Bourbon Street, 1965 Happy anniversary, mom and dad.
A Tour of the Old Blue House, After.
The other day I posted some BEFORE pictures of my last house. If you didn’t see those, never fear, because I’m about to post them again.Because you REALLY can’t appreciate the ‘AFTER’ until you’ve seen the ‘BEFORE.’Keep in mind, though, that because I’m a serial repainter, some of these rooms were repainted AGAIN, much to the chagrin of anyone who lived with me, so these aren’t really ‘after’ pictures; more…
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A Tour of The Old Blue House, Before.
Back in 2006 I started this blog with the purpose of showing before and after pictures of this little renovation project we were working on… an old blue house built in 1928 (or 9? I can’t remember now). It was a total mess. Mess being the understatement of the century. A few days ago, the new owner of the house found me on Facebook via this blog, and it’s been…
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Baby Susie’s Oatmeal Banana Bites.
A quick update on Baby Susie: for those of you missed this post, she had two very scary seizures last week, but praise the Lord, NO seizures since last Thursday. We’re still waiting for her lab results to come back to rule out a metabolic or genetic disorder. THANK YOU for the continued prayers! Susie is REALLY into food these days. For a fourteen-pounder who is smaller than 95% of…
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Annie’s List.
I was doing some cleaning this morning and came across Annie’s list of what you should do: Love each other. Be nice to your friends and your family. Treat each other like you would like to be treated. And that pretty much sums it up. Wouldn’t the world be a better place I’d we all lived like this?
This Ain’t My First {Remodeling} Rodeo.
My in-laws came by to see Susie and me today, and asked me, “Are you still liking your house?” I had to think before I answered that. I’m grateful for this house, really I am. But I’ll be honest… it’s overwhelming living in a house where every single inch of it needs work. And sometimes, just flat depressing, because you can see the potential of all this house could be……
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Oatmeal Pecan Muffins.
I love pecans. In everything. Desserts. Vegetable dishes at Thanksgiving. As a crust on salmon. Or soaked, Nourishing Traditions style, to snack on by the handful. But ESPECIALLY in chocolate chip cookies. It wasn’t until I was a grown-up that I realized that pecans are a Southern thang. I had NO IDEA that not everybody loves pecans in EVERYTHING. Well, yankees maybe. But that’s probably it. My favorite pecan recipe lately?…
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{THM Tuesday} Mixed Berry Chia Seed Jam.
I can’t remember where I first saw jam made from chia seeds, but I didn’t invent this, I hate to admit. Ever since I started making Trim Healthy Pancakes and Emily’s S Pancakes, I’ve made this jam to put on top. I’m sorry, but I can’t do sugar-free syrup (gag) and eating pancakes topless (or would it be ‘toppingless?’), well, that’s just too bland for me. There are other…
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The Best Place to Buy Kids’ Clothes EVER.
I’ve worked off and on for the better part of eleven years at the most wonderful kids’ clothing store. My friend Diana introduced me to Wiggles and Giggles when my oldest was a mere babe; I was instantly hooked, because I LOVE for my kids to dress really cute, and if I can dress them at bargain prices, all the better! I started working there, because, heck, all my money…
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{Baby Susie Joy} Nine Months.
Baby Susie Joy is growing by leaps and bounds! Well, sort of…. At her nine month check-up, she weighed in at a whopping 13 pounds, 8 ounces. That’s below the second percentile, FYI. She’s in the fifteenth percentile for weight, and fiftieth for head size. So she’s built like a lollipop, in other words. I have to admit I was worried… my other two children have always been…
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The Great Watermelon Harvest of 2013.
We didn’t really expect much when we planted watermelon seeds back in the spring. We had tried last year and gophers ~ or something ~ ate the roots out from under all our plants, so we didn’t get one single melon! Dumb gophers. And then, this year, we moved to our new/old house, and brought our little sprouted seedlings with us, which isn’t the best thing for your vegetables. We…
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Pioneer Woman’s Asian Salad, Trim Healthy Mama Style.
It was after I made this salad that I knew that the Pioneer Woman and I were destined to be BFFs. It’s because this is our favorite salad! And that’s just only ONE of the things we have in common. Also, her chocolate cake. And men in cowboy clothes. Me and Ree — that’s what I call her, Ree — we love those things. She doesn’t know we’re BFFs yet,…
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