For a long time now I have wanted to paint the pool house. Not the whole thing just the trim around the windows and doors. Right now it is an ugly brown color. I have laid out by the pool many times wondering what color would look best. At first I was thinking some type [...]
When I lived and worked in Seattle my favorite place for lunch was always The Palomino. Seriously anytime anyone offered to buy me lunch that is where we were headed. The Palomino is the first place that JP and I ever ate a meal together. And it is also an excellent spot for happy hours [...]
Last year I was on a business trip with JP in San Francisco, CA when we ate at a restaurant named The Stinking Rose. It was garlic heaven! It was also the first and only time that I have had roasted garlic. Ever since then every time I cook with garlic I think back to [...]
I am always watching for new products and when they come out I am always eager to try them. About a month ago I switched our fabric softener to Ultra Downy Infusions – Citrus Spice. This product does not just smell great it also makes our clothing feel great. I like everything about this product [...]
We spent the last two days working on our Easter yard decorations and today we finally finished them. If you want to see Day 1 click here. And Day 2 click here. Since it is Saturday morning we had our usual big breakfast. Then we headed out to the garage. Everything was painted and ready [...]
Yesterday we cut the bunnies out, sanded them down a little and put on a coat of white paint. You can click here to see those steps. Today we cut out the eggs. Okay correction… I cut out the eggs. Yes, me. JP had a day trip up to Dallas or a meeting and I [...]
Today Lily, JP and I started a project that involves power tools, wood, and paint. We are making bunnies and eggs for a front yard decoration. I came up with the idea after I saw something similar to what we are making when I was surfing around online a few days ago. After drawing the [...]
Last week I got a message through Facebook from a girl that I didn’t know. She told me that she is friends with a friend of mine and that my name comes up in conversation (I took a deep breath…. yikes!). Then it said that she was putting together a surprise birthday dinner for our [...]
A couple of days ago a full glass of red wine was spilled on the carpet in the living room. Yes, I just said a couple of days ago… don’t judge. When it first happened I blotted it up with a towel and promised to take care of it. Well you know how it goes [...]
I was pleasantly surprised when I stepped outside to go grocery shopping this morning. Yes… this is the winter that I know and love! While I was shopping and trying to decide what to make for lunch I walked past the seafood counter. This made me start thinking about shrimp. There are so many things [...]
I have always been a big fan of guacamole. Not really the store bought kind so much but the fresh right at your table kind they make in restaurants. Surprisingly I have never made guacamole at home. I wasn’t even sure until last week if Lily liked it or not. Today I bought the ingredients [...]
I almost always have a fresh batch of iced tea in our fridge. Iced tea tastes so much better if you brew it yourself instead of buying the pre-made crap at the store. I also like making it myself because I like it stronger than what the recipe on the box calls for. I have [...]
I saw a recipe on Pinterest a few months ago and I have been looking for an excuse to make it. What better reason to make a delicious breakfast than Christmas? Even though we won’t be tasting this until tomorrow morning I will still give you the ingredients and directions. Ingredients: 1/4 cup butter, melted 3/4 cup [...]
Today is the first day of Food Week at my house. What is food week? It means that all week are making silly good things to eat. Some recipes are things we have had this past year and others are things I have been meaning to try. Today I kicked off Food Week with Crock [...]
I tried something new in the Crock Pot today and it was a total success. I found the recipe somewhere online so I can’t take complete credit but I made it and it was both Lily and JP approved. Ingredients: 4 Chicken Breasts 2 Tbsp Brown Sugar 1 Tbsp Brown Mustard 16 oz Chunky Salsa [...]
We have four AT&T TV remotes in our house. One in the master bedroom, one in the living room, one in the office and one in Lily’s bedroom. The one that gets the most use is the one in our room. As of today I have accidentally washed the remote in the washing machine TWICE. [...]
The worst part about projects is cleaning up afterward. JP and I did that snowman project out in the garage last Friday and the mess was still sitting there as of this morning. I was just overwhelmed by it but I wanted to park my car in the garage again so I did what had [...]
I have had an idea in my head for a couple of months about how to decorate our yard for Christmas. Sure we did lights and such but I wanted something bigger and better than just lights. I mean come on we are the house that is known for our Halloween decorations… why not be [...]
I decorated our mantel today! Oh how I love you Halloween!
When I started making breakfast this morning I remembered something that I read online not to long ago. I read about how to bake bacon instead of frying it on the stove. I am pretty sure from this day forward I will always bake bacon in the oven instead of doing it on the stove. [...]
The rain finally went away and we were able to put of most of our Halloween decorations today. We spent hours outside and I think we have the best yard we have ever had. We definitely have the scariest yard in the neighborhood! Click on the pictures below to see just how scary it is!
I love jello. I mean does anyone not like it? When I was a kid I remember my mom making this a bunch of times. It is so easy and so pretty but make sure you have a whole day to make it because it is not a quick process. Lily’s birthday pool party is [...]
How often do you clean the inside of your microwave? For some reason I have a mental block on that particular chore. That bad boy gets cleaned maybe 2 times a year… 3 if it is lucky. Every time I use it I am reminded that it needs to be cleaned but then I close [...]
This morning I was laying in bed when I heard my phone beep at me. It was a text message from my neighbor that said to call her. I called her and she told me that her husband told her that the air conditioning unit(s) on the side of our house are making a high-pitched [...]
Today was a busy day! I had three different companies come over to do different things to our house. The first one to show up was Clayton from TexDeck. For the last year our deck has looked less than great so I called him over for a quote. We were thinking that the deck needed [...]
I am trying to think back to all the years that I have vacuumed. Except for changing the bag I don’t think I have ever attempted to clean anything else on a vacuum. Ever since I bought my Dyson last year life has never been the same. There is no bag, just a canister that [...]
Today I realized that I haven’t changed the skeleton’s outfit since May. Seems like a good job for Lily, right? We decided the most appropriate outfit for her now is a bathing suit. Gotta make sure the suit is lined up correctly. The water bottle and ice was Lily’s idea. So of course she had [...]
Before today I have only eaten an artichoke three times in my life. I mean an actual artichoke not the dips that you order in restaurants or the stuff you buy in the jars. The first time I had one was in the summer of 2010 when a friend made them for us when she [...]
I do my best work when I am home alone. It is probably because no one bugs me and I can just focus on getting the job done. Today was a day of getting stuff done. This stuff might not be very exciting but I feel pretty accomplished. Every time I open up the cabinet [...]
I love tomatoes. I mean I love love love them. If I could put them in everything that I cook then I would… and I usually try to. Today I came up with a way to eat them that is so simple and seriously delicious. All you need is a baking pan, tomatoes, goat cheese, [...]
Anytime I am in the bathroom using the curling iron Lily always asks me to do her hair. The problem is her hair doesn’t do anything when I put a curling iron in it. I can use all the hair spray in the world and we still don’t get any curls. Today I mentioned to [...]
I have always wanted a food processor. Then a couple months ago I was inside Dillard’s and I saw a red KitchenAid Food Processor and I was in love. I remember taking a picture of it and texting it to JP with a message saying that it was on my wish list. Today I made [...]
I have never really considered making a whole pitcher of tea at home before a couple weeks ago. Sometimes when I go to Starbucks I order the Passion Fruit Iced Tea and one time when I was in there I noticed that they sell the tea so that you can make it at home. Hmmm. [...]
This morning we woke up and headed to downtown San Antonio to check out the Pearl Farmers Market. We have never been there before and we learned a big lesson. If your going you need to go early. Not only because of the heat but because by the time we got there most of the [...]
I have never really been a big fan of pancakes. I always thought they were kind of a boring breakfast food until a few weeks ago. I was surfing around online when I saw a recipe for banana pancakes. Hmmm… banana! I have been thinking about them since I saw them so I decided that [...]
A couple hours after Lily put her balloons in the freezer we thought it would be a good idea to shake them up a little before they froze all the way through… DON’T DO THIS. I will explain why later. Just leave them alone… DON’T TOUCH THEM ONCE THEY ARE PARTLY FROZEN. This is what [...]
Last summer I made my first CuriousDaisy t-shirt as a gag gift for a friend of mine. Yesterday when Lily and I were at La Cantera I found some t-shirts on clearance at Nordstrom for only $12 a piece. I bought a yellow, pink, blue and green one. As I was buying them I knew [...]
Remember a couple weeks ago I told you guys about our adventure to Sandy Oaks Olive Orchard? Well later that same day we headed to a nursery to buy a couple citrus trees. Our intent was to buy lemon and lime trees but they were all sold out so we bought a grapefruit tree and [...]
Remember my post the other day about Resolve Carpet Cleaner? When I used it I thought it worked pretty well… but the next day when the sun was shining on the carpet I could see that it didn’t get the spots out all the way. Disappointing, right? Well yesterday I was in HEB and I [...]
Here I go again with another Pinterest inspired project (I found the original directions here). I know Lily likes strawberry and Cameron likes chocolate so I made sure I had the right flavorings on hand. I think if I ever make this for myself I would crumble up a peanut butter cup or some other [...]
I have noticed that throughout our house we have a few spots on the carpets that are obviously coffee spills. I really only notice them when I am vacuuming and I always mean to clean them up but by the time I finish I always forget. Today I was on a mission to get rid [...]
I saw a breakfast recipe for something on Pinterest and I had to try it. It was so simple and so tasty! I deviated quite a bit from the original recipe that I saw but it still turned out great! Ingredients: Hash Browns, Olive Oil, Salt, Pepper, Eggs, Cheese & Bacon Bits. Directions: Put about [...]
I saw a recipe a couple weeks ago on Pinterest that I have been meaning to try. Since JP was flying back from Portland, OR and would be home in time for dinner I decided that today was the day. The original recipe came from here but I changed it up a little bit and [...]
Today was a super busy day and I used more than my normal share of water. This might not be a good thing considering the city announced this week that we are now in stage 2 water/drought restrictions. To read more about the water in San Antonio CLICK HERE. First I hosed down the inside [...]
We have been to a bunch of barbecue restaurants here in Texas. And most of them are great. I guess I can’t really say there is such a thing as bad bbq, but some are definitely better than others. I was talking to the guy at the Cooking Connection inside HEB today and I told [...]
We have been getting home delivery service from Ozarka Water for a couple years now. I’ve told you before that the water in San Antonio is super hard. Sure we have a water softener that filters most of the junk out but we still like to cook and drink from the bottled water. They come [...]
Do you drink coffee? We do… a lot of it! Do you make it at home? We do pretty much every day. Have you ever cleaned your coffee maker? I will tell you our story. Before I lived with JP I didn’t make a lot of coffee at home. After we moved in together the [...]
A few months ago we were walking through the cleaning isle at the grocery store because I was out of bathroom cleaning products. Lily was standing there and said “Get this Kaboom stuff”. Then she told me that she saw a commercial telling her that it was the best product ever. I am all about [...]
I love Ranch Dressing! Most of the time it is hard to find a good one though. Some places really mess it up. The other day JP and I were talking about dressing and it reminded me of one that I use to make a long time ago. I would say it has been about [...]
Do you eat breakfast tacos? We do. I could go on an on about the best places here in San Antonio to get them and what to order. While I don’t usually make them at home I did today. I was digging through the fridge looking for something to make JP for breakfast when I [...]
