Love My Thrift Stores and Susan Branch...

Here is another aspect of my life that I would like to share... I love thrift stores!!!  Nope... that is definitely an understatement ~  I love love love thrift stores!!!

If this Susan Branch Book were to be bought brand new it would be $21.95. I found it for just $2.99 in one of my many favorite thrift stores!!!  It has lots of yummy recipes and fun tips for entertaining and decorating. The illustrations just get more adorable as you turn each and every page...

Hope you have a great day...

Homemade Apple Pie...

 I was looking through some of my favorite blogs and came across this yummy recipe for a Homemade Apple Pie... 

The adorable blog is called, Dear Daisy Cottage.  You must definitely visit her website!!! She is the sweetest kindest lady, that lives in an adorable yellow house, takes great photos, has fabulous decorating ideas and tips, and a little puppy named Miss Maggie...   http://deardaisycottage.typepad.com                                                                                                             

  

• 8 Medium Granny Smith apples, cored & sliced (I peeled mine)

• 1/2 cup butter

• 3 Tablespoons flour

• 1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar (I used light brown)

• 1/2 cup white sugar

• 1/4 cup water

• 1 box of two refrigerated pie crusts

• cinnamon and nutmeg to taste (I used cinnamon sugar)

Melt butter in sauce pan.  Stir in flour.  Add sugars and water.  Bring to a boil.  Reduce temperature and simmer 5 minutes.

Place one pie crust in bottom of glass pie dish.  Fill with sliced apples.  Sprinkle cinnamon and nutmeg on top.  Pour liquid over apples.  Cover apples with remaining pie crust.  Cut slits into crust.  Set pie dish on top of cookie sheet and put in oven.

Bake @ 425 degrees for 15 minutes.  Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees and continue baking for 35-45 minutes.

 Thank you Daisy Cottage for the delicious and very easy recipe...                                                                                                            

Going to Sarasota...

 My girls and I are going to Sarasota for the weekend...  I'm so excited!!! 
 
We are staying with a girlfriend of mine (Michelle), that I have known since I was 15 (that would be 32 years) WOW!!!! that's a really along time...

Her house is absolutely beautiful. So I will take a few photos to share with you...

In fact, she is the one that was brave enough to teach me how to drive a stick shift when I was 16.  I have never laughed so hard in all of my life...

Her youngest is turning 21 and is having a Birthday/Cocktail Party... Which we must not miss!!!

Here are just a couple of pretty pictures to look at from my back yard...

Have a Great weekend!!! See you next week with some fun pictures...

                                        

A Dogs Life at the Beach...

 Hobe Sound, Florida is about  30 minutes north of West Palm Beach.  It is centrally located between Jupiter and Stuart.  Hobe Sound is a quiet little beach community...                                                                                                                                             There aren't too many beaches left in this area, that allow you to bring your dogs and let them run and play...

 

There were thousands of these Blue Jelly~Fish all along the shore line...Very slimy when stepped on!!! Yuck...Really Yuck... Seriously Yuck...

 

Yep...these are my white feet along with Randy's white feet...

A couple of paw prints...

And Yep...we do live in Florida with no tan... 

To my defense, it was a very rainy day...

Just a pretty sky to look at...

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
What a fun day...

How Many Plumber's Does it Take...

I'm Just wondering How Many Plumbers Does it Take to fix my shower?!  So far to date ~ that would be 3 plumbers, 2 days, and multiple phone calls...

OK... Here is the BIG question?! " If you don't see the crack of their "you know" can they be good plumbers?!


Here is the birthday cake we made for Zach... And the cute little mosaic heart in this picture was a Christmas gift from my mother. She made it!!!

This is Zach and Lindsey (my oldest daughter and her boyfriend)...

Hope you have a great day...

My Two Days Off...

There are so many things I want to get done on my 2 days off from work...

• Gardening
• Laundry is always a must
• Spending time with my 2 girls
• Paint dining room table a Country French style
• Organize Closets
• Sit and look at Decorating Books (love this)  
• Waiting on said Plumber to fix my shower. UGH $$$
• Make Birthday Dinner/Cake for Zach (Lindsey's Boyfriend)
• And the List goes on and on and on

 

When I can get this copy and paste thing down. And to make sure I am doing things ethically. I have lots of fun ideas to share with you in the near future...


I am becoming totally addicted to reading all of my favorite blogs.  It is the first thing I do in the morning with my cup of coffee. OK...My 2 cups of coffee.  And then maybe before I go to bed...

 

Best of Luck Zaira with your first give away!!! How exciting...

Ladies make sure you go see her pretty blog and enter to win some lovely gifts!!  http://littleemmaenglishhome.blogspot.com/

Rosemary Ranch Chicken Kabobs...

 

I love trying new recipes...And I'm very fortunate that my girls (Lindsey Nicole and Lauren Olivia) do not mind.  I'm actually pickier (is that a word?) than they are...

I have always told them please try the dish and if you don't like it then "you can get something else that you do."  It has always worked for us. I was never big on making them eat something they did not like...

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1/2 cup ranch dressing
• 3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh rosemary
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon white vinegar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper, or to taste
• 1 tablespoon white sugar, or to taste (optional)
• 5 skinless, boneless chicken breasts ~ cut into 1 inch cubes.  I have also left the chicken breasts whole, not cut into cubes.

Directions:

1. In a medium bowl, stir together the olive oil, ranch dressing, Worcestershire sauce, rosemary, salt, lemon juice, white vinegar, pepper, sugar.  Let stand 5 minutes.  Place chicken in the bowl, and stir to coat with the marinade. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes. I let it marinade all day.
2. Preheat the grill for medium~high heat.  Thread chicken onto skewers and discard marinade.
3. Lightly oil the grill grate.  Grill skewers for 8 to 12 minutes, or until the chicken is no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear.              

Enjoy,