I want to share a great recipe that a dear friend brought to a graduation party I threw a few years back. I remember people standing by the crock pot eating these by the plateful!! SWEDISH MEATBALLS One bag frozen meatballs One jar Chili Sauce One jar grape jelly Combine all ingredients in […]
DIY Projects
TV NICHE ~ how to get rid of it?
I apologize for my absence from blogland recently. My computer was on the fritz so we brought it into the shop so I was computer-less for a few days. I'm also trying to learn WordPress and have I ever told you how computer illiterate I am? What would take all you smart people a few minutes […]
PLYWOOD FLOORS
We are laying plywood floors in our family room because we had to rip up the awful stained carpet in that room and ANYTHING would have been an improvement. I didn’t want carpet again. All of our first floor is wood except the family room and guest bedroom. We couldn’t afford real wood floors plus […]
THE FAMILY ROOM ~ our next room redo
Our family room looked like this for years before we decided to move (before we decided NOT to move!). When we staged our house to put it on the market, we got rid of the flower couches and bought a Craigslist eggplant colored couch and loveseat ~ VERY COMFY! I bought a leather ottoman to […]
MY TRIP TO IKEA ~ and not enough time in the day
About a week ago, I was having breakfast with a dear friend of mine. Breakfast was wrapping up way too quickly, as usual, and we were heading out to our cars. As we were hugging and saying goodbye, my dear friend (I’ll call her Miss M) asked if I would ever want to go to […]
THE KITCHEN PANTRY ~ the final lap!
The LOML and the fam worked diligently on the kitchen pantry yesterday! We’ve been working on the pantry for a couple of weeks now. You can read about each stage below: 1) Inspiration 2) Removing wire shelves and filling holes 3) Painting and stenciling 4) Hanging the wood shelves 5) Still hanging the shelves This weekend the LOML and Son […]