We have been living in our house for a little over a year now and the last month it has been plagued with problems. First it was the water problems now it is air conditioning problems. Sometime last week JP noticed that it was hotter than normal upstairs. We walked outside to take a look [...]

In the last few years I have made an amazing discovery. Ok this might seem boring, and JP might want the credit for it, but in the kitchen I totally have a thing for tea towels. I have since learned that some people call them tea towels, some call them kitchen towels, some call them [...]

I find myself asking the people in my household on almost a daily basis “What do you want for dinner?”. I would say that 99% of the time the answer is “I don’t know”. Sometimes I wonder if I ask it for fun because, I already know what their answer is going to be. Today [...]

As promised our favorite plumbers from A-Tex Plumbing showed up today . I wasn’t actually home when they first got there but when I pulled up at home this is what I saw. It was 100°+ outside so I guess this was the best they could do to get some shade out there. When I [...]

It all started a couple months ago when I noticed a little water spot on the master bedroom ceiling. I mentioned it to JP and he went upstairs and looked and sure enough the same spot was on the ceiling on the second floor. We also had an issue with a puddle in our side yard [...]

Did you know that we have a candy machine in our house? It is usually one of the first things people notice when they walk in the door. After doing a little online research today I figured out that it is a 1950′s Stoner Candy Machine™. Based on all the pictures I saw online the [...]

My favorite place to be in the entire world is at home. Sure I like to go places and see things but I also really like to be home. Sometimes I like to relax and lay in bed and do absolutely nothing. But most of the time I like to keep myself busy doing stuff [...]

I have posted a ton of pictures taken out by the pool on this website. I have talked about the pool, the funiture and the ridiculous amounts of fun we have had out there. I have also said time and time again that there is no other pool I would rather hang out at. I [...]

I don’t think I have ever told you guys this before but I am a big fan of fish tacos. My love for fish tacos started a number of years ago when I discovered them at a place in Seattle named Blue Water Taco. I used to go there on my lunch hour… so good! [...]

Around 1:30 I got up and made lunch for JP and I. On the lunch menu today he had: Turkey & Cream Cheese Wrapped Green Onions, Grilled Turkey Sandwiches and Lays Potato Chips with a Hint of Lime, and a Diet Coke to wash it down! It is so satisfying to put it all together on the tray [...]

I woke up this morning around 9:30 not feeling so well. My head hurts a little bit and my body is achy. The achy part could totally have to do with the facct that I finally did some exercise this week ( I played in a flag football game on Monday night and a softball game on Tuesday [...]

I have been asked a few times in the last couple months what it is like to not have a job. Sure I might not have a “job” but that does not mean I don’t “work”. The big difference between my old job and new job is that I love love love the new one. [...]

This afternoon as I was about to leave to run errands the door bell rang. Once I got to the door I could see a UPS truck. I opened up the front door and this is what I saw. I also saw the UPS guy getting back into his truck. When Lily and I were [...]

Anyone who hass been to our house knows that we have more than a few vintage machines. They are all pretty cool to look at and people always ask about them. For as long as I have known JP he has told me that the gumballs inside the gumball machines have never been changed. I [...]

I was surfing around on line a few days ago and I was  inspired for today’s breakfast. The hardest part about making this breakfast is chopping everything up. It all looks pretty good, right? Then you make the French Toast batter. Add the milk, eggs and vanilla. I used buttermilk instead of regular milk this time.  [...]

After not seeing JP for like 17 days both Lily and I  missed him a lot! Since all of us have been out of town and eating in restaurants and other peoples homes I figured instead of going out to dinner after we picked him up from the airport eating at home would be a [...]

A couple weeks ago I was going through a box of stuff and I found a cute little toy cabinet with a penguin on it. When I first saw it I knew exactly what it was but I wondered what I could possibly do with it. It is not very big… actually it is quite small. [...]

I have been meaning to share this with you guys for a couple days. Remember last week or so I made the stuffed shells? My friend Jen made them for dinner for her family. I can’t decide what is more exciting, the fact that I inspired her or the fact that she told me about it. [...]

I always try to have a small side salad with every dish that I make. On days when I am feeling lazy about dinner I make what I think might be the easiest salad in the world. Lately I have been adding fresh fruit to them. I usually use strawberry but lately I have been wanting to try [...]

A couple weeks ago I was making breakfast and I had the idea to try something new. This seems somewhat familiar so I may have had this as a child but I am not sure. Regardless I have since named it “Daisy’s Eggs Nests”. I made it again today and based on what I learned last time [...]

What do you think is in the shot glass? Vodka? Tequila? Gin? Did you notice that my name is on the shot glass?

Remember a few weeks ago I told you about the brown spots in our lawn? Well last weekend we made an amazing accidental discovery. I stood in one of the brown spots and JP turned the sprinklers on. Guess what happened? Yup! The water is not hitting those parts. It seems so silly and almost [...]

Back in the beginning of April I told you about the new patio furniture that we bought at Greenhouse Mall. They delivered the new furniture a few days after I posted about it but the cushions at that time were loaners. We had to wait awhile for the cushions that we custom ordered. Today was the day! Doesn’t [...]

My good friend Jennifer’s birthday was yesterday and since she had the day off it was the perfect day to have lunch and a pool party for her. When I originally planned it we were gonna eat lunch outside on the patio but then as I stood outside looking at the patio table as the [...]

Today I made the world’s best frosting in the world and I have to share it with you guys. Earlier I told you about making rainbow cupcakes so I needed something to top them with. You can find the actual recipe HERE. These are the only ingredients you need. Granulated Sugar, Real Butter, Flour, Whole [...]

I have been running into lots of articles about people making rainbow cupcakes so today I decided to give it a try. The first thing I did was make the batter per the directions on the back of the box. Then I seperated the batter equally into different bowls. I put approximately 1 large cup of batter in each [...]

Did you know that living in Texas makes us thirsty? The temperatures loom somewhere near the 100′s. It is almost impossible to walk outside and not start sweating. Every month we have four 5-gallon bottles of water delivered to our house. As you can imagine drinking plain water can get boring after awhile so I [...]

I have pretty much taken over all of the pool cleaning duties around here. Before I would just skim it, scrub it, and vaccum it then wait for JP to do the other things that needed to be done to it. For anyone who doesn’t know there are five different places that need attention when maintaining a pool. The [...]

I made another wonderful dish for dinner today that I want to share with you. It’s pretty exciting because I didn’t measure anything… not a single thing! I looked up a couple different recipes for the same thing and figured out it needs to be cooked at 350º for about 40 minutes once it is [...]

I am not usually one to talk about cleaning products but I found one that blows my mind!  Seriously this stuff is ridiculously wonderful. When I was at the store the only thing that really attracted me to it was the fact that it was yellow and not the original blue color. When I got [...]

When I was growing up my Mom use to cook a lot of different stuff for dinner. One of my favorites was the Chicken Parmesan. Sure she kinda cheated a little bit and used the pre-made chicken patties but they still tasted good. Today when I was trying to decide what to make for dinner [...]

A couple days ago JP asked me to take a picture of the brown patches that are popping up in our lawn and ask someone at the nursery if they knew why it was happening. I decided today was the day to do my research. Here is our front lawn. Do you see the brown patches?   [...]

When I moved to San Antonio a little over 3 years ago I didn’t bring much with me. Once I decided I was moving I got rid of everything. I brought like 4 boxes of personal stuff like pictures and what not and then the rest of my car was stuffed full of clothing, shoes and jackets. [...]

Have you ever seen or used one of these before? When I was a kid my Mom had one so I kinda thought that everyone had one. Over the last couple months at least 4 people have told me that they have never seen a tomato slicer before. How do people without a tomato slicer [...]

I made the yummiest dinner today and I want to share it with you guys. I found the recipe on one of my iPhone apps and then I deviated it a little bit. Here is my version of the recipe. You will love this! Ingredients: 1 Tbsp Vegetable Oil 1 lb ground chicken (or pork, lamb, [...]

This morning we woke up and decided to make a delicious breakfast. While me and Shauna started cooking Lily and Teylor made a puzzle together. We made french toast, sausage and eggs. I love love love coffee! Especially out of my favorite coffee mug! And we also had some very tasty mimosas. We even made virgin mimosas for the [...]

We have a bunch of quilts in our house. I would say at least a dozen of them. Nice, heavy, thick quilts. I am not sure where they are all from but I know that most of them are antique, some are Amish and at least one of them was made by JP’s grandma. JP [...]

Closets, closets, closets. It is so easy to stuff something in a closet and completely forget about it or pretend it belongs there. We have a closet downstairs just off of the kitchen that I hate going into. One good thing about living in San Antonio is that we don’t have a use for coats very [...]

This morning I was talking to JP before he left for work and I asked him if there was anything in particular that he wanted me to get done around the house today. I mean it’s not that I am unable to think and make a decision on my own about something to get done in the [...]

A few weeks ago my friend Saher posted a link to a seafood store on my facebook page. I seriously thought to myself “Really, fresh seafood in San Antonio? Is that possible?”. I told JP about it a couple days later and we decided we should give it a try sometime.  Today was the day! [...]

I am about to share a secret recipe with you! Have you ever been invited to a get together but you were not sure what to bring? Problem solved. I can’t make any promises about the calorie count but I can totally promise everyone will love it! These are the only ingredients you need. Put the block [...]

What would an Easter weekend be without dyeing some eggs? Remember that dye I showed you the other day? Today was the day! While I was at work Lily and Amanda boiled up every egg that I had in the house. She made a comment that was something like “This is the least amount of [...]

I have a tendancy to find something that I like then do it over and over and over again until I am completely tired of it. Right now crawfish is my thing. Remember we had it last week when we took Amanda to Willie’s to try it for the first time? Well I am at it again only this [...]

Once everyone woke up this morning Lily helped me make breakfast. Looks pretty good, right? Our absolute favorite thing to do is hang out in the backyard at the pool so that was our plan for the afternoon. Lily didn’t sleep very well last night so she totally took a nap for about an hour [...]

One of the last times Amanda came to visit she made us steamed artichokes. That day both Lily and I discovered that we love them. Sure it is a lot of work scraping the artichoke out of leaves but it tastes so wonderful! When Lily found out she was coming to visit again she said [...]

A couple months ago we went into Greenhouse Mall to look at  new patio furniture. We have wood patio furniture out by the pool right now and the Texas sun is eating them up. We didn’t buy anything when we were in there but we did get ideas. Today when we went in we saw the design that we wanted.  [...]

Last night I made a salad that called for bacon bits so when I was cooking and Lily asked me how she could help I told her she cold make the bacon. I set out the pan for her and turned up the heat. She has seen bacon made but has never done it on [...]

When Lily and I were in the grocery store today we talked to our favorite chef at the Cooking Connection and she inspired me to make fish for dinner. The sample she gave me was so delicious. I thought it was salmon but it was actually trout.. yes, trout! It turned out great and we [...]

Today I made something for dinner that I want to share with you. This recipe turned out great and I will totally make it again! The best part? It was sooo simple! I browned some ground sausage and then added red peppers, mushroom stems and onions. While I waited for the sausage to cook I cleaned the portabellas. Then I [...]

Ever since I took more of an interest in the kitchen I have taken more of an interest in kitchen stuff. I told JP a while ago that I wanted a food processor but I have yet to be cooking and say to myself “I wish I had a food processor”. I guess I don’t [...]