New sink is in.
Today, it is a dirty, $3 mirror from a garage sale I found Friday morning, but one day, this will be the mirror over the sink.
More yard sale finds that have already been cleaned.
A $2 white shelf for the bathroom and a $.50 smaller shelf for the garage.
White shelf all cleaned up and in place.
And the new toilet is in. As toilets go, it is pretty handsome.
Now, for the accessorizing....
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Kitchen Bathroom is almost complete.....
Floor is in. Notice how it runs one direction in the hall and a different direction in the bathroom? It was Husband's idea. He is such the fashion plate.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Another sneak peek....
What? Your not so impressed with seeing the closed door?
You would be more impressed if you saw the door before, when it opened into the smallest bathroom ever.
Now it opens outward, making the smallest bathroom ever feel like a grand palace. (Not really. But it did help.)
You would be more impressed if you saw the door before, when it opened into the smallest bathroom ever.
Now it opens outward, making the smallest bathroom ever feel like a grand palace. (Not really. But it did help.)
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Another little lesson learned today
The gas station has a lot of good things. But, pumpkin spice coffee is not one of them.
The pumpkin spice coffee at the gas station for $1.12 is not anywhere near as tasty as the coffee at Starbucks for $4.32.
The pumpkin spice coffee at the gas station for $1.12 is not anywhere near as tasty as the coffee at Starbucks for $4.32.
The Best Beef Stew
Its Foodie Friday!
I got my Aunt Aliree's cookbooks when she died.
I flipped through the pages and recipes, handwritten and clipped from the newspaper or a magazine, would occasionally fall out. I felt like I was sitting in her den and she was telling me of some recipe she had seen, and had plans to try, and here I was looking at it.
So I decided, I needed to start doing the same thing, cutting out recipes and sticking them in books for someone else to find.
and I am so glad I had this little plan of mine.
This Beef Stew recipe was my first attempt. and now I have made it for the last two weekends in a row. It is the easiest and best tasting beef stew I have ever made. Each time, I planned to freeze some for later, but instead, ended up bringing containers full of it to friends with sick husbands, neighbors, elderly aunts, and then to lunch myself.
Its been impossible to hang onto this beef stew.
Both weekends, I never had any left over to freeze for later! I have half a mind to make it again this weekend. It is really good enough to make three weekends in a row.
This is from a Worcestershire ad, with my modifications:
Salt and Pepper and then brown 3 pounds or so stew meat in skillet until all sides are very brown.
Throw in crock pot with the following:
1 bag of baby carrots
1 chopped onion
3 or 4 diced potatoes
2 cans (or jars) of brown gravy
1 can of beef broth
1 can of water
1/3 cup of Worcestershire sauce
1 package of already cut mushrooms
Cook in crock pot on high for 8 hours.
The longer it cooks, the more tender the stew meat becomes.
At serving, add 1 can of drained green peas and give it a stir.
and don't forget it is Foodie Friday! Go! Visit others!
I got my Aunt Aliree's cookbooks when she died.
I flipped through the pages and recipes, handwritten and clipped from the newspaper or a magazine, would occasionally fall out. I felt like I was sitting in her den and she was telling me of some recipe she had seen, and had plans to try, and here I was looking at it.
So I decided, I needed to start doing the same thing, cutting out recipes and sticking them in books for someone else to find.
and I am so glad I had this little plan of mine.
This Beef Stew recipe was my first attempt. and now I have made it for the last two weekends in a row. It is the easiest and best tasting beef stew I have ever made. Each time, I planned to freeze some for later, but instead, ended up bringing containers full of it to friends with sick husbands, neighbors, elderly aunts, and then to lunch myself.
Its been impossible to hang onto this beef stew.
Both weekends, I never had any left over to freeze for later! I have half a mind to make it again this weekend. It is really good enough to make three weekends in a row.
This is from a Worcestershire ad, with my modifications:
Salt and Pepper and then brown 3 pounds or so stew meat in skillet until all sides are very brown.
Throw in crock pot with the following:
1 bag of baby carrots
1 chopped onion
3 or 4 diced potatoes
2 cans (or jars) of brown gravy
1 can of beef broth
1 can of water
1/3 cup of Worcestershire sauce
1 package of already cut mushrooms
Cook in crock pot on high for 8 hours.
The longer it cooks, the more tender the stew meat becomes.
At serving, add 1 can of drained green peas and give it a stir.
and don't forget it is Foodie Friday! Go! Visit others!
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Another sneak peak at bathroom
Crown molding is up. New floors scheduled to go in Monday.
I know... your on the edge of your seat.
Friday, October 23, 2009
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