Sprinkles make everyone smile!

These sprinkles were on cupcakes....lol! Yesterday we spent the rainy day baking rainbow chip cupcakes with gooey vanilla frosting and sprinkles....YUMMY!! 

"Not Billy's Grilled Cheese" Grilled Cheese

It was a cold (8 degrees) and snowy morning this morning. Billy used all of my table salt (don't ask) to salt our ridiculously icy front steps last night. This morning, I sent him to the store to get more salt. For the past week I have been trying to put my recipe links back into my Recipe Box app since they were lost 2 weeks ago which made me VERY hungry. So he asked me if I wanted him to pick up anything for breakfast since he was out. I immediately said GRILLED CHEESE!.....because Billy makes the best grilled cheese EVER!
Unfortunately, by the time he got back from the store it was too late to make grilled cheese because we had to get the baby ready and Billy had to get ready for work. So I was left with the task of making my own grilled cheese. Needless to say....my grilled cheese fell sadly short of perfection.
But at least I got to test out one of my new backdrops that I ordered from Etsy....LOL! Looks professional though, right?!?!

Life in Mayberry

Turkey incident on N. Franklin Turnpike...LOL!

Rainy fall day.....

....is the perfect excuse to snuggle on the couch while waiting for my slow-cooker pot roast to finish cooking.



Latte.....cookbook.....cable-knit blanket = perfect!

Gooey...Gooey...Goodness!

Lunch!!! Because Billy makes THE BEST grilled cheese sandwich EVER!! LOL!!

Peace and Quiet..........finally!

My husband worked nights last week so I had the baby all day and most of the night. A crawling 9-month old doesn't leave much room for rest and relaxation so this morning Billy took the baby with him to run some errands......and I had breakfast.......and read a magazine...LOL! It's the little things, ya know?

What happens when I am bored....

I organize the tupperware drawer! SMH....

Sunday = Sauce Day!

8.31.2014

So I woke up that morning and decided to make sauce. I actually hadn't made my own sauce in a LONG time. I changed it up a little from my mom's original recipe.


I forgot to mention...all while my son took a nap! (notice the baby monitor? LOL!)


The finished product! Complete with sausage and meatballs!

Love my firefighter...

Today's lunch courtesy of Stew Leonard's

There is no recipe for this picture...it's just my lunch for today which I thought looked pretty...LOL - lobster salad from Stew Leonard's on a Carr's water cracker with avocado.

LOL....Frontgate Catalog Cover

I have always said that I wanted a "Pottery Barn" house. You know, you flip through the pages of the catalog saying to yourself - who lives here and why doesn't my house look like this?
Well a few years back, they had a house on the cover of their Christmas catalog that had the most beautiful garland with red and silver balls wrapped around the columns and on the front pitch of their porch. So there I was....mouth to the floor. My mission - Make That Garland! So I did. And it looked great since the front of my house looked similar to the house on the cover.
Fast forward 4 years......we are in the farmhouse and it's Christmas. I have columns...no pitch. My first thought was to just put the garland on the columns and hang the 3rd piece over the front door...until we realized that all 3 pieces were attached by Christmas tree lights. Plan B.....since the branches of the garland are wire, just twist a few pieces of each and connect the entire thing! Voila!!! 27 feet of garland around the front door!! Move over Pottery Barn.....

Front of old house with garland -

Front of the farmhouse with garland -

When I posted the picture on Instagram, a friend of mine wrote - Frontgate catalog cover......which coincidentally was the EXACT look I was going for!! Thank you Helen!!

It's begining to look a lot like Christmas......

....and to all a good night!

The beauty of simplicity....

I was on Pinterest a few weeks ago and I came across a pin of a beautiful monogram on a front door instead of a wreath for Christmas. So of course...I ordered one. I don't know...there is just something so classy and elegant about a monogram.

You will have to forgive the photo. I took it on a rather windy day..lol!

Front door Christmas monogram

Remember when recipes looked like this?

We have a bunch of these from my Nana.

Freezing at the Jets game...

Football season is great....except for games when its below 60 degrees. Damn Meadowlands wind!!!

How cute!!

Our Dear Departed Aunt Phyllis.....

LOL..from left to right -
Top row - Tina, Janet, Lita, Joan
Bottom row - Me, Jen

Jets Tailgate - 10.8.12

I sometimes ask myself why we are Jets season ticket holders. I mean we basically pay all this money to watch them lose...LOL! But then I remember TAILGATING!!!

Jets vs. Texans Tailgate - 10.8.12

LOL....see what I mean?? Not a happy Jets fan....

Ahhh...the splendors of fall!

This was what I came out to this morning when I left for work...

Sitting Room...my favorite place to be.

I realized the other day that all of the pictures I have of the inside of the new house were taken with my phone. So I decided to take some with my camera. We have only been in the house for a short period of time (3 weeks today) so its still a work in progress.
I just happen to snap this picture of the sitting room as the sun was setting which, to my surprise, made for an awesome, almost fake looking picture. The room itself is very relaxing and peaceful. There is no TV inside...just the original stone fireplace which makes the room look like something out of a story book.

I still have much to do...hang the pictures of the wall above the table with the lamp, find a small area rug for under the table....but I figured I'd share anyway..LOL!

Sitting room of my home

The Book Pages Wreath...

Finally made it!!!


For the tutorial...go to - www.livingwithlindsay.com