Make It Monday

Here is another card I did recently. So simple yet works for every occasion. Enjoy!

Fix it Friday

I was the one that created the floor plan for the bathrooms. Originally I had a walk in closet planned for the space but as the contractors started talking about how much space the walls would take my walk in closet got smaller and smaller until I decided to eliminate it all together and at that point I scraped that plan and created a new one. The new guest bath would be in the old laundry room down the hall and not in view of the front door. The new master bath would take up the space of the old master bath and the old guest bath. It would afford us a grand 6 foot double vanity and a spacious walk in shower with room to spare. So once the demolition was done up went the walls.

 Looking from the master bedroom into the what was laundry room on the right -now the guest bath. The master bath on the left which was the master bath and guest bath.

 Framing for the walk in double shower.

 Outside hallway where the old guest bath door way was walled up. Now I have a cute nook to decorate.

 Guest Bath.

 Master Bath where the vanity will be.

 Drywall for the walkin double shower and for the linen closet.

 Here are our double shower heads.

Mud and Tape

Thought Full Thursday

November 1^st the day after Halloween and the toy commercials were on and the Christmas supplies were in the stores and I even flipped on QVC and they were doing a Holiday Gift Countdown. Normally I would be gripping and groaning about how early it was and that we haven’t even gotten to Thanksgiving yet but not this year…I’ve got the Christmas Bug; I can’t wait for it to be here. It seems this mood only comes every few years and when I don’t have it I am always asking myself, even up to the day, why am I not in the mood for Christmas? For some unidentifiable reason I have the spirit this year and it is intoxicating. I have already started my handmade Christmas cards, I watch QVC almost every day, I have all my gifts planned out and I am ogling festive decorations for my home.  I can’t seem to get enough of it so if you have any holiday recipes, decoration ideas, or crafts send them my way.

Weigh in Wednesday

Well I didn’t make it to 189 this week… I flew right by it. Yep that is right I got to 188. YAY! What was I so worried about? I am just dreading the day I have to report that I gained. Yikes!

T.V. Dinner Tuesday

Well this week we have Comfort Food from Sandra’s Money Saving Meals which aired November 1st

http://www.foodnetwork.com/sandras-money-saving-meals/comfort-food/index.html
I wasn’t great at taking pictures this week but we started out with the:

Chicken Fried Steak

         Which was really yummy the only problem was that by definition it is smothered in gravy and Jeremy doesn’t like gravy so it wasn’t a hit.

Next we had:

Macaroni and Cheese

          The Mac and Cheese recipe was good but as I find with most baked macaroni and cheese it was pretty dry.

Both of the round two recipes were kind of small so I had them together:

Spicy Fried Macaroni and Cheese Bites

          Fried Mac and Cheese bites were good but I couldn’t get over the thought of how bad for me they would be.

Cheddar Biscuits and Gravy

         Biscuits and gravy, ironically Jeremy said the gravy tasted even better the second time.

Make It Monday

Cards are my thing! I started out with traditional scrapbooking but it was always too long and involved. I needed something creative but quick so now I make cards. They are great because even if you have a lame gift the card makes up for it because it is so personal and unique. My lifesaver has been my QuicKutz Silhouette Machine.


Many of you may be familiar with the Circuit Die Cut Machine. It is similar but instead of having to pay for all of those pricy cartridges the Silhouette hooks up to your computer and will cut anything on your computer including any font you can download. Here is one of my recent creations.

Fix it Friday

First off I want to show you what I have to deal with everyday in my house. It almost makes it not worth living here.

Now to the bathroom remodel.

So the day we bought the house the demolition crew was in and emptied the area of 2 bathrooms and a laundry room to create what would be 2 new reconfigured bathrooms. The demolition went so quickly so we thought that the project might go quickly as well, boy were we wrong.