Life....

Please excuse me if you are a regular follower and you notice that I am absent over the next few days, my darling husband has been admitted to the Hospital and I am unsure when he will be released so between being a mom and wife I may have little to no time for being a blogger. 

I hate to be away but when my family calls I must answer!

I hope to be back with you all in bloggy land in a few days and I will explain a little further just what happened then!

Cool Kitchen Art!

A few years back when Robyn and I were living in our first apartment together I found it hard to find something nice to hang in the Kitchen that went with everything and that was super cheap.... 

So I made these great shadow boxes for our Kitchen....

And they have moved to every place we lived and have looked great in every place!

Since I clearly wasn't blogging then I figured I'd give you the run down in 4 easy steps (without pictures) as to how I made them.

First I bought three wooden shadow boxes at the dollar store. 

Second I painted them white 

(but you can really paint them any color that suits your kitchen.)

Third I picked up a few cheap metal kitchen utensils and hot glued them into the shadow boxes 

And fourth I placed the glass back in! 

Super cheap at about 2 bucks each, one for the box and one for the utensil and super easy, just paint and glue! 

The best part is you can choose what ever utensils you like and personalize it to your Kitchen, as long as they fit in the shadow box! (I love the idea of doing all baking things for bakers or cooking tools for a chef or cook!)

Here again are mine close up!

 The whisks

The peeler 

And the measuring spoons

(sorry about the glare even in daylight I couldn't get a good picture!)

Have you made anything great for your kitchen? It's so hard to find kitchen projects that can spruce up your kitchen in a rental...

Make it Monday! Sunday Morning Pancakes!

I am now in love with Sunday! 

For the past few weeks we have been having Pancake Sundays! 

We Love Pancakes! 

So I thought that for Make it Monday I would feature our homemade pancake recipe!

Its super easy and tastes better than any box pancake ever could... (not that I don't make box pancakes... as a matter of fact I have never made this recipe, Robyn is the only one who does but I eat them so that counts right!)

So here you are our pancake recipe!

Sunday Morning Pancakes!

1 1/2 Cup All Purpose Flour

3 1/2 Tsp Baking Powder

1 Tsp Salt

1 Tbsp White Sugar

1 1/4 Cup Milk

1 Egg

3 Tbsp Melted Butter

In a large bowl sift or whisk together Flour Baking Powder, Salt and Sugar. Make a well in the center and pour in Milk, Egg and Butter. Mix well and pour onto hot pan or griddle and cook until bubbles form on top and edges start to brown, then flip and cook on other side until fully cooked and golden brown! 

(for an even better pancake sub in 1/4 c of buttermilk and only use 1 c of regular milk)

Robyn is a purest and like his pancakes plain with syrup but I am a lover of Chocolate!!!!! 

So I get them with Chocolate Chips!

Do you have a specific breakfast for the weekends? Or even a traditional meal every week like Spaghetti Saturday or Turkey Thursday? I'd love to hear about it and maybe even see your recipes you may just end up on Make it Monday!  

Photo Friday! Loves Music and Loves to Dance!

Here she is again... 

I may be biased but I think shes adorable and I may be guilty of posting far to many pictures of this gorgeous child but how can this mot make you smile.....

This child lives for music.... 

Here she is listening to Aunties MP3 player.... She does this all the time she holds the earphones to her head and listens and sings along!

Oh how she puts a smile on my face....

Hope she puts a smile on your face too! 

Happy Friday!

Tell The Truth Thursday! I like moving furniture!

I like moving furniture!

HEHEHE I couldn't resist!

And now that it 's stuck in your head.....

I like to move my furniture around all the time! 

I do it when I am happy, when I am sad or angry, I do it just because.

To me it makes the house feel clean, and almost new again (even if it's just for a little while).

And since I am a renter it gives me the new fresh feeling without having to move again...

I feel like it makes the house feel fresh, it makes me feel like the house is clean (mainly because I have to clean under the furniture as it gets moved around) it makes me feel like I have accomplished something and that the house is better for it, or that it suits us better, makes the room flow better or allows us to use the room more efficiently, or whatever new reason I can come up with to make Robyn help me...

The worst part about moving furniture is that I have to have it all planed out before we move one thing... Robyn is not one for moving the furniture... ever. If we set it down when we moved in and it works there why move it.... He will help me when I ask (mainly because he gets mad at me if I move it when he isn't home to help, pregnant or not) but he has to know where it is all going and why. 

MEN! 

Yikes.... live in the moment wont ya! 

Do you like to move your furniture too... does it drive your hubby nuts? I'd love to hear your reasons for moving furniture... Maybe I can steal them and use them the next time I want to move the furniture around our house!