Recipes of 2011

Here are the few recipes I blogged about in 2011. Not many, I know, I am going to try and blog about more in 2012. I also plan on giving helpful and nutritional tips that I have learned through the years, and answer questions on cooking for a large family.

Click on the link or the picture to get the recipe that interest you.

Taffy Apple Salad

How to Peel Garlic in 10 Seconds

How to Make Dill Pickles

Beef Stew and Baby Food

Homegrown Peach Baby Food

Make your own Popsicle

Do you have any questions on cooking that I could add to the questions I already have, to blog about?

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The Best Projects of 2011

This is sad to say, but after a year of blogging I feel we are still noobies. (lol)  I feel  like I have to ask someone, often, about how to do several things concerning blogging. One of my goals for this year is to try and improve my blog and blog knowledge. I also need to improve my time management. Even when I use a schedule, it is really hard to follow because of all the unexpected things that come up in our busy life.
Here are some of our projects that we posted in 2011.  I hope you enjoy looking at them and I hope you leave some comments. I really enjoy reading what people have to say!
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Railing Makeover

My Parent’s Bedroom Makeover

My Parent’s Family Room Renovation

My Parent’s Kitchen Renovation

How to Frame a Bathroom Mirror

Our Main Floor Renovation: Part 1

Our Main Floor Renovation:Part 2

Our Stairs Refinished

Painting an Unfinished Basement

Exterior Painting

A Kitchen Makeover

How to Epoxy a Garage Floor

How we Installed a Brick Patio

My Parent’s Pink Bathroom Renovation

Thank you for your interest and for following along. We still have a lot to learn and are excited for the new year.
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Please leave the link to your favorite projects of 2011 in the comments section so I could check them out.
Let’s bring on the new year with several new projects, 2012.
Which of our projects do you like the best?
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Wellness Wednesday: Health Challenges Facing Baby Boomers

Because we are passionate  about creating healthier lives for everyone we have been looking for information that we feel could help everyone live a healthier and happy life. We found this article that deals with all kinds of health issues. These are reasons why we feel it is important to take control of your health.

A Merry Christmas Letter and Pictures

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My Parent’s Pink Bathroom Renovation

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Have you ever seen a “Pink Bathroom”? That is what our family called our hall bathroom. You will see why we called it that below.

I also came from a family with 12 children. I never thought I would have the same. My husband and I did want a large family, and we were willing to accept whatever God would bless us with. We are very blessed to have twelve beautiful children and couldn’t imagine it any other way.

My parents had a house built, and moved in to it, in 1964. We had 3 bathrooms; one we called the yellow bathroom, one we called the pink bathroom and one we called the blue bathroom. (Could you imagine actually picking out these colors for the fixtures? My Mom did!) Well, they have been these colors for all those years. Until, last year while my husband was out of work, we did some updating,  remodeling, and renovations, at my parents house.  You could see the kitchen here, the family room here (the removing of paneling), how we removed wall paper here, and the bedroom here. Eventually, I will show you all the rooms we have done. My Mom is sooo happy with all the changes.

My dad was not very handy and to him, as long as something worked there was no reason to replace it. One of the reasons they agreed to have some things done to their house was the fact that it has been getting hard for my Mom to get around, and they were thinking if they had to move to a ranch there were definitely things that needed to be done to their house, to be able to sell it. 

This bathroom was one of the rooms we felt was very important to renovate for them.

This picture is one of the after pictures of their hall bath (It will always be the pink bathroom to me.)