Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Super easy/healthy dessert
Berry Dessert
Berries
Yogurt
Cinnamon
Brown Sugar
Fill four custard cups with berries - I used blueberries. Stir some yogurt with cinnamon and spoon on top of the berries. Sprinkle some brown sugar on top and broil for 5 minutes. Easy right? And you probably have most the ingredients in your larder already. Tasty, tasty tasty!
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Recipe Reviews
Monday, September 22, 2014
New Deck
We FINALLY have a fully operational deck! It took up all summer, but better late than never.
Let's see it started in April when we hired a friend to build it. The first day of demolition was enough to make anyone nervous.
Building took about 2 months since our friend was doing the building on weekends and free days. After getting it all built, I waited for the stars to align to do some staining. I needed a day that wasn't too hot or cold, a day that would be followed by dry days without rain forecast, and most difficult of all a day that I had back-up for watching the baby. Tricky, huh. Truth be told the deck still isn't completely stained, but I think the high side has been knocked off it.
The last piece of the puzzle was getting some furniture for the deck, and this one took a while. After paying for it all to be built we had limited resources set aside for shopping, which meant waiting for a clearance sale. The umbrella and base came from Kohl's bought on clearance with a 30% off coupon. After using it I wouldn't recommend it, but it will last a little while. Then the furniture came from Sears - also on clearance. I had been shopping craigslist looking for a lucky find for a couple weeks - and I think S just got tired of hearing about it. We went shopping and after some minor dramas found what we wanted. I put together the chairs, and he helped with the table and voila!
Now we have an excuse to invite everyone over for some grilling!
Let's see it started in April when we hired a friend to build it. The first day of demolition was enough to make anyone nervous.
Building took about 2 months since our friend was doing the building on weekends and free days. After getting it all built, I waited for the stars to align to do some staining. I needed a day that wasn't too hot or cold, a day that would be followed by dry days without rain forecast, and most difficult of all a day that I had back-up for watching the baby. Tricky, huh. Truth be told the deck still isn't completely stained, but I think the high side has been knocked off it.
The last piece of the puzzle was getting some furniture for the deck, and this one took a while. After paying for it all to be built we had limited resources set aside for shopping, which meant waiting for a clearance sale. The umbrella and base came from Kohl's bought on clearance with a 30% off coupon. After using it I wouldn't recommend it, but it will last a little while. Then the furniture came from Sears - also on clearance. I had been shopping craigslist looking for a lucky find for a couple weeks - and I think S just got tired of hearing about it. We went shopping and after some minor dramas found what we wanted. I put together the chairs, and he helped with the table and voila!
Now we have an excuse to invite everyone over for some grilling!
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Home Improvements
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