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Have a great day! Mine was filled with home tours! Yippee. (Now we just need one of them to make a good offer!)Monday, March 2, 2009
ready for a change
Today I'm going to be a little bit of a wicked blogger and post these above photos without giving source links because frankly I don't know where they came from. When I saved them I didn't think I would be posting them here. But aren't they so lovely? I want to redo my bed room and dining room! What a silly thing to say nearing the end of this remodel, but it's true, I am so ready for a change! Trent and I have noticed that for the first part of our marriage we moved every six months, then after we bought this house we did a major remodel every six months. Its been a while--probably a year--since we have done any major changes. I did go through a phase where I was sad about selling this house, but honestly I am ready for another project--another creative challenge! Isn't that weird? Are we the only people who make a crappy house into the ideal home only to be hungry for another crappy house? OK probably. :) We get so much gratification out of creating; and now that we're nearing the end, we are ready for more! Bring it on, old ugly houses! We are ready! Here are some photos of homes we are looking at... I know they are a bit on the ugly side, but they're a dream come true for me and my husband.
Friday, February 27, 2009
having fun with photos
Friday, February 20, 2009
new table ware
I just bought these dishes last night at the dollar store. I had never owned water goblets before and I already love them! I was pleasantly surprised that they had such a great selection of table ware there. I found red woven place mats but could only find two so I brought red to the table with apples and roses
What a fun time we have been having beautifying our house for buyers to come and tour this Saturday. We still have touch ups to finish so wish us luck! (For more of our house remodel updates go to our house blog.)
P.S. look at the pretty new dark mahogany stain on the floors!
Monday, February 16, 2009
turquoise chair
Here is a new addition to our living room: a beautiful old turquoise velvet chair. We saw it at
the thrift store the other day, and even though we already had furniture in that room we couldn't resist. Our over-sized couch and chair were way too big for the space anyway, so we were happy to replace the big chair with this lovely one. Just look at all the space there is now! We could never see all the pretty wainscoting because the overstuffed chair covered it all up. We still have the large couch in there but it's gotta go. It's massiveness really dwarfs this chair; they don't look very good together. Eventually we will add other smaller stylish pieces to make the room have the right scale. We find ourselves in that room a lot more lately.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Valentine for my love
Friday, February 13, 2009
garland of hearts
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Valentine chocolate sandwich cookies
I made Valentine treats today. I first tasted chocolate sandwich cookies when a neighbor boy, who was in my husbands Sunday school class, brought them over as a thank you. I thought they were the cutest thing ever! Then I tasted one and was blown away at the light fluffiness of the cookie and the super yummy frosting. I immediately started daydreaming that our neighbors would continue bringing cookies over and that they would always bring these specific ones. Well I eventually had to get the recipe from the neighbors and was pleasantly surprised with the simplicity of it! Here it is-
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cookies-
2 18.25 oz.packages of chocolate cake mix
4 eggs
1 cup of oil
frosting-
1 8 oz. pack of cream cheese (softened)
4th cup of butter (softened)
1 tsp vanilla
2 18.25 oz.packages of chocolate cake mix
4 eggs
1 cup of oil
frosting-
1 8 oz. pack of cream cheese (softened)
4th cup of butter (softened)
1 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
First I omitted the butter thinking it was not needed since there isn't any butter in the recipe. My first three sheets of cookies turned out like crumbly grainy biscuits. But in normal chocolate cake mix there is shortening, so I really messed things up. Then I added some butter and the rest turned out like crumbly slightly less grainy biscuit/cookies.
MORAL: Do NOT to omit the butter when making these from scratch. Maybe never make them from scratch at all! :) Who knows, It all depends on how brave I feel next time I bake.
- Preheat the oven to 350
- Roll out 1 inch balls and place them 2 inches apart on un-greased cookie sheet. (Put cocoa powder on hands to prevent sticky mess.) Makes 6 dozen cookies.
- Bake each sheet 8 to 10 min.
- Let cool on cookie sheet 5 min. before removing, cookies will flatten as they cool.
- let cool till room temp. then frost half the cookies and top with other half.
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Super easy!
I, however, made it harder than it should have been by making the cake mix from scratch. What an adventure I had last night!Super easy!
First I omitted the butter thinking it was not needed since there isn't any butter in the recipe. My first three sheets of cookies turned out like crumbly grainy biscuits. But in normal chocolate cake mix there is shortening, so I really messed things up. Then I added some butter and the rest turned out like crumbly slightly less grainy biscuit/cookies.
I felt disappointed yet determined not let my time and energy be spent in vain. So I proceeded to crumble up the first three sheets of already cooked cookies into the mixing bowl with more eggs (because the original eggs were already cooked) and even more butter. The cookie dough changed dramatically from the first batch of dough and I was unsure if this attempt at rescuing these cookies would work. It was very wet and gooey-- almost the texture of brownie mix. It did roll into balls though when I had cocoa powder on my hands, so I put them in the oven and waited to see the results of my experiment. To my excitement, relief and surprise they turned out GREAT! They flattened like they were supposed to and they were so light and fluffy like I remembered from the neighbors batch. Hooray! The fruits of my labors are so sweet! And I am super happy! What a night!
MORAL: Do NOT to omit the butter when making these from scratch. Maybe never make them from scratch at all! :) Who knows, It all depends on how brave I feel next time I bake.
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