House of Alcina

We’re making Gumbo for the Moore’s tonight! I haven’t made a Gumbo this size in years. G-Money makes a pretty great Sous Chef! 🤍🤍🤍

Ok, pumpkins are out and now I’m determined to get my wreathe and lights up this weekend. I want to wrap the porch columns with orange lights. 🤍

I have the lights working on the mantle and I’ll try to finish the rest tomorrow. This is why you shouldn’t buy lights at DG! Never again. I’ll have to grab some at Target or Lowe’s this weekend. The kids fell asleep early, so we’re about to get in this pool in the rain!! Running…

I know some of you who follow my group live in the southeast, and I just wanted to mention that if you lost your starter due to the storm, or weren’t able to keep it going, I will gladly mail you some! Just email me your address at jenniferalcina@gmail.com or comment and we’ll connect. I…

I actually do like it in VERY small doses, occasionally, but this Butter Pecan Coffee is hitting the spot this morning! I love my Bliss Sweet Cream and I sprinkle a pinch of pink salt on top. It’s an old Alton Brown trick- it reduces acidity and gives it such a wonderful taste. It’s a…

I found these converse like 7 years ago on a clearance rack in TJ Maxx. I’ve only worn them a few times but they’re really cute. 🤍

Gary said it looks like bamboo 🙂

Portishead- Only You is the best song to make sourdough to. The “whip it like that’s” are perfect for stretch and folds. 😛😛😛

I have a lunch/day date with my cute husband today. He has to have his ankle and foot looked at and he didn’t want to ride by himself. He’s still having some pretty serious pain so we’re expecting more X-rays. I kinda wanna go to the mall in P’Cola to look for jeans but it…

I loveeeee these candles. My allergies have been awful so I have both of my purifiers and my humidifier going non-stop. These are one of the few fall candles that don’t irritate me, and it smells amazing in here.

Whew! I’m tired!! Our weekend started early Friday and I don’t feel like we’ve slowed down at all. Regina and Richard got married Friday morning (it was so sweet and she walked to The Goo Goo Dolls – Iris which is so sweet) and we celebrated Norah (again) Friday night in P’cola. Yesterday we went…

Gary got the boy’s TV mounted tonight and finally hooked up his Echo. He’s a happy dude! We’ve been looking for the mount and the speaker since we moved in. 🙄😛

ALDIs for 29$ They feel and look exactly like my 300$ Le Creuset. The only difference from what I can tell, is these are enameled cast iron and Le Creuset are seasoned cast iron. Talk about great Christmas gifts!🎁

Checking out the bay level and bridge progress this morning. It started raining on me right as I got in our driveway. It feels like good “crawl back in bed” weather.

Yeah I don’t think it’s gonna expire in an hour. 🤣

Can’t believe I didn’t post a Happy Birthday to my bestie yesterday. 🤍 She’s the sweetest girl. She’s silly, and a prankster like her Daddy, but she’s very emotional like me. She’s a natural born caretaker. She wakes up and always thinks of what everyone needs and wants to know how everyone is. She dotes…

Recipe: 2 lbs ground meat1 lb pork sausage (Jimmy dean)1 tbs garlic powder1 tbs onion powder1 tsps pink salt2-3 tbs cajun seasoning ( we like Cajun Two Step, and YES Cajun and Italian seasonings marry well! )1 tbs chopped basil1 tbsp dried oregano1 tbsp chopped/dried rosemary2 cups of Italian breadcrumbs (ours were seasoned sourdough crumbs)1…

My favorite Dr. Martens. They’re so cute with colorful socks and boyfriend jeans with cuffs. 🤍 Dresses too, but I really like them with jeans.

Gotta get out and get Hurricane prepared today! That basically means get snacks. 🤣 Gary went in around 4 this morning so he can knock off at 2. The projected path is pretty far East of us, and we’re on the good side of it, so we aren’t anticipating getting anything too bad. But we…

Here’s the inside of those boules I made with the trilogy seeds. They’re almost fluffy. The pepperoni and cheese loaf only has it on top. They’re really good but it did change up the texture a bit. I’m sending these to work with Gary with some olive oil and pepper dip for everyone. 🤍

Go have some brunch and enjoy this pretty day!! 🫶🏻

I let myself go down the damn Diddy rabbit hole last night. 🕳️ What a sick ass world we live in. Expose them all. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

As always it was a good one! I don’t think I’ve ever heard Pastor Doug preach a sermon that I didn’t get something really good from. Applying it our lives is the hard part. We’re still in James, this is the 6th week, and not that James, the half brother of Jesus, James. He’s very…

Up early this morning! 🤍 Gary is cutting grass at the church across from our neighborhood this morning, so I decided to get up and have coffee with him. I’m baking some bread for a few of the kids teachers today and I’m also trying something new for us. I found this and decided I’d…