SOLD

Well, our house sold.  That wasn’t so bad, but now the fun starts.  We need to find another house, tons of inspections, fixing things, appointments, packing, … Man I’m tired already.  So I won’t be  blogging as much, but I will keep in touch.

Cinnamon Rolls

Chris came home to visit this weekend.  He wanted to make cinnamon rolls from scratch.  So he went to a recipe site called "Goons With Spoons".  I think only a guy would think this would be a good recipe site.  It is a bunch of nerds from the internet.  But he made the most delicious cinnamon rolls. The best part he said was it had step by step pictures.  You can get the recipe HERE!

Scrappy Time

I spent a few hours yesterday finishing these layouts from our trip to the Windy City.  Doing them made me miss my peeps back in the hood;)

 I think we need to take another trip to Chi-town soon.  I am going through cardamom toast withdrawal.

Snickerdoodles

I have been on cookie spree lately.  This week I made Snickerdoodles.

YUMMY!

You can find the recipe HERE

Thanks for stopping by.

Have a blessed day.

Getting MESSY!

This week I had a chance to get my hands messy and create some fun little pieces of mix media art.



I gathered all my supplies. 




We covered the kitchen table and got busy!



 I took these supplies and convinced my son’s girlfriend to join me in creating THESE little beauties.  I am still trying to let go and get messy.  Art isn’t perfect, right? 



I knew those store cards would come in handy someday.



I treasured spending time with my son's girlfriend today.



A reminder that kindness can be just a simple gesture.



Sarah enjoyed painting more than the paper piecing.  She did a great job, don't ya think?

If you head over to Stephanie's Blogyou can learn about all the great doodling and art she creates. This blog is where I have gotten my inspiration for all my doodles and artwork.

Peanut Butter Cookies

Peanut Butter Cookies

I wrote down this recipe as a young bride living in army housing back in 1986. My neighbor Rhonda Hite was a mother of two young children. I thought she knew it all. I had just given birth to my first child and had no clue what I was doing. She seemed to have all the answers. I thank God for all the army wives I have met over the years. We are a unique breed of strong, independent, welcoming, and accepting women. If you ever meet a military spouse, make sure you thank them for THEIR sacrifice to holding down the homefront while their spouses are fighting for your freedom.

I didn’t plan to jump on that soapbox, sorry.
There isn’t anything special about this recipe except they are YUMMY. Enjoy.


1 C Butter

1 C White Sugar

1 C Brown Sugar

2 Eggs

1 C Peanut Butter

2 tsp. Vanilla

2 ½ C Flour

½ tsp Baking Powder

1 tsp Baking Soda


Cream the butter and sugars. Beat in eggs, peanut butter and vanilla. Add flour, baking soda and baking powder. Flatten dough with fork if desired. Bake @ 375 for 8 - 10 minutes.

Together

Together

It's better than alone.

Together

More than one, more than two, more than a few...

People get where they are going.

Together

Friends rub off on each other.

Friends pull each other up.

Friends help each other out.

Our best days are spent TOGETHER.

To know love, open your heart to Jesus. To show love, open your heart to others.



For Sale

We have begun the journey of moving AGAIN! We want to move closer to hubby’s job down in Virginia. Selling a house is the worst part of moving. I have a few comments to make to all the realtors and buyers looking at our home.

1. People live in this house. So don’t expect it to look like a model home.


2. Our tastes in color and style may differ. You CAN change these things.


3. Don’t let your children run around and mess up our house. I can tell when you do! Next time you should put ALL our movies back the way they were before your kid took them ALL off the shelves. REALLY????

4. Realtors, when you write your comments please be professional. Could you use a thesaurus to think of another word for CRAP?


That is all for today.
If you want to see our home go HERE 

Tupper WAR!

It is week #13 over at ORG JUNKIE

I took on a small but agonizing project this week, the dreaded plastic container cabinet. As you know I am a confessed stuffoholic. This area is no different. I just toss and stuff these little plastic container and lids in the cabinet. When it is time to put the leftovers in one of them I am digging and wasting precious time looking for matching pieces.

I use to keep every butter, cool whip, and meat….. container, because “that would make great storage for…..” I know other persons (to remain nameless) did/do this too. I have broken that habit for the most part.

So I took ALL the containers, lids, bowls, bottles, ice trays, cookie cutters (really?)  out of the cabinet.  I matched all the containers with lids.  I put the unmatched items and ones that I haven’t used in over a year into the recycle bin.  The cookie cutters back into its home. I sorted and stacked the bowls and containers.  Then I grabbed an unused basket for all the lids.

So there you have it.  It took about 20 minutes to complete this project.  I feel much lighter and I can find things much more easily.  Have a great weekend!

Doodle Day

I came home from work and doodled this!

Have a blessed day.

Monday Night Scrap

Yesterday I got together with my friend to do some scrapping!

I am still working on last years photos.

I still have to journal on my pages.

Thanks for checking them out.

I may go over the stamp w/ a marker.

 I have to fit Monday Night Football on theses pages somewhere.  Any ideas?

Organizing with a FRIEND!

It is week 12 over at

During my recent trip to NY, I helped my friend organize her collection of frames. She had been collecting them over a very long period of time. She would pick them up at garage sales and auctions. So when she saw this picture I posted last year. She had an idea to make a similar wall of photos.

The process went pretty smoothly. We sat down and cleaned all the glass and frames. Our noses were itchy from all the dust flying around the room. She picked out the pictures she wanted in each of the frames. We had to take a trip to Ace Hardware to get some hanging supplies. When we were done we had 41 framed pictures of her family.

We thought about how we were going to begin to put them up on the wall.  I said that we should begin with her favorite frame and put that in the middle of the wall and work out from there.  No measuring, planning….  Just try to keep the same type frame from being next to each other.  It took us about an hour to nail all the pictures to the wall.  O’ but the results was THIS:

We stood back and admired our handy work.   What an amazing wall!  All of her family history displayed on the wall.  Generations of pictures!  So COOL!  I am glad I was able to help Jule complete this organization project with her. 



CNY

This past weekend I had the opportunity to go visit my central New York “family”. About twice a year I go hang out with all my friends and play games, eat yummy food, learn from a great pastor and just be surrounded {HUGGED} by a loving church. The Lord called us away from this area but every time I return I feel as though I have never left. This little piece in NY has a big heart and even though I was only a part of it for a short time, I take it with me where ever I live.

This time I was given the honor of teaching at the Ladies Craft Day. We made a small accordion book and a couple of Easter cards. The ladies were very creative. Some even made the book into a scrapbook page.

Do you see the cross?

For lunch my friend Jule made Sloppy Joes. Here is the recipe. She put in her crock pot for a few hours and it was delicious!




2lbs hamburger
1/2 c. chopped onion
1 c. chopped celery ( i don't use that much)
1 (10 oz.) can condensed tomato soup
1/2 c. catsup
1tbsp. vinegar
1/2 c. packed brown sugar
1 1/2 tsp. Worchester sauce
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. garlic powder


brown meat, onions & celery
mix other ingredients in bowl
add to meat. Simmer

Mini-makeover

It is week #10 over at

We did a mini makeover in the kid’s bathroom.   The kids really gave that room a beating over the years.  So it was time to clean it up and freshen up!  The first thing was to wash the wall and give it a couple of coats of paint.  Then my hubby laid down the sticky tile flooring.  I scraped off the old caulking and put on new caulking.  New rugs, towels, shower curtain and dollar store finds, were the finishing touches. 

Get my craft on.....

This past week I was able to enjoy some crafting.

Here are a couple doodles I drew.



I may add color to this one.



I finished four more lighthouse layouts.

I am working on my fourth album.  I think we are

close to visiting our 100th lighthouse soon!

I finally finished Matthew's senior year at Salisbury. 

I need to label the pics and journal.