Aimless Tangents

Sunday – Ham with real mashed potatoes Monday – Honey and balsamic vinegar glazed chicken breasts with corn on the cob Tuesday – Greek seasoned pork chops with sweet potato fries and rolls Wednesday – Meat patties (seasoned with onion soup mix) in gravy with rice, veggie of some sort, and homemade bread Thursday – [...]

I recently made a decision to “grow up” our Master Bedroom.  Overall the furniture in our house is a mish-mash of cheap particle board pieces, hand me downs, and maybe a few quality pieces of furniture.  It has especially been bothering me that our bedroom has become a dumping ground for everything that doesn’t seem [...]

Today you get a peek into what one of my weekly menu plans look like. The items will stay the same though the order throughout the week may change. Planning out what we will eat throughout the week makes it so much easier on me. I know what to shop for, rather than just wandering [...]

I found this table at Salvation Army a few weeks ago for $14.99: One of the drawers has all three of the knobs missing and a second drawer has one of the knobs off, but that knob was in the drawer waiting to be reattached.  I’ve been looking for an accent table for the small [...]

A friend brought me a Walmart bag full of pears from his pasture this week. I like pears, but eating all those raw pears before they go bad is a daunting task. As well as the digestive upset that would occur from said task. Thus I’ve been busy brainstorming ways to uses the pears up. [...]

I’m very jealous of the people that have actual laundry rooms. I only have a closet. It has enough floorspace for the washer, the dryer, and the Litter Maid between them. I am, however, thankful to have the laundry closet that I do. Originally my house (built in the late 1920s) did not have a [...]