In the mood...

Lately I have been in the mood...the mood to bake, that is. This week I made cookie brownie bars which I have to admit came from the box, but I still baked them so that counts, right? They were gooey and yummy and delicious.

I also baked a blackberry cobbler...this was from scratch. I got a Kitchen Aid mixer for Mother's Day and decided to put that thing to use. I found a recipe on bettycrocker.com and went to work. It was really easy to make...the hard part was waiting 45 minutes for it to bake. It turned out great.


I have decided I really like baking...it is a great way to de-stress. Has anyone else been in the baking mood? Please share what yummy things have been coming out of your oven lately...I am looking for some fun new recipes.

The Green Door

My husband and I have different styles in decorating. I am a kind of eclectic country/vintage kind of girl and he is a more modern/industrial kind of guy(or so he thinks).Sometimes our decor styles overlap and loveliness happens and sometimes a desk made from a too small folding table happens. The folding table was fine in our small apartment, but now we live in a house. It is time to step things up...so when my husband suggested getting an old door and making a desk out of it, I thought...great! Actually to be honest, I loved the idea...I love old doors...heck, I love most things with a vintage feel. Why didn't I come up with this idea???

The search was on...I was looking for the perfect old door and guess what???? I found it...

and the best part(besides the great price) is that the door is green...my very favorite color. I love this door. It makes me want to buy other old doors and fill my house with them. In fact, at some point I may just do that. I am sad to say that this door did not become a desk due to some kind of Plexiglass debacle and my husband shopping without me. I am okay with it, though, because now I get to use it as some really fun decor in my kitchen...
Don't you just love when things work out...or when they don't...

To Blog or Not to Blog...

Well, it has been a while since my last post....I have to admit that I didn't really find blogging fun. I found it more of a chore than anything. I think the reason for that is, I was trying too hard to be someone I am not. What I posted wasn't really all that interesting to me...well some post were interesting and some were not. I admit that I was being lame and so I left my blog(insert tears) with a vow(vow might be too strong of a word) to never blog again.

I still spent loads of time(too much to admit) in blog land. I love blog land. I love the ideas I get...I love the stories I read...I love knowing there are other people out there who share my opinion about curtain length(for you hunny). Blog land is fun and I have decided I want to be more than a blog interloper....so here I am willing and wanting to give it another try(Yikes).

To blog it is....I promise to do better this time...I will try anyway. Plese leave me some comments and let me know what you think about blogging? What has been your experience as a blogger? Any helpful hints are appreciated....