Dandelion Wine

I've decided to try making dandelion wine. I've done my research and gathered my flowers (I think that's the hard part?), now I just have to find the time, motivation, and supplies to take the next steps (my flowers are chilling out in the freezer).

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Shrubbery

A friend pull three boxwoods out of her yard and offered them to us. I can't say I'm a huge boxwood fan and at the time I didn't have any idea where to put them, but it seemed like a good opportunity to get some fancy shrubbery.

We got them planted Sunday, now we just wait to see if they survive...

Out with the yuccas, in with the boxwoods.

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Renovation!!

Some pics of the process and progress...

Painting the Kitchen (in My Dreams)

Several friends and family have expressed interest in seeing our projects and some before/after shots, so, I'm going to attempt to chronicle our progress. Here's a few things for starters, even though we don't own it yet...

We've been pondering paint colors (because it needs it bad) and so I did some digital mock-ups...
This is something like the current kitchen (sans the terrible chicken wall border, rusty porcelain sink, and dingy grout):

The counter top and backsplash are white tile, which, while I'm not a fan of white, I am a fan of tile. It's real. It's not some fabricated, plastic-like surface. So, we're planning to keep the tile the way it is and (being the dark souls that we are) paint the white trim and white cabinets a dark, dark brown. Also the wall color, the salmon, it's got to go. Here's what we're thinking:

We'll see if it ever pans out quite like this. :)


I made my digital creations on Lowe's Virtual Room Designer. It's awesome.
Doing the dark brown with the white tile was largely inspired by this photo.

We're Buying A House! (Soon) (Hopefully)

We have been browsing houses for about two years, looking through everything in our price range (and quite a few that weren't) and only found three that interested us enough to schedule a viewing (although we've done countless drive-bys). To say we're picky may be an understatement. However, we don't mind doing work when we find potential...

That said, we think found what we're looking for--or at least close enough, and as picky as we are, close enough is really close.

The bank says we're good to go, offer has (finally) been accepted, we're anxious to see how the inspection(s) go(es), and closing is scheduled for mid-January. Exciting.

Cards: Happy Birthday [Sister]

Sister's bday.

Made with dark blue, hand cut cardstock (the card and the center oval-traced a stencil), a page from the 'scrabooking calendar' (you can see it in the background here!), Happy Birthday sticker + red, yellow, blue paint markers to liven it up a bit, and the golden ribbon tied around it (actually, I think I had two pieces, glued each end on one side and tied each end on the other). I stuck the red square on the inside to write on, but unfortunately, I forgot to take another picture until I'd written on it.

Okay, that's all I can handle for now. I have like 8 more though. Another time...