Healthier Homestyle Chicken and Gravy

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I told you I was going to try and give you a recipe every week. So here’s tonight’s dinner. A healthier take on Homestyle Chicken and Gravy. That can be made in less than 20 minutes! Lets get started… What you’ll need:  Main Dish – 1 lb. boneless skinless chicken thighs or breasts – 1 [...]

Let there be color!

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For the past month in a half we have lived in a sterile world of white. Don’t get me wrong, I like pretty shades of white, but this was more of a bright primer white, and I could feel my mood getting more bland each day. BEFORE: You can see the color next to the [...]

Landscape Project Draft #1

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It’s been raining pretty much all afternoon, so I whipped out my pencils and started sketching what I would like to see the exterior of our home look like in a couple of years. This is just a rough draft, not necessarily what we’ll end up doing, but putting it down on paper always helps [...]

Down goes the trees, squirrels? and BEES???

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Today we had our palm trees removed. Some people would think we were crazy to do that because palms are expensive, but if you live in FL you would understand that having two 40-50 ft palms less than 6 ft away from your home is like putting a big lightning rod on your roof. They [...]

Pain in the (gr)ass!!!

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I apologize in advance for venting, but this has been the day from H-E-DOUBLE HOCKEY STICKS….We are sore, tired, pretty badly sun burnt, and cranky! Today our pallet of sod was delivered. I know we need way more than one pallet, but with everything else that we have going on, one pallet is all that’s [...]

First 4th at HOME

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This was our first holiday in our new home, and it was a welcomed change from what we are used to. My husband was actually off (for a change) so we took full advantage. The morning started with hosting a little BBQ pool party for my daughter with some kids from a local playgroup. It [...]

Let the landscaping begin!

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Yesterday morning I woke up bright and early and headed over to the Habitat Rehab store to look for a masonry drill bit and screws so the hubster could hang the wall mounted flag we bought. I was able to get concrete screws, and a possible $7.00 fix to our screen porch door that does [...]