the living room (revised)

Moved the chairs and couch around in the living room, got some new throw pillows and put up new curtains. Nothing to drastic, but I like it.

fire place stayed the same

New small table and we changed the location of the flying pig

wordle.com

Thought I would share and cool website!

http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/1228565/Echale_ganas

I made this wordle for my Spanish class to explain what the phrase "echale ganas" means.

All you have to do is type in the words you want to show up (the more times you type the same word the bigger that word will show up)

Try it out and let me know what you think.

Fall decoration

I've been doing a lot arond the house...and sadly haven't updated my blog :( ...soon to come.

Here is a cheap fall decoration I created today! Only 50 cent sheets of paper, some glue, clothes pins and a ribbon.

Nacho everyday nacho

We made nachos tonight! Yum!

Step one: place the chips on the pan in a lovely, organized pattern

Step two: place seasoned turkey and black beans on Jason's nachos and place only black beans on my nachos

Step three: sprinkle sharp cheddar cheese on top of all the chips

Step four: place a jalapeno slice on top of each chip

Step five: put pan in the oven for 5-7 minutes at 350 degrees

Step six: remove nachos from pan and place nachos on individual plates

Step seven: dress your nachos with sour cream, cilantro, guacamole and pico de gallo
Step eight: enjoy with a refreshing Corona! YUMMY! (please excuse the bad pic)

School's out for summer!

It's been quite a while since my last blog, but I have had very little time since it was the last month of school. I have 2 things in particular that I've been meaning to blog:

1. Look at my beautiful rose bush in my back yard. I took this picture about a month ago with the intentions to post that day but never got around to it...so here you go.

2. I finished another flounce scarf and I love it. Pink - Brown - Grey

That's all for now! Hopefully I'll be back sooner than later!

Broccolini

First time cooking broccolini! It's a great veggie that I'd never tried cooking myself until today.

Here's what I did:
Boil 1 bunch of broccolini for 2 minutes

In a seperate bowl mix:
1/8 cup of olive oil
1 tsp balsamic vineagar
1/2 tsp dijon mustard
1/2 tsp grated garlic
salt and pepper
spritz of lemon juice


Coat broccolini in dressing and serve warm or hot! Delicious! - Thanks Ina Garten a.k.a. the Barefoot Contesa

2 side notes:

a. This may be the 1st time ever that I have spelled a word correctly which Jason didn't know how to spell

b. This picture just reminded me of how much I love my dishes!

re-do: guest bathroom project

I was very disappointed in the "art work" (if you can even call it that) I previously had for the guest bathroom so, I decided to change it. Here's what I came up with:

Here is the guest bathroom: I put the decoration on the wall in front of the toilet and sink.

I collected different size and shape letters. I painted 3 of them and covered the "s" in fabric.

Here it is!