JessicaJaeger

Pie and Shoes

I also made a delicious apple pie this weekend. But I couldn’t decide if the best part was eating the pie… Or using my high heeled shoe pie server!

I make a giant batch of tomato sauce every six months or so to freeze, defrost, and use as needed. Well, this afternoon was sauce day so I thought I would share the recipe we have adapted just a bit and made our own. Perfect Tomato Sauce from Food & Wine, 2008 Annual Cookbook 1CContinue reading “Homemade Marinara”

Nails

I am a serious nail biting addict, have been since I was a little kid. To combat this issue (I hate he look of nubbley, chewed-on nails), I have to keep my fingernails polished 24/7. It’s a tireless process…constantly painting, drying, top-coating, smudging, re-painting, etc… but well worth it to me. Here are a fewContinue reading “Nails”

Fall Weekend

After a weekend of hiking in the North Conway area of New Hampshire… we decided to do the lazy man’s version of apple picking! We stopped at a little road side farm stand and picked up our fall essentials: A few pumpkins for decorating the house… A bag of apples for baking… AndContinue reading “Fall Weekend”

Basil-palooza Parts III & IV

This is my last post about basil, I promise. I just wanted to note 2 more uses of the fresh basil from our garden. A meal: Tomato, mozzarella, prosciutto sandwich: Grill ciabatta roll on a grill pan until desired crunch is reached. Pile fresh sliced tomato (lightly salt them first), mozzarella, prosciutto, and of courseContinue reading “Basil-palooza Parts III & IV”

Basil-palooza Part II

I am continuously trying to think of new recipes to use more of the basil growing in our backyard. Tonight I made a shrimp, asparagus, cherry tomato rotini pesto – delish! 1/2 lb cooked shrimp 1/2 lb cooked rotini 1/2C blanched asparagus spears, cut in thirds 1/4C quartered cherry tomatoes (we used cherry tomatoes pickedContinue reading “Basil-palooza Part II”

Goodbye Summer Whites

Even though I love Fall and it is my favorite season, there is something about the end of the summer that is a little sad. No more beach, no more warm evenings, no more summer whites! I love white pants in the summer. I wear them all the time – dressed up, dressed down, toContinue reading “Goodbye Summer Whites”

LBD

I’m really into procuring high quality, long-lasting wardrobe staples right now – at a discount, of course! Recently, I found a fabulous little black dress by Marc New York by Andrew Marc on serious mark-down on Ruelala. It arrived the other day and it…is….perfection! – beautiful shape with slightly flared skirt – little sleeves withContinue reading “LBD”

New Stamp!

Paper Source, my favorite paper crafting supply store, is having a summer sale right now with 50% off, so obv. I stopped in to check it out. I scored some great deals including this super cute new flower stamp. I went home and immediately created some new cards, here is my favorite:

The most wonderful time of year…

I can tell you in 2 words why late August is one of my favorite times of year… September Issues I go crazy for the Fall Fashion issues of magazines, aka, the September Issues, and spend hours of time every August pouring through each magazine. I can’t wait to go shopping!!! And yes, I amContinue reading “The most wonderful time of year…”