Bread day!

Hyrum and I decided to make Wednesday our baking day, and we made 3 types of bread. Challah, Whole Wheat, and French. Here are our results!

Challah Bread

(Almost) 5 Stars!

This bread was easy (we used the bread machine to mix it), tasty, and so pretty! Only problem, I overcooked it so the crust was a little to crispy. Overall, great!

Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread

4 Stars!

This recipe also was an easy- mixed up in the mixer. But the bottom stuck to the breadpan a little, even with sufficient greasing. (Hmm....? I have never had luck with Whole Wheat bread.) It stays together nice when cut, and tastes great.

French Bread

3 Stars!

Looks pretty, tastes good, but this recipe was TOO MUCH WORK! (Mix, let rise, mix let rise, mix, let rise, refrigerate 24 hours, let rise, bake. ) Wow. A day's worth of work for 2 small baguettes? Never again.

Boys Bedroom- Dresser "Before" Pics

Ever since we've moved, the boys have needed a dresser.

I headed down to Salvation Army to see what they had. What I was looking for: a well made, wood dresser that I could potentially refinish to match the room.

Once there, I found a yellowy-green smaller sized, 4-drawer dresser with funky handle-pulls that was well made, but $90!!! Yikes- too much.

But after going home and looking around more, I still liked it. So I returned and .... I asked if they could lower the price. And they said yes. While it still was a small splurge at $60, I can tell from the craftmanship that it will last.

I had to nail/glue one of the drawer brackets, but aside from that it was ready to be refinished.

Dresser~ $60 (Salvation Army)

Grey-blue paint~ $13 (Lowes)

New hardware (drawer pulls)~ $2.50 X 8=$20 (Lowes)

=$93.00 Dresser

A little more than I had hoped....

But, wait till you see the after pics! :)

Boys Bedroom- Inspiration

We have been redecorating the boys room, a-la "Star Wars". I was inspired by the new PBK Star Wars line.

Inspiration Room

I am trying to redecorate their bedroom just like this, but on a budget.

The projects-

repaint bunkbed, new curtains & rod, bedding

artwork, new dresser, rug, lamps, shelving

The colors: navy, grey, and grey-blue

Budget: $500.

Guest room, before pictures:

Now that the kitchen and bedrooms are semi-set up, I really want to work on our guest room so we can get it ready for friends who want to come over!

It is a disaster zone right now!!!

For the guest room, we've finally decided to get a daybed with a pop-out trundle, so that we can have room for guests, as well as keeping the room open for other activities~ crafts, office stuff, etc.

Let me tell you, it is hard to find a cute daybed... they aren't always the nicest household furnishing. But I was happy because I just found this daybed on Craigslist for $250 and it includes a cute bookshelf.

Rain!!!

Well, happy day today~ Jeron's work was cancelled due to "Rainy Day Schedule"!!! And thank goodness, too, because we needed him to take Thomas to school in Uncle David's 4WD Truck, due to the rain last night.

We are literally living on a lakeside property this morning!!!

Oh, fun. Our neighbors George and Mary told us that they hate the rain, because all it means is mud. But we still are lovin' it! What a great day!!!

We have this bed & nightstands!

Lemons & Limes