Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Things are popping up....


.....all over
indoors


 Tomatoes


Sunflowers




and outdoors..... 

Turnips and leaf lettuce


rhubarb!



Monday, April 25, 2011

For just a moment....

In one of the brief
moments of sun
after a morning of rain


I looked out my
window on the side 
that I have a neighbor


and saw these beautiful flowers


 I decided it was definitely
one of those stop and smell the roses


or maybe stop
and take the photos moments


I loved how the rain drops were on the petals














Hope you enjoyed them
as much as I did


The rain started back right
after I took the photos


Sunday, April 24, 2011

Happy Easter


I found this photo while looking
for something else
Gotta love the Easter bonnets!


and who thought
wearing a dead fox
around your neck was high fashion?

I believe this was1960-61 ish

Ahhh I was even
a fashionista  then


Saturday, April 23, 2011

Easter treats


I just had to share some local goodies
From my most favorite bakery 
Sweets Boutique



Aren't they just yummy




The frosting is soooooooooooo light 
and not overly sweet
like some


A friend of my daughters
makes these delights

Cookies by L


the "frosting"
is actually chocolate!


Now I've tempted you
I have to figure out how many
hours I need to walk on
my treadmill

Yes...it was worth it!


Friday, April 22, 2011

Cricut Fun - Cards


At First I thought these were just
birthday cards
but after looking at them
they don't say birthday
only party so I guess you
 could use them for anything
you want to celebrate..


I finally have started
 to play with my cricut
I got months ago



Cartridges:
George for the 4 in circle and  3 1/2 in wording
Doodlecharms for the 3 1/2 in hat

The card is 4 1/2 inx 6 1/4 in


I used cardstock
paper
and even paint chips 



(on the hat)



buttons
and jewels on the fluff of the hat









I have a lot of birthdays
coming up so they'll
come to great use!
The inside one
 I put this





Friday Fillins




 lists four statements
 with a blank for you to fill in
 on your own blogs. If you want to join 
the fun and come up with four fil
l in’s of your own, please email them 
to her at feelingbeachie@gmail.com.




If she uses them, she will add
 you as co-host to the hop!
She would LOVE it if you could
 please help me spread the word about this hop…. 



1. If not for my significant other, 
I’d never have been a stay at home Mom



2. On more than one occasion,
  I have put makeup on at red lights in a car




3. The worst meal I ever made was
  I don't know, I think I would have to ask my family

I do have a funny story,
 growing up we never cooked -
 my mother did, so when I got married
 I didn't have a clue. So I went to make spaghetti
 for the family (we lived w/ my ex in-laws)
 I put the pasta in cold water
 and when my former m-i-l pointed out 
that it was wrong - I wouldn't admit it
 I told her that was how
 I always did it lol...
what is worse my former f-i-law 
was an executive chef at a resort!




4. My guilty t.v. pleasure
 is either General Hospital
 ( I have been watching
 it since the 60's) or

Dancing with the Star 
(oh how I wish i could dance)


vs










Thursday, April 21, 2011

Phases of the Kitchen


Click on photo to enlarge

When my hsb viewed the house:


The counters were grey and not all
of them matched pattern-wise
can you see the caveman
micro? 
yes they left it - it weighed a ton!
the cabinets 
are maple with green knobs
The only drawers
were the little green ones

I knew I couldn't
live with the blue
it was awful
we moved some of the cabinets 
even though they really
didn't match up in size


1st we got rid of the fridge because
it didn't even begin to meet our needs
little did I know there were 5 layers 
of paint and 2 layers of wallpaper!



It took months to do


Finally a clean walls!


The first plan
this is my inspiration pg


as you can see the wall color
isn't even close
The wall color ended up more pink/peach
than I wanted
But I lived with it for a few years
I really didn't know what to do with the space


The kitche is really big but never felt
right 
I finally figured out I needed to move the fridge to 
the wall with the stairs
on it so we
would have a true
triangle not a galley

The next paint color
I chose which is what I wanted
originally was: 


I got rid of the nightmare stove
and bought a jenn-air 
which I love

I needed real drawers So we bought
a large cabinet at HD
and that is when I started realizing 
that we could chg things around

as I looked i realized that 
we could beuild around the fridge 

I wanted more counter space - 
or should I say I needed some counter space?
so finally after playing around I had a design plan

I still didn't know if it was going to work 
so we decided to replace the bottom cabinets
and put a temp top on til
 I can save for the top 
(that is when I decide what I want)
So right now
it looks like this:


There is so much more to do
get a dw
sand
prime
paint
moldings
knobs
back splash
counter tops

but I'm thrilled how it is
coming along