Christmas Projects.

For Christmas, Eric and I decided to buy an new TV stand and book case. We went to the unfinish furniture store. The TV stand is for when we can afford a new flat screen. You know, the cart before the horse thing. OhWell.Actually I think it turned out wonderful. We had 3 big CHEAP bookcases in the family room. I thought they made the space too small. So I opted for the small book case for the dvds. We finished the wood in a cherry color. It matches the wood on the couch and chairs. We are also going to finish the new bath in cherry wood.

The family room.

I decided I did not like the color of my biege family room. I am a little more bold than that. So I bought a dark gold and navy blue for the walls. It turned out beautiful. The office is a mess right now. We threw out all the old office furniture and are ordering Mission style office furniture. It won't be here till the end of February. It covers the whole back wall and has a great big deck for in front of all the book cases and computer space. Right now my treadmill is taking up the space for me. And my computer is on an old game table. Its a mess and I can't wait till its all gone. I bought really cute pillows for the chairs and couch. They have cats and dogs on them and really great colors.

Andrea's new bedroom

Andrea's room is 99% done. All we need to do is the woodwork around the closet and carpet. Carpet will not go in till the bathroom is done. Drywall dust in the new carpet is not what I want to deal with.

BREAD!!!!!!

I am always looking for new bread recipes and new ways to make. I saw a pan that would make my french bread crunchier. It is a stone bread crock. You put it in the oven cold and bake for about 45 min. I also found a recipe for bread with cranberries,raisins and nuts. I started to make it last night because it has to raise for 8 to 12 hours. You make it into a 15 inch loaf and put in the baking crock and let it rise for another 2 hours. It turned out beautiful and the crust very crunchy. Eric had a slice right out of the oven. He said it was great. I don't really eat bread, so I leave the taste to other people. I just love to make it and smell it.

LEMON TREE VERY PRETTY.....

A few years ago Meredith wanted a lemon tree for her birthday. Eric and I said,okay.A year or so later it produced 12 good sized lemons. Its all in her blog if you want to check it out.(cliffordinarabia.blogspot.com) Well... You know all those catalogs you get after Christmas for gardening??? Eric and I saw for $10.00,a lemon,tangerine,orange tree. What the heck, we ordered it. it was about 6 inches when we received it. It was three different trees together in a small bundle.So we planted it and set it outside when the weather got warm. It is now 2ft tall.We brought it in just before the frost. It loves the family room window,it gets alot of afternoon sun. We noticed a few weeks ago some blossoms forming on the lemon side. We are pretty excited. If Meredith can do it in New York City, surely we can do it here.She said it took about a year for the lemons to be ripe enough to use, no problem. I think this idea is going to be very cool.

REMEMBERING LAST WINTER

We had our first snow last week. It wasn't much,but enough to make us think about last winter and the fact poor Eric came home from work and had to shovel the driveway from 4:00 to 10:00 just about everyday. So we decided to do something about it this year. We call it insurance for the fact we will probably not ever have snow again.

LOOK WHAT WE GOT!!!!! YAHOO. A BRAND NEW SNOWBLOWER.