February Foodie Pen Pals

Hi It's been forever since I have posted anything so in a strong moment or return I am going to tell you about my  February Foodie Pen Pals. Foodie Pen Pals is the Brain Child of Lindsay from The Lean Green Bean. She is a genius, and loves food, literally. She blogs about it, went to school for it, and now works with it. I like her, she is great.

here is the small and informative print.... You MUST read it in a Tina Fey voice outloud though...If you haven't  listened to the audio book you are seriously missing out and it is probably available for free at your library or even online through your library. I n which case you don't have to waste gas or even remember to return the silly thing.

 -On the 5th of the month, you will receive your penpal pairing via email. It will be your responsibility to contact your penpal and get their mailing address and any other information you might need like allergies or dietary restrictions.
-You will have until the 15th of the month to put your box of goodies in the mail. On the last day of the month, you will post about the goodies you received from your penpal!
-The boxes are to be filled with fun foodie things, local food items or even homemade treats! The spending limit is $15. The box must also include something written. This can be anything from a note explaining what’s in the box, to a fun recipe…use your imagination!
-You are responsible for figuring out the best way to ship your items depending on their size and how fragile they are. (Don’t forget about flat rate boxes!)
-Foodie Penpals is open to blog readers as well as bloggers. If you’re a reader and you get paired with a blogger, you can choose to write a short guest post for your penpal to post on their blog about what you received. If two readers are paired together, neither needs to worry about writing a post for that month.
- Foodie Penpals is open to US, Canadian residents & UK residents.  Please note, Canadian Residents will be paired with other Canadians only. We’ve determined things might get too slow and backed up if we’re trying to send foods through customs across the border from US to Canada and vice versa. So, I’m going to keep two separate lists and match US w/ US and Canada w/ Canada!

For February I was matched with Bethany. Bethany doesn't have a blog, and I couldn't creep her twitter account or instagram, so all you will know about her is that she sent me a wonderful package of Asian inspired foods.

I haven't ever tried the wasabi peas , or the Tasty Bite mixes, but they both look delicious. The Miso Soup I tried last month and  enjoyed it more than I thought I would, I have this thing about fermented things. No Kombacha for me. I did like it though and am waiting for the next miserable weather day to take it to work with me.  Thai Kitchen is one on my standby " easy lunches.  Thanks for a great food swap Bethany.

I sent goodies to Emily, she also doesn't have a blog. She asked for seaweed, So I sent her a Seaweed Salad, and some other goodies like coconut oil, and black salt, and moosemunch.

Sign up for your own Foodie Pen Pals Swap here.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year!

New Years day 2012, this year we stayed home 

I literally fell off the face of blogger last fall. While all was quiet here I was motoring along and we have several updates to now reveal. We have a grassy Back Yard, a fantastic new  kitchen art piece, and a guest bedroom. Who wants to come visit me? No Excuses now. So today is usually the day we all have a million resolutions that we are going to rock in the coming year. I have gotten to the point where after I said my ideas for my resolutions this year, I thought I i sound like my mother. My thought that lead to this shocking revelation was. THIS is the Year I am finally going to get my shit together.  I will probably not have my shit together this year either. In general I am going to re sharpen some of last years  behaviors. Last year I went on a lifestyle healthy kick and after the holidays I  remember exactly why I made those changes. I  also felt a spark in my heart again and want to  yet again rekindle my relationship with God. I also have many other little things I would love to do. Time will be a constraint. but I don't have many excuses after July. Mostly because in July I get my BA in Accounting. I have toyed with Starting the process to become an actuary but I  need to financially plan  how that decision will affect my family.