A Lady in Waiting

Christmas is right around the corner, and even before that, we will all be graced with Tori's new Christmas album, Midwinter Graces, debuting on November 11th. Since attending my first Tori concert in 1998, the non-stop dissection of her lyrics and the raw alarm of her voice has kept me waiting. Album after album, she never disappoints, and this season will prove the Goddess of self-discovery can sing holy and highly. I, for one, am super excited about this one, and if you've never heard of Tori, I suggest you google her NOW.

tracklisting:

1. What Child, Nowell

2. Star of Wonder

3. A Silent Night with You

4. Candle: Coventry Carol

5. Holy, Ivy, and Rose

6. Harps of Gold

7. Snow Angel

8. Jeanette, Isabella

9. Pink and Glitter

10. Emmanuel

11. Winter’s Carol

12. Our New Year

So can you say Amazon pre-order?

The Beauty of Fall Cuisine!

Fall is in the air! In addition to today being an organization day, I had the desire to bake. I purchased a variety of fall veggies from my local farmer's market and created a veggie-bake, which filled the house with that good ole smell of home cooking! In addition to zucchini squash, I included a type of yellow heirloom squash, which I sliced thinner so that it would cook faster. I added in baby carrots, green lentils, and a variety of organic spices to bring out all the flavors. The result was lovely and the bed of lentils below the veggies were cooked perfectly!

After making dinner, I wanted to make apple scones to share with my Spinning Guild at our get together in the morning. I've made scones a few times, but I never made them with locally grown granny smith apples. So I modified my recipe and made a bunch of scones. Don't they look super yummy?

I'm looking forward to sharing these scones with my friends! I think that my next baking adventure will be some more muffins!

A New Look!

My blog has a new look!

After having the same ole template for what seemed to be forever, I decided to dedicate some time to fixing up my blog. I wanted to create something artistic and colorful :) I think that she is look quite spiffy! What do you all think?