Hello, dollies!
It’s your lucky day, girls. A crazy 2-post day! Shared my Wellness Wednesday, 06.2018, earlier and now I am linking up with Anne and her co-host this month, Sarah from Total Basset Case to share what we’re currently exploring, grilling, planting, playing, traveling. Let’s get to it, time’s a-wastin’!
Currently, 06.2018
Exploring
How to write a picture book. Using these resources. Am back and forth between 2 stories that I have been puzzling over for years. Hoping these books will help me get at least one of them written this summer from beginning to end.
Grilling
Chicken breasts, cutting them up and adding them to greens and fresh fruit for a delicious summer salad. Found the original recipe on Skinny Ms. and pinned it here. As always, I just used the recipe as a jumping off place and kind of did my own thing. It would easy to use rotisserie chick for this but we like our chicken marinated and grilled. The marinade I use is kind of my own creation…some soy sauce (1/3 cup?), garlic powder (1 teaspoon?), sesame oil (1 tablespoon), a little brown sugar (1 tablespoon?) and maybe a little teriyaki sauce or Hoisin sauce (1-2 tablespoons). Never measured the ingredients before but that should be close. Add a couple of chicken breasts and the marinade to a zip-lock bag. Marinate for several hours or overnight. Grill, turning several times. Dice the chicken and add to this Grilled Chicken and Blueberry Salad recipe.
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Borrowing the Skinny Ms. photo because I never have taken a picture of my own salad. Maybe I will share it on a Tasty Tuesday post soon. Delicious!! PC loves it, too.
Planting
Pinwheel flowers in my summer wheelbarrow. But the wind has been tornadic! So, I had to bring my posies in and glue gun their little petals back on. Picked these up at Dollar Tree. Going to get one extra to have on hand in case the wind plays “he loves me, he loves me not” with my pinwheels again.
Playing
The Wife Between Us on my phone via Audible while I take my morning walk. And on my Nook before bed. Got a wild hair and started a summer virtual book club. Really stepping out of my comfort zone with this! Had so many sweet FB friends join me to read this book, which they picked for our first read. Now I need to get my slow-readin’ butt in gear! Some of the gals finished the book in 2 days. WHAT? If you are interested in checking out the book yourself, click here to read the first 4 chapters FREE!!
Also playing dress-up. I signed up for the Get Your Pretty On Summer 2018 Style Challenge. You can play, too. Just click the link here or on the graphic below to register through my affiliate link. When you sign up, you’ll receive a shopping list of on trend summer essentials with links to shop recommended items online or in store. You’ll also get access to your first 7 days of outfit ideas immediately! This capsule wardrobe builder creates 31 days of mix and match casual chic outfit ideas with dress it up and dress it down options. And if you sign up, I would love to feature you on my blog wearing some of the summer outfits we create together.
Daenel T. says
Safe travels! I cannot wait to see the photos from the wedding celebration. Your daughter is beautiful {her husband is pretty good looking too}.
That salad looks so good. I need to start making more salads to go with our dinner {and even as main courses}.
Right now, The Hubs and I are just counting down until our move is complete. Next week is my last week of work and the following week, we’ll be shipping our belongings.
Hope your travels go well and the wedding too! A 3 day celebration sounds like lots of fun! I hope your picture book idea goes well! If you get it published I will definitely be purchasing a copy!
Sarita says
What a gorgeous couple! Such a fun sounding celebration!
Tanya says
What an exciting wedding celebration weekend you have coming up!
Carrie says
So glad you started the book club, friend. Congrats on your new son-in-law. Have fun celebrating!
Aw, your daughter and her husband are too cute, and that celebration for their wedding sounds awesome! I hope you have a great time. That’s great so many signed up for your virtual book club; hopefully you’ll enjoy the book, or at least find a lot to talk about. 🙂 Your wheelbarrow is too cute!!
-Lauren
Dara says
That’s so cool that you’re writing a book. That capsule wardrobe challenge sounds very interesting! I love the wedding photo.
Anne says
These wedding festivities sound so fun - congrats! And how exciting to be exploring picture book writing. Can’t wait to see how it comes out 🙂
Whitney @ Whitney à la mode says
Ahhh! Can’t wait to hear more about the wedding! I’m kind of wedding-crazed at the moment 🙂 And great idea for using grilled chicken on salads! That might be my summer lunch special!
I bet you are a little wedding crazed right now!! Have you guys set a date? I think you need to do a whole post on that. Your date, your dream wedding, how your honey proposed. June is the month for such posts.
Please try the grilled chicken on salad greens. I was so pleasantly surprised that PC liked it and thought it was filling enough to count as dinner. Sometimes he gets up and makes a sandwich after dinner and that’s when I know it wasn’t enough!