The last couple days of pre-funk celebration in honor of The Pioneer Woman Show has been really fun. Thanks to Ree for providing awesome prizes for these giveaways! Believe it or not, we still have a few of her favorite things left to give away.
You must really love Ree a lot, because my site crashed twice. I can’t think of a better reason for my server to go down. I mean… this is a crazy party, isn’t? In my opinion an online party isn’t a party without a server or two crashing. 
The show hasn’t even begun and the excitement level of The Pioneer Woman premier is noticeably increasing. With so many of you setting your DVRs to record the entire season of the show, I’ll be waking up early to make myself Ree’s Egg-In-A-Hole breakfast, Marlboro Man’s favorite breakfast. My sister-in-law and I will be watching the show together as I host a live Twitter watch party tomorrow along with you. [click to continue…]
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Only two more days until The Pioneer Woman show premiers on the Food Network and I am getting really excited for our Twitter Watch Party! I hope you’ll join us because it is going to be so much fun! The official hashtag of the party is #TeamREE. I’ll be hosting the party on Twitter as @SavorySweetLife. Ree’s handle is @ThePioneerWoman and the Food Network handle is @FoodNetwork. Feel free to leave Ree a word of encouragment and find out all the details of the party including how to join our Facebook Discussion here.
To celebrate the launch of the show, both Ree and I are giving away some great prizes. We started our pre-funk party by giving away an All-Clad Non-stick Double Grill and Griddle – congrats Tricia! Today we are giving away another one of Ree’s Favorite Things. This Cuisinart Deluxe 11 Cup Food Processor is going to make cooking in the kitchen so much more enjoyable for one of you. As I type this I confess I’m already coveting this kitchen appliance because I’ve been wanting one since I got married. She is a beauty, isn’t she?
All you have to do is answer a fun trivia question about The Pioneer Woman. One winner will randomly be selected from the correct answers and the winner will be required to bake me a pie. Just kidding. Maybe not kidding. No, really. Apple, please. Or else. No prize. Just kidding. [click to continue…]
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Alice, Olga, and Jennie in NYC
When tragedy strikes, it is no respecter of persons. Whether it be a natural disaster, serious life-threatening illness, unexpected accident, or death of a loved one, the aftermath of having to pick up the pieces and figure out what normal is becomes what seems like a never ending and exhausting journey accompanied by grief, sorrow, and an overflowing river of tears.
A couple weeks ago I wrote a post on PBS Parents encouraging readers to make a peanut butter pie in remembrance of my friend Jennie’s husband who suddenly died of a heart attack. Mikey was an incredible husband to Jennie and father to two daughters ages 3 and 8. The news of his sudden death was so shocking and sad, my heart continues to be burdened for her. My childrens’ ages are 3, 8, and 10 and I could not imagine what life would be like if my husband passed away suddenly like Mikey. [click to continue…]
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Etsy – Roasted Tomato Feta Scones
Spring is here and I have blooming daffodils I planted two years ago on my porch to prove it. However, I’m struggling with the fact it’s April and feeling quite confused as to what happened to January, February, and March. The only conclusion I’m willing to concede is that grief is not a respecter of time or months on a calendar. In fact, I’m learning grief has a supernatural way of tricking my mind into believing we must still be in February because so much time has passed since the start of the new year. At the very least I should have more to show for it here on Savory Sweet Life. But I don’t.
As many of you know my dad died in a pedestrian – auto accident a few days after Christmas. He was crossing a street and a speeding car hit him. The trauma to his brain could not keep him alive more than a few hours after the accident. Just long enough for my family to drive to the hospital and allow the one part shock, one part denial, and one part reality of the moment sink in. I left the hospital that evening hugging and kissing him for the last time. We buried him New Year’s Eve. [click to continue…]
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It’s so odd to have my life perspective change with a blink of an eye. One moment I’m going about my day recovering from our traditional Christmas festivities and the next thing I know my dad is laying in a hospital bed being sustained by life support just long enough so our family can say our goodbyes. The days and weeks following his sudden passing have been a blur. With a hardly a moment to rest, my siblings and I have been working non-stop to take care my mom and everything involved with my dad’s estate. For a guy who owned only two used cars and the home he lived in with my mom (and which we grew up in), it’s shockingly surprising what’s involved with a person’s estate when they pass away.
I’ve wanted so much to get back to life as I know it only succumbing to the realization this isn’t going to happen soon. Any desire to blog on Savory Sweet Life has been put on the back shelf of my mind as I take on my new tasks of settling my dad’s affairs. The only thing I know is that everything will work out in the end and I’ll get back to sharing recipes with you. In the mean time I thank you for your patience and support. I hope to have something new posted later this week but even this may be unrealistic for me. [click to continue…]
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The show hasn’t even begun and the excitement level of The Pioneer Woman premier is noticeably increasing. With so many of you setting your DVRs to record the entire season of the show, I’ll be waking up early to make myself Ree’s Egg-In-A-Hole breakfast, Marlboro Man’s favorite breakfast. My sister-in-law and I will be watching the show together as I host a live Twitter watch party tomorrow along with you. [click to continue…]
