Author Archives: Giulia Doyle

Friday Specials

This week went by in a flash – with soccer practice that started for both kids, yard work, first mowing of the lawn, playing in the sprinkler and evening walks in our neighborhood, we’ve been enjoying the nice weather. What are your plans this weekend? Some specials I want to share with you this week: …

Coconut Pineapple Tiramisu

My husband will turn down dessert on a regular basis. At our children’s birthday parties, he’s the one that won’t have a piece of the three-tier chocolate cake. I really don’t comprehend this. He claims he doesn’t like cake much, especially the layered and iced ones. Now, how does one celebrate a birthday  without a …

Friday Specials

It’s May and the sun came out! What a great week! Do you have any grand plans for the weekend? I think we might putter around the yard a bit more and maybe I’ll be brave and get that foundation paint going before the plants grow too much? Or maybe I’ll just plunk myself on …

Friday Specials

This seemed like a whirlwind week – for no particular reason. I just felt like I was constantly racing against the clock. Today my handsome and crazy supportive husband celebrates his birthday! Happy Birthday! We’ll be having a small family celebration tonight, and tomorrow I booked the babysitter so we can go out on a …

Friday Specials

I was getting to a point where I thought we’d skip spring this year. Winter was not kind to us and hung around way too long. But finally this week, temperatures are rising and flowers are blooming – they are blooming outside, not just in my pot on the dining room table. Nicer weather calls …

Friday Specials

This was the first week I didn’t wear socks! While I had cold toes at times, the fact that socks are banished to my dresser makes me ridiculously happy.* The other thing that made me happy was receiving our little family illustration in the mail. Mandy Cave made this portrait for us and she is …