Kitty Deschanel | Food, Wine, and Travel Adventures Across the USA

Want to  foster a dog ? Tips at the end of this post. Remember the other day when I shared that I'm a  Bernadette Peters  fan? Meet our silly goofball, Bernadette. Three dogs?! To be fair, one is only a foster dog...except we love her so much that we're adopting her!  Top: Bernadette's fearful "Before" photo, taken at the shelter Bottom: Bernadette's cheerful "After" photo, taken the day we brought her home Bernadette, originally named Tulip, had arrived at the shelter as a stray. She was so fearful that I was not able to pet her even once during the two hours we spent in her large pen at the Bernalillo County, NM shelter.  Her ears were down and her tail was tucked between her legs. She was exhausted from pacing in circles nonstop. The shelter gave us handfuls of treats to offer, but even these weren't enough to coax her to come near. Sexy Nerd and I both wondered if fostering her was a mistake. So what changed our ...

I'll start this post with a confession: back when I was an evil little girl (muah ha ha - my evil laugh), I would: Set my alarm extra-early on Easter. Get into the Easter baskets, all alone. Break my little brother's chocolate Easter bunny, just to be a jerk. Move a few pieces of his candy into my basket. Put the baskets back like nothing happened. Go back to bed. That's right, Michael. You read that right.  Muah ha ha! One more quick thing. If you're having people over for Easter brunch and need a great recipe, make a Dutch Baby . It's the only time I recommend baby-eating. If you're looking for the cutest Easter craft ever , try these Peeps nests . And if my evil laugh really spoke to you, check out my delirious  murdered Peeps . So Eastery! Okay, on to the cute identity theft: Happy Easter!

I don't know about you, but with all the craziness in the world right now, I've been feeling pretty stressed. It would be great if my response to this was to go for a run or get some extra sleep, but instead I've been turning to unhealthy coping vices, like tubs of ice cream. (So many tubs!)  When a reader emailed to suggest a guest post about how to detox , it sounded like exactly what I need right now. How to Detox (Guest Article) Cleaning is an important aspect of my life, as I'm sure it is yours. I always believed that living in a clean environment greatly predetermines my optimal health. And by a clean environment, I mean a clean home to live in and a clean bed to sleep in, but much more than that I need a clean mind and body.  As a clean external environment is very rare to find nowadays, my internal cleansing has become an important part of my self-care routine as a proper support to my physical and mental health. My body is my temple. The...