SPRING IS IN THE AIR (TREES)

Been a long time since my last post.  I'm still alive and loving the spring colors and flowers.  Just wanted to share these beautiful pictures of my tree in the front of my house.  I hope spring is showing it's colors near you!  Enjoy.

BOARD & BATTEN~JORDAN'S BEDROOM ~ DONE!

WOW.....It's done.  Paint is dry, new bedding and pillows on bed, carpets vacuumed and shampooed.  

I am so amazed at myself for doing this for the very first time!

My daughter and my little guy wants me to do their rooms next.  

:-)
Here is the BEFORE!

And here is the 

AFTER!

The blanket is so amazingly soft!  And yes,  that's the same bunk bed!
I transformed it into a full size bed.

I just want to stay in this room all DAY!!

:-)

What do you think?

WAINSCOTING FINALLY DONE!!

Yeah, my first attempt of Wainscoting is finally done.  

And I am loving it!!  What do you think?  

I think it turned out great.  

NEXT step....Paint and decorating!! 

 Stay tuned!

BIG BOY'S ROOM REMODEL PART 2

This is Part 2 of my son's Remodel.  Wallpaper is GONE!! Whoohooo!!  

Walpaper Removal Tip: Use Fabric Softener, diluted with water instead of those harsh Chemicals they sell in the stores.  And, it smells amazing too!

Here is a VIDEO showing how to remove the wallpaper.

Happy Saturday!

BIG BOY'S BEDROOM REMODEL

Happy Thursday bloggers! 

 I just wanted to share some pictures of my plans while I remodel my Big boy's bedroom. 

 I will post more pictures as I get done.  

He has been living in a little boy's room for so long 

and 

I thought it was due time to match the bedroom to the boy.  

This is what I'm working with.

I have so many plans for this space!! 

 See you soon for more updates!

PRESIDENTS DAY 2011 VAN

Hope you all have a great

PRESIDENT'S DAY!
 

(LIKE MY VAN?)

;-)

CREAMY MUSHROOM CHICKEN

I have to share this recipe with you all.  

I made this for dinner and my whole family cleaned their plates!!  

I got the recipe from Real Mom Kitchen.  She "ROCKS"!

It's called 

"Creamy Mushroom Chicken".

  We are not a mushroom eating family so we took them out.  And it still turned out delicious!

It was so easy to make and the taste was 

"OUT OF THIS WORLD"!  

Here is the recipe:


Creamy Mushroom Chicken

• 4 or 5 slices bacon (I used turkey bacon)
• 4 chicken breasts
• salt & pepper
• 2 Tbsp. butter
• 1 large onion, diced
• 8 oz mushrooms, sliced 
• 2 cans (10 3/4 oz) cream of mushroom soup
• 1/4 cup chicken broth
• 2/3 cup Monterrey jack cheese
• 8 oz spaghetti, fettuccine (what I used) or linguine
• parsley, optional for garnish

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a large skillet, cook the bacon. Place bacon on a paper towel lined pate to drain and set aside. Leave bacon drippings in the pan.
3. Season chicken breasts with salt and pepper.
4. Add butter to the pan and cook chicken breast until brown on both sides. Remove from the pan and place in a 9 x 13 inch baking dish.
5. Add the onion to the pan and cook for 1 minute. Then add the mushrooms and cook until the mushrooms and onion are tender.
6. Add the soup, chicken broth and cheese. Heat until the cheese is melted.
7. Spoon the sauce over the chicken in the 9 x 13 dish.
8. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.
9. While the chicken bakes, cook the pasta.
10. Crumble reserved bacon.
11. Serve chicken on top of the cooked pasta with sauce and sprinkle with crumbled bacon and parsley if desired..
12. Enjoy!

"POST" VALENTINE'S POST.

WOW..I know Valentine's Day has come and gone, 

but I have been so busy with a ton of projects. 

I made these cookies for my son's

 Valentine's party at school yesterday. 

Hope Everyone had a wonderful Valentines Day!

PRIMARY LESSON #7

This is what I made for my little Primary class today.  

Little baby Jesus in a manger.  
~
SUPPLIES:
Wood
Round balls
Felt
Hot Glue/Gun
Rafia
~

They loved them!

Hope everyone had a great Sunday.

HAPPY VALENTINES (VAN) DAY 2011!!

WOW.....it's been a while!  

I have been remodeling one of my sons bedrooms....total remodel project!  

Can't wait for you all to see the transformation.  

I'll give a sneak peak at the end of this post. 

So, it's almost Valentines Day, and of course I have to

 "BLING"

 the family roadster :-)  

I got the

 SILHOUETTE CAMEO 

 for Christmas and wanted to try her out!  

I absolutely "LOVE" it!

Here's my roadster!  It makes me smile :-)

I used:

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One reason why I love the SILHOUETTE CAMEO, is (not like the Cricut, which I still love), if I need a certain image that I don't have in my Cricut cartridge library, I just head on over to the SILHOUETTE SHOP in my applications, purchase it, usually 99cents, and download it!  That's it!  

Can anyone guess what i'm doing in my son's bedroom??

I AM A CHILD OF GOD BLOCKS

I made these for my new Primary kids in church today!  

They turned out pretty good I think :-)

Have a fabulous Sunday!

SCRAP TOOL IN THE KITCHEN

I have to share this with you all!!  I am so tired of my dull kitchen knives.  I would buy a  for around $20.  & about a month, I was tearing at the meat instead of cutting!  I don't want to spend hundreds of dollars on kitchen knives that I have drooled over.  So, I had an idea!!  Why not use my "AMAZING"  

Tim Holtz Tonic SCISSORS.  

They cut through almost everything, they are:

Resistant to rust and corrosion

Non-stick coating minimizes adhesive build up

Extra large Kushgrip Handles for comfort and less fatigue

Micro serrated edge great for detail cutting

Protective plastic cap for sharp pointed blade

Excellent cutting on all types of material including sheet rubber, vinyl and adhesive backed  papers 

And the cost??

Michaels Craft's-$14.99 with a 50% Coupon=$7.49 

NOT BAD!!

They cut through everything with "NO PROBLEM"!

 LOVE IT!