Day: March 2, 2012

  • Family Room – Before

    Family Room – Before

    Shine Your Light I am determined to have our Family Room done before Baby Prince arrives. Ever since we started our Dining Room remodel, the family room became the staging zone. It’s located in the back of the house. There is no access to any other room besides the backyard from it. So we were able to stack tools and hardware in there while we remodeled. Well, we finished the Dining Room in february, and it isn’t looking any better. Here’s what I’ve got to work with this month

    At first glance from our beautiful dining room, into the family room {Cringe}
    We still need to put a frame back on the doorway

    When we did the dining room, we had to replace support beams. Which means we had to temporarily support the roof, this was the result. We’re still debating on just retexturing the ceiling, or creating a new ceiling with hard wood (kind of like this pallet ceiling)
    I’ll probably put up different curtains once we get more of a theme for the room. We’ll be repainting all the walls.

    This picture makes me laugh and smile. I probably should have taken the photos off the wall before the mess started, but they survived.

    Well, this is just to show the horrible mess of everything, and to motivate me to get started. Eventually I want to open up the closets to open shelving and wood storage for the stove.
    Hopefully I’ll see you at the end of the month with a much different looking room! Perhaps different enough it won’t be recognizable as the same room….perhaps.
  • Foodie Friday – Hashbrown Stackers

    Foodie Friday – Hashbrown Stackers

    For Princess C’s birthday in february we took her out to IHOP.  Mark debated what to get, and despite choosing something differnet, we were inpsired by the Hashbrown stacks. I personally figured there wouldn’t be anything amazing to eggs, ham and hashbrowns all stacked on top of each other.
    Boy was I WRONG!  We made our own Hashbrown stackers for dinner this week, and I think it was some of the best food I’ve eaten in a long time!!

    IHOP inspired Hashbrown Stackers

    4 eggs
    1 bag of frozen shredded hashbrowns
    2 pieces thick sliced ham or turkey (I accidently bought turkey instead of ham)
    Hollandaise Sauce
    1 cup Shredded cheddar cheese
    On a griddle fry up the eggs, hasbrowns, and ham. If making your own Hollandaise sauce, get this prepared. I used Knorr Hollandaise Sauce Mix.  On 2 plates begin stacking – hashbrowns, ham, 2 eggs, Hollandaise sauce and shredded cheese.
    Serves 2.
    Foodie Friday
    Foodie Friday is a weekly link party hosted here at Home Maid Simple and at Simple Living with Diane Balch.  We invite you to link up your recipes below and hop around to find some more amazing foods!
    Last week Around My Family Table shared with us her list of favorite soups! I pinned most of them, because I want to make them! Oh they look so delicious!  If you’re looking for a good soup recipe check out her list!
    Around My Family Table
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    ~Happy Cooking~

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