I saw this ensemble (left) on Anthropologie’s website and fell in love. I decided to raid my closet to see if I could put togethera similar outfitthat wouldn’t cost a fortune. I already had skinny jeans and a blazer, and Forever 21 came through with a floral shirt and belt (right).
I’m hosting a baby shower for my friend Bekah this weekend, and I’ve been running around like a crazy person trying to get everything ready. Bekah has incredibly good taste and hates all the traditional pukey pastel baby stuff. (Yay!) So, I’m using paper rosettes and spray painted tree branches to decorate.
Paper Source has a great tutorial that explains how to make these.
I love the section of the grocery store with the weird fruit. Have you ever had a persimmon? I haven’t, so I got one. I was expecting it to be like a tomato inside, but it wasn’t at all. It had the texture of a firm peach but with it’s own unique sweet taste. But, where are the seeds? That’s what I want to know!
It snowed here in Raleigh, NC! We haven’t had this much snow on the ground since I was in high school. The dogs loved it! As I watched my husband playing with them in the snow wearing shorts, tennis shoes with no socks and my purple beret pulled down over his ears, I realized if we ever move north we will need to do some serious shopping!
Now that the laundry room is done, I’m moving on to the basement bathroom. It is horrendous! Brass water stained faucet, purple and white linoleum, yucky light fixture, 40 year old crusty shower door, lots of unnecessary storage cabinets left by the previous owners… In the year and a half we’ve lived here I haven’t used this bathroom once. I avoid it like a gas station bathroom, but not for long!
I like how the yellow brightened up the laundry room, so I’m going to go with shades of yellow in the bathroom as well. I might take a whack at stenciling, and I’m definitely going to lay peel and stick tile right over the existing linoleum.
This bread tastes so good—almost as good as chocolate chip cookies. The best part is that the whole wheat flour and bananas mean it’s OK to eat for breakfast. Right?
1 ½ cups whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
¾ cup sugar
¼ cup canola oil
2 egg whites
1 cup mashed ripe bananas (2 large)
¼ cup fat-free milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup of chocolate chips
1.Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom only of 8×4-inch or 9×5-inch loaf pan with shortening, or spray with cooking spray. In medium bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.
2.In large bowl mix sugar, oil, egg whites, bananas, milk and vanilla with spoon until well blended. Stir in flour mixture until well blended. Stir in chocolate chips. Spoon into pan.
3.Bake 8-inch loaf 55 to 62 minutes, 9-inch loaf 45 to 52 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour, before slicing. (Yeah right, like I can make myself wait that long to eat a slice!)
After much painting, organizing, shelf hanging, and cabinet-putting-together-ing the laundry room is finally finished! It is bright and sunny, just like I wanted. Now let’s see how long I can keep it looking this good…
(And yes, yes I did change laundry detergents so the bottle would match…)
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