Soup's On!

Instead of Saturday morning coffee at Mother's, we are doing Sunday lunch at our house.

Cheesy Vegetable Soup, Dutch oven bread and a take home....Cinnamon Biscuits.

Shall get a walk in this afternoon. The sun is shining, its suppose to be 50 degrees. HUGE reason to celebrate.

I saw several robins this past week. Also, yesterday I stepped out on the back deck (still covered with snow) to combat my hotflash, and I discovered hyacinths leaves popping through the ground up next to the house. One must have HOPE! That was my sign.

Our backyard

Enjoy this wonderful day! Gotta run and put my bread in the oven. Great smells forthcoming!

 

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Friday Five

One. Folks I'm slackin'! Just hitting a lull in posting. Things are just a little blah this time of year.

Two. One week from today, I'm a great Aunt for the second time. Excited. Baby blanket still in the works. Sneak peek.

 

Three. Got all my clothes laid out and ready to pack for Florida. Just around the corner!

Four. Tried a new chicken salad recipe this week. Got great reviews. Chicken, red grapes, celery, green onion, pineapple, almonds and bowtie pasta. Dressing was mayo and coleslaw dressing. Quite tasty.

Five. Heard on the radio, our weather/temperatures are a month behind. March has had February average temperatures. April slated to be March like temps etc. Cool summer predicted. Oh great!

Any big plans for the weekend. Knitting is on my agenda! Hope to share baby pictures next week on Friday five!

Babs~

 

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Success and Failure

As you witnessed in the last post, I made the valances for the windows in the dining room.

Yesterday, I made a roman shade for the kitchen window. It turned out great. Key to success, measure, measure, measure and a great tutuorial. http://365days2simplicity.blogspot.com/2011/04/easy-no-sew-roman-shades.html

Now onto the failure.

Hot Cross Buns. They look lovely however, very heavy and very dry. Sorry Pioneer woman, your recipe failed me and now is crumpled up in the trash as are 3/4 of the buns!

It snowed last night! Yes, you heard me correctly. So HAPPY I'm headed to Florida again in a few weeks.

 

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DIY Valances

Oh I am so darn excited. I have been wanting to do something with the windows in my dining room for so long. Currently I have white mini blinds on them. I do like the blinds but they are just so plain. They need an updated look. First I thought about roman shades however, the one window is like 78 inches wide. I thought the roman shade would be too wide for the window.

While perusing my beloved blogs, I stumbled upon an older post from a very talented woman named Diane. Her blog is In My Own Style. Diane is so creative and I really admire her creativity.She has quite a few tutorials for window treatments.

Fast forward, I went with her quick and easy, no sew window valance.

Before:

After:

 

I am real happy with the end results! What do you think? So relatively easy. You MUST have a good measurer. That's mandatory. Thanks Richard. He gets into those 1/1000th's of an inch and all that stuff.

Up next, for sure a roman shade for the kitchen window. Picked out fabric today. I think it will compliment the valances well! Stay tuned!

Happy First Day of Spring. Mother Nature didn't get the memo in our neck of the woods.

 

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Friday Five on Saturday

One. So happy it's officially spring. You can tell around here. The snow has melted some. The piles that were four feet high are only two feet high now. As I look out as I write, the whole yard is still white.

Two. We found out Baby B ....Jojo's sister will arrive one week earlier than planned. A 04/4/14 baby girly!

Three. Three of the loves of my life! Well actually four....one is hiding in the oven!

Four. It felt so great out yesterday, I actually pulled the winter mats out of my car, cleaned the inside, vaccuumed, washed windows of the car and wiped down the interior. All done outside in the sun without my heavy winter jacket on! Progress.

Five. Had the best onion rings at MCC last night, Doo Drop Inn style. We stopped there first and had them as an appetizer then mozzied over to the Knights for Friday Nite perch. It was a fun night. Lots of people, saw my BFF, Trina too.

Made Hot Cross Buns yesterday. Picture tomorrow! Stay tuned!

Have a great weekend folks!

babs~

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Having Fun!

I made another fun little vintage earring bracelet this past weekend.

Now my next project is a DIY Valance or two for the dining room. I've got the material. Just need the other supplies and my husband. I can't measure accurately. He is so precise!

Fabric for valance.

Stay tuned for end result.

 

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Happy St. Patrick's Day

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