Lindsey’s Wildtree Chicken Fajitas w/Seasoned Sour Cream

May 7, 2017

I had so much fun the other day with my girlfriend Lindsey and her three sweet little girls. They came over for a playdate and I learned how to make this wonderful and EASY dinner dish! I’ve discovered Wildtree products recently from Lindsey, and I love how they help make cooking easy and more delicious without additives or artificial ingredients. Their products are all organic, No GMOs, MSG, or artificial colors, 100% peanut free, and kosher options are available (Wildtree Website). Checkout the recipe below!

Our Dining Room ~ in progress update

January 15, 2017

If you’ve followed my blog (as slow as I’ve been..*wink*), you know that my husband Glenn and I have been working hard to complete our foreclosure renovation. We have an ultimate goal of 5 years to complete everything, and this started in December 2014. The dining room is not done, as this is just an update, so please excuse the partial finishes in all of the photos. The floor is birch hardwood from Menards and was the first big project Glenn completed, besides our heat/cracked pipes. The walls definitely need a painting, and the brown window next to the table will be replaced in the spring. Our sliding door is brand new, but my perfectionist husband now wants a different one that will “be a better fit”, so out that goes and in comes the new sometime also this spring. Once that’s installed, he’ll be able to complete the trim and also fix the heater covers and add baseboard.

Household Product Review: Fresh Wave ~ Why we love it

July 30, 2016

This is an honest review about a product I’ve been passionate about since receiving a babyguybox a few months ago. Fresh Wave’s mission from their website is:

“What’s our mission? That’s easy. To always provide you with the most effective go-to solution for safe, natural odor removal. Emphasis on the safe and natural. And we believe that by doing that, Fresh Wave can actually make your world happy, healthy and odor free. But here’s the best part. Call it good karma or just having a conscience, we want to make these great products without using harmful chemicals or wrecking the planet. It’s important to us, and we know it matters to you, too.”

DIY Kitchen Table “flip” (for under $100!)

July 13, 2016

My dear friend Kandi just purchased and renovated a kitchen table from her local Craig’s List ads. I’m excited to share her experience and the steps along the way to complete this fabulous table, all for under $100!

Guest Bathroom Remodel Part 2 ~ Completed!

June 22, 2016

Our weekend company has come and gone. It was so nice having the house filled with people. I absolutely love having guests stay because I love being a hostess, and enjoy spending time with family/friends. My cousins that stayed were able to enjoy our now complete guest bath.

In my earlier post I mentioned our wallpaper dilemma, and now to further expand on that.. The previous owner used wallpaper borders in multiple rooms. They have been very difficult to get down, and I’m so glad this is the last room we have to remove them from. The process we used in the other rooms was using a hair dryer and a good spray remover for the glue. This was definitely a two person job, where one would be peeling the paper while the other followed ever so slowly behind with the hair dryer to heat up and loosen the glue. Once the outer layer was gone we could then spray ‘WP Chomp’ gel remover from Home Depot on the second layer which mainly consisted of glue. This particular brand did the best job out of the few we tried, therefore I would definitely recommend it.

Guest Bathroom Remodel Part 1

June 13, 2016

Our guest bathroom is pretty much complete! Whew! It’s been a long ride, and slowly but surely we are coming to the end. The only items left are painting the door and scrubbing the grout on the floor to hopefully get it nice and white. The floor was the only part of the bathroom we didn’t change. Technically you could count the shower too, but we did tear out the door and door frame to replace with a frame-less clear glass one (the previous was a frosted 1980s style glass with a thick metal frame).

This bathroom is located on the lower level of our home which was built in 1986. It definitely had a very late 80s, early 90s, look to it and was in need of an update.

Here are a few “before” photos:

Our 5 Favorite Mealtime Essentials

June 12, 2016

Blog Post food essentials

one, two, three, four, five

Starting Baby Food

June 10, 2016

And… I’m back! Although this is a new blog that I’m still incredibly excited about doing, I’ve been on a brief hiatus. Graduated college, celebrated my 1st Mother’s Day & 1st wedding anniversary, 30th birthday, and Evan’s 1 Birthday!! It’s been a wild month of amazing celebrations and I’m so excited to just take it easy this summer with my little 1-year-old. Thought I’d kick things off with a brief post about Evan’s first experiences with baby food, what worked and what didn’t.

March is Here!

March 4, 2016

Happy March! It’s the month for Daylight Savings Time, happening on the 13th, and I’m actually looking forward to it. I’ll definitely enjoy the longer afternoons with the sun staying out past six. Evan has a pretty great sleeping schedule (knock on wood) so I’m curious to see any differences we will face. Spring teased us Minnesotans last week with warm weather and then it plummeted back to cold. Now the forecast is calling for the warm weather to return, hooray! Also, Evan is 9 months old, as of February 29th! He is still our little stationary baby, as he cannot crawl quite yet, which is fine with us. We need to find a baby gate for the stairway, and it’s been quite a struggle. We are looking for a larger sized gate (or one with extensions) that can fit a 49″ width and has an additional mini pet door. Our cats are quite particular and one of them will not jump over a gate to get downstairs to her litter box.

Our Day

February 29, 2016

At the moment, I’m a stay-at-home mom to my 8 month old Evan. I am extremely grateful being able to spend so much time with him these first few years of his life. In May, I’ll have my bachelor’s degree in management and eventually will look for a full-time career.