my heidi merrick sea pant. i am mildly obsessed with my doormat now.
stop by and say hello!

hot and saucy

after a recent visit to the awesome papa grande's with my bestie and her hubs, i was inspired to recreate the AH-MAZING vinegar based hot sauce on our table. what could i be!? we wondered, as we slathered it on everything in sight. upon further investigation, we learned it was puerto rican style hot sauce (pique). immediately i googled it and found this very similar recipe. stopped by the local kitchen store to pick up the appropriate glass containers and about thirty minutes later had my first batch. 

i played around with the portions because my containers are much smaller, so i'll let you know how the end result turns out. as far as i'm concerned, the hotter the better ;)

inside scoop on saturday

[photo by melanie linder]

oh haiiiii (my new way to say "hey" like the tween i am.don't hate.) hop on over to turtlebunnylove and check out ms. melanie linder's pretty post on our DIY project party and my clay covered face! (it's worth the click just for that!)

just keep swimming.

Things have been super hectic with my overflowing full plate but at the end of the day, when I finally get home, I smile at the door because I love my doormat. Bought on the cheap at IKEA and embellished by moi with a "K", my home decor project cost a whopping total of $3. So for now, my doormat (and awesome leopard loafers) are what keep me going during the long days.