Summer Storm

Last night we had a rare storm hit from the soutwest. We had high winds with lots of dust blowing around, tons of thunder and lightning and a downour! Hooray for free water (: And best of all, I caught some lightning with my new camera!!!

Tyler and Quack Quack

Homemade Donuts

My favorite thing to make with Jacob is homemade donuts. The best part is the excitement in his eyes when he hears that is what we are making for breakfast. Here is pictures from when we made them this last Saturday morning.

Here is what you need... Oil to fry them in, a can of cheap homestyle biscuits, cinnoman sugar and something to make the holes with (I use an apple corer).

Lay the biscuits out so that you can start by cutting the holes... don't forget to heat your oil (:

Have the holes ready to go into the oil as soon as it's ready...




Then the donuts...



Here is my little helper ready to go on sugaring the donuts!



Then the donuts go into the oil...




And here is the finished product!

Yummy, warm and sugary donuts!

ENJOY!

Sandwiches Anyone??

Simple Chicken Salad

1 can all white chicken meat

1 stalk of celery, chopped into small bits

2 green onions, chopped into small bits

Mayo to taste

Salt and Pepper

Squeeze of fresh lemon juice

I just threw everything into a bowl, mixed it all up and loaded it up on some bread with lettuce. Super Yummy!!!!

Back from Vacation

I am back from my vacation to visit family in Oklahoma and Missouri. We had a wonderful time and we got to do lots of fun and exciting things. I am getting all the pictures pulled together to post (:

Dreaming of Decorating and More Kitchen Inspiration

As you have noticed I have been going on and on and on about me making over my kitchen. Now most of you don't know me, but this is waaaay out of character for me. I was never the one who wanted to decorate or anything. And now here I am... really excited and dreaming about paint colors on a nightly basis or how to make the most of my space!


I am wanting to paint the kitchen so I am able to decorate easier throughout the year (I have gotten into this mood about doing centerpieces and putting up a small tree for Christmas...), but Michael really likes the walls red and wants to keep them. So right now I am trying to find something that just makes me scream 'I WANT MY KITCHEN TO LOOK LIKE THIS!'. Oh but I have!!!! I love the black cabinets that Layla had over at The Lettered Cottage. I also love her white cabinets that I posted about here. You see my dilemma now?! That's okay, by the time I get back next week I could have changed my mind completely! (:

This kitchen is from Coastal Living and I like it but I don't think that I can see it in m house.

I like the counter tops in this kitchen, but I think that is about all I like about it : /

Michael wants to do the kitchen kind of like this. I like the black and white tile, I am just wanting something calmer and more relaxing since I spend a lot of time in the kitchen.

I really like the color of the cabinets here. I think that they would go perfectly with my white appliances. And it has that comfy country feel to it :)

I found this one right before I started this post. I like how they have the whole kitchen set up with the red walls ad the black and white curtains.

I think after looking at all of these pictures and actually thinking about it I ((think)) am going to go with my original idea :)) Michael is just going to have to like the fact that I am going to paint the walls...maybe...I mean I am letting him pick out the living room furniture : P

And I can't wait to tell you all about the fabulous things I find for the house while on vacation!

Kitchen: The Beginning

These past few days I have been busy busy busy with decluttering my house. And it has been wonderful! Everything that I have posted on craigslist.com has all sold!! I even sold my Tahoe!
(:

The majority of my Saturday I spent cleaning my garage and I am kicking myself in the be-hind for not taking before and after pictures. Because the after is waaaaaaay different than the before! I filled up my whole trash can with stuff that needed to be thrown away.

Well.... yesterday I decided to declutter my kitchen by getting rid of unnecessary furniture and moving a few things around.

Pic of the before...

I think that the kitchen hutch just took up a lot of space and you couldn't really store anything in it. And someone got a steal when they bought it for only $10.

And here is the after...

I moved another piece that I had in the kitchen to use as the microwave stand for now. I am going to take an old dresser and turn it in to kind of a buffet. It is a Pier1 wood dresser with 8 drawers that have the wicker looking fronts. I have decided to do is paint the dresser black and stain the wicker fronts. I plan on using it for table linen storage and as a microwave stand until I get the microwave above my stove. I can't wait to show you those projects!!! (:

I still have to finish my laundry room too. I am bouncing around between the laundry room and kitchen due to funding the projects right now. After I finish both of those I am going to paint my kitchen table black and paint my kitchen cabinets black as well. I have not decided whether to paint my kitchen walls yet or not...but I think I am going to pain them a beige-y color so I can go with any color scheme.

I have lots more to post in the days and weeks to come! Hope to hear feedback from all of you (: