Inspired to blog again

It's been almost 5 years since I last blogged. Paul and I were documenting and sharing our experiences of living in Chicagoland. A lot has changed since then but I've not felt the desire to blog about that stuff. I've enjoyed reading everyone else's adventures of starting families and raising kids and other such stuff.

I was first introduced to Pinterest last summer and thought it was neat but I wasn't really using it much. When I did use it, I would pin ideas that I thought were neat and planned to try "someday." I recently had another baby and have found myself up at all hours of the night needing something to help keep me awake.  With iPhone in hand, I have been multitasking nursing Isaac and scoping Pinterest. It actually has resulted in my being too awake at times. I will look at the clock and realize, I could've gone back to bed a half-hour ago!

So with inspiration from many ideas from Pinterest that I need to try, and inspiration from blogs by several of my friends, I decided to start this blog. It's kind of a way to keep myself accountable to actually trying out these new recipes and crafts. Not all of my ideas will come from Pinterest. I also subscribe to craft and recipe emails from Better Homes and Gardens, Ladies Home Journal, and Pillsbury.

My most recent recipe trial came from a Pillsbury email. Zesty Italian Crescent Casserole. You can get the recipe here: http://www.pillsbury.com/recipes/zesty-italian-crescent-casserole/4856ffe5-9c66-4149-ab58-24d66d9929f5/

It was a hit with my family! Of course, anything involving crescent rolls is usually a good bet with my crew. The only "difficult" part of the recipe was the very last detail. After you have have assembled the filling and covered with the crescent rolls (mine did not look picture-perfect, by the way) you are supposed to "spread" a mixture of melted butter and Parmesan cheese over the dough. I used the correct measurements but the mixture was too stiff to be spreadable, especially on fragile uncooked crescent roll dough. So I ended up crumbling the mixture and just dropped it on top. It worked okay for the most part but some bites definitely had a strong Parmesan flavor. At any rate, Paul liked it and said I should make it one of our regulars.