The ups & downs of living in & restoring our 100+ old Victorian house
…and this is why I love them. Because where else would you be able to get a nightstand like this…wait for it… …for $0.50?! Yeah. FIFTY CENTS. Even more incredible, and much to my woe, there was a ton of great wood furniture at this estate auction, and the majority of it went for prices like […]
It’s done! As you may or may not remember (I know it’s been awhile!), I fell in love with this buffet table at an estate sale, and decided it was the perfect candidate for me to try milk paint with for the first time! At first I was bent on making it be an emerald green […]
I talked about trying celeric root for the first time when I used it as icing for the meatloaf cupcakes recipe. Recently I have been experimenting with other ways to use this potato-like veggie, my first being fries. For those who don’t know, I have a nightshade allergy, meaning I can’t eat potatoes, tomatoes, or peppers […]
Summer is the time of fresh fruits & vegetables, so eat them up to get that Calcium and vitamin C! Why? With the sun and warmth coming back now, we’ll all be soaking up that sunshiney vitamin D. Regularly eating fresh fruits and vegetables with lots of Calcium and vitamin C will help you to […]
Lots of changes have been happening over the past month for us, one of them being that we went from being a one-car family to three! I’m now the proud owner of a first generation manual-speed supercharged Mini (it’s so much fun to drive!)….annnd we also finally took the plunge and got a pickup truck. Quite […]
