Monday, January 31, 2011

My Grown-up Kitchen Re-do....

Last weekend, hubby and I decided it was time to paint the kitchen!
After all, we hadn't painted it in about 9 years.
We liked the color....
lots of people seemed to, but you know how it is
when you just need to freshen things up a bit.
It was time to rid the kitchen of all of my
cheffy stuff.  I had already
started doing so last year.
By removing the chef pictures
 that hung along the
big wall of our kitchen and adding a hutch.
Which we both love, but,
because of the size of the room
with 11 ft. ceilings, the hutch seems too small.
But, for now it works!


~Before~
For some reason, I could only find this
 old picture with the chef pic's.


So pictures were removed....


and many holes were patched....


and the painting began....
Am I going to like this?


Oh My....
What am I doing?

We started painting at about 7:30 a.m.
and finished at about 3:30 p.m.
Not bad considering all the odd wall spaces
to be painted.  But, I was in charge of doing
 all the cutting in and edging. 
Hubby did all the rolling. 
We worked well together for the most part!



~After~

These pictures are alittle dark. 
I didn't think I needed the lights on. 
It's not a sunny gloomy day!
As for my new kitchen....I am loving it!
We hung just a few pieces from before.
The wine holders on the wall are new....
3 years ago from Ikea, but never got hung.
Of course my Chef statue and my bread board
were definitely invited back!


Hubby spray painted my 3 tier plate stand
black for me, it was gold.
I bought 3 tannish colored plates
to compliment it and loaded it with
fresh fruit!



Next plan is to replace the old white microwave
with the matching stainless steel to go with
our fridge, oven and dishwasher.


The pot rack was re-hung.
And an old steamship menu was framed
and hung above the pot rack.
It's in french....
our french son is the only one in
the house that can read it!


I started collecting dish towels and such
about a year or so ago, with colors I  dreamt
of having in my grown-up kitchen. I knew I
wanted to do something in the
brown, mocha and carmel colors. 
But, still have some fun colors in there
to use as accents.  This towel is one of them.
I bought it at World Market.  Love the colors!


Our next project in the kitchen is to do
a tile back splash behind our
stove and microwave.
I picked this up yesterday at Lowe's. 
We both love it and it looks great with the color
we chose and the cabinets!

I picked this up at Pottery Barn
in the clearance area.
It was originally $29.00....
I paid $9.00!
Not bad and the colors match and the
peacock ties in with our dining room!


These faux plants are all over the Pottery Barn
store.  They are on table tops and under cloches.
This one was in the clearance area because the
terra cotta pot had broken and it was just the
plant in the styrofoam.  With pot it was
$12.00....without pot $3.97.
I had a pot!




 This is the color we painted our kitchen.
It's called Peat Moss
and it's Valspar paint I believe. 
It takes on different shades in my kitchen
as the natural light changes
or the light fixtures are turned on. 
 I am very happy with the turn out
and have gotten lots of thumbs up from
the family.  Now the bathroom off the kitchen
needs updating too!  Hmmm.....
what color will I choose?

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Label Love....

I've been updating our kitchen the past few days.
I will be showing you more
pictures at another time.
But, I found these cute little letters....
I think I got them at Marshall's of all places.
And thought they would be cute to label
my canisters in my pantry.
So that's what I did!

~I gathered my supplies~
blue painter's tape
my label's
and of course,
my canisters.

marked them off at the height I
thought looked good




 I think they turned out cute!
Now maybe my hubby
the flour and the sugar
won't get confused!

Now on to the pasta, cereal, and other containers
in my pantry!

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Be Nice To Yourself Today....

 Every once in awhile,
 while I have the house to myself,
I take an afternoon bubble bath!

I grab some soft pretty towels....


I run a bath full of bubbles...
and I relax...
and take a moment to myself!

And although it's not the prettiest bottle....
~I suppose if they made it girly, it would cost twice as much~
I like to give my feet a massage after my bath
with this stuff.  It does work!
For me anyway.
So what do you do, in the middle of the day,
to be nice to yourself?

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

The Final Story....


They went out ice fishing about 11:00 last Sunday...
saying they would return in about 1 1/2 hours.
I was worried to death, when after that time,
no text were being answered....
and no phones either!
Allowing that they were out in the boonies
(as we say around here)
I gave myself until about 3:00 p.m.
before I would either...
go in search of them
(although I didn't know where they were)
OR
call 911
and let them go!
2:52 p.m. my cell rings....
It's my hubby, finally....
They are in the truck, getting warm
waiting for Tom, who was bored fishing "their" spot
and went and found his own across the lake
and actually caught some fish there....
to come off the lake so they could head Home!
LOL, apparently now Tom is....
HOOKED!
and has been out a couple times since,
once with Mallory and once with a guy friend!
Here are some pictures of their
ice fishing experience!

~Dad hooking her up~

~Beautiful sunny Sunday~

~4 holes...have to catch something, right?~

~Waiting for the bobber to bob~

~Not sure Tom's liking it at this point~
Not sure why this pictures is sideways!

~Father & Son~
Notice how they even stand alike!

~Keeping them fresh~

~Hair stuck in braces~
They said it was really windy out there!

~Mal likes to ice fish~
Don't know why this picture is sideways...
can't get it to change...
Oh Well!

~Only other guy out there~
He had a shanty!
I won't show you the pictures of
the fish he speared...
too messy looking!
But, they were bigger fish!

~The day's catch~

They caught about 13 or so fish.
But when all cleaned and filleted,
not enough for a meal for 4 people.
But, they're okay with that,
because it gives them another
chance to go out and
catch some more!



~Dad gets to do the cleaning and filleting~

My hubby has been away on business this week, but has heard all of their
stories of no luck ice fishing.  He is convinced they are jigging all wrong.
So I am sure that next weekend....
the 3 ice fishers will be out again!

Friday, January 14, 2011

Just A Tip....

I don't know if I've posted
about this before or not...
and I'm too lazy to search
 my blog to see if I did...
Maybe it was just a thought that I
 should blog this little tip...
either way, bear with me on this!

Lotions are expensive!
And there is nothing else that bothers me more...
with lotions that is...
then when you are down to the last of the tube...
and it just won't spit out anymore...
no matter how hard you squeeze it!
You know there's more in there...
so this is what I do!

 I cut off the end of the tube...
then I cut down one side...
then I cut around the lid section...

Look at all of that nice creamy lotion
just sitting in there...
possibly about to get thrown out!

Just a tip!

Sunday, January 9, 2011

My 3 Ice Fishers....

It's a beautiful sunny Sunday here in Michigan!
A "balmy" 7 degrees when
we woke up this morning.
So these 3 decided it was a great time
to go ice fishing!
You can see this makes the Big guy happy,
by the smile on his face!
Tom is probably thinking....
What am I getting myself into?
He's never been ice fishing.
Mallory has been before and seems to like it.


Tom tells me he has on his long underwear we got him for Christmas....
I think he's gonna need it!

While they're out enjoying their day,
I am Home enjoying a
cuppa this delicious hot cocoa.
shared this delightful idea for a quick warmer upper on a cold day.
So, I thought I would try it and
she's right....
it's Yummy!
Maybe when these two get back,
they would like to have some.
I'm sure they're gonna need it!
Have a blessed Sunday!
Stay warm with your favorite cuppa warmth!

Thursday, January 6, 2011

And So It Was Found....

My camera that is!
Yep, I was right....
Miss Mallory had it
at school
in her purse.
But, she respectfully
charged the battery for me
before returning it!
Now that I have it in
my possession,
I can post what I
intended to post
yesterday!
So if you don't mind, I thought I would share with you
a few things that I received for Christmas.
I cherish and appreciate everything I got,
but I will show you two that were totally unexpected!
One is this....
a Kindle!
Okay, now this little dealie could
If I let it...
consume my day.
Here's how....
it's a book,
it's a game,
it has music,
it has the web,
and probably more then I even know yet!
Didn't expect it, didn't ever think I would have one
but, I do and I am loving it!
Then came a gift that literally....
brought me to tears and I couldn't even look at it until the
next day, early morning, when I was alone....
A gift from the heart and made with LOVE....
and memories....
to cherish....

By my Hillary!

As I said, all of my gifts are truly appreciated,

but this book made from the heart with

love and great thought

will forever be cherished!

Now I can look at it and not always get

teary eyed, but be Thankful

for the memories that will forever be

captured. Having this shows that

when you think something is lost forever

you know that it isn't, because

someone, like my daughter

has those same memories in her heart

What a wonderful thing to have!

Okay, here come those darned tears again!

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Hmmm....

Now whose got my camera?
Umm....
Mallory??
Okay, so I finally come up with something to blog about....
I finally get the blogging urge rather,
because it has been not only busy this
holiday season, but also hard FOR ME
to even be in the holiday kinda mood. I have to say
I have spent many a moment of late, teary eyed.
I truly am trying not to be....
but, for anyone that has lost anyone that they
loved with all their heart, you know it's hard,
and it takes awhile. And I know....
it's all a normal process.
But, when....
back to the missing camera....
you get the urge or desire to do something,
but you need your camera....
it's maddening. Yes,
it's a small thing....
it's a don't sweat the small stuff kinda thing
But, it's my camera
and it's
not
where
I left it
last....
So I can not do the post
I wanted to do
because
somebody
(you know who you are)
has it....
Please return to the real owner
who received the camera
so she could
BLOG
with pictures!
Thank you very much!
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