A rose by any other name...

...wouldn't look as sweet. A little outfit post and refashion for you today. When I found this little blouse at the Goodwill I immediately saw it's potential. I mean what's not to love about little rosebuds? Right? And to be truthful it wasn't that bad before. Just a little dated. I shortened the sleeves because I knew I would want to wear it this summer and I adjusted the neck line. I love it! Hope you do to.

Before


After

A bad week, a good outfit and Applebee's.

Sorry for the lack of posting. Last week was bad. Like work all week, someone stealing my credit card information, $40 going missing from my purse while at school, wind storm so strong it knocks our entire fence over, bad. And today my daughter is throwing up. So yeah. Looks like this week is going to be a winner too.

But this outfit is pretty good. It was actually going to be the last outfit that I posted for my abbreviated 30 for 30. It is just so simple and classic. I felt pretty great in it too. Ironically it's the last thing I wore before my life fell apart last time and I was absent from blogging for so long. But that's a story for another day.



My sweet husband and I are having this "discussion" last night. We got to talking about the royal wedding this week and that got us to talking about Princess Diana and subsequently her death. We were talking about where we were when we found out. And we both say "We were at the bar and it came on TV." And I say "Yeah we were at Applebee's." And my husband says "No. We were at the "such and such" pub in our old neighborhood." He can't remember the name of the place, which to me is suspect. But long, boring story short, we cannot agree. We are both convinced of where we were. And it just got me to thinking. Memory is a weird thing.

And that's it really. Until next time.

Take me out to the ballgame.

So I am subbing at the school yesterday and I have lunch duty. I look up and see a table of 3rd grade boys fooling around. I walk up to them and say:

"Y'all need to stop doing the wave and sit down and eat your lunch."

They look up at me wide eyed and shocked and say:

"You know what it's called?!"

"Yes."

"Have you been to a baseball game?"

"Yes."

"Have you done the wave?"

"Yes I have."

With mouths hanging open they say "Cool."

The most delicious pork you will ever eat.

And that's not an understatement. Admittedly this isn't the best picture. But I wasn't going to waste time retaking them because I was in too big of a hurry to eat. That's how good this pork is. It is the most delicious pork I have ever eaten. For real. And I have eaten a lot of pork. It is moist and tender and so full of flavor. I served it on both corn and flour tortillas and the corn was way better. Just ignore the half eaten beans in the background. Next time I will serve this with whole black beans and maybe some spanish rice.

Where did this most fabulous recipe come from you ask? Well I'll tell you. Because I learned how to share in kindergarten. This fabulous girl is my sweet cousin. Her blog covers her journey following her weight loss surgery. She's awesome. Really. I admire her so much for her determination to go through with the surgery and then maintain everything afterward. And she's an awesome cook. She created this recipe all on her own. Amazing.

The only change I made was to cook it in the oven. I baked it at 325 for 3-4 hours. Just until it was fork tender. This made it slightly crunchy and browned on the edges. And I think that you are supposed to use red salsa that has green chile in it. And even though I have learned to read, again thank you kindergarten, I used green tomatillo salsa instead. But I think it was a happy accident and would make the same mistake again.

Four bean turkey chili.

See, I told you I was back. I'm gonna change it up. And surprise you with a recipe today. It's been all about the cute outfits around here, but y'all I am a girl of many talents. I cook too. Among other things.

With the cold snap here this week I was all about the soups. And this chili is a winner. Serve it with your favorite cornbread recipe and I guarantee you won't be sorry.

Here is the link for the recipe. I pretty much follow the recipe except I use about 2 cups of broth and I only drain my garbanzo beans. The others I just dump right in. It makes it a litte thicker.

This is a really lean and healthy chili. Except when you eat it smothered in cheese as Frito pie the next day. Which in my opinion is how it should be eaten. Enjoy.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.

Yeah. I've been gone a long time. A lot has happened. I could go into it, but I think I won't. Just know that I'm back now.

And I am going to return with a little refashion and outfit post. It has been really chilly here in Texas this week. Which has been kinda nice. I'm not ready for summer. I've enjoyed wearing my tights, boots and sweaters one last time. I found this dress at Goodwill ages ago. It was mostly okay. But it did have this weird ruffle at the waist. And if there's one thing I don't need, it's anything extra at my waist.



I just did a few minor tweaks and it ended up looking like this.



I love it. You can't really tell from these pictures but I made the hemline longer in the back and shorter in the front. I saw that same look on a dress at UO and thought it would be fun to try with this dress. That's the really great thing with buying things second hand. You can take risks with the refashion because you haven't spent that much. So if it all goes wrong, it's okay. Because you didn't spend a fortune on it.

Thanks to my faithful few who read this little blog. I'm back. Pinky Promise.

A little island wear.

I'm so sorry it's taken me a few days to blog. When you blog everyday, you start to miss it. But we have been very busy here in the beautiful Aloha state and this is the first time that I have found time.

I promise to come back with a fuller post and more photos. But for now I just wanted to check in and show you what I wore to church today. I gotta say, it's been nice to wear whatever I want. I only miss the 30 for 30 a little bit. And I love this dress. It is so comfortable and cute.

Hope you everyone is doing well. You can bet that I am great. It's lovely here in paradise.

Outfit Details
Dress- Maeve from Anthropologie
Sweater- Target
Wedges- Payless