{every book should be yellow with flowers}

{Hubs and I were having a little walking date downtown the other night and we ducked into this funky used bookstore below our apartment. I found this charming little cookbook and was super tempted to buy it, strictly because of the cute cover, of course. A lot of the recipes were weird, and some of the ingredients I hadn't even heard of :) I think I need to sharpen my culinary skills and broaden my palette. I'm the girl that orders the same thing when we go out. Usually some form of soup, salad, or chicken...exciting right?}

{reading list}

{I can't for the life of me remember where this image originated, if anyone knows please tell me and I will link it!}

1. The Lamaze Book..cuz  girl's gotta know

2. The Mysterious Benedict Society...just sounds interesting, but yes a kid's book

3. Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego...anyone else read these as a kid?

4. One year to an organized life with baby...done, and it was good!

5. Crazy Love by Francis Chan..rereading this one

6. A Meal with Jesus

I suppose that about it for now :) 

*the hunt: perfect chicken pot pie*

{source}

I genuinely believe that there is nothing as delicious or comforting as a warm chicken pot pie. I recently have been reunited with this classic dish after having a piece with my friend Grace. It was sooo good! Poor hubs has been begging me to make said dish for just about our whole first year or marriage. I also have about 5 friends having babies in the next couple months and this is a great freeze and heat recipe. That brings me to my latest hunt...the best chicken pot pie recipe in all the land!

Here are a few I have found but I want to hear from you guys as well! 

{Send me your recipes guys! Pretty please!} 

 

 Super Easy Chicken Pot Pie

 

Crock Pot Chicken Pot Pie

 

 

The Pioneer Woman in all her glory

Lastly, Grace recommended the recipe from Ad Hoc at Home, which I found done on this blog.

Well, we'll see which makes the cut! 

email me your recipe at ballpointandpen@gmail.com!

p.s. dear rachel.margaret, I am so sorry darling but I still never received your email! :( Try sending it to the above email and see if that works! Thanks!

{A Load of Crock .::the ten::....cookbooks}

{I found some pretty nifty new and vintage slow cook cookbooks! I might have bought two of these! I got the 101 ways book and the unwatched pot cookbook. The Unwatched pot had very good reviews on amazon and some people even referred to it as their slow cooking bible! I figured it must be god! I'll let you know when I get it! I can't lie, some of these I may have picked because of their cute vintage covers! :)Hope everyone has had a great weekend! Blogging has been sparse the last few days because we have been MOVING! We have moved from our cute country cottage to a downtown apartment. There are definitely things I miss about about out cute little country homw...mostly looking at the stars..but it is SO much fun being close to everything including work, friends, shopping and church. Literally everything. Hubs and I share a car so this makes things so much easier! He can even come home on his lunch break! The apartment is still a little messy but i will post a little tour as soon as we get settled! Hopefully soon! Have a great Sunday night and I'll see you all tomorrow!}

.::love ali::.

{can I please BE Reese}

 

{I think this movie looks BEAUTIFUL! Reese Witherspoon is so gorgeous in all these pictures and I love her wardrobe! She looks super sassy!}

{I love the scarf she is wearing here. I want to join the circus!}

{It is kind of weird to see the Twilight guy in another movie but I still think it looks good! I'll probably go see it :) What are some other movies coming out that you want to see? Do you think you will go see "Water for Elephants"?}

.::love ali::.

.::the ten::.

{1. A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg, 2. Preserving Food at Home by Janet Chadwick, 3. Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day, 4. Urban Pantry by Amy Pennington, 5. Julia's Kitchen Wisdom by Julia Child, 6. My Life in France by Julia Child, 7. Flapper by Joshua Zeltz, 8. Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder, 9. The Secret Memoirs of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis by Ruth Francisco, 10. The Best of Everything by Rona Jaffe}

{All good reads! Have a great weekend and check back tomorrow for Make do Monday!}

.::love ali::.

{Slenderella is actually the name of a cookbook!}

{This little gem made me laugh out loud in St. Vincent thrift store a few weeks ago. I love thrift stores and the random things one can find there :) Here are a few treasures I uncovered on my last little haul.}

 {This hint book has some pretty great stuff in it!}

 

 {I have kind of a crazy obsession with mugs!}

{Finally found a cool bundt pan! I have been looking for one forever!}

{I thought this looked like a pretty cool book. I haven't read it yet but I think it could be fun!}

Have a great day everybody :)

.::love ali::.

{fall booklist}

{ok yeah.. Im a geek... I love Harry Potter :) The next movie is coming out in November!! Part 1 that is! Watch the trailer here! So in anticipation of the movie I have to reread the book! There are so many books i want to read and I am tempted to make this list super long but I know if i do i wont read them all! What are some of the books on your list right now?}

<3 ali