Treasures to be found...

Some market finds from today.

TGIF!

Have a great day!

Last things from the garden...

Hope everything is going well!

Upcycled Project

Had the crate, found the window frame at the market,

hubby built the shelf.

Put it all together.

Perfect.

Fall is in the air....

Love when the colors start popping in the trees. 

You know Fall has arrived

Jumping back in....

Hello There!

It's been a couple of months.  Life got into the way.

Looking forward to seeing what everyone is up to. 

Hope all is well with everyone.

Happy Fall!

Weekend Finds!

Since it wasnt sunny for the most part on Saturday, decided to go hit some sales.

Happy I did. 

 The bucket was $2.00 and the table $5.00. 

 Love the table, perfect. No rust, great shape.

These 2 chairs were at another sale, which need some elbow grease.  There is going to be some stripping on these.  Many layers of paint.  They are in great shape, solid. 

ding..ding...

$10.00 for the pair.  

They will go great with the table above.

I love kitchen things.  So this was a find for me.

She wanted $10.00 for the box.  After talking to her for an hour. She gave them to me for

$5.00!

Lately, I have something for windows. So I needed this purchase. Thinking maybe $20 dollars.

ding....ding...

$3.00.

Not a bad weekend for treasure hunting.  Now the fun part begins.  What to do with it all.

Hope your week starts out well!

Flowers are popping!

Going to be a beautiful weekend, hope you get out an enjoy it

We will be working in the yard all weekend.

Going to be enjoying the sunshine with no rain.

To all the Dads...Happy Fathers Day!

Spring has sprung....

with some new projects! 

Hope all is well!

Spring?

I dont think that Groundhog was fully awake that day!

Spring Ahead!

Don't forget to turn those clocks ahead tonight!

Woohoo!  Spring is almost here

Cranberry!

 Finally went back to the color I love the most.  I know my kitchen is small, but it works.  I didn't want to put a big hutch or shelves back up on the wall.  So dh made me something to display the things I love.  They are actually cranberry boxes.  Found them at the market for $7.00 each. Didn't do anything to them, just stacked them up, secured them to the wall.  I love it.  Found the window at the market, that was an old and inexpensive find.  Figured, let me just put it here for now.  And my utensil holder, got it at a horse auction for $2.  This is the first time, I'm really liking the way my kitchen is turning out.  One wall at a time. 

Steak Quesadilla

Now that hockey started back up.  It is full swing snack time.  Needed to come up with some different things.  First new one for this season.  Steak Quesadilla.  Yum!

I used left over roast beef.  Just cooked it more with some of its own juices. Wear it becomes tender.  I fried up some onions and shredded some cheese.

Threw the tortilla in the pan.  Added steak, cooked onions and sprinkled with cheese.  Heated where the cheese is just melting.  Cover with the other tortilla.  Heat, flip until a bit crispy.  Cut into triangles, serve with sour cream and salsa.
Delicious!

We've been having some low temps. Some snow at night and more snow expected by the weekend. Feels like winter now.  Hope everyone is safe and warm.

Enjoy the rest of the week!

Past Weekend.....

Finally got some snow this pass weekend.  It was nice waking up to it on Sunday morning.  

So quiet and peaceful. Nobody on the road.  I live on a county road, so its one of the

first to be salted and plowed.  As I was driving, the sun started to come out.

When it started peeking through the trees.  It looked so pretty.

Should of taken some more pictures.  But the battery died 

after I took this one. 

I was just happy to be out and seen how nice it looked.

This weekend I signed myself up for a stained glass class.  I will be learning how to do everything

there is to do with glass. The place has a few classes to offer.  Starting at the beginning and 

working my way up.  Kind of excited to try it.  I love stained glass, especially in the windows.  The prices

for some things I like are so high.  So figured, why not give it a try.  

Tried a new recipe this weekend!

There were so good. 

 CROCK POT STUFFED PEPPERS

4 large cleaned peppers

1 lb chop meat

1  Cup of uncooked rice

1 small can of diced tomatoes, drained

2 cloves, chopped

Sauce

salt and pepper to taste

Put the chop meat, rice, tomatoes, salt, pepper

and garlic in a bowl and mix well.

Add some sauce to moisten if you have to.

Stuff the peppers, place in crock.

Pour sauce all over.

Cook on high, 1 hours.

Then turn to low and cook for

5 hours.

They were so good!

To end my weekend. My girlfriend and I went to BINGO! 

I love bingo.  

 Before the kids, a bunch of us would go.  We had such a blast.

Everyone still brings their lucky charms and cow bell for certain numbers.

The thing I don't get, why does one person need so many bingo markers in one night??

Have a good week, we are expecting some nice weather...

Spring is in the air.  Cant wait!

Happy 2013!!!

Wishing you and your family

a 

Happy and Healthy

New Year!

Snowmen in Jar

I have a bunch of jars collecting dust. So when looking at the box wondering what to do.  Snow globes!

I had the wooden snowmen.  I bought them one year after the holidays at AC Moore. I love when my stash comes into play.  Painted up the snowmen, glued them to the bottom of the jar.  Cut up very fine tissue paper.  

There you go.  Love the way it came out.  Fits perfect with my things. I have a snowman bingo coming up in January.  Will definitely be putting one of these in the basket.

TGIF!!!

Enjoy your day!

Soup's On!

Finally starting to feel like winter with the temps dropping.  Perfect soup weather.  This is one of our favorite recipes.  Very easy to put together.  Comes out perfect every time. Tonight it will be this and grilled goat cheese and red pepper sandwiches.

Crock pot Potato Soup

1 can chicken broth

5 cups cubed peeled baking potato

1 cup chopped onion

1 cup sliced celery

1 cup sliced carrots

3 Tbl  butter or margarine

1tsp salt

1/2 tsp pepper

3 cloves of garlic minced

1/4 cup flour

1.5 cups milk

shredded cheese

Take the first 9 ingredients and put in a slow cooker.  Mix well.  Cover and cook on high

setting for 1 hour.   Then reduce to low heat for approx 4.5 hrs or until vegetables

are tender.  Put setting on high.

Place flour in bowl and gradually add milk, stirring until well blended and no lumps. 

Pour into hot soup, stir well.  You will cook this for approx 30 mins until it thickens, with the 

lid off, stirring often.  

When serving, sprinkle with desired cheese.  

Enjoy!

8 More Days!

 Made some sprays for the doors around the house.  Didn't cost me a thing.

Had all the materials, didn't have to buy anything.   Easy way to dress up the place. Plus,

dropping some off to friends, to share what I had. 

 This is what I decided to go with.  I put greens around the top of the frame and

added a bird pick.  Not fond of the big lights during the day. But, sure looks good

at night.

 Found these decorative stickers at Walmart. In the clearance bin!  Now, how can

you pass that up?  Maybe I should of put it on a lighter colored wall. 

Still love it. 

This I put together with all the things I have.  I knew that stock pile  of 

things would go to good use.  And all the time dh kept saying, "throw it all out". 

Glad I didn't.  Repainted the sled, added some greens and picks.  

Love it!

Can't believe the days are going so fast.

Christmas will be here before you know it.

Wishing for a White Christmas here.

Market Finds!

We found some sleds at the market.  Told dh that I would like to see, a birdhouse.  That he did.  He

attached a box. Which he made from old cranberry boxes.  Made the hole and framed out the front.  It is framed out with old barn wood.  .

This one I kept plain and just hung a pair of skate frames to it. 

This one is the smallest of the 3.  I think I will be keeping this one. Keep changing up what I want on it. Really haven't decided what to display on it.  When I do, I will take a picture at the front door.  

16 more days till Christmas!

Enjoy the rest of the weekend!

Tis' The Season