1.16.2017 Yesterday our first Blue Apron box was delivered and I am anxiously waiting going home so that I can prepare our first dinner! Tonight’s menu is Crispy Salmon with Roasted Broccoli & Meyer Lemon Aioli. I am somewhat shocked that I am excited to make this meal, because its nothing new. I have cooked […]
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Arden Gardens – Love your Liver Cleanse
Back when I did my first cleanse, I remember looking for reviews online and not finding a whole lot of information on the “Love your Liver” cleanse by Arden Gardens. So I thought I would pay it forward for all of the people that did provide me the information I needed to get started 🙂 […]
Oh, The Places You’ll Go!
I am always amazed with how the busier a person is, the more productive you become. It’s some sort of paradox that the more you have to do the more you are able to take on and accomplish in a day, a week, a month, a year. Almost as if productivity feeds on its self […]
Spotlight on the Powder Room
I was watching an episode of my very favorite show – Rehab Addict on HGTV. And host, Nicole Curtis, did a whole episode on the powder room of her latest house. She made mention of how this is one room in your house that should really stand out as your guests will most likely visit […]
House Spotlight: The side porch
So – things have been remarkably easy since we built the house. No fights with builders, no pricing out 2000 sq feet of something, no inner turmoil over the best shade of white paint. Just a bit of peace and quite…. of course now that I have taken full advantage of that, I am searching for […]
Light at the end of the Tunnel
I went to the house yesterday to do a walk through with the builder, and while I was looking around, I no longer saw the problems that we would need to fix, or the battles we would need to have with the builder. For the first time I was able to see our home! Sure […]
Elevation Evolution
I am going to warn you now – this is not a happy upbeat post. This post is all about the disappointments of building your own house without any previous experience. Many things have worked out well – this post is not about those things. This post is about the downside… Charles and I looked […]
No Forwarding Address
Big week around here… so big that I woke up before 5, and could not go back to bed (Charles had no such issue as he is still there as I type). At any rate… WE SOLD THE CONDO!!! Now, you might be confused and thinking “why did you do that? I didn’t even know […]
Ready to Cook up a Storm
The whole house was built around one room – the kitchen. Â Now there were other reasons we wanted to leave the condo – mainly for access to a yard. Â But as far as the interior of the house goes …it was all about the kitchen. The condo has a galley style kitchen with a 3 […]
Its Going Down, We’re Yelling Tember
Lets take a look at what we were going to get done this week… Tree Removal – Check Change Order (known) – Check Potential Change Order (unknown) – Check Site Plan Red Lines – Check I guess I could end it there, but I might as well provide some details while I am at it. On Sunday, […]