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A Faux Chihuly and what Pigs have to do with Valentines Day Let's start with the later.   Pigs have nothing to do with Valentine's Day. But when you go for your box of said holiday decorations and find a pink pig in the process.   Pig + Pink = handy dash of love color. Certainly, not every holiday calls for full-fledged trims & decorations.  But a handful (and by handful I mean 6) of touches in your living space will make your kids smile; and that is a worthy goal. So there sits the pig, on the kitchen shelf with a card I saved from years ago, and a darling print out. On the opposite side, I've used my red heart-shaped cocotte, and a watercolor I snagged from E.M.H.'s early years. That's it -  a few items that give a charming holiday spirit to my earth tone shelves. Now for the former. A number of years ago I snagged these leftover glass ornaments at a boutique.  I never intended to use them for my Chri...

Lunch Salad  (Not A Recipe) Lunch Often a conundrum when you are looking for mid-day nourishment, in the house, alone, on a Thursday. Do you ever open the fridge and start throwing everything you see in a bowl?  If you haven't, you should. More often than not, these salads turn our better than one might expect. I do this rather often and one such particular medley came together rather nicely for me on a recent Thursday.  I started out with a few basic staples and turned into something one might be able to pass as a ~ recipe.  Recipe is probably going too far, but definitely a combination to write down. This particular combination featured the Bruschetta Topping from Trader Joe.  If you haven't used this product 5 different ways by now - get going. Most of what went into today's salad were leftovers from other meals.  Tuna from last nights tuna melts (try melts on tortillas instead of bread and your teenage boys will think it's a game-cha...