April 28, 2013

This little housey went to market

On April 18th we officially put our house up for sale. We bought the house back in 2008. It's a cute little house, but we've outgrown it and we're wanting more land and less neighbors.  

I posted back in October of 2011 some pictures of the house when we bought it and during our renovation process. Now that it's mostly all done it's a little weird honestly. I'm used to always having some project going on. 

Half of the living room

View from the front door.

Half of the kitchen. 

The kitchen

Dining room

Our room. 

Downstairs bathroom

Office space at the top of the stairs

Marley and Mason's room. 

Hallway to bathroom and attic.

and upstairs bathroom. 

This house has come a long way since we bought it and we hope someone will enjoy it as much as we have!!

April 25, 2013

Mushroom Chicken Pasta

We went grocery shopping and Marley picked out some mushrooms. I hate mushrooms with a passion!  Then when dinner time came she was begging me to make her mushrooms for dinner. I just kind of winged it but she's been talking about this mushroom chicken stuff ever since. She even said she wanted to eat it everyday. 


Chicken breasts
mushrooms
pasta
olive oil


Pour olive oil into pan. Add chicken and cook thoroughly until no longer pink.


Mix in mushrooms and cook a little longer. I also added some more olive oil just to make sure everything was coated. 

While doing all of the above also cook your pasta.  Drain pasta and return to pan. Mix in chicken and mushrooms and stir until everything is nicely coated with the olive oil. 


That's it. It was pretty good. Mike poured some red spaghetti sauce on his. If we would of had alfredo sauce I would of had that on mine, but it was pretty tasty just how it was (Marley ate my mushrooms) 

April 23, 2013

Meatballs & Veggies

My mom used to make this when we were younger. I hated it. My brother still hates it. I like it now though and so does Mike. It's really easy to make and relatively inexpensive too. Also, you can either use store bought meatballs or make your own.


meatballs
1 package julienne potatoes
2 tbsp butter or margarine
1 1/2 cups hot water
1 1/3 cups milk
1 bag frozen mixed veggies


Mix potatoes, sauce mix, butter, water, milk and veggies in a pan. Heat to boiling. Stir frequently. Reduce heat, cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 20-25 minutes. Place meatballs on top. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes longer. Makes 4-6 servings.






April 22, 2013

Crock Pot Scalloped Potatoes & Hot Dogs

This is a recipe I had in my recipe box. I love hot dogs so this was right up my alley.


5.25 oz box au gratin potatoes
5 oz box scalloped potatoes
hot dogs

Mix potatoes as instructed on box.  Combine the two potatoes in the crock pot. 


Cover and cook on high for 30 minutes. Mix in hot dogs and cook on low for 4-5 hours. 


Pretty simple and very delicious!  I wasn't sure if you were supposed to cook the potatoes first because it didn't say that on my recipe card first, I did cook one box and the other I didn't and I couldn't tell a difference in taste so I would say you don't have to. Also for next time I would cut up my hot dogs before putting them into the crock pot.