Creamy Tomato & Spinach Pasta from Budge Bytes Instead of penne I used perline pasta. Penne noodles look good but they are hard to eat. They are too wide and too long for my tiny mouth. I love pasta and I like to devour it so having to only eat one noodle at a time in…
Check check check
Update on my January list. Install master bedroom light fixture. Done. Check out my $35 light fixture here. Order carpet for basement. Done, it’s being install Thursday morning! It’s Mohawk SmartStrand in a gray two-toned color. I can’t find the color online; they name all their carpet differently so people don’t price shop. I don’t get it.…
Mindfulness
Mindfulness is not just a state of mind, its a paint color. Sherwin William’s Mindful Gray to be more specific. And since we’re such mindful people (ha!), that’s what we chose for the basement color. Along with urbane bronze for below the chair rail. I even used SW’s Paint Color Visualizer to come up with this scheme.…
Plumbing Nightmares :: Warning, nasty rodent pictures
This past weekend I binged on Deuce Cities Henhouse. I binge on blogs like I binge on TV shows. I save up several good ones and then watch/read them all in one weekend. Anyway, between crafty projects like this, I read about their Drano issues. And it reminded me of our own clean-out issues at…
Crafty – Great Grandma’s Recipe
My great grandma lived just a few miles from Nolan and me when we lived in Minneapolis. I was able to visit her a lot; we’d go to the 50’s Grill, play Rummikub or put together a puzzle. She was independent, funny and very observant. She lived in North Minneapolis so the things she observed were, let’s just…
Time warp & present day
Obviously the before and during pictures of the deck project are from this past summer. It was a running joke that the deck project started on Memorial Day and wasn’t complete until Labor Day. The joke became reality though, because, between cabin trips, vacations, playing in two volleyball leagues, doing bike rides and 5Ks we…
Floor plan
I’m loving my new scarf/hat deal that my mom’s friend made and my mom gave me for Christmas. While this polar vortex is upon us I’ve been floored by the Floor Planner web site. Check out the floor plans I created! Dimensions aren’t perfect but close enough. Everything in green is actually 1/2 a story down and…
Holla Chicago Public Library Librarians
Note: After reading this post from House*Tweaking about referring to her husband as Steve, rather than HH (Handy Hubby), I’m following suit. When I started blogging about a month ago I thought nol-dog would be a fun way to refer to Nolan. In reality, I never call him that and I got in the habit of not…
hate to love the split
From my previous What’s in a name? post I told you I was digging House Food Random, so I changed to it to hate to love the split. Hate is a bit strong by “dislike to love the split” just didn’t have quite the same ring to it. I’m basically just trying to clue you…
Best|Worst Birthday present ever
Sophie was a surprise birthday present from nol-dog and we’re both convinced it was both the best and worst birthday present ever. Goldendoodles were all the rage and even though I was in grad school, we both worked full-time and we both had a very healthy social life we didn’t think it was that big of a deal to get a…