If it’s time to celebrate, then it’s time for a Barefoot Bubbly review! What are you celebrating? Nothing? PISH-POSH! I subscribe to the tenet that one doesn’t need much of an excuse to celebrate. Exhibit A: Found my keys in under five minutes? Didn’t trip on my run? My favorite snacks are on sale at […]
The Slinger: Mason Jar Shot Glasses
December 16, 2015 By 6 Comments
If you’ve been reading here for any length of time, you’re familiar with my Mason jar issues. I think they’re swell for canning, for storing food, but I take issue with pretending they’re bowls. Um, BOWLS are better suited for being bowls, not jars. GOSH! Consider yourself up to speed! I do make an exception […]
What Grandma Drinks: Stu’s This Is Bloody Mary
February 11, 2015 By 6 Comments
What Grandma Drinks is a fun little series of libations o’goodness! Go take a peek HERE, HERE, HERE or HERE. This offering is no different. ~ A gentle reminder: OMT! uses Amazon referral links. When you do your shopping through the Amazon links on this page, you support the blog at no cost to yourself. […]
What Grandma Drinks
March 4, 2014 By 12 Comments
Grandma is never short on new finds to sip by the fire. What Grandma drinks, she shares…with you! Go, Choochie*! Rojo Dulce is a sweet red table wine found at Specs and World Market (seasonally at WM, starting in September) and sells for $10-ish a bottle. BAM! I know some of you just rolled them […]
10 Reasons Homemade Hot Chocolate is Good For You. Bonus Deliciousness Included.
February 17, 2014 By 42 Comments
Ooooo, OMT! loves her some delicious homemade hot chocolate! I bet you do too. I’m talking the kind that you heat on the stove and uses milk, vanilla, a teeny bit of sugar, and pure unsweetened cocoa powder. Oh, yeah. I see you nodding in agreement. Yet, while you like it, or love it, do […]
What Grandma Drinks: DIY Edition
January 14, 2014 By 17 Comments
The What Grandma Drinks series is about to get serious. We’re talking pipe-wrench serious. Y’all sit down and pay attention. Grandmama wants to tell you a story entitled: Why All Gals Need Tools. I dabble in the DIY pond. Husband is happy to share his tools with me (so many “that’s what she said” jokes), […]
What Grandma Drinks
October 4, 2013 By 8 Comments
What Grandma Drinks usually highlights an adult beverage or two, but this post is different; this post is about my morning joe. I’d like to say three things before this post gets underway: #1) I’m certified. #2) I’m happy to share most of my embarrassing foibles in hopes of a laugh. We need more laughs. […]
Mason Jar Mania Gone Too Far?!
August 20, 2013 By 27 Comments
I have taken my fair share of fun-time jabs at the mason jar mania culture. Pies in a jar. Cakes in a jar. Garden in a jar. Lasagna in a jar. Texas breeze in a jar. Jars in a jar. But now I’m wondering if the culture is jumping the shark with Mason Jar Shot […]
Slushie Sangria
July 26, 2013 By 24 Comments
Summertime is Sangria time! These hot and sticky dog days were made for icy dranks. Put down the heat and enjoy the chill, Robin. Let us take a moment of silence to stand in ♫ awwwwwwww ♫ …. Yes, I know the martini glass is in fact a martini glass and technically inappropriate for sangria, […]
For Your Health
January 12, 2013 By 9 Comments
I’m a whiskey drinker. I also like beer, wine, mixed drinks…fine, alcohol, I like alcohol. But, whiskey, ahhh whiskey, holds a special place in my heart. Maker’s Mark makes a fine whiskey. Maker’s Mark also makes Maker’s 46. It’s my latest love. Put me beside a roaring outdoor fire, fill my glass with 46 and […]
