I told my son he didn’t have a chance of winning ….

“Mom, you said I never had a chance at winning!” This is the accusation  reminder my son shouted at me as I was loading the dishwasher and counting the minutes before bedtime.   Last night after I had just said good night to my boys, my middle son {MS}** comes running down the stairs shouting:  “Mom! Mom! Mom! Mom [Read more…]

Dresser Makeover

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 A 40 year old handmade dresser that was made by my husband’s grandfather.     I can’t part with it, because it is a connection to my husband’s family. It’s most recent color was black.  And, of course I don’t have a photo. So here is the color palette I selected for my son’s dresser makeover. [Read more…]

Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars {5 ingredients}

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Shh.. don’t tell anyone these peanut butter chocolate bars  are sooo easy and a great year round treat.  Plan a workout after diving into these peanut butter chocolate bars:  no oven, 5 ingredient chocolate peanut bars! My sister makes these for our family every time she visits: Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars 1 box powdered sugar [Read more…]

Updating Door Handles and Hinges

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I am in love with our new ORB {oil rubbed bronze} door handles and hinges from Home Depot.  Our door handles were previously the brassy builder stock when we purchased our house 10 years ago. Wow, I can’t believe it’s been over 10 years. So over the past year we siphoned  a little from our paychecks and to purchase and install [Read more…]

Monogram Wreath

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I finally created a wreath that looks half way decent!  I  am so excited to share  this monogram wreath!  Of course, this wreath was done last year, but since I took this picture I painted the front door!  I decided to re-post because it was a so popular.  I am going to update this for winter with [Read more…]