More like ya ya yawn. I love the smell of fresh cut grass but I’m not a fan of the work behind it. We’re in the middle of some major yard work, like call in the pros yard-work. All the big pine trees are down in the back, so we’re left with a large hosta/pine…
Lovin’ it
1. The IKEA Storage Planner. I’m scheming with my brother on how to get the built-in look in our master bedroom. Here is my plan: And with the doors (and a bigger TV) it’ll look like this: All the drawers, shelves and inserts are placeholders for the moment. The hardware is interchangeable as well.…
Rain and Recipes
After surviving one of the coldest Minnesota winters in 35 years we spent the last week or two drowning in rain. I’m sure there were hundreds of people with water in their basement, including us. After the water nightmares in our MPLS house (read more about that here) this water issue was nothing. The floater…
Viva Las Vegas!
We were in Vegas last week for Nolan’s 30th birthday. It. Was. Awesome. After being stuck here all winter it was a much-needed break (the day we left we actually got a bunch of snow again!) Knowing that it was snowing and miserable back home made the vacation even better. We went with our friends Tab…
What is your time worth?
We all have to set priorities; lately mine have been going on dates with Nolan and not on the house, reading or eating (I do eat, but haven’t done much in the way of cooking for awhile). But last Friday when Lululemon was having their warehouse sale I thought, dang, I should get on that. It’s…
NetFlix
I’ve had an annoying head cold this week so instead of tackling projects Nolan and I have been watching documentaries on NetFlix. I did manage to drag myself and Nolan to IKEA this morning though, just to find out that the coffee table we were going to buy for downstairs was discontinued 2 months ago.…
Boston Cream Pie Cake
This past weekend I made this Boston Cream Pie Cake and it was fab! I followed PDXfoodlove’s recipe except I used a yellow cake mix, but everything else was from scratch. NOTE 1: Follow directions, let the chocolate completely cool. The picture below is from PDXfoodlove, because I didn’t let the chocolate completely cool the topping slid off the top…
Cray cray crazy changes
Wait, what? Jared Allen is no longer a Viking and Ke$ha is no longer Ke$ha? AND it’s 50 degrees in Minnesota right now!?! Change is hard, I’ll get it over it, but what sort of new sack dance do I have to learn? My dance skills are lackluster as-is. I like nicknames, all my favorite musicians…
Sad update
My grandfather passed away the last week of February. He was 81 years old and was the hardest worker I’ve ever known. He was ALWAYS working on a project. His work ethic puts my little blog and house projects to shame. I have great memories of all the camping trips and overnight stays I had…
You win some, you lose some
For Christmas Nolan got me a subscription to Escape Monthly. It’s like Birch Box in that you get a new box of goodies every month, but the Escape Monthly boxes are filled with products, snacks and other content specific to a vacation location. January’s box was from Italy and, among other Italian things, included a…