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I have to admit, I am a little crazy and regarding this post I am SO GLAD my husband doesn’t read my blog!! I fell completely in love with these Wayfair front entry lights at $149 each (that’s a LOT for me!!!) but they weren’t the exact color I wished they were.  I looked for others and I just didn’t see anything I wanted !  (the fact that they had to be Energy Star rated made it even harder)  (Mine aren’t that large – they’re slightly smaller) I decided that I would spray paint them to change them to the color I needed.  (it sounds so simple doesn’t it!)  Well it was simple.  A few light swipes of the paint (really, I didn’t have to change it THAT much) and it was PERFECT!  Are you sure you guys want to keep following me??  LOL! No really, I have seen other lights that one (less popular?) finish would be  30-50% off.  If you decided to be crazy like me, you could just paint them the shade you wanted and...

Nothing says the holidays better than EGGNOG for me!  I LOVE the taste but I don't really enjoy reading the back of all the eggnog containers seeing all kinds of sugars (high fructose corn syrup etc) and words I can't pronounce.  Why is it so hard to produce a healthy store bought eggnog??  It's all OK though because I found a great solution!!! I asked my friend Amy from Simply Sugar and Gluten Free to “show me how it’s done”!  She created the BEST eggnog recipe for me without the sugar or preservatives.  You won’t believe it, homemade eggnog is SIMPLE to make and my kids LOVE it!  Healthy (or at least healthier!) Eggnog 4 large egg yolks 1 tablespoon agave nectar 3 1/2 cups low-fat milk 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg 1/4 teaspoon liquid stevia plus 15 – 20 drops to taste 3 whole cloves 1/2 cup half & half Whisk together egg yolks and agave in a heavy bottom medium sized sauce pan.  Slowly whis...

This is our first year in our   New Home and it's been so fun to decorate for Christmas.  You can see photos of my Christmas decor  too but this is my very good friends house and she let me take tons of photos to put up on the blog :-) Get ready to be inspired by a Christmas tree filled with birds! Is that STUNNING or what!!!!  And she always puts on an amazing prime rib meal – here is her table all decked out with my daughter anxiously awaiting the prime rib dinner! Would you believe it if I told you 10 children are invited to this lavish party! I know, I have one amazing friend!!  (we only broke 2 goblets and 3 ornaments)  No, the children are angels....... OK, maybe not angels but we do provide live Christmas music for them in return  ( Me and my kids playing some Christmas carols. ) If you want to see the new house we built just stop on over :-)  After 5 years of ren...

I am really excited to show you guys this next project because it was SO easy and cheap.  It's a great gift idea too! First off, call up your local big cabinet companies and ask if they have an outlet or reject store.  I called up Huntwood cabinets and just down the street from their facility was their outlet store. (it was called BargainHunt or something like that)  You can also get a door front from Habitat for Humanity recycled store too. (although, it was nice to get a brand new door verses a used one) I picked up a few door fronts for $2.00 a piece (they had TONS of cupboards and door fronts!)  I actually got that particular cabinet door for free because my daughter was with me and they guy said, “Have your daughter pick out a few for herself to do a craft on”  OK, will do! As I was thinking what to do with her cupboard door I thought about drawing in a silhouette of my daughter in the center.  Then the light bulb went off and...

I got invited to a cookie exchange and my immediate thought was “Oh man, do I really want to make 6 DOZEN cookies and do I have a recipe that is good enough???” Then I remembered a cookie exchange last year where my friend Kira brought her Andes Mint Cookies and I decided a cookie exchange might be a fun idea after all.  (-;   It’s an easy cookie to make BUT, it tastes amazing and has a pretty look.  (you know these cookie exchanges can be tough, the invitation said NO chocolate chip cookies!!) On Kira’s recipe she never mentioned how many dozen cookies it makes so I thought I’d be on the safe side and triple the recipe.  Let me tell you, I had enough to make nearly 200 cookies !!!   My 10 year old daughter was like, “Mom, WHAT were you thinking making this much cookie dough??”  I told her we were preparing for Year 2012 and now we have a lot in the freezer to make for future cookie urges ANDES MINT COOKIES Ingredients: 3/4 cup butter 1 1...

I usually plan every post and schedule it, but this one is “as is” right now!!! Winter has officially begun and the snow is HERE! They have been out there all morning  (with occasional visits inside for hot chocolate.) Over on this side of the mountain, our winter begins!!! ENJOY THE SEASON!  ~Selina

Hellllooooo……. It’s been a while without a construction update so I’ll just give you the run down on the latest…….. We now have a “shop”.  I  like to call it our barn just because it sounds more fun, but really, it is just a glorified garage.  That part went up FAST!  They are now working on the road back to the shop.  (I never knew how much went into doing a road correctly ! I mean isn’t it just dirt???  Guess not, it's SPECIAL dirt!) On the house they started electrical, plumbing and heating/air conditioning.  It is CRAZY all that goes under that nice pretty white drywall!  I can’t imagine having all the knowledge to build an entire house on your own……everything is so complicated and each person has their specialty.  All that stuff isn’t very pretty though so that’s why I haven’t posted much on the house! The unpainted hardy plank siding is coming right along…..I would think in a week the entire house will be sided! (East s...

I couldn’t show you guys earlier what I did on my brother’s kitchen earlier because I didn’t finish it on my trip.  I had to come home and make him a few things to bring back on my next trip.  If you haven’t seen his other before and after pictures head on over there.  Lots of fun - it was all done thrift store shopping for $150 bucks! Here is the kitchen BEFORE: The kitchen while being worked on (we painted and put up that flower picture that I got for 10 bucks.) I refused to put back those UGLY chairs!  I told him to look on Craigslist for 4 cheap chairs.  And here are the letters I made for the other wall. 1.) Bought letters from Michaels (2.50 each) 2.) Picked some scrapbook paper to match the décor. 3.) Cut it out 4.) Made a glue and water mixture (1 part water to 4 parts glue) 5.) Applied glue on letters, put on cut paper, applied glue on top, let dry, “chalk” the edges with a scrapbook chalker. And here i...