Last night I really was craving lemon bars or/and pineapple upside down cake. I gave in and made the lemon bars and they are oh so yummy! My friend gave me this recipe and I love it, thanks Jess! Lemon Bars Crust: 2 cups flour 1 cup butter 1/2 cup powdered sugar Mix with mixer […]
Archives for 2011
Cloffice Wall
Well if you recall, a few weeks ago the hall closet looked like this: We decided to make it into a “cloffice” and now it’s turned into a giant playroom, cloffice, flooring project, which happens with every project, it grows bigger and bigger! A few weeks ago I came across Emily’s post over at Jones […]
Kitchen storage tips
When planning out our kitchen three years ago, Mr.A was certain that we wouldn’t have enough cupboard space with the amount of cabinets we were ordering. I reassured him that with our big pantry we would have plenty of space for storing things. I am glad to report that we do!Here are some tips and […]
Playroom Closet Makeover
Wednesday night the hubs and I ran to Menards to buy some shelving for the playroom closets. It came to $106 with the brackets, 6 shelves and some scotch tape. (My kids are constantly stealing my tape and using it all up, drives me insane when it’s time to wrap a gift and there’s no […]
Meal Plan Jan. 14th-27th
Since November life has been busy and well, I haven’t had a meal plan in quite a while. It’s time to get back to planning because everyday at 4pm I wonder what we are having for dinner. Not cool. So here is what we are having the next two weeks: 1. Pasties 2. BBQ Meatloaf […]
Dining Room Update & the project grows bigger
So I didn’t really have a clear vision for my dining room but I knew that I wanted to recover my chairs and change it up a bit. I have debated painting the dining room set, painting the corner hutches a color besides white, picking some bright funky colors or just keeping it all the […]
Our Kitchen Remodel Part 2
. This summer while working on the exterior, our neighbor suggested we take out the octagonal window and put in a window that would allow us to see out into our driveway without having to run and look out our dining room window. After going back and forth on the idea most of the summer, […]
2011 House Goals or Wishful Thinking?
The Nester just posted on her blog 2011 Home Goals for her home. It’s so nice to see other bloggers who have beautiful homes still have those spaces that aren’t perfect and have places that they would like to work on. Mr.A and I sat down last night to decide what project we were going […]
Cheesy Potatoes
This is one of my favorite dishes to bring to a potluck or get together. It’s easy to make, tastes great and doesn’t require a lot of work! Cheesy Potatoes 2 pounds hash browns thawed (you can use either the shredded or cubed, I prefer the cubed) 1 cup sour cream 1 can cream of […]