Michelle Legler

Happy Earth Day!
I'm home from from the hospital and recovering from having my thyroid removed. Definitely not feeling 100% and I'm bummed about being dependent on medication for the rest of my life, but hopefully I will no longer have choking issues due to the hijacker that attached itself to my thyroid.
As I slow down and recover, my garden is bringing me much joy and peace. I'm sharing a video of it with you! (something new) :-)
I hope you enjoy it!
xoxo!!
Michelle

I've Got Lemons!!!

Lots and lots of lemons!!

Our lemon tree is very, very happy and provides us with many lemons every Spring. Normally, we juice a bunch of them to make lemon ice cubes. These cubes come in handy for a glass of lemonade when the craving calls or if a recipe requires a bit of lemon, I go to the freezer and pull out a couple and voila. However.......with the number of lemons we have, we'd have to have a serious commercial freezer (big restaurant style) in order to hold all of our lemon cubes. Therefore, we give several lemons away. We're like Hey, come over for dinner, oh and when you're leaving, here's your bag of lemons whether you want them or not. LOL!!!! I've even dreamt of dropping a bag of lemons on our neighbor's porches, ringing the doorbell and then running like Hell. I would so get busted!

Here she is

Now, if you follow my blog, you know that I recently had a garden tour. This garden tour was made possible because of my membership with the Phoenix Permaculture Alliance. Through the tour I met the fabulous Denise. She coordinates the tours and many other things for PPA. So she see's all of my lemons and says you should make lemon marmalade. I respond with I have no idea how to make marmalade or can for that matter. Long story short (haha) she volunteers to teach me! Woot~Woot!

A couple weeks later I arrive at Denise's lovely home. LOVE her colorful kitchen!!!

Very cool lighting

Lovely view into the back yard

We got to cookin and I learned alot!!! This is actually orange marmalade.

She was whipping up some awesome bbcue sauce at the same time. YUM!

I want my pantry to look like this someday

She even makes her own red wine vinegar!

And Prickly Pear Vinegar [yum!]

I'm also envious of what's behind this door

Check this out!!!! 99 bottles of wine on the wall! :-]

What a wonderful day and to top it off a new friend! Thanks again Denise!!!

Denise also has a blog, check her out here

I went home and put my lemons and my new knowledge to work

Delicious!!!

Next is lemon curd......can't wait!

xoxo!!!!

Michelle

Paris Montana Fun!!!

I was invited to the Paris Montana boutique grand opening in old town Scottsdale last night and I must say, it was a Rockin' Good time! Not only did I come away with a couple of new outfits, but a few new friends too! If you are not familiar with Paris Montana, you can check out her blog here.

My girl Tricia of Vintage Bliss sells her pretty little slip dresses there and they were quite popular. I bought a slip top from her at the event (pics later) and it is CUTE!!

Here's my girl in one of her own pieces....Rockin' it!!

I arrived early and so did a few other people

Trying on clothes began right away

There's Heidi (aka Paris Montana) talking to some of the early peeps

I was so Happy to see one of my favorite chica's Jessi there. She catered the event with the yummiest desserts......to die for.....served with champagne! Ummmm, did I mention the event was lots of fun??!! ;-)

We were first trying to take the whole self pic thing...

And then Tricia came along and helped us out with a better pic :-)

Me and Tricia after I bought one of her pretties. I will admit that after a little Champagne, I went back to the cash register with another purchase. Note to self: Serve alcohol if ever throwing an event like this for yourself! ;-)

As the night wore on, the crowds became bigger and bigger

And there were people that I spotted that I just had to meet.....because of their tattoos! This is Tatiana and we are now Facebook friends. I think I added the facebook link to my sidebar (hope it works)so come and friend me if you like. Some of you that are my blog friends have been so for years, so we might as well take the next step to facebook right? LOL!!!

Well, that's all for now.

Have a Fabulous Weekend!!!!

Michelle

Grateful

Today will begin day 2 of working on my taxes. I will probably be working on them all week. Definitely not one of my favorite things to do.

But right now, at this moment, I am sitting in my kitchen, sipping my coffee and enjoying the view out my kitchen window and I am GRATEFUL :-)

 

Have a Wonderful and Grateful Day!!!

xoxo!!

Michelle